Shalini Prakash

Shalini Prakash is a Venture Partner at 500 Startups and an Advisor at AngelList, based in Silicon Valley, California. At 500 Startups, she helps direct investment strategies for a global venture capital firm and accelerator that oversees more than $350 million in assets under management and backs over 1,800 portfolio companies across 50 countries. Before assuming her current advisory and investment positions, she served as an Advisor for AngelList India and founded two distinct entrepreneurial ventures, the India-based platform Epic.one and the growth-oriented company Purple Matter. Her broader professional background also includes strategic involvement with the XPRIZE Foundation and delivering presentations as a featured TEDx speaker on the intersection of technology and human curiosity. Prakash currently focuses her efforts on early-stage technology investments, global venture capital operations, and providing transformational advisory solutions to emerging entrepreneurs.