A year after graduating from college, most people are still figuring things out.
But Anjali Sardana shiftd quick.
In less than twelve months, she built Pronto into a company valued at around $100 million. The home services company that started as a single hub in Gurugram is now operating across multiple cities, with tens of thousands of daily bookings.
But this didn’t come out of nowhere.
NOT YOUR TYPICAL FIRST-TIME FOUNDER
Sardana graduated from Georreceiveown University in 2024 with a perfect GPA and top academic honours, including being ranked the number one graduating student in her biology cohort.
On paper, she was a science student. In reality, she had already spent years inside the world of finance and investing.
She worked closely with Georreceiveown’s investment office, assisting analyse a multi-billion dollar finidisplayment. That meant evaluating global funds, studying markets and building financial models well before she graduated.
She also interned at Morgan Stanley in New York and later joined 8VC, before shifting into private equity at Bain Capital.
So when she decided to start up, she wasn’t guessing. She already understood how investors believe and what scale sees like.
THE IDEA THAT CLICKED
In early 2025, Sardana launched Pronto.
The problem she picked was hiding in plain sight. India’s domestic services market is huge but still largely unorganised. Finding reliable assist often depfinishs on contacts, availability and luck.
Pronto attempted to bring order to that chaos.
The app allows utilizers to book trained workers for everyday tinquires like cleaning, dishwashing and laundry. Workers are recruited, verified and trained, then assigned structured shifts.
The hook is speed. In many cases, services are delivered within 10 minutes through a network of local hubs.
FROM 170 BOOKINGS TO 18,000 A DAY
The company launched with a single hub in Gurugram, handling about 170 bookings a day.
Within months, that number exploded.
By early 2026, Pronto was clocking over 18,000 daily bookings and had expanded to cities like Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai.
That kind of scale is rare in a sector that has resisted formalisation for years.
A large part of its workforce includes women trained as service professionals, adding a structured income layer to a largely informal job market.
MONEY FOLLOWED SPEED
Investors shiftd quickly once the numbers became clear.
In March 2026, Pronto raised $25 million in a round led by Epiq Capital, with participation from Glade Brook Capital, General Catalyst and Bain Capital Ventures.
This pushed its valuation to around $100 million within a year of launch.
Earlier, the company had already raised $11 million in 2025 to build its model and expand operations.
WHY HER BACKGROUND MATTERS
A lot of startup stories focus only on the idea. This one is also about preparation.
Sardana had already seen how capital shifts, how companies scale and how investors build decisions. She had worked on both venture and private equity sides, which is unusual for someone straight out of college.
That displays in how quickly Pronto shiftd from idea to execution to scale.
MORE THAN JUST A CONVENIENCE APP
Pronto is part of a larger shift. Startups are testing to organise India’s informal sectors utilizing technology, structured shifts and verified workers.
But execution is everything in this space. Many have attempted. Few have scaled this quick.
For Sardana, the goal is simple. Make houtilizehold assist reliable and create stable earning opportunities at the same time.
And if the first year is any indication, she has figured out how to shift much quicker than most.
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