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Ajay Prakash

Founder

Founder at Rinse

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $1K – $50K checks · typically $10K

FoundedRinse

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About

Ajay Prakash co-founded Rinse, a laundry and dry cleaning pickup and delivery company, in 2013 and serves as its CEO. He is also a Lecturer in Management for the "Startup Garage" course at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and has angel invested in and advised early-stage startups. Prior to Rinse, he was COO and CFO of humble Brands and worked with Bonobos, Berkshire Partners, the NBA, and Bain & Company.

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Rinse's investors · 8

Accelerator VenturesMiami · $2M checksBase Venture Management, Inc.Oakland · $100K – $700K checksExpansion Venture CapitalNew York · $100K – $2M checksFf Venture CapitalNew York · $300K – $700K checksInnovating CapitalNew York · $10K – $3M checksJavelin Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $500K – $4M checksPartech VenturesBerlin · $200K – $50M checksUnanimous CapitalMenlo Park

Co-founders at Rinse

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JamesCo-founder & COO

Experience

  1. RinseCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2013 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessLecturer in Managementcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. ZofariAdvisor2013 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
  4. reBloomCOO / CFO2010 — 2012San Francisco
  5. BonobosMBA Summer Intern2009
  6. Berkshire PartnersAssociate2006 — 2008Boston
  7. National Basketball Association (NBA)Consultant (Extern) in International Group2006New York
  8. Bain & CompanyAssociate Consultant / Senior Associate Consultant2003 — 2006Boston

Skills & more

Venture Capital19Corporate Development26Financial Modeling17Start-ups60Consumer Products8Mergers & Acquisitions9Investments6Strategic Partnerships17Private Equity14Finance8Forecasting5Entrepreneurship19
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Who is Ajay Prakash?
Ajay Prakash co-founded Rinse, a laundry and dry cleaning pickup and delivery company, in 2013 and serves as its CEO. He is also a Lecturer in Management for the "Startup Garage" course at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and has angel invested in and advised early-stage startups. Prior to Rinse, he was COO and CFO of humble Brands and worked with Bonobos, Berkshire Partners, the NBA, and Bain & Company.
Where does Ajay Prakash work?
Ajay Prakash is Founder of Rinse.
What check size does Ajay Prakash write?
Ajay Prakash typically writes checks of $1K – $50K.
What companies did Ajay Prakash found?
Ajay Prakash founded Rinse.
Where did Ajay Prakash go to school?
Ajay Prakash studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (MBA); Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts in Economics with High Honors, magna cum laude).

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