Prashant Samant

CEO of Akido

📍 Belmont, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 5 investments📅 17 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2014
Operator-angel🌍 United States
5
Total investments
3
Early stage
1
Mid stage
0
Late stage
17y
Years active

Portfolio

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Co-Founder, Board Member
Apr 2014
Grid110 is an economic and community development startup accelerator and non-profit dedicated to creating clear pathways to success for early-stage entrepreneurs. Their mission is to make the entrepreneurial path more equitable, inclusive and accessible. Grid110 supports companies across a diverse range of industries and stages. Their alumni have raised $120M+ in outside capital, with 70% of the funding raised by women founders and 72% by founders of color. For every $1 donated, Grid110 generates $47 back into the community, in addition to the 520+ local jobs that Grid110 companies have created. Grid110 is an award-winning organization that fosters the most thriving, inviting, and inclusive community for entrepreneurs and puts their founders’ needs first. Through no-cost, no-equity programs, Grid110 has distributed more than $2M in non-dilutive capital to underrepresented founders and supported 36+ companies over 28 cohorts.
Board Member, Baby Elmo Program
Apr 2013
In 2017, due to growing interest in learning-directed story telling, Psynthesys shifted focus to design engaging stories that make Life Science feel more like co-discoveries for company audiences. The change reflects an evolution in thought and practice based on feedback from clinical team training services and support we've provided for Bioscience companies since 2005. We now make learning experiences the priority in Life Science branding. The strategy grows audience engagement by making complex content approachable for a broad range of audiences – that in turn builds bridges for the many humans that may be impacted by Bioscience innovation. Psynthesys history: Psynthesys began creating engaging learning experiences for Bioscience clinical development teams in 2005. The company's work led by Rick Erickson has helped train clinical teams across the globe. Our proprietary workflow learning app developed along the way of this information building journey put tasks and knowledge at the fingertips of clinical investigators to ensure the integrity of patient care.
Board Member
Jun 2012
We help committed photographers and visual storytellers find their voice and master ways to help you hear it. http://www.catchlight.io
mid stagePhotography
Board Member
Jan 2012
What is ImpactSpace? ImpactSpace is the open data platform powering the global impact investing marketplace. At ImpactSpace you can track the companies, investors, deals, and people maximizing social, environmental, and financial returns. Our mission is to accelerate impact investing by making information about the impact market available to everyone and maintainable by anyone. We seek to promote a vibrant and transparent ecosystem for entrepreneurs, investors and the broader field of impact investing. ImpactSpace is a public-good, charitable-purpose project of Impact IQ Inc., a for-profit Delaware C-corporation. Why contribute to ImpactSpace? As the largest platform of social enterprises, impact investors, people and resources, ImpactSpace: • Promotes the growing number of social enterprises at a global level. ImpactSpace profiles have been used to showcase, in a concise format, the venture’s information most relevant to investors. • Provides analytics on impact investing trends across different sector activities, impact geographies, and social impact objectives. • Fosters connections between entrepreneurs, investors and other supporting organizations. • Fuels timely and in-depth reporting via media and other (including our own distribution channels, ImpactIQ.org and ImpactAlpha.com). • Educates investors and entrepreneurs through our specially curated resources.
Board Member
Mar 2009
GiveChange is dedicated to connecting charities with young donors. We offer discounts at local venues (bars, restaurants, salons, and such) in exchange for $5 donations to various projects and charities.
Experience · 9 entries
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Board (4)
2015
Co-Founder
Jan 2015
We are pioneering a reimagined healthcare system; one that bridges technology and empathy to make exceptional healthcare a basic human right. For the first time in history, technology exists to create a healthcare system that anticipates your needs, responds with precision and is always accessible to all, regardless of financial means or geography. This has been our mission since day one. We were founded in 2015 by leaders in technology, social enterprise and hospital administration. Our team is made up of some of the brightest minds in artificial intelligence, healthcare, medicine and engineering, committed to ushering in a new era in care.
2014
Co-Founder, Board Member
Apr 2014
Grid110 is an economic and community development startup accelerator and non-profit dedicated to creating clear pathways to success for early-stage entrepreneurs. Their mission is to make the entrepreneurial path more equitable, inclusive and accessible. Grid110 supports companies across a diverse range of industries and stages. Their alumni have raised $120M+ in outside capital, with 70% of the funding raised by women founders and 72% by founders of color. For every $1 donated, Grid110 generates $47 back into the community, in addition to the 520+ local jobs that Grid110 companies have created. Grid110 is an award-winning organization that fosters the most thriving, inviting, and inclusive community for entrepreneurs and puts their founders’ needs first. Through no-cost, no-equity programs, Grid110 has distributed more than $2M in non-dilutive capital to underrepresented founders and supported 36+ companies over 28 cohorts.
2013
Board Member, Baby Elmo Program
Apr 2013
In 2017, due to growing interest in learning-directed story telling, Psynthesys shifted focus to design engaging stories that make Life Science feel more like co-discoveries for company audiences. The change reflects an evolution in thought and practice based on feedback from clinical team training services and support we've provided for Bioscience companies since 2005. We now make learning experiences the priority in Life Science branding. The strategy grows audience engagement by making complex content approachable for a broad range of audiences – that in turn builds bridges for the many humans that may be impacted by Bioscience innovation. Psynthesys history: Psynthesys began creating engaging learning experiences for Bioscience clinical development teams in 2005. The company's work led by Rick Erickson has helped train clinical teams across the globe. Our proprietary workflow learning app developed along the way of this information building journey put tasks and knowledge at the fingertips of clinical investigators to ensure the integrity of patient care.
2012
Board Member
Jun 2012
We help committed photographers and visual storytellers find their voice and master ways to help you hear it. http://www.catchlight.io
mid stagePhotography
Board Member
Jan 2012
What is ImpactSpace? ImpactSpace is the open data platform powering the global impact investing marketplace. At ImpactSpace you can track the companies, investors, deals, and people maximizing social, environmental, and financial returns. Our mission is to accelerate impact investing by making information about the impact market available to everyone and maintainable by anyone. We seek to promote a vibrant and transparent ecosystem for entrepreneurs, investors and the broader field of impact investing. ImpactSpace is a public-good, charitable-purpose project of Impact IQ Inc., a for-profit Delaware C-corporation. Why contribute to ImpactSpace? As the largest platform of social enterprises, impact investors, people and resources, ImpactSpace: • Promotes the growing number of social enterprises at a global level. ImpactSpace profiles have been used to showcase, in a concise format, the venture’s information most relevant to investors. • Provides analytics on impact investing trends across different sector activities, impact geographies, and social impact objectives. • Fosters connections between entrepreneurs, investors and other supporting organizations. • Fuels timely and in-depth reporting via media and other (including our own distribution channels, ImpactIQ.org and ImpactAlpha.com). • Educates investors and entrepreneurs through our specially curated resources.
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2009–2014 · 5 investments
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