Prashant Shukla
Partner | San Francisco
“The Origin team has been an integral part of growing our business since inception. We have been working closely with Prashant and he understands the challenges of driving into new markets and provides tremendous help in navigating them. Prashant’s operational experience has been extremely valuable.” - Salman Habib, CEO of Burq
Prashant is a Partner at Origin Ventures, joining the firm in 2017. He invests across Origin’s thematic areas with a focus on software, commerce 3.0, and electrification.
Prashant began his career at Bain & Company, advising technology clients on strategic questions around emerging technologies. He also worked with telecom, healthcare, and education clients. He then served as the first product manager at Metromile, the leading pay-per-mile auto insurance company. Metromile scaled to over $100M in revenue, raising $200M in equity financing during his tenure.
Prashant serves on the board as a director or observer for Burq, Blackcart, Clearjet, ControlRooms, Glimpse, Hammoq, and several other Origin Ventures portfolio companies.
Prashant holds undergraduate degrees in Economics, Business, and Environmental Economics & Policy from the University of California at Berkeley, and MBA and MPP degrees from the University of Chicago.
He loves basketball, travel, politics, and poker.
