IIT Delhi grad had to wait 7 years to start his business. Today, his net worth is over $2.3 billion. Who is Jyoti Bansal?
Summary
This article profiles Jyoti Bansal, the IIT Delhi graduate behind AppDynamics and Harness. It highlights how visa restrictions delayed his startup plans for seven years before he launched AppDynamics in 2008. The story also covers the difficulty he faced raising capital, with many venture firms initially rejecting the company. AppDynamics later grew into a major application monitoring platform and was acquired by Cisco for $3.7 billion. The piece frames his path as an example of persistence in software entrepreneurship.
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industries
Entertainment
applications
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SaaS
Enterprise Software
Collaboration Software
Linked Companies
AppDynamics
$100M to $250M
Cisco
$1B+