Prashanth Prakash
| Prashanth Prakash | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Indian |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Bangalore University University of Delaware[1] |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Amitha Prashanth |
| 🏅 Awards | Padma Shri 2025[2] |
Prashanth Prakash is an Indian Venture Capitalist, entrepreneur and philanthropist based in Bengaluru. He is the founding partner of Accel India.[3][4][5] He received the Padma Shri in 2025 from the Government of India for his contribution to Trade & Industry.[6] He is also the chairman of the Vision Group for Startups for the Government of Karnataka.[7][8][9][10]
Career
In 1995, Prashanth Prakash founded Visual Reality, one of India’s first animation companies. In 1997 he founded NetKraft, an offshore solutions company focusing on retail and healthcare verticals.[11]
Since 2004, he has played a key role as a Venture Capitalist in nurturing Karnataka and India's start-up landscape.[10][12]
In 2008, Prashanth Prakash along with Subrata Mitra and Mahendran Balachandran founded the Indian arm of the US venture capital firm Accel.[13][14]
In 2021, he was appointed as an advisor to the 13th Chief Minister of Karnataka Sri B. S. Yediyurappa.[15][16]
As a partner at Accel, Prashanth Prakash has played a vital role in shaping up renowned Indian startups such as Flipkart, Ola, Freshworks, Bookmyshow, Swiggy & Bounce amongst many others.[17][18][19]
He was one of the jury members of Economic Times Startup Awards.[20][21]
In October 2024, Prashanth Prakash became the joint owner of the Bengaluru franchise team in the second season of the Global e-Cricket Premier League (GEPL).[22]
Philanthropy
Prashanth Prakash is the chairman of United Way of Bengaluru, Sikshana and UnboxingBLR Foundation. Under these organizations he curates, facilitates, and promotes activities for communities and schools.[23][24][25]
Prashanth has helped Sikshana in expanding their work from 10 to 100 schools.[26][27] He has also collaborated with government schools and anganwadis emphasizing education for girls. His work has influenced 50,000 schools and 3 million people in India.[28]
In 2021, Prashanth Prakash, in collaboration with several venture capitalists, established a 100-crore COVID fund[29] and created ACT Grants to encourage start-ups focused on developing products and services to tackle Pandemic related concerns.[30]
In August 2022, Prashanth Prakash partnered with The Indian Institute of Science to set up a geriatrics wing as part of IISc's upcoming Bagchi-Parthasarathy Hospital.[31][32] He is also the Founding Patron of the Longevity India initiative in IISc.[33]
Bibliography
Prashanth Prakash has co-authored a book titled "Unboxing Bengaluru - The City of New Beginnings".[34] It was launched by the 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka, Sri Siddaramaiah.[35]
Awards & honors
- Padma Shri 2025 for contributions in Trade & Industry.[36][6]
- Social Impact Leader 2021 for his philanthropic work by ASSOCHAM.[37]
Footnotes
- "Great IT Peoples, a book by Dr. S. Anandamurugan"[38]
- "Big Billion Startup: The Untold Flipkart Story"[39]
References
- ↑ "Accel's Prashant Prakash appointed as CM's Advisor". Times of India. 5 May 2021.
- ↑ "VC fund Accel's Prashanth Prakash awarded Padma Shri in trade and industry category". The Economic Times. 26 January 2025.
- ↑ "Committee with stakeholders and officials will draw up a roadmap for the Bengaluru in six months: D.K. Shivakumar". The Hindu. 17 June 2023.
- ↑ "India has the potential to be a global lab for scalable longevity solutions: Accel's Prashanth Prakash | Today News". mint. 25 July 2025.
- ↑ Bagchi, Shrabonti (10 May 2024). "Prashanth Prakash: Master Mentor". Mint.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Padma Awards 2025" (PDF). www.padmaawards.gov.in. MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS.
