What Drishtant does

Drishtant Consultancy Services Private Limited is a Mumbai-based, privately held software firm (founded c. 2013–2016; conflicting date signals across sources) operating with a four-to-five-person core team comprising a CEO, a developer, a UI/UX designer, and two senior advisors. The company serves social-sector organizations — primarily non-profits, NGOs, and small mission-driven entities — under a stated purpose of helping them use technology to save time and funds and deliver stronger social impact. Its GTM is sales-led, executed through direct engagement and an inbound content-marketing blog targeting HR and operations leaders in the non-profit segment.

The company's offering has two layers. The first is custom software development services covering native Android and iOS mobile apps, mobile-friendly business applications, and websites (including CRM and social-media integration). The second is proprietary product: CiviHR, a cloud-based HRMS that provides an employee self-service portal, configurable workflows for joining, recruitment and exit, leave management, onboarding automation, and Staff Profile actions such as PDF letter generation; and EasyMIS, a management information system referenced as a complementary offering. The revenue mix blends project-based professional services with recurring CiviHR subscriptions, although no pricing, customer count, or revenue figures are publicly disclosed. Distribution is India-domestic only and is supported by incubation at BIL-Ryerson Futures Startup Incubator Foundation TBI. No funding rounds, M&A activity, enterprise customers, or third-party integrations are disclosed in the source material, and the most recent observable product activity is the March 2018 CiviHR v1.7.4 release.

Name

Drishtant

Legal name

Drishtant Consultancy Services Private Limited

Website

https://drishtant.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Drishtant is a Mumbai-based software firm serving non-profits and social-sector organizations with custom mobile/web development and a proprietary cloud HRMS (CiviHR), operating with a 4–5 person core team since circa 2016.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human Resources Management Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Core HR & HRIS (BPACAPAA)

Keywords

• HR management software
• Social sector technology
• Custom software development
• Cloud HR solutions
• Non-profit software

Headquarters

HQ city

Mumbai

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Software Development Services: Custom software development services including mobile app development, application development, and website development for organizations in the social sector.
2. Software Solutions: Providing customized software solutions for business problems including HR management software CiviHR, EasyMIS, and related services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Drishtant sells CiviHR, a cloud-based HR management software for organizations featuring leave management, employee self-service, and configurable HR workflows. The company also offers EasyMIS, an MIS product, and delivers custom software development services including Android and iOS native mobile apps, business web applications, and website development. Its core customers are social sector organizations and small non-profits.

Product overview

Drishtant is a software development consultancy serving social sector organisations, offering both software development services and proprietary products. Their core product is CiviHR, a cloud-based HR management system. The company also provides EasyMIS for management information systems. Services include Mobile App Development (customised Android and iOS native apps), Application Development (customised mobile-friendly business applications), and Website Development. CiviHR serves as their flagship HRMS offering, while EasyMIS appears as a complementary product on their contact page. Drishtant positions itself as helping social sector organisations use technology efficiently to deliver stronger social impact.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CiviHR: HR management software solution for organizations, featuring leave management, self-service portals, and workflow automation
• EasyMIS
• StepONE

Products and services

• CiviHR Cloud-based HR management system offering leave management, employee self-service portal, onboarding workflows, absence tracking and configurable HR workflows for organizations, particularly non-profits and small businesses.
• EasyMIS Management Information System (MIS) software product referenced alongside CiviHR on the Drishtant contact page.
• Mobile App Development Customized Android and iOS native mobile app development service using the latest technology for organizations.
• Application Development Customized mobile-friendly web application development service to solve business problems for organizations.
• Website Development Website development service offering pre-designed mobile-ready templates, customized pages, CRM integration and social media integration.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• BIL-Ryerson Futures Startup Incubator Foundation TBIcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDrishtant is proud of being incubated at BIL-Ryerson Futures Startup Incubator Foundation TBI, which provides startup incubation support and resources for developing technology solutions for the social sector.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Odoo: Odoo is an open-source business suite that includes HR, recruitment, leave, and employee self-service modules targeting SMBs. It competes head-on with CiviHR on functionality while bringing a far larger global engineering and partner ecosystem.
• Rippling: Rippling is a modern cloud HR, IT, and operations platform that bundles employee records, onboarding, and workflow automation. While more US-centric, it competes for the same digital-first HR buyer that CiviHR targets.
• BambooHR: BambooHR is a cloud HRIS offering employee self-service, leave tracking, onboarding workflows, and reporting for SMBs. Its feature map closely mirrors CiviHR's leave, onboarding, and self-service modules.
• Gusto: Gusto is a cloud HR, payroll, and benefits platform purpose-built for small businesses and non-profits in the US. It overlaps with CiviHR's HRIS/leave/self-service scope and shares the same SMB and non-profit customer base.
• Bitrix24: Bitrix24 offers a free/tiered HR and collaboration suite with employee management, leave, and workflow tools aimed at SMBs and non-profits, positioning similarly to CiviHR's low-cost self-service HR pitch.
• Zoho People: Zoho People is the HR module of Zoho's broader cloud suite, providing leave management, self-service portals, and workflow automation for SMBs globally — including India — directly competing with CiviHR on price and feature parity.
• CiviCRM: CiviCRM is the open-source CRM/contact-management project for non-profits and civic-sector organizations from which CiviHR appears to be derived or closely inspired. It targets the same buyer (NGOs and social-sector entities) and offers overlapping back-office tooling, making it the most direct comparable.
• Bonterra (Social Solutions / Network for Good): Bonterra (formerly Social Solutions and Network for Good) provides case-management, outcomes, and grants software for non-profits. It is a vertical software peer serving the same social-sector buyer Drishtant targets, though with a different product focus.

Emerging players

• Wild Apricot: Wild Apricot is membership and operations software aimed at small non-profits and associations. It is adjacent to Drishtant's HR/operations suite for social-sector orgs and competes for the same procurement budget at small NGOs.

Broad incumbents

• Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud: Salesforce's Nonprofit Cloud is a CRM plus program-management offering for non-profits, often discounted or donated. It competes with Drishtant at the buyer level and bundles elements of HR/program operations, even if it does not focus on HRIS specifically.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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