About
Joined Accel in 2011 and invests in cybersecurity, developer tools, marketplaces, and SaaS. Previously worked at Adobe and Standard Chartered Bank in engineering, product marketing, pre-sales, and product management roles. Graduated from IIT Delhi and the Indian School of Business.
Prayank Swaroop @prayanks
Today is a sad day! Nirmal "Nims" Purja and nine other climbers perished on Broad Peak in an avalanche. Nims has been quite inspirational for me from his "14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible" documentary. He inspired me to think bigger, to have targets that are audacious. A big https://t.co/isHp5z560m
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Prayank Swaroop @prayanks
I have been trying to learn Kannada for a very long time, but I haven't been able to get to a course / book which uses the structure of Hindi to teach Kannada - every course / book / offline classes use English .. but Hindi and Kannada have a very similar language construct -
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Prayank Swaroop @prayanks
We are back with the third edition of Accel Cybersecurity Summit in namma Bengaluru on 29th September ! https://t.co/GeYHCwq2LP
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Invests in
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsMarketplacesSaaS
Experience
- AccelPartnercurrent2011 β presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
- BPR HubSeed Investorcurrent2025 β present
- BlueStoneInvestorcurrent2024 β present
- RecommerceX Pvt LtdSeed Investorcurrent2024 β present
- Seezo.ioSeed Investorcurrent2023 β present
- Fibr AISeed Investorcurrent2022 β present
- Anko AISeed Investorcurrent2023 β present
- Doctor DroidSeed Investorcurrent2022 β present
- DhiWiseSeed Investorcurrent2022 β present
- NAKADSeed Investorcurrent2021 β present
- BytebeamSeed Investorcurrent2021 β present
- RigiSeed Investorcurrent2021 β present
- Uni CardsMember Board Of Directorscurrent2020 β presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Securden, IncInvestorcurrent2020 β present
- AavenirInvestorcurrent2020 β present
- ZetwerkBoard of Directorscurrent2019 β present
- SkepsBoard of Directorscurrent2018 β present
- OnsitegoBoard Of Directorscurrent2015 β presentMumbai Area, India
- BizongoBoard Of Directors2016 β 2022
- Maverix Platforms Pvt. Ltd.Board Of Directors2017 β 2022Mumbai Area, India
Education
- Indian School of BusinessMBA, Finance & Strategy2009 β 2010
- Indian Institute of Technology, DelhiMaster of Technology, Mathematics and Computing1999 β 2004
- Indian Institute of Technology, KharagpurAerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering1998 β 1999
- Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, New Delhi1996 β 1998
Skills & more
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User ExperienceStart-upsEntrepreneurshipBusiness AnalysisSoftware DevelopmentMobile DevicesCross-functional Team LeadershipMobile ApplicationsCorporate FinanceE-commerceBig DataCompetitive AnalysisLanguages English Β· French Β· Hindi
- Certified Scrum Master β ScrumAlliance
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Same school
Also attended Indian School of Business63
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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi79
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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur65
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Shared employers
Also worked at RecommerceX Pvt Ltd1
Also worked at Cure.Fit1
Investments
Led
Seezo
Investor
PREDRocket
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