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Prateek Swain

Founder

Founder at Swadesh

New York, New York, United States

FoundedSwadesh Β· YC

About

Prateek Swain previously worked in engineering and investment roles at Microsoft, Reactive Robotics, and Westbridge Capital. He holds a degree in Computer Science from Princeton University and founded HackIndia and MakeVentures Princeton during his studies.

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Prateek Swain @prateekswain22

Wow, it's been a minute.

Nov 21, 2025 Β· β™₯ 7

Prateek Swain @prateekswain22

No anti immigration hate, no vitriol for skin colour or race. I experienced profound kindness everywhere I went in Europe. It was truly a different time to what we experience now in many ways.

Aug 2, 2025

Prateek Swain @prateekswain22

We didn’t have money to buy any of those expensive glass pieces. They knew but it didnt matter. I still remember her wearing an apron, white hair. Smiling and bending down to hand me the swan. These small gestures that last with you forever. Her gesture lives on forever.

Aug 2, 2025

Founder at SwadeshYC S19

Intro paths

YC

Prateek went through Y Combinator (Summer 2019) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Prateek can intro founders to Swadesh's investors below.

Swadesh's investors Β· 2

Khosla VenturesY Combinator

Co-founders at Swadesh

TBTyler Burnam
Tyler BurnamFounder
DTDhruv Tyagi
Dhruv Tyagi
PPPraveen Penumaka
Praveen Penumaka
VKVamsi Krishna
Vamsi Krishna
VVVishali Valioor
Vishali Valioor

Experience

  1. Enam Co.Productcurrent2026 β€” presentNew York, United States
  2. ConduitProduct2025 β€” 2026
  3. SwadeshFounder & CEO2020 β€” 2025
  4. GreenTiger (YC S19)Founder and CEO2019 β€” 2020San Francisco, California, United States
  5. MicrosoftProduct Manager2018 β€” 2019Redmond, Washington
  6. Reactive RoboticsSoftware Engineer2017 β€” 2018Munich, Germany
  7. WestBridge CapitalAnalyst2016 β€” 2017Bengaluru Area, India
  8. Make Ventures PrincetonFounder2015 β€” 2016New York City Metropolitan Area
  9. HackIndiaCo-Founder2014 β€” 2015Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  10. ShufflFounder2013 β€” 2015Greater Delhi Area

Education

  1. Princeton UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Computer Science & Political Science
  2. Y CombinatorS19 Batch2019
  3. Delhi Public School - R. K. PuramHigh School

Skills & more

Public Speaking5Leadership1Management5Front-end Development7Research8Project Management11Entrepreneurship6Social Media4Web Development1ProgrammingDeep LearningProduct Management2
+12 moreUser Interface DesignBusiness DevelopmentMarketing StrategyData AnalysisC++JavaPythonJavascriptTorchPyTorchTensorFlowHTML5

From Prateek's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Princeton University474

Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ LabsAndrewAdvisor at Clear VenturesChristal NgAssociate at Golden Gate VenturesDavid CoatsManaging Director & Co-Founder at Correlation VenturesDan MoreheadFounder & CEO at Pantera CapitalGeoff YangCo-Founder at Redpoint Ventures

+ 468 more

Also attended Y Combinator1,463

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

+ 1,457 more

Also attended Delhi Public School - R. K. Puram37

Sunil RaoCOO, SVP Finance at Plum Alley InvestmentsPooja MongaSenior Investment Associate at Beyond Capital VenturesRohini PrakashHead of Finance at Jungle VenturesSiddharth DhankharPrincipal at LightboxVrinda GuptaInvestment Analyst at Titan CapitalGurdeep Singh KohliGlobal Head of Enterprise Innovation, Standard Chartered at SC Ventures

+ 31 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Microsoft737

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesWesley ChanInvestor at Felicis VenturesQuentin ClarkInvestment Team at General Catalyst

+ 731 more

Also worked at WestBridge Capital2

Sashi Parvatha ReddiManaging Partner and Founder, SRI Capital at T-HubKamal SinghSenior Associate at WestBridge Capital

Also worked at Make Ventures Princeton1

Christal NgAssociate at Golden Gate Ventures