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Ajay Prakash

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Founder at Rinse

San Francisco Bay Area

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

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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 · 12

Accelerator VenturesMiami · $2M checks · since 2017Alumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M checksArena VenturesVenice · since 2017Base Venture Management, Inc.Oakland · $100K – $700K checksExpansion Venture CapitalNew York · $100K – $2M checksFf Venture CapitalNew York · $300K – $700K checksGreat Oaks Venture CapitalNew York · $50K – $500K checksInnovating CapitalNew York · $10K – $3M checksJavelin Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $500K – $4M checksPartech VenturesParis · $200K – $50M checks · since 2017Structure CapitalSan Francisco · $100K – $200K checks · since 2017Unanimous 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.
What companies has Ajay Prakash invested in?
Investments tracked here include A1Zap by A1Base.
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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