# Anjali Sardana

> Anjali Sardana is the 24-year-old founder and CEO of Pronto, a Bengaluru-based instant home-services startup that brings household help - sweeping, mopping, dishwashing, laundry - to a customer's door in about ten minutes. A Georgetown biology graduate and former investor at Bain Capital and 8VC, she launched Pronto in 2025 and scaled it from roughly 1,000 daily bookings to more than 25,000 within a year, reaching a $200 million valuation with backing from Epiq Capital, General Catalyst, Bain Capital Ventures and Lachy Groom. Her stated mission is less about speed than dignity: giving India's invisible domestic workforce a formal identity, real pay, and standing.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Pronto
- **Organizations:** Pronto, Bain Capital, 8VC, Georgetown University Investment Office
- **Nationality:** United States (of Indian origin)
- **Education:** B.S. in Biology, Georgetown University, High school, James Madison High School, Vienna, Virginia
- **Known for:** Founded and scaled Pronto to a $200 million valuation within about a year of launch., Grew Pronto from ~1,000 to over 25,000 daily bookings and ~500,000 monthly orders., Raised a cumulative ~$38 million from Epiq Capital, General Catalyst, Bain Capital Ventures, Glade Brook Capital and Lachy Groom.

## Career timeline

- **2020** — Named a Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar for research on synapse maturation in the rodent hippocampus.
- **2024** — Graduated from Georgetown University with a B.S. in Biology; interned with the Georgetown Investment Office.
- **2024-2025** — Worked as an investor at Bain Capital and venture firm 8VC.
- **2025** — Founded Pronto, an instant home-services platform based in Bengaluru.
- **2025** — Raised roughly $13M across seed and Series A (including an ~$11M Series A) within months of launch.
- **2026-03** — Raised $25M Series B led by Epiq Capital at a $100M valuation.
- **2026-05** — Secured a $20M Series B extension from Lachy Groom after a 20-minute pitch, doubling the valuation to $200M.

## Achievements

- Founded and scaled Pronto to a $200 million valuation within about a year of launch.
- Grew Pronto from ~1,000 to over 25,000 daily bookings and ~500,000 monthly orders.
- Raised a cumulative ~$38 million from Epiq Capital, General Catalyst, Bain Capital Ventures, Glade Brook Capital and Lachy Groom.
- Named a 2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar.
- Retains roughly 40% ownership of Pronto as founder.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Raised a $20M Series B extension from Lachy Groom, doubling Pronto's valuation to $200M.
- **2026-03** — Closed a $25M Series B led by Epiq Capital at a $100M valuation; handling ~25,000 orders daily.

## Links

- Website: https://withpronto.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/anjali-sardana

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Last updated: 2026-07-02