Esper
Esper sells mobile device management software and custom operating systems for enterprise hardware like point-of-sale systems, kiosks, and medical devices. The company has raised $102M, most recently in a Series C in October 2021.
The growth story
Esper grew from 109 to 202 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $102M along the way, most recently a Series C in October 2021.
About
Esper provides software to manage and automate enterprise hardware deployments across industries like retail, healthcare, and logistics. Its tools handle device provisioning, monitoring, and updates for systems ranging from self-checkout kiosks to telehealth equipment.
The company has grown to 202 employees since its 2018 founding. Its $102M funding includes investments from Insight Partners and Madrona, with its Series C closing in late 2021.
Founders and leadership
Engineering makes up 40% of Esper's workforce, its largest function. The company is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, near Microsoft's campus.
The Esper org chart
Yadhu Gopalan (CEO) leads 40 mapped leaders with 4 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 65 (-6% YoY), Sales 22 (0% YoY), Operations 21 (+17% YoY), Business Development 11 (+10% YoY), Information Technology 9 (-40% YoY), Arts and Design 7 (-36% YoY).
Talent flow
Esper recruits heavily from Microsoft, with 6 hires from the tech giant. Other top sources include Cognizant and Telstra. Alumni frequently join DeviceNexus, a startup founded by four Esper veterans.
Most common previous employers of Esper staff: Microsoft (6), Model Engineering College (3), Cognizant (3), Telstra (3), DigniFi (3), Shippable (acquired by JFrog) (3). Former Esper employees most often moved to DeviceNexus (4), Amazon (2), EY (2), Q-CTRL (2), Coral Carbon (2), Samsara (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The Esper mafia
Esper alumni have founded 16 companies, including Zynix.AI (47 staff) and llmda (16 staff). DeviceNexus, started by four Esper veterans, employs six people.
20Gautamdev Chowdary, was Senior Software Development Engineer 2 until 2023Nagesh Gupta, was Advisor until 2020Cole Jaillet, was Director of Product until 2022Amar Balutkar, was Senior Director of Engineering until 2025Leonard Leung, was VP Account Management until 2025Reed Giovannetti, was Strategic Account Manager until 2025
Nathan Ashby, was Head of Technical Programs & Professional Services until 2025
Bindya Bhaskaran, was Senior Software Development Engineer - II until 2025
Mohamed Fawaz, was Senior Software Development Engineer 3 until 2025
Vishal Modi, was Director Of Business Development & Strategic Partnerships until 2024
Tarun Vashisth, was Senior Software Engineering Manager until 2026
Vaibhav Agrawal, was Sales Development Representative until 2022
Chris Angelou, was Vice President Strategy & Partnerships until 2019
Yadu Aravind, was Sales Operations Manager until 2022
Jon West, was Senior Android Framework Software Development Engineer until 2023
Nicole Tom, was Director of Sales Strategy & Operations until 2022
Pranav Divakar, was Growth Marketing Manager until 2021
Shivani Srivastava, was Technical Product Manager until 2020Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 14% direct, 74% search, 8% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Esper: Java (49), Python (Programming Language) (47), Leadership (40), SQL (38), C (Programming Language) (38), Microsoft Office (36), C++ (32), Microsoft Excel (31).
Where the team actually sits
Esper people are concentrated in Karnataka, India (44), Washington, United States (27), Greater Seattle Area (16), Greater Bengaluru Area (6).
Search footprint
Esper attracts about 48,890 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $107K a month if bought through ads. It gained 4,224 ranking keywords and lost 3,045 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.70 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.40 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.00 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.40 / 5
Frequently asked
Esper has 202 employees as of September 2026.
Esper has raised $102M in total, most recently a Series C round in October 2021.
Esper was founded in 2018 by Shiv Sundar.
Yadhu Gopalan (CEO) sits at the top of Esper's reporting structure, with 4 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Esper staff are Microsoft (6 people), Model Engineering College (3 people), Cognizant (3 people).
Former Esper employees most often move to DeviceNexus (4), Amazon (2), EY (2).
At least 16 companies have a founder who previously worked at Esper, including Zynix.AI, llmda, Turnstone.
Esper attracts about 48,890 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $107K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Esper staff are Java, Python (Programming Language), Leadership, SQL, C (Programming Language).
Esper staff are concentrated in Karnataka, India (44), Washington, United States (27), Greater Seattle Area (16).
Esper has about 65 people in Engineering, down 6% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Esper has about 22 people in Sales, up 0% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 112 current and 265 former Esper profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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