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Deepak Jagannathan

Sr. Director, BU Strategic Finance at Western Digital

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Deepak Jagannathan is a Strategic Finance professional with a background in Venture Capital, known for his roles as Sr. Director of BU Strategic Finance at Western Digital and Chief Financial Officer at TaskHuman. Notable highlights include leading financial strategies at various startups as a Fractional Corporate Development Leader and making strategic investments in companies like Uplift, Vector, and PayJoy. Currently, Deepak serves as a Principal and Senior Associate at DNX Ventures, focusing on investments in sectors such as Manufacturing, TransportationTech, IoT, and Robotics in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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

  • Ser A Investor

    2016 - 2021

Nauto is a transportation company that provides an AI-enabled fleet and driver safety tool to help detect and prevent distracted driving.

Raised $173,850,000.00 from Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs.

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