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Anil Dharni

Founder

Founder at Sense

San Francisco, California

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

FoundedSense

About

Anil Dharni is co-founder and CEO of Sense, a recruiting platform he started with his co-founders in 2015 that provides AI agents for candidate screening, scheduling, and matching, and is used by over 1,000 staffing firms and enterprises. He previously co-founded the mobile gaming company Funzio, which was sold to GREE for $210M in 2012, after which he served as COO of GREE International, and earlier led product at the social network hi5. He holds an MBA from MIT Sloan and is an angel investor in companies including Palantir, Skydio, Amplitude, and Domo.

Founder at Sense

Intro paths

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Sense's investors · 3

AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checksAvataar Venture PartnersBangalore · $10M – $30M checksSoftBank Vision FundLondon

Co-founders at Sense

PJ
Pankaj JindalFounder

Experience

  1. SenseCo-Founder/CEOcurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco
  2. Self EmployedAngel Investorcurrent2013 — present
  3. 500 StartupsMentor2011 — 2018
  4. GREE International, IncChief Operating Officer2012 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
  5. FunzioCo-Founder, President & COO2010 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
  6. OpenSocial FoundationBoard of Directors2008 — 2009
  7. hi5.comVice President, Product2007 — 2009
  8. Storm8Co-Founder2009
  9. AnswerUCo-Founder2006 — 2007
  10. Yahoo! Inc.Product Management, Summer Intern2005
  11. Ariba Inc.Globalization2000 — 2004
  12. Engineering Animation (acquired by EDS)Software Engineer1999 — 2000

Skills & more

Enterprise Software15SaaS4Facebook2Social Games28Mobile Games24Social Networking19Emerging Technologies8Product Management77Strategy63Management14Strategic Partnerships11Entrepreneurship28
+10 moreMobile ApplicationsBusiness IntelligenceCompetitive AnalysisStart-upsBusiness DevelopmentMobile DevicesAnalyticsE-commerceRecruitingLeadership

From Anil's professional profile.

Network8

Arash FerdowsiScout
Co-founder of Dropbox
Dylan FieldScout
Co-founder, CEO & Chair of Figma
Dave BalterScout
Investor at True Ventures
Itxaso del PalacioScout
General Partner at Notion Capital
Alex Menn
Producer at Begin Capital
Andrew Miller
Investor at Generate Capital
Jennifer Lum
Managing Partner at BIOSPRING PARTNERS
Matthew Cowan
General Partner at Next47

Investors connected to Anil in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Anil Dharni?
Anil Dharni is co-founder and CEO of Sense, a recruiting platform he started with his co-founders in 2015 that provides AI agents for candidate screening, scheduling, and matching, and is used by over 1,000 staffing firms and enterprises. He previously co-founded the mobile gaming company Funzio, which was sold to GREE for $210M in 2012, after which he served as COO of GREE International, and earlier led product at the social network hi5. He holds an MBA from MIT Sloan and is an angel investor in companies including Palantir, Skydio, Amplitude, and Domo.
Where does Anil Dharni work?
Anil Dharni is Founder of Sense.
What check size does Anil Dharni write?
Anil Dharni typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
What companies did Anil Dharni found?
Anil Dharni founded Sense.
Where did Anil Dharni go to school?
Anil Dharni studied at MIT Sloan School of Management (MBA, Business); Punjab Engineering College (B.E., Aeronautical).

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Shared employers

Also worked at Sense5

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Also worked at GREE International, Inc6

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