Indian entrepreneur Anjali Sardana built a fast-growing startup less than a year after graduating from college in the US. Her company, Pronto, has quickly become one of the most talked about startups in the home services market in India.Sardana graduated from Georgetown University in 2024 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. After graduating, she briefly worked in investment roles at venture firms including Bain Capital and 8VC, where she gained exposure to the startup and venture investing ecosystem.In April 2025, Sardana launched Pronto, a technology platform designed to connect families with trained domestic workers to do household chores such as cleaning, dishwashing, laundry and basic kitchen tasks.
The company aims to bring structure to a sector that has traditionally operated through informal arrangements.Pronto operates through a mobile application that allows customers to quickly book home help. The platform recruits, trains and verifies workers before assigning them to shifts, with many services delivered in about 10 minutes through a network of local centres.The startup initially began operations with a single center in Gurugram.
At the time, the team was handling approximately 170 bookings per day while working to build the service. Within months, demand increased sharply. By early 2026, the platform was handling more than 18,000 daily bookings and working with thousands of service professionals.Pronto has expanded its operations beyond its first market and now serves customers in more than ten cities, including Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai.
The company has also built a workforce consisting largely of women working as service professionals trained on the platform.Investor interest followed the company’s rapid growth. In March 2026, Pronto raised $25 million in a funding round led by Epiq Capital, with participation from investors including Glade Brook Capital, General Catalyst, and Bain Capital Ventures. The financing valued the company at about $100 million, less than a year after its launch.Previous funding rounds also helped the startup expand its operations and workforce. The company raised $11 million in 2025 to scale its service model, invest in training more specialists and improve its technology infrastructure.Today, Pronto is part of a growing group of startups trying to streamline India’s local services sector using technology, organized shifts, and certified workers. The goal is to build a reliable platform for families while providing stable income opportunities for workers, Sardana said.