Expent Inc

Procure the right software 5x faster

Y CombinatorWinter 2021ActiveB2BOperationsMachine LearningSaaSB2BAI

What they do

Problem

Software procurement is slow and hard to manage while maintaining organizational control over purchasing.

Solution

Expent provides a marketplace and procurement workflow platform that speeds up software purchasing and centralizes approval and control.

Who it's for

Teams and organizations that buy software and need centralized purchasing oversight (typically mid-market to enterprise).

Founders

Harikrishna Narayanan

Founder

In 2020 Hari co-founded Expent. Prior to Expent, Hari was running the Machine Learning Services Product and Engineering group at Workday as a director where he was responsible for designing and executing the strategy & vision for multiple Machine Learning services. Before Workday, Hari led multiple data initiatives at Yahoo. Hari has a Masters in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology and Bachelors from PSG Tech, India.

Srikanth Veeraraghavan

Founder

Srikanth is a co-founder of Expent. Prior to Expent, he was the Head of Security, Privacy and Compliance at PlanGrid. Prior to that, he was an early member of Zendesk’s Pre-IPO security team. He has more than 8+ years of extensive Security and Privacy experience working at various small, medium and large security companies. He has a Masters in Information Security from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelors in Information Technology from Vellore Institute of Technology, India.