# Krishna Depura

> Krishna Depura is the co-founder and CEO of Mindtickle, an enterprise software company whose origins in online quizzes and gamified onboarding developed into sales readiness and AI-powered revenue enablement. An IIT Roorkee and Indian School of Business graduate, he previously worked at Tejas Networks, Infinera, Microsoft and PubMatic. His public interviews focus on customer needs, experimentation, learning effectiveness and company culture across India and the US.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Mindtickle
- **Organizations:** Mindtickle, PubMatic, Microsoft, Infinera, Tejas Networks
- **Education:** Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, MBA in Marketing and Finance, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad
- **Known for:** Received the ISB Young Leader Award., Co-founded and leads Mindtickle, which reached a reported $1.2 billion valuation in August 2021., Led the company through its evolution from gamified learning and onboarding to sales readiness and revenue enablement.

## Career timeline

- **2000-2003** — Software engineer at Tejas Networks.
- **2003-2005** — Member of technical staff at Infinera.
- **2006-2008** — Program manager at Microsoft.
- **2008-2010** — Director of product management at PubMatic.
- **2011** — Started Mindtickle with Deepak Diwakar, Mohit Garg and Nishant Mungali; some institutional biographies date the company founding to 2012.
- **2015** — Mindtickle made the US its primary market focus as it developed sales readiness.
- **2019** — Mindtickle raised $40 million in Series C funding led by Norwest Venture Partners.
- **2020** — Mindtickle raised a $100 million financing led by SoftBank.
- **2021** — Mindtickle raised another $100 million at a reported company valuation of $1.2 billion.
- **2023** — Mindtickle launched its generative AI Copilot.

## Achievements

- Received the ISB Young Leader Award.
- Co-founded and leads Mindtickle, which reached a reported $1.2 billion valuation in August 2021.
- Led the company through its evolution from gamified learning and onboarding to sales readiness and revenue enablement.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Mindtickle unveiled A New Dawn for Revenue Enablement at Elevate’26 in Austin, featuring conversations with 30 customer enablement leaders and introductory remarks from Depura.
- **2025-10** — At Elevate in Chicago, Mindtickle announced deal-specific AI role plays, AI Deal Guides and AI Content Creation.
- **2025-03** — Mindtickle announced AI innovations tailored to sellers, sales managers and enablement teams.
- **2024-03** — Depura spoke at the CNBC-TV18-Moneycontrol AI Alliance event in Pune about AI and software interfaces.
- **2024-02** — Featured in The Software Report podcast hosted by RJ Lumba.

## Links

- Website: https://www.mindtickle.com/leadership/krishna-depura/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krishna-gopal-depura-344630

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Last updated: 2026-10-11