# Lokesh Anand

> Lokesh Anand is the co-founder and CEO of Sigmoid, a data engineering and AI consulting company he started in 2013 with two IIT Kharagpur classmates. Under his leadership, Sigmoid has grown into a 1,300-person firm serving Fortune 500 clients across CPG, retail, healthcare, BFSI and AdTech, backed by Sequoia Capital India. An electrical engineer by training with early stints at Siemens and Procter & Gamble, Anand has built Sigmoid around a distinctive thesis: bring rigorous engineering to analytics so enterprises can turn data into measurable business impact.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Sigmoid
- **Organizations:** Sigmoid, Siemens, Procter & Gamble
- **From:** India
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** Dual degree in Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram
- **Known for:** Co-founded and scaled Sigmoid to roughly 1,300 employees across India, the US, UK and Europe, Grew Sigmoid revenue more than 30x since 2018, Raised $12M Series B from Sequoia Capital India (2022), bringing Sequoia's total backing to ~$19.3M

## Career timeline

- **2009-2010** — Research Engineer at Siemens
- **2010-2013** — Associate Manager at Procter & Gamble
- **2013** — Co-founded Sigmoid with Mayur Rustagi and Rahul Kumar Singh
- **2018-2022** — Grew Sigmoid revenue over 30x
- **2022** — Raised $12M Series B led by Sequoia Capital India; named among fastest-growing companies in North America for the third consecutive year

## Achievements

- Co-founded and scaled Sigmoid to roughly 1,300 employees across India, the US, UK and Europe
- Grew Sigmoid revenue more than 30x since 2018
- Raised $12M Series B from Sequoia Capital India (2022), bringing Sequoia's total backing to ~$19.3M
- Led Sigmoid to recognition as one of the fastest-growing companies in North America three years running
- Delivered data engineering and analytics solutions with hundreds of millions of dollars of business impact for Fortune 500 clients
- Member of the Forbes Technology Council

## Latest updates

- **2022-09** — Sigmoid raised $12M Series B led by Sequoia Capital India to scale its data engineering and analytics platform.
- **2023-05** — Anand and co-founders discussed how a clear data analytics roadmap is the cornerstone for good decision-making.

## Links

- Website: https://sigmoid.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/lokeshanand
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/sigmoidinc
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DTaP8b-gUzN/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/SigmoidAnalytics/

---

Profile page: https://yespress.io/lokesh-anand
Published by YesPress — https://yespress.io
Last updated: 2026-07-15