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Natasha Prasad

Investor

Venture Fellow at SHAKTI

San Francisco

About

Natasha Prasad is a Venture Partner at SHAKTI who has spent nearly two decades building tech companies across the U.S. and Australia. She previously held product leadership roles at Paperless Post and Atlassian, co-founded the fitness tech startup FitSessions (acquired by ClassPass), led ClassPass's expansion into Australasia as Country Manager, and served as an executive at digital health companies Cleo Labs and Sword Health. Earlier she was an investor with Goldman Sachs's Private Equity Group in London and New York, and she currently serves as COO of TURN, a reuse platform for businesses. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an M.A. in Economics from Cambridge University, and a B.A. in Mathematics from Delhi University.

Experience

  1. Various StartupsFractional COO, Advisor, Investorcurrent2025 — present
  2. SHAKTIVenture Fellowcurrent2022 — present
  3. Bling CapitalProduct Council / Investor at Bling Capitalcurrent2022 — present
  4. Operators GuildMembercurrent2020 — present
  5. TURN - REUSEChief Operating Officer2023 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  6. SWORD HealthChief Experience Officer2021 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  7. CleoAdvisor2021
  8. CleoChief Customer Officer2018 — 2021
  9. ClassPassCountry Manager2015 — 2018Sydney, Australia
  10. ClassPassAustralia Launch Lead2015Greater Sydney Area
  11. General Assemb.lyLead Instructor, Product Management2014 — 2017Sydney, Australia
  12. FitSessions | Passport to FitnessCo-Founder & CEO2015Sydney, Australia
  13. AtlassianProduct Manager and Co-Head of Business Team2013 — 2015Sydney, Australia
  14. Paperless PostProduct Manager2011 — 2013New York City, USA
  15. Rent The RunwayProduct Management Intern2011New York City, USA
  16. Harvard Business SchoolMasters of Business Administration2009 — 2011Boston
  17. DiggMBA Intern, Product and Strategy2010San Francisco, USA
  18. Goldman SachsSenior Analyst2008 — 2009New York City Metropolitan Area
  19. Goldman SachsAnalyst2006 — 2008London Area, United Kingdom
  20. Goldman SachsSummer Intern2005London Area, United Kingdom

Education

  1. Harvard Business SchoolMBA
  2. University of CambridgeM.A. Economics
  3. St. Stephen's College, DelhiB.A. (Hons.) Mathematics
  4. Delhi Public School - R. K. PuramBoarding School, Science with Economics

Skills & more

Strategic Planning6Strategy31Product Management35Analytics14Start-ups43Financial Modeling21Venture Capital9Entrepreneurship20Private Equity6Due Diligence4Mergers & Acquisitions5Investment Banking1
+10 moreCompetitive AnalysisUser ExperienceCorporate DevelopmentPortfolio ManagementEmerging MarketsProduct MarketingMobile ApplicationsEmail MarketingProduct DevelopmentMobile Devices

Languages English · French · Hindi

  • Practical Product Management — Pragmatic Marketing

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Colleagues at SHAKTI

Adriel Saporta
Venture Fellow at SHAKTI
Bryan Power
Venture Partner at SHAKTI
Jesse Haines
Venture Partner at SHAKTI
Kavita Kochar
Venture Fellow at SHAKTI
Keval Desai
Founder & Partner at SHAKTI
Liz Harrow
Partner at SHAKTI
Salahuddin Choudhary
Venture Fellow at SHAKTI
Sydney Landau
Partner at SHAKTI

Frequently asked questions

Where does Natasha Prasad work?
Natasha Prasad is Venture Fellow at SHAKTI.

Same school

Also attended Harvard Business School1,969

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Also attended University of Cambridge851

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Also attended St. Stephen's College, Delhi30

Megha PrakashVenture Partner at Episode1Om MalikSan Francisco-based writer, photographer, and investorSunil RaoCOO, SVP Finance at Plum Alley InvestmentsSonia AbrahamSr. Associate at Fireside Ventures Advisory LlpDr. Sanjiv SobtiVenture Partner at Key1 CapitalNeelam DhawanTech Industry Trailblazer at SenseAI Ventures

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Also attended Delhi Public School - R. K. Puram59

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Shared employers

Also worked at TURN - REUSE2

Fredric PetitPartner, Head of Materials & Packaging at Emerald Technology Ventures AgMaximilian TauberInvestments at Foundamental

Also worked at Cleo4

Sarah GuoFounder & General Partner of ConvictionMichael DixonInvestor at TRANSFORMATION CAPITALNoah LichtensteinManaging Partner, Crossover VC at Saints CapitalKim MooreManaging Partner at U&I Ventures

Also worked at Atlassian61

Asanka JayasuriyaPortfolio Support at 8VCScott RubinVenture Partner at Lux CapitalBala SathiamurthyInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Kevin EganInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Tamar YehoshuaInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Aileen AllenPartner at Mercury Fund

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Also worked at Rent The Runway17

Koda WangFounder, Block & ex CCO, Rent the Runway at Giant Ventures Global LlpMichele SpitzerHead of Portfolio & Platform at Asymmetric Capital PartnersAmy VilleneuveBoard Director, Advisor & Past COO and President of Amazon Robotics at Underscore VCScott FriendPartner at Bain Capital VenturesKenneth Benson SawyerCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Saints CapitalMaureen SullivanPartner at The Chernin Group (TCG Crypto)

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