Prashant Shukla @ Origin Ventures on Seed v. Series A, Cameo's Ascendance, & the Future of Chicago Tech
Prashant Shukla is a Vice President at Origin Ventures, joining the firm as Senior Associate in May 2017. He serves as a board director for Origin portfolio company BlackCart and board observer for 15Five, Blueboard, Glimpse, Everee, Pronto, Measured Insurance, and Trala.
Prashant started his career at Bain & Company. During his time at Bain, he advised telecom, healthcare, & education clients, but spent most of his time on a large technology client dealing with strategic questions around emerging technologies. After Bain, he joined San Francisco-based startup Metromile in 2012 as the first product manager, building a pay-per-mile auto insurance product. Prashant helped scale the company to over three hundred employees as it took in over $200m in venture capital financing.
In this episode, we covered:
Politics vs. Venture
Value-Add Investing
Signs of Product-Market Fit
The emergence of the Creator Economy
Chicago’s Ecosystem
And much more... Please Enjoy!
You can find Prashant on Linkedin & Twitter and Origin Ventures on Linkedin, Twitter, and their website.
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