What companies did Prasanna Sankar found?

Prasanna Sankar founded 0xPPL, Rippling.

What companies has Prasanna Sankar invested in?

Investments tracked here include Cohere, Cradle, ego, Mesh, Movley, Prodigal, StayQrious, ZeroDown, Zuddl.

Prasanna Sankar

InvestorFounder

Advisor — Blockchain, Technology, and Private Investments at Snow Leopard Technology Ventures · Founder at Rippling · Founder at 0xPPL

Singapore

Founded0xPPL Rippling · YC

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About

Prasanna Sankar co-founded Rippling with Parker Conrad in 2016 and was its founding CTO through 2020, building the employee system-of-record beneath a company now valued at $16.8 billion — a roughly 9% stake that makes him a billionaire. A computer science graduate of NIT Trichy who ranked among India's top competitive programmers on TopCoder and Google Code Jam, he worked at Microsoft and Google, co- founded the campus social app LikeALittle, and ran engineering at Zenefits before Rippling. He now builds 0xPPL, a decentralised social network for crypto natives, from Singapore.

Beyond investing

Founded: Co-founded Rippling with Parker Conrad in 2016 and served as its founding CTO until 2020; the two had worked together at Zenefits, where he was director of engineering. Founded 0xPPL in 2023, a Singapore-based decentralised social network for crypto natives.
Education: Studied computer science at the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, graduating in 2008.
Awards: Ranked among India's top competitive programmers on TopCoder and Google Code Jam before moving to the US.
Family: Originally from Chennai; now based in Singapore.
More: Owns roughly 9% of Rippling, worth about $1.5bn against the company's $16.8bn valuation.

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Founder at Rippling YC W17

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Prasanna went through Y Combinator (Winter 2017) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator — the partner who ran Rippling's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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Rippling's investors · 72

1435 CapitalSkillman Abstract VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $750K checks AccelPalo Alto · $500K – $100M checks ACE & CompanyGeneva Alt CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $10M checks Altos VenturesBurlingame · $1M – $3M checks Amino CapitalPalo Alto · $100K – $10M checks Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks Ansa CapitalNew York · $5M – $15M checks Argonautic VenturesNew York · $5M checks Avlok CapitalLynnwood Baillie GiffordEdinburgh Bain Capital Tech OpportunitiesBoston BedrockLos Angeles · $5M – $30M checks · since 2022 BEENEXTSingapore Beluga Capital Berkeley FrontierBerkeley Bling CapitalMiami Beach · $1M – $5M checks BoxGroupNew York · $250K – $1M checks Buckley Ventures Management Company LlcNew York · $300K checks CapitalGSan Francisco · $75M – $100M checks CapitalXLynnwood · $250K checks Coatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks · since 2024 Collective LiquidityPlantation Depth VenturesSan Francisco DHVCMenlo Park Dragoneer Investment GroupSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2024 DST GlobalGeorge Town, Grand Cayman Elad GilSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks FikaCulver City · $1M – $10M checks Founders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks · since 2024 FundersClubSan Francisco · $290K checks G SquaredChicago Glasswing VenturesBoston · $100K – $5M checks Goldman SachsNew York GreenoaksSan Francisco · $1M – $50M checks · since 2024 Hakluyt CapitalLondon Hitachi VenturesMunich HomebrewBurlingame · $100K – $500K checks Initialized CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks · since 2022 Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1M – $5M checks Liquid VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checks Night CapitalCapitola NJF CapitalLondon Palm Drive CapitalNew York · $500K – $5M checks Ravikant CapitalSeattle S2 CapitalSan Francisco S28 CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks Saga VenturesAustin Sam Altman Sands Capital VenturesArlington · $10M – $30M checks Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $100K – $50M checks Sierra VenturesSan Mateo · $500K – $10M checks Snow Leopard Technology VenturesPune Soma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checks Sparkland CapitalSan Jose Standard CapitalSan Francisco SV AngelSan Francisco · $150K – $20M checks TCVMenlo Park · $10M – $500M checks Threshold VenturesPalo Alto · $500K – $20M checks Tiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checks Torch CapitalNew York · $750K – $1.5M checks Unanimous CapitalMenlo Park UpHonest CapitalSilicon Valley · $50K – $1M checks Valor Equity PartnersChicago Varanium Capital AdvisorsMumbai Ventioneers CapitalOakville Venture Investment AssociatesPeapack World Innovation Lab (WiL)Palo Alto · $5M – $30M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2017

