# Pranab Krishnan (slim)

> Pranab Krishnan is co-founder and CTO. Zeal on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder and CTO.

Pranab Krishnan co-founded Zeal with Kirti Shenoy in 2019 and is its CTO.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pranab-krishnan

## What Pranab builds

- [Zeal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zeal.md), graded E, 45.7/100, in Payroll infrastructure. Zeal is an embedded payroll API for US staffing platforms, labour marketplaces and workforce software. Partners create employer companies, onboard W-2 employees and 1099 contractors, create pay cheques and contractor payments, preview payroll and pull reports. Co-founder and CTO, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Kirti Shenoy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kirti-shenoy/), Co-founder and CEO

## Backed by

- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)
- [Spark Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/spark-capital/)
- [Commerce Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/commerce-ventures/)
- [Jason Gardner](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jason-gardner/)
- [Omri Dahan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/omri-dahan/)
- [Vlad Tenev](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/vlad-tenev/)
- [Mitch Dauerman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mitch-dauerman/)
- [Bob Manne](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bob-manne/)
- [Matt Straz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/matt-straz/)

## Questions

### Who is Pranab Krishnan?

Pranab Krishnan co-founded Zeal with Kirti Shenoy in 2019 and is its CTO.

### What does Puzzl Group Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Zeal from Puzzl Group Inc..

### Who has invested in Puzzl Group Inc.?

The sources our research read name Y Combinator, Spark Capital, Commerce Ventures, Jason Gardner, Omri Dahan, Vlad Tenev, Mitch Dauerman, Bob Manne and Matt Straz.

### How are Pranab's tools graded?

Zeal is graded E, 45.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.zeal.com/about
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirti-shenoy-9501a8145
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/pranab-krishnan
- https://www.zeal.com/
- https://www.zeal.com
- https://support.zeal.com
- https://support.zeal.com/articles/3287642555-get-support

These are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched.