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Parth Khanna on the TechTO stage

Parth Khanna

Co-founder & CEO, ACTO

Life sciences softwareTorontoOn TechTO stages since 2021

Parth Khanna is co-founder and CEO of ACTO, the Toronto company whose omnichannel platform trains and certifies life sciences field teams and keeps that training compliant. He started it in 2014 with University of Waterloo roommates Kapil Kalra and Kumar Erramilli, and has raised a US$11.5-million Series A backed by Salesforce Ventures and a $23.5-million CAD Series B.

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First seen on the TechTO stage in 2021. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Parth

In their words

Product market fit is not a static concept. It's not a place that you reach and then you're set forever. It is evolving, and as the underlying market conditions changed we went back and said: does this product still make sense?

TechTO Founders & Funding, Jun 2021 · watch at 18:52

Myself and my other co-founder Kapil, who's our chief customer officer — we said let's lead from the front, and we just hopped on a plane and didn't look back. We had about 150, 170 flights that year. The next year it increased to 200 flights.

TechTO Founders & Funding, Jun 2021 · watch at 14:07

You can't create the tailwinds. What you can do is find them, and then build solutions that solve problems with those macro tailwinds. It's more like surfing than creating waves.

TechTO Founders & Funding, Jun 2021 · watch at 10:03
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Quick answers

What does Parth Khanna do?

He is co-founder and CEO of ACTO, a Toronto company selling omnichannel education and engagement software to pharma and medical device companies for training their field teams.

When was ACTO founded?

2014, by Parth Khanna and his University of Waterloo roommates Kapil Kalra and Kumar Erramilli.

What did Parth Khanna speak about at TechTO?

He joined TechTO's Founders & Funding show in June 2021 alongside Panache Ventures, talking through ACTO's growth and how founders and funders actually work together.

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