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Alex Prokhorenko

Former Entrepreneur in Residence at Menlo Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

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About

Alex Prokhorenko is an investor at Kaban Ventures with 15 years of experience in AI/ML, GenAI, infrastructure, and marketplace products. He has held product, engineering, design, and strategy roles at Meta, Splunk, and Zuora, and has founded three companies.

Experience

  1. Kaban VenturesInvestorcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Menlo VenturesEntrepreneur in Residence2024 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  3. Menlo VenturesMenlo Fellow2024Menlo Park, California, United States
  4. MetaProduct Lead2021 — 2024Menlo Park, California, United States
  5. RapidusBoard Member2021 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  6. RapidusCo-Founder, CEO2018 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  7. RapidusInvestor2015 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  8. Inception StudioInaugural Cohort2022
  9. Angel InvestorStartup Investor2014 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  10. Product SchoolFeatured Speaker2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  11. SpinbackupAdvisor2017 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  12. SpinbackupInvestor2016 — 2017
  13. ZuoraDirector of Product Management2017 — 2018San Mateo, California
  14. Alchemist AcceleratorProduct Management Mentor2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  15. MovotoDirector of Product Management2011San Mateo, CA
  16. CPGjobsDirector of Product2006 — 2011Pasadena, ca
  17. CPGjobsEngineering Manager2006Pasadena, CA
  18. AtomkeepCEO & Founder2008San Francisco Bay Area
  19. Network LynxSenior Software Engineer2001 — 2006
  20. Extra Communications / POE ExtracomCTO & Founder2001 — 2002Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine

Skills & more

Amazon Web Services (AWS)Google Cloud Platform (GCP)SaaS14Enterprise Software6SQL6Seed CapitalEntrepreneurial OrganizationsMachine LearningVenture CapitalInvestmentsProcess AutomationSupply Chain Management
+12 moreGig EconomyOnline MarketplaceInfrastructureGo-to-Market StrategyBusiness-to-Business (B2B)Third-Party Logistics (3PL)CybersecurityProduct InnovationLarge Language Models (LLM)Artificial Intelligence (AI)Product ManagementAgile Methodologies

Languages English · Russian · Ukrainian

  • LEAD1x: Exercising Leadership: Foundational Principles — invalid88001942
  • LBTechX1: Launching Breakthrough Technologies — invalid88001942
  • ChatGPT Prompt Engineering for Developers — DeepLearning.AI
  • Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®) — Scrum Alliance
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) — PMI
  • Sun Certified Java 2 Programmer Platform 1.4 (SCJP) — Sun Microsystems
  • Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 9 (SCSA) — Sun Microsystems

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Who is Alex Prokhorenko?
Alex Prokhorenko is an investor at Kaban Ventures with 15 years of experience in AI/ML, GenAI, infrastructure, and marketplace products. He has held product, engineering, design, and strategy roles at Meta, Splunk, and Zuora, and has founded three companies.
Where did Alex Prokhorenko go to school?
Alex Prokhorenko studied at VC Lab (Venture Capital); Stanford University (CS521: Seminar on AI Safety); Stanford University (Machine Learning, Certificate).

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