# Kunal Vankadara

> Kunal Vankadara is the co-founder and CEO of Haast, an enterprise AI compliance company. Trained in law and economics at the Australian National University, he worked in Australian government policy and management consulting, including BCG, before building software to automate repetitive marketing and content compliance work. Haast announced a US$12 million Series A led by Peak XV Partners in April 2026.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Haast
- **Organizations:** Haast, Boston Consulting Group, Strategy&, Australian Government, ANU Solar Racing
- **Nationality:** Australian
- **Education:** Bachelor of Economics; Bachelor of Laws with Honours, Australian National University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Haast, whose named enterprise customers include Zurich, Aviva and Telstra., Led Haast through its April 2026 US$12 million Series A announcement., Haast won the 2024 insurtechLIVE pitch contest and the Australian round of the Zurich Innovation Championship.

## Career timeline

- **2015-2019** — Studied at the Australian National University.
- **2016-2019** — Served on the business team at ANU Solar Racing.
- **2017** — Served as a senior resident at ANU.
- **2019** — Named alongside Brigid Horneman-Wren in College of Law representatives’ reports to ANUSA.
- **2019-2021** — Worked as a Policy Adviser for the Australian Government.
- **2021-2022** — Worked as an associate at Strategy&.
- **2022** — Joined Boston Consulting Group in May, according to published career reporting.
- **2023** — Co-founded Haast with Liam King and Jason Watling; current company materials date its founding to 2023.
- **2024** — Haast won the insurtechLIVE pitch contest in February and the Australian round of the Zurich Innovation Championship in April.
- **2025** — Haast announced a A$6 million seed round led by Airtree and plans for US expansion.
- **2026** — Haast announced a US$12 million Series A led by Peak XV Partners; its headquarters are in New York.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Haast, whose named enterprise customers include Zurich, Aviva and Telstra.
- Led Haast through its April 2026 US$12 million Series A announcement.
- Haast won the 2024 insurtechLIVE pitch contest and the Australian round of the Zurich Innovation Championship.
- Haast reported 4.5x revenue growth over 12 months and zero customer churn in its April 2026 announcement; these are company-reported figures.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Published a bylined article in The Financial Brand on matching bank marketing review capacity to content volume (August 12; Haast shared it August 13).
- **2026-06** — Appeared on Thomas Fox’s Compliance and AI podcast to discuss scaling marketing compliance and risk tolerance.
- **2026-04** — Haast announced a US$12 million Series A led by Peak XV Partners, bringing total US capital raised to US$17.05 million according to the company.

## Links

- Website: https://haast.io/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kunal-vankadara-97a19b112/

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Last updated: 2026-10-25