- ↑ "National Startup Advisory Council reconstituted; non-official members nominated". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
- ↑ "From Nikhil Kamath to Prashanth Prakash: Key Highlights from EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2023". Business Today. 2 November 2023.
- ↑ "Invest in new ideas, not flavour of the season, says Accel's Prashanth Prakash". Mint.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "'Team, practicality of business plan are what we look at, not spreadsheets'". BusinessLine. 10 June 2012.
- ↑ "Prashanth Prakash: A Pioneering Venture Capitalist Transforming India's Startup Landscape". Bru Times News.
- ↑ "GenAI, climate & fintech, hot bets for investors next year: Accel's Prakash". Business Standard.
- ↑ "Accel's India story". Mint.
- ↑ "Manufacturing-focussed startups got $8 billion in investments over 7 years: Prashanth Prakash". The Economic Times. 2023-10-12. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ↑ "Accel partner Prashanth Prakash to advise Karnataka CM on strategy, planning". VCCircle.
- ↑ "Accel's Prashanth Prakash appointed advisor to Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddiyurappa". Moneycontrol.
- ↑ "The Accel effect". www.fortuneindia.com. 2018-07-12. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ↑ Prakash, Prashanth (2023-12-31). "Innovation, sustainability to fuel transformative phase: Accel's Prashanth Prakash". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ↑ "Of 100 Indian unicorns, 25 will go IPO in the next 3-5 years: Accel's Prashanth Prakash". Business Today. 2022-11-16. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ↑ "ET Times Startup Awards 2017 Business Photo Prashanth P..." Times Of India.
- ↑ "The Jury – The Economic Times Startup Awards 2024". Etstartupawards.com.
- ↑ "Nikhil Kamath, Ankit Nagori and Prashanth Prakash now Bengaluru franchise owners of e-cricket league". The Economic Times. 21 October 2024.
- ↑ "Board of Directors". United Way Bengaluru.
- ↑ Callie (2019-01-10). "Accel -Lessons For Social Change". Innovations of the World. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ↑ Muyiwa, Joshua (2023-12-08). "Bengaluru is flexing its cultural muscle". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ↑ "Philanthropy with Purpose: An Inspiring Vision for India's Future". Thephilanthropist.org. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ↑ "Sikshana Foundation | Board Members". sikshana.org.
- ↑ "Prashanth Prakash honored with 'India CSR Impact Leader Award' - India CSR". 2021-01-18. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ↑ "Action Covid-19 Team eyes Rs 500 crore philanthropic fund". The Economic Times. 4 March 2021.
- ↑ "Accel's Prashanth Prakash: Building A Rs 100 Crore Covid-19 Relief Fund". Forbes India. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ↑ "IISc signs agreement with Prashanth Prakash to set up geriatrics wing". Business Standard.
- ↑ "Venture capitalist Prashanth Prakash signs up with IISc, to fund geriatrics unit at Bagchi hospital". The Economic Times. 2022-08-11.
- ↑ "IISc launches Longevity India Initiative to support ageing research in India". The Hindu. 18 April 2024.
- ↑ Jasline, Cheryl (2023-12-02). "'Bengaluru is a city that offers different types of Bengaluru, all coexisting'". The Hindu. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ↑ "Karnataka announces 10-day Unboxing Bengaluru Habba festival to showcase best of state capital". The Indian Express. 16 November 2023.
- ↑ "Padma Awards Winners 2025 Full List". Bru Times News. Archived from the original on 2025-02-07. Retrieved 2025-06-20.
- ↑ "ASSOCHAM honors Prashanth Prakash as Social Impact Leader 2021 - India CSR". 2022-02-25. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ↑ ANANDAMURUGAN, S. Great It Peoples. Sakthi Publishing House. ISBN 978-93-84725-37-2. Search this book on
- ↑ Dalal, Mihir (6 October 2019). Big Billion Startup: The Untold Flipkart Story. Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-5290-4155-2. Search this book on
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