OUR STORY

One Team, Three Industries We Understand

Kirah was founded to prove that software can be both deeply specialized and beautifully simple — one product at a time.

HOW WE STARTED

From One Problem to Three Platforms

Kirah began when our founders — a lawyer, a hotelier, and a hospital administrator — kept running into the same issue: the software available to them was either too generic or too expensive to justify. Each built the tool they wished existed. Together, those tools became Kirah.

Today, BenchMark, Room2Service, and DocApp run independently but share the same engineering team, support standards, and obsession with getting the small details right.

2018 — Founded

Kirah is founded by three industry operators frustrated with generic software.

2019 — BenchMark Launches

Our first product ships for independent legal practices and court staff.

2021 — Room2Service Joins

A unified POS & PMS platform launches for boutique hotels and resorts.

2023 — DocApp Completes the Suite

A full reception, patient, and pharmacy suite ships for clinics and hospitals.

2026 — Today

700+ clients across three industries, one shared commitment to craft.

OUR VALUES

What Guides Every Product Decision

Depth Over Breadth

We'd rather build one feature that's exactly right than ten that are almost right.

Operator-Led

Every roadmap decision is shaped by the people actually using the product daily.

Trust First

Legal, financial, and medical data demand the highest bar for security — we hold ourselves to it.

Long-Term Thinking

We build for the client we'll still be serving in ten years, not the next quarter's metrics.

LEADERSHIP

The People Behind Kirah

Karthik Venkat
Karthik Venkat

Co-Founder & CEO

Anika Nair
Anika Nair

Co-Founder & CTO

Dr. Ramesh Iyer
Dr. Ramesh Iyer

Co-Founder & Head of Health

Sneha Menon
Sneha Menon

VP of Customer Success

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