# Vijay Yalamanchili

> Vijay Yalamanchili is the founder and CEO of Keka HR, a Hyderabad-born HR and payroll software company he built after growing frustrated with the clunky HR tools on the market. An engineer by training with earlier startups behind him, he bootstrapped Keka for roughly six years before raising a $57 million round from WestBridge Capital in 2022, reported at the time as India's largest Series A for a SaaS company. Keka now serves thousands of organizations and processes payroll for millions of employees each month, built around a focus on employee experience and disciplined, profit-led growth.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Keka HR
- **Organizations:** Keka HR, Technovert, Ramp India, Fotolink Media, Microsoft
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** B.Tech, Electronics and Communication Engineering, JNTUH College of Engineering, Hyderabad, MS, University of Delaware
- **Known for:** Founded and scaled Keka HR into one of India's most widely used HR and payroll platforms, Bootstrapped the company for roughly six years before raising external capital, Raised a $57 million Series A from WestBridge Capital, reported as India's largest Series A for a SaaS company

## Career timeline

- **2003** — Software Development Engineer at Microsoft
- **2006** — Co-founded Fotolink Media, one of India's earliest mobile visual-search startups
- **2006** — Founded Ramp India, building products and solutions for startups
- **2012** — Co-founded Technovert, a technology services company
- **2014** — Founded Keka HR (Hyderabad); product launched publicly around 2015-2016
- **2019** — Keka surpassed $1 million in annual recurring revenue
- **2020** — Keka reported a sevenfold sales increase during the pandemic
- **2022** — Raised $57 million Series A from WestBridge Capital, reported as India's largest SaaS Series A

## Achievements

- Founded and scaled Keka HR into one of India's most widely used HR and payroll platforms
- Bootstrapped the company for roughly six years before raising external capital
- Raised a $57 million Series A from WestBridge Capital, reported as India's largest Series A for a SaaS company
- Grew Keka to serve thousands of organizations, processing payroll for millions of employees monthly
- Built 30+ products across earlier ventures including Ramp and Technovert
- Received early recognition including the HYSEA Startup Award and 'Hottest Startup of Hyderabad'

## Latest updates

- **2022-11** — Keka closed a $57 million Series A round led by WestBridge Capital, reported as India's largest SaaS Series A.
- **2025-06** — Featured in founder retrospectives as having built one of India's most trusted HR tech brands from Hyderabad, serving thousands of organizations.

## Links

- Website: https://keka.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yalamanchili/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jez0fSEcxdA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kekahr/

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Last updated: 2026-07-24