# Navin Thadani

> Navin Thadani is the Founder and CEO of Evinced, the leading AI-powered digital accessibility testing company based in Palo Alto, California. A serial entrepreneur with two prior successful exits (Qumranet to Red Hat and Ravello Systems to Oracle), he co-founded Evinced in 2018 with a mission to make the web and mobile apps accessible to the 1.3 billion people worldwide living with disabilities. Under his leadership, Evinced has raised $112 million across three funding rounds, built a 130-person team, and become the only pure technology play in the enterprise accessibility market, serving clients including five of the ten largest media companies in the US and UK, and financial institutions collectively managing $26 trillion in assets.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Evinced
- **Organizations:** Evinced, Ravello Systems, Qumranet, Oracle
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BS in Electrical Engineering, University of Pune (Savitribai Phule Pune University), MS in Economics / Operations Research, Stanford University, MBA, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- **Known for:** Co-founded Evinced in 2018, growing it to 130+ employees and $112M in total funding by 2024, Two prior startup exits: Qumranet to Red Hat (2008) and Ravello Systems to Oracle (~$500M, 2016), Built Evinced into the only 'pure tech play' in the enterprise accessibility market

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Earned BS in Electrical Engineering from University of Pune, then MS from Stanford, then MBA from Wharton
- **2006** — Joined Qumranet as founding team member, serving as GM of Virtualization Business Unit
- **2008** — Qumranet acquired by Red Hat — first successful exit
- **~2012** — Joined Ravello Systems as founding team member and VP of Product Development
- **2016** — Ravello Systems acquired by Oracle for ~$500M — second successful exit
- **2016-2018** — Held product leadership roles at Oracle post-acquisition
- **2018** — Co-founded Evinced with Gal Moav in Palo Alto, California (August 1, 2018)
- **2021** — Evinced publicly launched and raised $17M Series A led by M12 (Microsoft), BGV, and Capital One Ventures
- **2022** — Raised $38M Series B led by Insight Partners; Evinced grows to serve largest enterprises across finance, media, and healthcare
- **2024** — Raised $55M Series C led by Insight Partners, bringing total funding to $112M; expanded into Europe
- **2025** — Spoke at Web Summit 2025 in Lisbon; Evinced expanded European customer base and sales teams
- **2026** — Launched Evinced 500 on Global Accessibility Awareness Day, benchmarking Fortune 500 web accessibility

## Achievements

- Co-founded Evinced in 2018, growing it to 130+ employees and $112M in total funding by 2024
- Two prior startup exits: Qumranet to Red Hat (2008) and Ravello Systems to Oracle (~$500M, 2016)
- Built Evinced into the only 'pure tech play' in the enterprise accessibility market
- Attracted investors including Microsoft's M12, Capital One Ventures, Insight Partners, and BGV
- Evinced serves 5 of the 10 largest media companies in the US and UK, financial institutions with $26T in assets
- Launched Evinced 500 in May 2026, the first enterprise-grade accessibility benchmark for Fortune 500 companies
- Grew Evinced to serve three of the five largest B2B SaaS companies and three of the ten largest healthcare companies in the US

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Launched Evinced 500 on Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD 2026), a new benchmark analyzing accessibility performance of Fortune 500 companies — revealing an average of nearly 20 accessibility issues per homepage
- **2025-11** — Spoke at Web Summit 2025 in Lisbon on AI-driven accessibility and inclusive web development
- **2024-12** — Closed $55M Series C round led by Insight Partners to drive global expansion, particularly into Europe, and advance generative AI solutions for accessibility

## Links

- Website: https://evinced.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nthadani/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/navinthadani
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/evincedinc

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Last updated: 2026-05-25