Hemant Asher

Co-Founder

San Francisco, California, United States34 yrs 2 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 30 years of experience in Silicon Valley.
  • Successfully scaled Enquero from 3 to 750+ employees.
  • Expertise in enterprise technology investments.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned venture capitalist with deep expertise in enterprise technology and startup scaling.

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Skills

Core Skills

Venture CapitalEnterprise TechnologyOrganizational GrowthFinancial ManagementTalent AcquisitionEmployee EngagementClient ManagementRevenue GrowthP&l ManagementStrategic RelationshipsMarket PositioningAccount ManagementMarket Entry StrategyInnovative Deal ClosurePortfolio DevelopmentPre-sales ConsultingProfessional Services ManagementSoftware DevelopmentTechnical Program ManagementProduct ManagementStreaming Media DeliveryTrade ManagementSupply Chain TransformationEnterprise Software DevelopmentImplementation SupportApplication DevelopmentIt Solutions

Other Skills

Account GrowthBusiness TransformationCRMConsultingConsumer ServicesCultural DevelopmentCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Digital TransformationGlobal DeliveryIT StrategyInvestment StrategyLeadershipManagementManagement ConsultingOffshoring

About

Venture Partner | Serial Entrepreneur | Enterprise Tech Investor Hemant is a serial entrepreneur turned venture capitalist with over 30 years of experience in Silicon Valley, spanning early-stage startups to scaled enterprise environments. He has built, led, and successfully exited multiple technology ventures, bringing deep expertise across customer success, revenue growth, product strategy, and operational leadership. Currently, Hemant serves as a Venture Partner at Saama Capital, an independent, cross-border venture fund investing across the U.S. and India. At Saama, he focuses on identifying, advising, and helping scale early-stage startups in the Enterprise Technology space. He brings his founder/operator lens to a seasoned investment team and a thriving portfolio. Before Saama, Hemant co-founded Enquero, a data analytics company specializing in sales and partner analytics for the high-tech industry, built on its proprietary platform PowerMe. Under his leadership, Enquero scaled from a 3-person startup to 750+ employees in just six years, culminating in its strategic acquisition by Genpact (NYSE: G). Post-acquisition, he served as COO of Genpact’s Analytics business, where he helped lay the foundation for its scaling journey. Earlier in his career, Hemant held revenue and market leadership roles at Infosys, and was part of three other startups in supply chain visibility, cross-platform messaging, and ERP financial reporting.

Experience

Saama

Partner

Jan 2023Present · 3 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Venture Partner responsible for Enterprise Technology portfolio investments.
  • Saama is an early-stage, sector-agnostic, India-focused venture capital firm investing since 2006. The Saama team is currently investing out of its fifth fund and has built significant knowledge in several sectors, including consumer-focused companies, financial services/fintech, and SaaS. Previously, Saama has backed several leading companies, including Paytm, Snapdeal, Sula Wines, Veeba Foods, Chai Point, EazyDiner, The Moms Co., Lendingkart, Vistaar Financial Services, Fisdom, Mezi, Zeni, and Beans.ai.
Enterprise TechnologyVenture CapitalInvestment Strategy

Genpact

Chief Operating Officer, Analytics Services

Aug 2021Jan 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Enquero

3 roles

Co-Founder, COO & CFO

Jan 2020Aug 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Driving robust and rapid growth by delivering organizational, financial and cultural scale while managing risks is my job. I wake up each day to solve a new challenge and learn something new. Its the journey that I enjoy. Outcome while important, is only momentary!
Organizational GrowthFinancial ManagementCultural Development

Co-Founder and COO

Promoted

Sep 2017Jan 2020 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • My focus at this time is to hire the top talent; engage them in the most intellectually stimulating work; offer an unconstrained environment to experiment & learn and tie their performance to uncapped upside. Have never been so liberated ... scale, scale, scale...
Talent AcquisitionEmployee EngagementPerformance Management

Co-Founder

Apr 2014Aug 2017 · 3 yrs 4 mos

  • As a co-founder of this high growth company, Hemant is responsible for Client Management, Revenue Growth, Global Operations and Finance.
  • We help our customers navigate their digital transformation journey by connecting data, contextualizing experiences and enabling connected capabilities that have never been digitalized before.
Client ManagementRevenue GrowthDigital Transformation

