Deepak Jagannathan
Sr. Director, BU Strategic Finance at Western Digital
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Sr. Director, Strategy & Ops - Consumer BU (Fixed term Contract).
2023 - 2024
- Strategic Initiatives for a multi-billion dollar consumer storage business working with GM of Business Unit. - Financial Planning Process and optimization of marketing spend. - Goals, OKRs and Review cadences for measuring team and product line performances.
Western Digital helps customers capture, preserve, access, and transform an ever-increasing diversity of data.
Raised $901,367,000.00 from Apollo, Elliott Investment Management and Tsinghua Unisplendour Venture Capital.
Head of Finance & Business Operations (USVP/Madrona Funded)
2021 - 2022
Led finance, HR and Compliance functions (10+ people) - Built GTM processes like quote-to-cash and sales commissions. - Hired and Managed Finance, Compliance and People Teams as company grew ARR 10x; employees 3x (100+), Customers 3x (100+) - Supported CEO with Ser B Fundraising through ownership of due diligence, financial forecasts and growth investment planning culminating in $20M Ser B led by Madrona - Led internal and consultant teams towards SoC2 Compliance efforts. - Owned periodic (monthly/quarterly) investor reporting and board meeting packages.
TaskHuman is a real-time digital coaching platform that offers 1-on-1 interactive sessions with live wellness coaches through video calls.
Raised $33,000,000.00 from Synetro Group, Madrona, Margaret Georgiadis, PeopleTech Angels, U.S. Venture Partners, Hemant Thapar, Gaingels, Zoom Ventures, Propel(X) and RingCentral Ventures.
Principal
2018 - 2021
Generalist venture capital investor -- enterprise software, fintech, hardware and deeptech. Looking for founders raising their seed and Ser A for their B2B startup.
Sr. Associate
2015 - 2018
DNX Ventures is an early stage VC firm focusing on B2B Startups that are shaping industries and transforming the way we live and work.
Member Board of Directors
2017 - 2021
Sourced and led investment process for DNX to lead Uplift's Ser B round in Q4 2017. Joined the board as part of the round. Acquired by Upgrade for $100M+.
Member Board Of Directors
2017 - 2021
Led Ser A for Haven. Acquired by FourKites in 2021.
Haven is a logistics automation software for commodity producers and their customers.
Raised $19,378,446.00 from DNX Ventures.
Ser A Lead & Board Observer
2020 - 2021
Sourced and led investment process for DNX to lead Banzai's Ser A round. Joined the board as an observer as part of the round. IPO (NASDAQ: BNZI) in 2023.
Banzai creates vital marketing strategies for businesses looking to expand quickly, providing smooth integrations that raise client value.
Ser A Lead Investor
2020 - 2021
Diligent Robotics develops AI-powered robot assistants to collaborate with and adapt to humans in everyday environments.
Raised $80,324,532.00 from Northwestern Medicine Innovation, DNX Ventures, Canaan Partners, Next Coast Ventures, True Ventures and Northwestern Memorial HealthCare.
Ser C Investor
2019 - 2021
Zūm provides child transportation for school districts and busy families.
Raised $399,579,482.00 from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Ser A Lead Investor
2017 - 2021