Co-founders at Rippling

Parker ConradFounder

Prasanna SFounder

Founder at 0xPPL

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0xPPL's investors · 3

Anagram VenturesCamana Bay · since 2024 DG Incubation Peak XV PartnersBengaluru · $100K – $10M checks · since 2024

Experience

VorfluxCo-Foundercurrent2026 — present
0xPPLFounder2023 — 2026
RipplingCo-Founder and CTO2016 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
ZenefitsDirector of Engineering2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
LikealittleCo-Founder and CTO2009 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
MicrosoftSoftware Developer2008 — 2009Vancouver, Canada Area
GoogleIntern2006

Investments

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Cohere Cradle ego Mesh Movley Prodigal StayQrious ZeroDown Zuddl

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Podcasts & interviews

featuring Prasanna Sankar

AI Agents Are Overhyped? Prasanna Sankar, Rippling Co-founder Answers! #shorts

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Rippling Co-Founder Prasanna Sankar Divorce: पत्नी Dhivya Sashidhar ने खोले अरबपति पति के राज!

NDTV India

Rippling Co-Founder Prasanna Sankar Alleges Wife Dhivya Of Kidnapped Son, Filing Fake Rape Case

DNAIndiaNews

Rippling Co-Founder Prasanna Sankar on the Run Amid Child Abduction Allegations | News9 | Shorts

NEWS9 Live

Rippling Co-founder Prasanna Sankar On Run, Claims Harassment In Divorce Case In A Long Viral Post

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Prasanna Sankar, Co-Founder, Rippling | 6 Sigma Events, Startups and Blockchain | SCALER POD 08

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Colleagues at Snow Leopard Technology Ventures

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Chief Financial Officer at Snow Leopard Technology Ventures

Chris Kolenaty

Founder & CEO at Snow Leopard Technology Ventures

Rahul Patil

Analyst, CS at Snow Leopard Technology Ventures

Rakesh Mathur

Private Investments, Advisor at Snow Leopard Technology Ventures

Vikas Taneja

BCG Advisor at B4 Capital

Will Serber

Advisor - (Bio)tech, Robotics, Lab Automation and HR at Snow Leopard Technology Ventures

Will Van Amerongen

Co-Founder & CIO at Snow Leopard Technology Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Prasanna Sankar?: Prasanna Sankar co-founded Rippling with Parker Conrad in 2016 and was its founding CTO through 2020, building the employee system-of-record beneath a company now valued at $16.8 billion — a roughly 9% stake that makes him a billionaire. A computer science graduate of NIT Trichy who ranked among India's top competitive programmers on TopCoder and Google Code Jam, he worked at Microsoft and Google, co- founded the campus social app LikeALittle, and ran engineering at Zenefits before Rippling. He now builds 0xPPL, a decentralised social network for crypto natives, from Singapore.
Where does Prasanna Sankar work?: Prasanna Sankar is Founder of 0xPPL and Advisor — Blockchain, Technology, and Private Investments at Snow Leopard Technology Ventures and Founder at Rippling.
What companies did Prasanna Sankar found?: Prasanna Sankar founded 0xPPL, Rippling.
What companies has Prasanna Sankar invested in?: Investments tracked here include Cohere, Cradle, ego, Mesh, Movley, Prodigal, StayQrious, ZeroDown, Zuddl.
Where did Prasanna Sankar go to school?: Prasanna Sankar studied at National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (B.Tech, Computer Science).
What awards has Prasanna Sankar received?: Ranked among India's top competitive programmers on TopCoder and Google Code Jam before moving to the US.
What podcasts and interviews feature Prasanna Sankar?: Tracked appearances include "AI Agents Are Overhyped? Prasanna Sankar, Rippling Co-founder Answers! #shorts", "Rippling Co-Founder Prasanna Sankar Divorce: पत्नी Dhivya Sashidhar ने खोले अरबपति पति के राज!", "Rippling Co-Founder Prasanna Sankar Alleges Wife Dhivya Of Kidnapped Son, Filing Fake Rape Case", and 3 more.