Practus’ assisted Project Platform in raising ~$20 million in Series B equity funding and reducing TAT in investor reporting from 18 days to 4 days.

Client NameIndustryOwnershipManagementNo. of EmployeesSizeProject Duration
Project PlatformIT Products (SaaS)Tech Entrepreneurs, initially VC invested. Subsequently bought out by an e-commerce majorFounder-Run~100~$30 million24 Months

About The Company

Elegance Technology is a VC-funded IT products company that offers inventory management, planning, customer engagement, and logistics management solutions platform for e-commerce. The company served a peak of 1,500 customers, sold about 10,000 licenses, pricing each license at ~$100 per user per month. One of the venture capital funds that participated in series A funding introduced Practus to the company.​

Practus’ Role

  • Developed management dashboard to define and monitor key business metrics, within 10 weeks of engagement
  • Automated product level profitability monitoring on Quickbooks equivalent
  • Introduced timesheet mechanism for code writers and product developers to monitor productivity and help accurate product pricing, particularly for ongoing AMC contracts
  • Ensured 100% compliance with regulations, mitigating regulatory and reputational risks to investor nominees on the Board of the company
  • Reduced TAT on transaction recording in accounting system from 6 days to a few hours
  • Automated bank reconciliations
  • Ensured completion of audit by Big4 firm within 6 weeks of the year end

Impact Delivered

  • Developed management dashboard to define and monitor key business metrics, within 10 weeks of engagement.​
  • Automated product-level profitability monitoring on Quick books equivalent.​
  • Introduced timesheet mechanism for code-writers and product developers to monitor productivity and help accurate product pricing, particularly for ongoing AMC contracts.​
  • Ensured 100% compliance with regulations, mitigating regulatory and reputational risks to investor nominees on the board of the company.​
  • Reduced TAT on transaction recording in accounting system from 6 days to a few hours.​
  • Automated bank reconciliations.​
  • Ensured completion of the audit by Big4 firm within 6 weeks of the year-end.