# Jyoti Bansal at Harness.io

> Jyoti Bansal, Co-Founder & Entrepreneur Partner at Harness.io. 2 investments on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each...

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San Francisco, US · Partner

# Jyoti Bansal

Co-Founder & Entrepreneur Partner at [Unusual Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unusual-ventures)

Latest rounds

- **LeadSquared** Series A · $3M May 2019
- **Spingboard** Series A · $9.5M Dec 2017

Backs *Enterprise* *Salestech*

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 2 last May 2019
- **Filings:** 1 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 6 +5 mentions

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 2 rounds name them
- ✓ **On filings** 1 filing with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Unusual Ventures
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**Unusual Ventures** VC firm · US **15** cheques in 12 months **92** all time **3** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unusual-ventures)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 2
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $12.5M
- **Active:** 2017–19

2019

- [LeadSquared](https://millionrounds.com/company/leadsquared) *Series A* **$3M** *IN* May 2019 Joined · +2 investors

2017

- [Spingboard](https://millionrounds.com/company/spingboard) *Series A* **$9.5M** *US* Dec 2017 Joined · +4 investors

By stage

- Series A **2**

What they backed

Enterprise **1** Salestech **1**

Alongside

- [Blue Fog *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blue-fog)
- Costanoa Ventures/ Learn *1*
- GSK Velu *1*
- [Moneta *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/moneta)
- [Rocketship.vc *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rocketship-vc)
- [Stakeboat Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stakeboat-capital)

Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [Algolia](https://millionrounds.com/company/algolia)
- [Ambient.ai](https://millionrounds.com/startup/ambient-ai)
- [BIG Labs](https://millionrounds.com/startup/big-labs)
- [LeadSquared](https://millionrounds.com/company/leadsquared)
- [Springboard](https://millionrounds.com/startup/springboard-2)
- [WarmOven](https://millionrounds.com/startup/warmoven)
- Knackit

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **APPDYNAMICS INC** Executive Officer, Director, Promoter on 2 filings · since 2010

