Rajat Bhageria
InvestorFounderCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Prototype Capital · Founder & CEO at Chef Robotics
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $500K – $1.2M checks · typically $750K
FoundedChef Robotics
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About
Rajat Bhageria is founder and CEO of Chef Robotics, which develops physical AI systems for the food industry. He focuses on building businesses around solutions to significant global challenges.
Founder & CEO at Chef Robotics
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Chef Robotics's investors · 20
Alsop Louie PartnersSan Francisco · since 2021Alumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025Avataar Venture PartnersBangalore · $10M – $30M checksBasecamp FundManchester · $100K – $10M checksBloomberg BetaSan Francisco · $25K – $1M checks · since 2025Bold Capital PartnersSanta Monica · since 2025Construct CapitalWashington · $2M – $6M checks · since 2025Cross Culture VenturesHCVCParis · $100K – $1M checks · since 2025Interwoven Venturessince 2025Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checksLigature VCBoulderMaC Venture CapitalLos Angeles · $500K – $2M checks · since 2025MFV PartnersSan Francisco Bay Area · $1M – $5M checks · since 2025Promus VenturesChicago · since 2025Red & Blue VenturesPhiladelphia · $250K checksSiddhi CapitalMeridian · since 2025Tau VenturesPalo Alto · $500K checksTet VenturesBerlin · $50K – $250K checksTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)San Francisco · $250K – $2M checks
Experience
- Chef RoboticsFounder and CEOcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco, California
- Prototype CapitalCo-Founder and Managing Partnercurrent2018 — presentLos Angeles, Philadelphia, New York City, San Francisco (and all over!)
- Afore CapitalVenture Product Partnercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- TechCrunchContributing Writercurrent2020 — present
- ForbesContributing Writer2015 — 2019Greater New York City Area
- Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersFellow2017San Francisco Bay Area
- IndiegogoSpecial Projects with Founder2017New York City and San Francisco
- The Huffington PostContributing Writer2014 — 2017Greater New York City Area
- The Wharton SchoolEntrepreneur in Residence2016 — 2017Greater Philadelphia Area
- Red & Blue VenturesVenture Capital Investor2016 — 2017Greater Philadelphia Area
- ThirdEye Technologies, Inc. (Acquired in 2017)Co-Founder and CEO2014 — 2017Greater Philadelphia Area
- MainToolInterim COO2015Madrid Area, Spain and Paris Area, France
- MainToolInterim Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Americas2015Greater Philadelphia Area
- What High School Didn't Teach MeBook Author2014 — 2015Cincinnati Area, OH
- CafeMocha.orgFounder2013 — 2014Cincinnati Area, OH
- University of CincinnatiCondensed Matter Physics and Electrial Engineering Independent Research2011 — 2014Cincinnati Area, OH
Skills & more
Entrepreneurship99Public Speaking92Leadership77Start-ups55Venture Capital12Marketing34Product Management14Artificial Intelligence6Software Development20Product Development10Operations Management4Statistical Data Analysis4
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Android DevelopmentBusiness DevelopmentWeb DevelopmentCAD3D PrintingSEOBloggingRapid PrototypingJavaRJavaScriptSwiftLanguages English · Hindi · Spanish
From Rajat's professional profile.
Colleagues at Prototype Capital
Akhil Srivastava
Advisor at Prototype Capital
Alon Leibovich
Venture Scout at Prototype Capital
Amanda Bradford
Co-Founder & CEO, The League at xfactor ventures
Amer Mrizi
Lead Associate at Prototype Capital
Andrew Nakkache
Venture Scout at Prototype Capital
Arman Arami
Marketer in Residence at Prototype Capital
Austin Kaidi
Venture Scout at Prototype Capital
Bakr Shehadeh
Communications Manager at Prototype Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rajat Bhageria?
- Rajat Bhageria is founder and CEO of Chef Robotics, which develops physical AI systems for the food industry. He focuses on building businesses around solutions to significant global challenges.
- Where does Rajat Bhageria work?
- Rajat Bhageria is Founder & CEO of Chef Robotics and Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Prototype Capital.
- What check size does Rajat Bhageria write?
- Rajat Bhageria typically writes checks of $500K – $1.2M.
- What companies did Rajat Bhageria found?
- Rajat Bhageria founded Chef Robotics.
- Where did Rajat Bhageria go to school?
- Rajat Bhageria studied at University of Pennsylvania (MS, Engineering); The Wharton School (BS, Economics); Sycamore High School.
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