# Abhishek Humbad

> Abhishek Humbad is the Founder & CEO of Goodera, the world's largest corporate volunteering platform, connecting 500+ enterprises - including 75+ Fortune 500 companies like Amazon, Nike, Oracle, and Target - with 50,000+ nonprofits across 100+ countries. A BITS Pilani and IIM Bangalore alumnus and Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Humbad co-founded Goodera in 2014 after pioneering NextGen, India's first cloud-based CSR management platform. Under his leadership, Goodera has mobilized 2 million+ volunteers across 1,000+ cities in 30+ languages, raised $26M+ in funding, and now deploys an AI Ops Brain managing 100,000+ tasks monthly - treating volunteering not as a charity checkbox, but as infrastructure for workplace belonging.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Goodera
- **Organizations:** Goodera, NextGen, Wall Street Club at BITS-Pilani
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics & Electrical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, MBA / Post-Graduate Management Program, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B)
- **Known for:** Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Built the world's largest corporate volunteering platform serving 500+ enterprises, Scaled Goodera to reach 2 million+ volunteers across 100+ countries

## Career timeline

- **2006-2009** — Founded and led the Wall Street Club at BITS Pilani
- **2009** — Co-founded NextGen with Richa Bajpai - India's first cloud and mobile-based CSR and Sustainability Management platform (p3)
- **2009-2011** — Pursued MBA at IIM Bangalore; NextGen incubated at NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore
- **2011-2014** — Led NextGen through growth, raised funding from Mumbai Angels, welcomed Phanindra Sama (redBus co-founder) on board
- **2014** — Co-founded Goodera, initially focused on CSR reporting and last-mile data transparency
- **2020** — Pivoted Goodera to become a corporate volunteering platform, launching the volunteer pilot
- **2022** — Raised $10M Series A led by Zoom Ventures, Elevation Capital, Xto10X, Nexus Venture Partners, Omidyar Network India
- **2024** — Launched Corporate Volunteering Quotient report; introduced Volunteering API and QR code volunteer tracking at Global Volunteering Summit
- **2024** — Launched AI4Impact initiative and AI Ops Brain managing 100,000+ tasks monthly
- **2025** — Announced strategic partnership with Benevity at Global Volunteering Summit 2025; launched SkillsPlus AI feature

## Achievements

- Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree
- Built the world's largest corporate volunteering platform serving 500+ enterprises
- Scaled Goodera to reach 2 million+ volunteers across 100+ countries
- Raised $26.23M+ in total funding including a $10M Series A
- Landed Ursula Burns (former Xerox CEO) as a board member
- Partnered with Binny Bansal (Flipkart co-founder) as a mentor
- Achieved NPS above 80 across volunteer experiences
- Built a network of 50,000+ nonprofit partners globally
- Pioneered India's first cloud-based CSR management platform with NextGen
- Launched AI for All Mission targeting 1 million people by 2030 with Global Citizen
- Forged integration partnership with Benevity in 2025 to unify corporate purpose tech

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Goodera announced a strategic partnership with Benevity at Global Volunteering Summit 2025, enabling seamless integration between platforms to eliminate administrative burden in corporate volunteering.
- **2025-03** — Launched SkillsPlus, an AI-powered feature enabling skills-based volunteering matching in tech, finance, and leadership domains.
- **2024-09** — Spoke to CXOtoday about Goodera's evolution from CSR reporting to global volunteering platform serving 2 million volunteers.
- **2024-04** — Presented Corporate Volunteering Quotient 2024 Report at Global Volunteering Summit, launching industry-first benchmarking tools.
- **2024** — Launched AI4Impact initiative and AI Ops Brain, managing 100,000+ tasks monthly and saving 1,200+ manual hours per month.

## Links

- Website: https://goodera.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhishekhumbad
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/humbad
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hdYj4KOJ5M
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/wearegoodera/

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Last updated: 2026-05-27