About
Ashutosh Kumar is General Partner and CEO of Expert Dojo, an early-stage venture capital fund and growth accelerator with 266 portfolio companies. He previously founded and operated a cement e-commerce company in India, and applies operator experience to post-investment support and founder collaboration at Expert Dojo. He holds backgrounds in computer science, management, and finance, and serves as an angel investor with HBS Angels and Entrepreneur-in-Residence for Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs.
Experience
- Expert DojoChief Executive Officer (Global)current2025 — presentSanta Monica, CA
- Expert DojoGeneral Partnercurrent2024 — present
- Expert DojoPartner & Head of Portfolio2024Santa Monica, CA
- Expert DojoChief of Staff & Head of Strategy2023 — 2024Santa Monica, CA
- Expert DojoSenior Venture Associate2023Santa Monica, CA
- Harvard Business School HBS Alumni Angels Association - HBSAAAngel Investor (Member)current2023 — present
- Harvard Alumni EntrepreneursEntrepreneur In Residence (EiR)current2023 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Harvard Alumni EntrepreneursChartered Membercurrent2021 — present
- VC UniversityVC Fellow - Cohort 142023 — 2024
- VC LabVC Fellow - VI Cohort 12023California, United States
- HBCUvcVC apprenticeship2023California, United States
- Harvard Innovation LabsVenture Program Fellow2021 — 2023
- FasterCapitalVenture Advisor2022
- Newchip AcceleratorVenture Advisor2021 — 2022
- cemXFounder & CEO2019 — 2022
- Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR)Delegate2019Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- KnockstarterCo-Founder2018 — 2019
- Mother Teresa Missionaries of KolkataVolunteer2018
- Toastmasters InternationalVice President of Membership2017 — 2018
- MIT BootcampsDelegate2018
Education
- Harvard University
- Institute of Engineering & Management (IEM)
Skills & more
Fund Management23Venture Capital33Entrepreneurship95Investor Relations3Portfolio Management3Due Diligence2Team Building2FundraisingPresentation Skills2Agile Project Management1Working with InvestorsFinancial Analysis
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Strategic PartnershipsBusiness PlanningFinancePrivate EquityMarketingMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Business DevelopmentOperations ManagementLeadershipStrategic ThinkingPublic SpeakingMentoringLanguages English · Hindi · Maithili
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Also attended Harvard University1,173
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Shared employers
Also worked at HBCUvc14
Amira OujiVice President of Platform & Portfolio Success, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionCharlton CunninghamEcosystem Navigator, The Continuum at Higher Ground LabsTrivia EdwardsInvestor at SUPPLY CHANGE CAPITALOluwakayode (Kay) JasanyaInvestor at SUPPLY CHANGE CAPITALAliya LakhanInvestor at SUPPLY CHANGE CAPITALJohnnie YuAssociate at Listen Ventures
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Also worked at Newchip Accelerator9
Cy MegninVice President at Elevate VenturesHarrison FryeCo-Founder and Head of M&A at Acquire FiPaul Anthony ClaxtonGeneral Partner at Digerati InvestmentsJacob Melman-RogersScout at LvlUp VenturesAndre OschadlinAdvisor at NewchipSudheer KuppamGeneral Partner at Venture Rock
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Also worked at Toastmasters International4
Also worked at MIT Bootcamps1
Colleagues at Expert DOJO
Brian MacMahon
Founder & Managing Partner at Expert DOJO
David Littauer
Scout at Expert DOJO
Dustin Luther
Fractional Head of Marketing at Expert DOJO
Farnaz Victoria Mehran
Venture Partner at Expert DOJO
Gautham Chandrasekar
Investor at Anzu Partners
Genevieve LeMarchal
Founder & General Partner at Suncoast Ventures
Gunjan Meena
Investor Relations at Expert DOJO
Henry Ukoha
Scout at Expert DOJO