Prashant Kothari
InvestorFounder & Managing Director at Hamilton Ventures · Partner at Blu Venture Investors
Washington DC-Baltimore Area
Writes $100K – $1M checks
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Prashant: together at Kidder, Peabody
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About
Prashant Kothari scaled String Real Estate to 1,200 employees before selling to SitusAMC and blends diamond trading, mortgage derivatives trading, a senior Freddie Mac role, startup experience and CFA/CMB credentials.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechFintechPropTechSaaS
Experience
- Hamilton VenturesFounder & Managing Directorcurrent2023 — presentWashington DC-Baltimore Area
- Blu VenturesPartnercurrent2024 — presentWashington DC-Baltimore Area
- Augrade - Accelerate ConstructionInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- StakeInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- CoLife, Inc.Seed Investorcurrent2024 — present
- SitewireInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- OccuspaceBoard Observer & Investorcurrent2023 — present
- Loric GamesInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- Public GridInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- PayscoreInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- Ecomedes, Inc.Investorcurrent2023 — present
- KadenceInvestorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Green BadgerInvestorcurrent2022 — presentSavannah, Georgia, United States
- iGoInvestorcurrent2022 — presentTyrone, Pennsylvania, United States
- Inhabitr - New Age FurnitureInvestor; Member Of The Board Of Advisorscurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco
- SitusAMCVice Chairman2022Washington, United States
- SitusAMCManaging Director2019 — 2022Washington D.C. Metro Area
- String Real Est Info ServicesCEO & Founder2000 — 2019Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Freddie MacOffice of the President1996 — 2000
- Kidder, PeabodyTrader, Mortgage Derivatives1993 — 1995
- UCLA Anderson School of ManagementTeaching Assistant1991 — 1993
- Fine Jewelry India LimitedGeneral Manager1987 — 1990
Skills & more
Management38Strategy99Software as a Service (SaaS)2Enterprise Software6Investment Banking1Early Stage InvestmentExecutive CoachingProfessional MentoringReal Estate51Due Diligence39Mortgage Lending74Entrepreneurship99
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BusinessTitle InsuranceMortgage BankingMortgage ServicingFixed Income AnalysisMortgage UnderwritingOffshore OutsourcingOutsourced SolutionsOutsourcing ManagementRisk ManagementFinancial ModelingFinancial AnalysisLanguages English · Gujarati · Hindi · Tamil · Thai
- CFA Institute Charterholder — CFA Institute
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) — CFA Institute
From Prashant's professional profile.
Colleagues at Hamilton Ventures
Al Morisato
Investor at Hamilton Ventures
Anand Gajjar
Investor at Hamilton Ventures
Chethan Rao
Investor at Hamilton Ventures
Darrell Moore
Investor at Hamilton Ventures
Dawn C. Griffiths
Director at Hamilton Ventures
Dean Wheeler
Investor at Hamilton Ventures
Donna Phillips
Executive Officer at Hamilton Ventures
Hans Wydler
Investor at Hamilton Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Prashant Kothari?
- Prashant Kothari scaled String Real Estate to 1,200 employees before selling to SitusAMC and blends diamond trading, mortgage derivatives trading, a senior Freddie Mac role, startup experience and CFA/CMB credentials.
- Where does Prashant Kothari work?
- Prashant Kothari is Founder & Managing Director at Hamilton Ventures.
- What does Prashant Kothari invest in?
- Prashant Kothari invests in AI & Machine Learning, Climate Tech, Fintech, PropTech, SaaS.
- What check size does Prashant Kothari write?
- Prashant Kothari typically writes checks of $100K – $1M.
- Where did Prashant Kothari go to school?
- Prashant Kothari studied at UCLA Anderson School of Management (MBA, Finance); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (EMP, Entrepreneurship); University of Madras (BS, Accounting).
Same school
Also attended UCLA Anderson School of Management329
David Clark GuillermoInvestments at Impact America FundDana MoralyPartner; Chief Financial & Administrative Officer at March Capital PartnersJed LeidheiserPartner at March Capital PartnersShahin FarshchiPartner at Lux CapitalMonica PlazaOperating Partner at CapitalGJennifer SavagePartner at Illuminate Ventures
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Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology2,000
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystPhilippe LaffontFounder & CIO of Coatue ManagementNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG
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Also attended University of Madras80
Girish MathruboothamFounder of Freshworks; co-founder of Together FundKarthik ChakkarapaniInvestor at Foundation CapitalRaghu MadabushiInvestment Director at Samsung Catalyst FundSiva KolappaGeneral Partner at Data TechShreeganesh RamananInvestor at Inception Studio CapitalGokul DixitPartner at Dallas Venture Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Occuspace7
Ford BlakelyOperating Partner at Ankona CapitalBrad PerryOperating Partner at Ankona CapitalMatthew OhlmanCTO and General Partner at Shadow VenturesMichael RockholdPrincipal at Lewis & Clark VenturesTJ FlemingAssociate at DeepWork CapitalNic HalversonFounder at Occuspace
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