Infosys

4 roles

Global Client Partner - Strategic Accounts

Promoted

Apr 2011Apr 2014 · 3 yrs

  • Global Client Partner with P&L responsibility for one of Infosys' top 10 strategic accounts. Delivered 113% revenue growth with average quarter over quarter growth of 10% over 3 years. Led and managed 360 degrees strategic relationships while building a stellar account leadership team. Led the account growth while also building this account into one of the top consulting and transformation accounts for the company representing all Infosys service lines in sizable strength.
P&L ManagementStrategic RelationshipsAccount Growth

Head Telecom OEM Segment

Jul 2010Jun 2011 · 11 mos

  • Led Hi-Tech OEM segment in US market. Key achievements include organizing the sector by prioritizing accounts, organizing service line focus, aligning account leadership teams and creating market positioning for the sector within the organization, with the customers and analysts.
Market PositioningAccount ManagementService Line Focus

Client Partner, Telecom Service Provider Segment, India Business Unit

Promoted

Nov 2008Jun 2010 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Spearheaded Infosys’ entry into India’s Telecom Service Provider market. Incubated and closed some of the most innovative deals resulting in consumer services launched by Infosys customer partners in the space of mobile wallet and mobile app stores. These were some of the first platform deals for the company making way for new platform business in the marketplace.
Innovative Deal ClosureMarket Entry StrategyConsumer Services

Client Partner, High Tech and Distribution

Nov 2005Nov 2008 · 3 yrs

  • Managed a group of Hi-Tech OEM accounts while building a brand new portfolio into $11M/qtr in 10 qtrs.
Account ManagementPortfolio Development

Valdero corp.

Head, Professional Services and Pre-Sales

Mar 2001Jul 2005 · 4 yrs 4 mos · Palo Alto, California, United States · On-site

  • Managed pre-sales consulting and professional services functions for Valdero (a KPCB, MDV funded venture), leading all motions from pre-sales consulting through implementation of market leading solutions in Hi Tech supply chain visibility and planning domain offered by Valdero.
Pre-sales ConsultingProfessional Services Management

Akamai

Product / Program Manager

Jan 1999Jan 2001 · 2 yrs

  • Delivered industries one of the first major commercial pay-per-view event over Internet thru Streaming Media. Managed delivery of the secured streaming media platform to the first fortune 100 customer followed by productizing the platform for broader industry.
Streaming Media DeliveryProduct Management

I3connect inc.

Co-Founder

Jan 1998Dec 2001 · 3 yrs 11 mos

  • As an enterprenuer and a co-founder of i3Connect inc. built a software and a services company. Consulted with several customers for different technology implementation and technical program management engagements. Also morphed into a software company by investing into and building an early Enteprise IM solution. Responsibility involved general management and consulting.
Software DevelopmentTechnical Program Management

Intranet 2001

Founder and CEO

Apr 1997Dec 1999 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Columbus, Ohio · On-site

  • Built a boutique services firm working with several leading brands within CPG industry to help transform Trade Management, Trade Planning, Supply Chain and Financial Reporting processes.
Trade ManagementSupply Chain Transformation

Analysts international corporation (aic)

Project Manager / Senior Consultant

Jun 1994Jan 1998 · 3 yrs 7 mos

  • Held various consulting positions with different customers. Primarily focusing on enteprise software solution development, implementation and support. Worked with different customers such as Borden Foods, Dairy Farmers of America, IBM Global Services, Compuserve etc.
Enterprise Software DevelopmentImplementation Support

Hp

Software Engineer / Business Analyst

Jul 1991May 1994 · 2 yrs 10 mos

  • As part of HP's corporate IT group worked on several internal IT application development and rollout. Inclding the world wide procurement system, order management system, internal factory order system etc. Gained strong foundation in building and delivering applicaitons within the manufacturing and supply management domains.
Application DevelopmentIT Solutions

Education

Capital University

MBA

Jan 1995Apr 1997

University of Mumbai

BS — Computer Science

Jul 1987Jun 1991

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