Jinal Jhaveri

Co-Founder and CEO

2010

The Remote Team Solution with The Human Touch ----- Mismo is a platform for companies to quickly hire, onboard, and nurture Engineering, QA, and Design teams in 10+ countries in Latin America!! The amazing talent in Latin America gets the benefit of working directly with high the most impactful, high growth and innovative companies in the world. We are serving some of the fastest-growing companies in the US, like AngelList, NFX, GlimpseK12, SchoolMint and many others.

Co-Founder & Chairman

2019

SchoolMint(YCombinator/ImagineK12 2013) is the leader in Strategic Enrollment Management for preK-12 schools, serving ~25%+ US public school students, growing organically and through acquisitions. In the last five years we have acquired several companies like SmartChoice, Whetstone, EnrollHand, SchoolRunner, and Brightminds.

Co-Founder & CEO

2013 - 2019

SchoolMint helps schools Attract, Enroll and Retain students and teachers. Acquisition and Growth Investment by BV Investment Partners (https://www.bvlp.com/) in Sep 2017. I led the company as the CEO of the merged entity (SchoolMint and Hero with 200+ employees) until June 2019. Currently, I serve as the Chairman of the Board. https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-10-30-hero-k12-mints-its-first-acquisition-school-enrollment-startup-schoolmint https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171030005833/en/Hero-K12-BV-Acquire-SchoolMint-Continued-Expansion Our Core Values: NO JERKS, PERIOD WE NOT ME BE HEROIC BRING YOUR WHOLE SELF TO WORK EMBRACE AND DRIVE CHANGE

Founder

2023

Enable Us was acquired by MindTickle in April 2023 and I left MindTickle in April 2024. MindTickle is a leader in Sales Productivity/Enablement, serving 100s of Public, Mid-Market, and SMB enterprises in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. MindTickle has raised $250M+ by some top VCs like Accel, SoftBank, Cannan, Newview, Norwest and other top venture firms. https://www.mindtickle.com/news/mindtickle-announces-acquisition-of-enable-us-to-combine-sales-and-buyer-enablement-in-one-platform/ https://research.g2.com/insights/mindtickle-acquires-enable-us https://trainingindustry.com/magazine/summer-2023/mindtickle-acquires-enable-us-combined-platform-set-to-boost-reps-skills-and-streamline-the-sales-process/

Co-Founder & CEO

2020 - 2023

Enable Us (YCombinator YCW21) is the pioneer of the Digital Sales Rooms (the fastest-growing product category in Sales and Buyer Enablement. Our Mission: We believe that by 2025, most business-to-business (B2B) transactions, such as Buying, Selling, and Customer Onboarding, will feel the same as business-to-consumer (B2C) transactions today—asynchronous, delightful, and quick. We are helping companies prepare for that using our Digital Sales Room and Buyer Enablement Platform! https://www.finsmes.com/2021/12/enable-us-raises-4-5m-in-funding.html (Raised $4.5M of seed round from top VCs like Liquid2, Bessemer VC Seed Fund, Pioneer Fund, Rebel Fund, Runa Capital, and Others)

Founder

2020

Founder of The Edtech Club, a slack-based community of ~600+ Edtech Founders. Founders discuss everything from Fundraising, Go-to-market, Recruiting, Legal, etc. If you are an ed-tech founder and if you want to join, please email contact@edtechclub.orgThe Edtech Club – Founder of The Edtech Club, a slack-based community of ~600+ Edtech Founders. Founders discuss everything from Fundraising, Go-to-market, Recruiting, Legal, etc. If you are an ed-tech founder and if you want to join, please email contact@edtechclub.org

Venture Investor / Startup Advisor

2012

Angel investor in Education Technology, Recruiting / HR Technology, Sales and Marketing technology, and other SAAS companies. Also, LP in several VC/PE/Hedge Funds. Founders looking to raise please check here: https://jinal.net/investments/ Edtech (Angel) —-CourseDog(Acquired), GlimpseK12 (Acquired), KickUp, WonderSchool(Syndicate), Tailor-Ed(Exited), BoostMySchool, Tappity, Prendea (Exited), Thankview, GetSetUp(syndicate), Scaffold-Ed, Ordo Schools, Diffit, Sora Schools, CyberNut, SmartPass, Odyssey, SV Academy, Brightbee (Check here for the full list: https://jinal.net/investments/) Exits: Secondary: Facebook, Square, Github, Zuora, Lyft, Pinterest, CreditKarma, Postmates, Palantir, GitLab, 23andme, Marqeta, Blend, Epic(Education) Angel: GlimpseK12, CourseDog, Prendea, ThankView, Destiny/XYZ, OctiFi Current: Secondary: Harness, Mercury, Cohesity, Impossible Foods, Automattic, Invision, Calm, OutReach, Roofstock, LendingHome, Headspace, Udacity, Sendbird Angel: CaptivateIQ, Mudrex, Jutso, Aviron, SwiftSKU, Fathom, AbstractOps, Cabal, Pandium, FlexDesk + dozens of other early-stage tech companies

Venture Partner

2020

Senior Engineering Manager

2008 - 2011

Lead the team that: Built the Backend for Web based Instant Messenger (used by ~ 32 Million daily uniques) Built the Newsfeed system and algorithms to make the news feed more relevant. Built the Platform Proxy (part of OpenSocial platform) used by hundreds of thousands of apps. Kept the team focused and motivated in good times and bad

Systems Architect

2009 - 2010

P/k/a LolApps - Built and scaled the games, quizzes and gifts products used by millions of users (~50M monthly uniques) - Developed the backend systems. - Managed the web and game performance teams. 6waves acquired for $201M by StillFront https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/STILLFRONT-GROUP-AB-PUBL-61747396/news/Stillfront-acquires-Six-Waves-Inc-and-resolves-on-a-rights-issue-of-approximately-SEK-2-0-billion-37589968/

Senior Software Engineer

2006 - 2008

Successfully Acquired by Monsanto for ~$1B. Previously known as WeatherBill. Employee #4. Built the big data system processing tera bytes of data to predict weather accurately and in turn helping Businesses hedge their weather risk. Help build pricing system to price and settle weather derivative contracts. https://www.forbes.com/sites/bruceupbin/2013/10/02/monsanto-buys-climate-corp-for-930-million/

Computer Scientist

2004 - 2006

Part of the team that built a framework for analyzing Genomics data on a huge cluster of computers to decode Genes, Proteins, Pathways and all the other interesting stuff. Part of the team that programmatically annotated several eukaryotic and prokaryotic genomes Improved the home grown cluster job scheduler as well as mechanisms to reliably transfer terabytes of data between nodes on a huge Beowulf cluster. Human Genome Project and other Genome sequencing projects. Genomics Research Publications The Chlamydomonas Genome Reveals the Evolution of Key Animal and Plant Functions http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2875087/ The Genome Portal of the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-10/dgi-gag101007.php http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3245080/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2668409/ Genome Sequences of Three Agrobacterium Biovars Help Elucidate the Evolution of Multichromosome Genomes in Bacteria https://jb.asm.org/content/191/8/2501