Khadim Batti, the co-founder and CEO of SaaS firm Whatfix, handed away earlier right now as a result of a cardiac arrest.
A press release from Whatfix stated, “It’s with deep sorrow that we verify the sudden passing of our beloved co-founder and CEO, Khadim Batti, who suffered a sudden cardiac arrest right now. The corporate requests the media and the general public to respect the privateness of Khadim’s household throughout this tough time.”
Batti co-founded Whatfix with Vara Kumar in 2014 in Bengaluru. The corporate is a digital adoption platform (DAP) that overlays software program functions to supply real-time, in-app steerage, coaching, and analytics for customers and staff. Earlier than Whatfix, Khadim was the Co-founder & CEO at SearchEnabler, and Supply Head – DPI & BI Options at Huawei Applied sciences India Non-public Restricted.
“Khadim has been such an essential a part of our AIBoomi neighborhood and of the bigger SaaS and AI ecosystem in India. So many people have recognized him through the years, shared rooms and conversations with, learnt from, and deeply revered. His journey with Whatfix impressed so many founders on this neighborhood. However past the whole lot he constructed, I’ll bear in mind Khadim for the particular person he was,” Raghavendra tweeted.
Whatfix has greater than 500 clients, together with greater than 100 Fortune 1000 clients. It has raised $140 million from marquee traders resembling SoftBank Imaginative and prescient Fund 2, Sequoia, Cisco Investments, and Dragoneer. The corporate has greater than 800 staff and places of work within the US, India, the UK, Germany, and Australia.
In October 2019, Whatfix acquired AI platform Airim. In 2021, they acquired the educational administration system Nittio Study in August 2021 and the cellular help platform Leap.is in April 2022.
The assertion from Whatfix stated, “A visionary chief recognized for his transformative impression on the worldwide enterprise SaaS panorama, Khadim’s ardour, readability, and conviction formed not simply Whatfix, however everybody who had the privilege of assembly him. He impressed entrepreneurs past know-how to dream huge and pursue their ambitions with conviction.
“His legacy lies within the resilient group and deeply dedicated management workforce he constructed. Our management workforce stays steadfast in carrying his imaginative and prescient ahead. We stay united within the imaginative and prescient and values Khadim championed.”
“A beautiful buddy. A beneficiant mentor. Somebody who all the time made time for the ecosystem and confirmed up for founders with heat and sincerity,” Raghavendra wrote.
