Akash Venkat

Entrepreneur, Investing @ EF, YC Alum (S15)

Role: Investor at Entrepreneurs First
Location: Bengaluru, KA, IN
LinkedIn followers: 500 followers

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About Akash Venkat

Exploring the future of work + learning, startup ecosystems, neuroscience research and films. I love working with high integrity, low ego teams that get things done.

Experience

Investor
Entrepreneurs First
Jun 2025 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

Education

University of Toronto
Master of Information, Information Systems & Design, Computer Science
2013 — 2015
Dubai Modern High School
High School Diploma, Science
2005 — 2008
McGill University
BSc, Neuroscience, Computer Science
2008 — 2012

Skills

Research
Microsoft Office
User Experience
Data Analysis
Python
Social Media
Neuroscience
Java
C
Matlab
Programming
Statistics
Html
Public Speaking
Spss
Science
Algorithms
Experimentation
Html + Css
Creative Problem Solving
Marketing
Microsoft Excel
Latex
Writing
Common Lisp
Trivia
Film
Web Services
Analytics
Strategy
Management
Start-Ups

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Current company

Entrepreneurs First

Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals · 1.2K employees · London, United Kingdom

Entrepreneurs First invests in exceptional individuals to build startups from scratch. We bring together talented outliers to develop their most ambitious ideas and raise money from the world’s best investors. Since pioneering Talent Investing in 2015, we’ve learned to recognize individuals with extraordinary futures before anyone else, embedding them in a community of ambitious peers and giving them the tools they need to succeed, fast. We back them before they have a company, a team, even before they have an idea, based purely on talent. EF’s portfolio is now collectively valued at over $16B, and includes companies such as Aztec, Cleo, Magdrive, Neptune, Omnea, Opply, PolyAI, Tractable, and many more. EF is backed by some of the world's leading founders and investors, including Founders Fund, Greylock, John Collison (founder – Stripe), Patrick Collison (founder – Stripe), Reid Hoffman (founder – LinkedIn), Eric Schmidt (former CEO - Google), Demis Hassabis (founder – Google DeepMind ), Taavet Hinrikus (founder – Wise), Matt Mullenweg (founder – WordPress), Charlie Songhurst (Board member – Meta), Christa Davies (Board member – Stripe), Lachy Groom (founder – Physical Intelligence), Aidan Gomez (founder – Cohere), Mati Staniszewski (founder – ElevenLabs), Danny Rimer (Partner - Index Ventures), Matt Cohler (former General Partner - Benchmark). We exist to make great companies happen that otherwise wouldn’t. For more information about Entrepreneurs First, visit www.joinef.com We're hiring! Join our global team and experience firsthand the workings of a globally unique talent investor working with cutting edge entrepreneurs on world changing technologies: https://www.joinef.com/about/careers

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About Akash Venkat

Experience

Investor

Education

University of Toronto

Dubai Modern High School

McGill University

Skills

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