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at Unusual Ventures

- [**Lars Albright** General Partner *8 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/lars-albright)
- [**Jordan Segall** Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/jordan-segall)
- [**Sarah Leary** Venture Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/sarah-leary)
- [**Andrew Johns** Head of Product & Knowledge *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/andrew-johns)
- [**Bill Hodak** Team *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/bill-hodak)
- [**Calvin Ling** Director of Finance and Investment Operations *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/calvin-ling)
- [**Corinne Bechtle** Head of Strategic Product Marketing and Alliances *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/corinne-bechtle)
- [**Eric Peter** Product, Machine Learning Platform *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/eric-peter)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [In Depth](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/in-depth) · 19 Nov 2025 · 1h 5m How Harness runs 16 “startups within a startup” at scale | Jyoti Bansal (Co-founder and CEO) With [Jyoti Bansal](https://millionrounds.com/person/jyoti-bansal) About this episode Jyoti Bansal is the co-founder and CEO of Harness, the software delivery platform used by thousands of engineering teams, and previously founded AppDynamics, which he led from inception to a multibillion-dollar acquisition by Cisco. In this episode, Jyoti unpacks what it really takes to move from… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [Grit](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/grit) · 25 Mar 2024 · 59 min #183 CEO & Co-Founder Harness, Jyoti Bansal: Three-Layered Cake With [Jyoti Bansal](https://millionrounds.com/person/jyoti-bansal) Mentions [Frank Slootman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frank-slootman)[Jeff Bezos](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-bezos)[Tom Mendoza](https://millionrounds.com/person/tom-mendoza) About this episode Guest: Jyoti Bansal, CEO and co-founder of Harness Cisco bought Jyoti Bansal’s first company AppDynamics for $3.7 billion, making him a very wealthy man. But after two African safaris, a week of Michelin-starred meals in Tokyo, and more adventures all around the world, he realized that spending… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Logan Bartlett Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/logan-bartlett-show) · 28 Jul 2023 · 1h 39m EP 73: Jyoti Bansal (Founder, AppDynamics): Life After Selling a $3.7B Company With [Jyoti Bansal](https://millionrounds.com/person/jyoti-bansal) Mentions [Reach](https://millionrounds.com/fund/reach) About this episode Jyoti Bonsal was the founder and CEO of AppDynamics, which sold in 2017 to Cisco for $3.7 billion right before it went public. We talk about that sale as well as Jody now running two separate businesses. He's the CEO of Harness. Which not coincidentally, was most recently valued at $3.7 billion, as… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) · 12 May 2021 · 25 min SaaStr 453: Harness CEO and Co-Founder Jyoti Bansal on Building a Second Unicorn, Lessons Learned the Next Time Around With [Jyoti Bansal](https://millionrounds.com/person/jyoti-bansal) About this episode Serial entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal founded AppDynamics, a company sold to Cisco in 2017 for $3.7 billion but didn't stop there. He went on to launch Harness which gained Unicorn status this year. Hear from Jyoti about the lessons he's learned from building not one but two unicorn companies. Full… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 8 Dec 2017 · 22 min 20VC: AppDynamic's Jyoti Bansal on The Sale vs IPO Process with AppDynamics' $3.7Bn Exit & The 3 Simple Things VCs Look For When Investing In Startups With [Jyoti Bansal](https://millionrounds.com/person/jyoti-bansal) Mentions [Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners)[Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) About this episode Jyoti Bansal is the former Founder & CEO of AppDynamics, backed to the tune of over $350m in VC funding from the likes of Lightspeed, Greylock and Kleiner Perkins, just to name a few, before it's ultimate acquisition by Cisco for $3.7Bn. Today, Jyoti is the Founder and CEO of BIG Labs, essentially… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) · 13 Nov 2017 · 23 min SaaStr 151: AppDynamics Founder, Jyoti Bansal on The Requirements To Proceed Through The Scaling Stages in SaaS To Build One Of The Fastest Growing Enterprise Companies And Achieve a $3.7Bn Exit With [Jyoti Bansal](https://millionrounds.com/person/jyoti-bansal) Mentions [Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners)[Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) About this episode Jyoti Bansal is the former Founder & CEO @ AppDynamics, backed by the likes of Lightspeed, Greylock and Kleiner Perkins just to name a few before it's ultimate acquisition by Cisco for $3.7Bn. Today, Jyoti is the Founder and CEO @ BIG Labs essentially a laboratory for creating, developing and… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Jyoti Bansal in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [Fund/Build/Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/fund-build-scale) · 18 Aug 2025 · 44 min Execution > Ideas: What Engineers Need to Know Before Becoming Founders Mentions [Unusual Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unusual-ventures)[Jyoti Bansal](https://millionrounds.com/person/jyoti-bansal) About this episode Jyoti Bansal sold his first company, AppDynamics, to Cisco for $3.7 billion. Harness, his next company, reached a similar valuation a few years later. As an entrepreneur, and as a VC at Unusual Ventures, Jyoti has built and backed multiple billion-dollar startups. But despite his track record,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The a16z Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/a16z) · 3 Sept 2022 · 52 min How to Find Product-Market-Sales Fit Mentions [Unusual Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unusual-ventures)[Jyoti Bansal](https://millionrounds.com/person/jyoti-bansal)[Peter Levine](https://millionrounds.com/person/peter-levine) About this episode In this episode from February 2019, Jyoti Bansal, founding CEO of AppDynamics and co-founder of Unusual Ventures, joins a16z general partner Peter Levine, a16z partner Sateesh Talluri, and host Sonal Choksi to discuss how product and sales evolve together for enterprise go-to-market, including key… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 30 Oct 2019 · 54 min 197. The DNA of Startup Success (John Vrionis) With [John Vrionis](https://millionrounds.com/person/john-vrionis) Mentions [Unusual Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unusual-ventures)[Jyoti Bansal](https://millionrounds.com/person/jyoti-bansal) About this episode John Vrionis of Unusual Ventures joins Nick to discuss The DNA of Startup Success. In this episode, we cover: Backstory/path to venture. Talk about your experience at Lightspeed and your decision to leave. Where/when did you first meet Jyoti Bansal, the founder, AppDynamics? What's unusual about… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The a16z Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/a16z) · 3 Feb 2019 · 51 min a16z Podcast: Product-Market SALES Fit (What Comes First?) Mentions [Jyoti Bansal](https://millionrounds.com/person/jyoti-bansal)[Peter Levine](https://millionrounds.com/person/peter-levine)[Satish Talluri](https://millionrounds.com/person/satish-talluri) About this episode with Jyoti Bansal (@jyotibansalsf), Peter Levine, Satish Talluri (@satishtalluri), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) One of the toughest challenges for founders -- and especially technical founders who are used to focusing so much on product features over sales -- is striking "product-market fit". The… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 16 Jun 2017 · 21 min 20VC: Is Series B Really The Hardest To Raise? Should The Only Limiting Factor Post Series B Be Cash & When Is The Right Time To Move To The US with Nicolas Dessaigne, Founder & CEO @ Algolia With [Nicolas Dessaigne](https://millionrounds.com/person/nicolas-dessaigne-2) Mentions [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel)[Clark Valberg](https://millionrounds.com/fund/clark-valberg)[Des Traynor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/des-traynor)[Jason Lemkin](https://millionrounds.com/person/jason-lemkin-2)[Jyoti Bansal](https://millionrounds.com/person/jyoti-bansal) About this episode Nicolas Dessaigne is the Founder & CEO @ Algolia, the most reliable platform for building search into your business. Just last week they raised $53m in funding led by Accel with participation from Jason Lemkin @ SaaStr, Point Nine Capital, AppDynamic's Jyoti Bansal, Intercom's Des Traynor and… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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