# Vipin Raghavan

> Vipin Raghavan is the co-founder and CEO of Haber, an industrial AI company that turns factory data into real-time decisions about chemistry, quality, water, energy and production. An engineer by education who spent much of his early career in finance at companies including Ecolab, UnitedHealth Group and Zynga, he returned to industrial operations with a thesis that software could capture process expertise and make resource-intensive plants more precise. Haber began with five engineers and its eLIXA system, later added the Mt. Fuji and Kaiznn platforms, and raised a $38 million equity Series C in 2024 as it expanded into North America.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Haber
- **Organizations:** Haber, Nalco Water India, an Ecolab company, Zynga, UnitedHealth Group, Cummins, Ecolab, Ernst & Young, KDV, Biomedical Technology Wing at SCTIMST
- **Education:** Bachelor of Technology, Model Engineering College, Iowa State University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Haber and led it from a self-funded five-engineer team to a company with more than 200 employees and deployments across multiple countries., Led Haber through Series A, Series B and Series C financing, including $38 million in equity in the 2024 Series C., Helped establish eLIXA, Mt. Fuji and Kaiznn as a connected set of industrial process control, intelligence and planning products.

## Career timeline

- **2000-2001** — Worked as a project engineer at the Biomedical Technology Wing of SCTIMST in Thiruvananthapuram.
- **2004-2007** — Moved through accounting and advisory roles at KDV and Ernst & Young.
- **2007-2009** — Held finance roles at Ecolab and Cummins in the United States.
- **2009-2011** — Served as director of finance at UnitedHealth Group.
- **2011-2012** — Served as director of financial planning and analysis at Zynga.
- **2012-2015** — Served as director of finance at Nalco Water India, bringing him back into industrial water and process operations.
- **2015** — Started Haber with his own funds and a five-engineer team; the legal entity Haber Water Technologies LLP was incorporated in May.
- **2017** — Haber launched eLIXA and marks this year as its founding in its public company history.
- **2019** — Haber secured Series A funding led by Accel to accelerate research and product development.
- **2021** — Haber raised a $20 million Series B and reported more than 100 eLIXA installations.
- **2022** — Haber introduced Mt. Fuji and Kaiznn, extending beyond adaptive process control into manufacturing intelligence and production planning.
- **2024** — Haber raised $38 million in equity in its Series C, alongside $6 million in debt, to support international expansion and product growth.
- **2025** — Haber expanded its Pune green chemistry lab and opened offices in the United States and Canada.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Haber and led it from a self-funded five-engineer team to a company with more than 200 employees and deployments across multiple countries.
- Led Haber through Series A, Series B and Series C financing, including $38 million in equity in the 2024 Series C.
- Helped establish eLIXA, Mt. Fuji and Kaiznn as a connected set of industrial process control, intelligence and planning products.
- Built a model that links Haber's commercial value to production outcomes rather than conventional per-seat software licensing.
- Expanded Haber from India into the Middle East and North America while keeping its focus on process-intensive manufacturing.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Haber was scheduled to exhibit at Corrugated Week 2026 in Fort Worth, Texas, reflecting its continued North American expansion.
- **2026-02** — Raghavan appeared on an IPPTA panel in Bengaluru about HR practices for the digital era of the pulp and paper industry.
- **2025-12** — In a pulp and paper industry interview, Raghavan said most Haber clients see return on investment within six to nine months and detailed the company's adaptive control, plant intelligence and trim-optimization products.
- **2025-11** — Raghavan appeared on Accel's Decoding Manufacturing podcast to discuss operator trust, output-based pricing and the road to near-autonomous factories.
- **2025-10** — Haber opened an expanded AI Green Chemistry Lab in Pune, backed by a reported $10 million R&D investment.
- **2024-12** — Haber announced a Series C comprising $38 million in equity and $6 million in debt to fund international expansion and product development.

## Links

- Website: https://www.haberwater.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vipin-raghavan-6142986
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/HABER_TECH
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/7anNDDyudZg
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Haber.Technology

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Last updated: 2026-09-27