Draft:Prashanth Prakash

Prashanth Prakash is an Indian venture capital investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist  based in Bengaluru. He is the partner of Accel in India. He is the chairman of the Vision Group for Startups for the Government of Karnataka.

Venture Capital Investor
Since 2004, Prakash has played a key role as a Venture Capitalist in nurturing Karnataka's and India's start-up landscape , and was appointed as the advisor to Karnataka's ex CM Yeduriappa in 2021.

As a partner at Accel, Prakash has played a role in shaping up some renowned Indian start ups - on the likes of Flipkart, Ola, Freshworks, Bookmyshow, Swiggy & Bounce among many others.

Prakash has co-authored a book called 'Unboxing Bengaluru - The city of New Beginnings'. It was launched by the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah.

Social Work
Prakash is also the chairman of United Way of Bengaluru and UnboxingBLR Foundation (a non-profit organisation dedicated to curating, facilitating, and promoting activities for Bangalore's people and communities.)

He is the Chairman & Trustee of the NGO Sikshana Foundation and has worked with government schools and anganwadis, with a special focus on education for girls. His work has impacted 50000 schools and 3 Million students in India.

In 2021, Prakash built a 100-crore covid fund along with fellow VCs and established ATC Grants to support Start-ups that were dedicated to building products and services to address challenges of the pandemic.

He has also partnered with IISC, Bangalore to set up their Geriatrics Wing.

Prashanth was honored as the Social Impact Leader 2021 for his philanthropic work by ASSOCHAM.

Education
Prakash completed his Bachelor's degree from Bangalore University (Computer Science).

Prakash earned a doctorate from the University of Mysore in 2021.