# Divyaanshu Makkar

> Divyaanshu Makkar is the co-founder and CEO of WizCommerce, an AI-powered B2B commerce platform that helps wholesalers, distributors, and manufacturers digitize their end-to-end sales. An IIT Delhi engineer with an MBA from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, he moved from management consulting at EY-Parthenon to venture investing at Bessemer Venture Partners before building his own company. WizCommerce serves 100-plus customers with more than 700 sales reps and 300,000 buyers, and raised an $8M Series A led by Peak XV Partners in 2025. Makkar was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2023.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at WizCommerce
- **Organizations:** WizCommerce, Bessemer Venture Partners, EY-Parthenon, Technopak Advisors
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, Research Scholar, Technical University of Liberec
- **Known for:** Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 (2023), Co-founded and leads WizCommerce, an AI-powered B2B commerce platform, Scaled WizCommerce to 100+ customers, 700+ sales reps, and 300,000+ buyers

## Career timeline

- **pre-2015** — Research Scholar at the Technical University of Liberec
- **2015** — Consultant at EY-Parthenon, working on digital transformation projects across roughly 20 countries
- **2018** — MBA at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
- **2019** — Technology venture investor at Bessemer Venture Partners, focused on SaaS and edtech in India and Southeast Asia
- **2020** — Co-founded the company (originally SourceWiz) that would become WizCommerce
- **2021** — Became Co-Founder and CEO of WizCommerce
- **2023** — Named to Forbes 30 Under 30
- **2025** — Raised $8M Series A led by Peak XV Partners

## Achievements

- Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 (2023)
- Co-founded and leads WizCommerce, an AI-powered B2B commerce platform
- Scaled WizCommerce to 100+ customers, 700+ sales reps, and 300,000+ buyers
- Reached $1M ARR in five quarters following the company's pivot
- Raised approximately $13.5M in total funding, including an $8M Series A led by Peak XV Partners
- Reported $3.5M+ in operational savings delivered across the customer base

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — WizCommerce raised an $8M Series A led by Peak XV Partners, with Blume Ventures, Z47, and Alpha Wave participating, to accelerate AI investment and US expansion.
- **2025-11** — WizCommerce launched Ella AI, an AI order and quote automation product.

## Links

- Website: https://wizcommerce.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/divyaanshumakkar/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfaO_DzJ15I

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