# Prashant Shukla

> Prashant Shukla is a seed investor at Origin Ventures backing Artificial Intelligence. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Origin Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/origin-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 73%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prashantshukla8/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/PShukla8
- Website: https://originventures.com/team/prashant-shukla/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/prashantshukla9108

Prashant Shukla is a seed investor at Origin Ventures in San Francisco Bay Area focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Prashant S. Shukla is based out of San Francisco Bay Area, California and is the Partner of Origin Ventures. Prashant previously worked at Metromile as a Metromile. Prashant S. Shukla attended the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 45% |
| Software | 2 | 18% |
| Data Management | 2 | 18% |
| Retail Technology | 2 | 18% |
| E-Commerce Platforms | 2 | 18% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 36% |
| Series A | 3 | 27% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 36% |
| Canada | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Century Health | Century Health accelerates drug development and commercialization by applying AI to real-world data. It is far too slow today to answer critical questions because the richest clinical data is locked away in silos. Our platform does the heavy lifting to rapidly get you the insight you need, all while supporting the research community and protectingpatient privacy. | $5M | Seed | May 19, 2026 |  |
| OptiCore | OptiCore is as photonic computing company developing optical processing units (OPUs) | $7.5M | Seed | Sep 10, 2025 |  |
| Glimpse | Glimpse partners with brands to place their products in luxury short-term rentals as a sales and acquisition channel. Glimpse was founded in 2020 by Kushal Negi, Akash Raju, and Anuj Mehta and was headquartered in New York. | $10M | Series A | Apr 08, 2025 |  |
| ControlRooms.ai | Controlrooms.ai develops a monitor system designed for industrial mission control rooms. It provides immediate time to benefit and exhibit intuitive functionality to help advance the quality of life on Earth, enabling companies by providing earth's monitoring services. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Austin, Texas. | $10M | Series A | Aug 29, 2023 |  |
| Hammoq | Hammoq provides ReCommerce sellers with artificial intelligence solutions to run their business on autopilot. The company was founded by Siddharth Lunawat and Ty Blunt in 2020 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. | $6M | Seed | Jun 07, 2022 |  |
| Glimpse | Glimpse partners with brands to place their products in luxury short-term rentals as a sales and acquisition channel. Glimpse was founded in 2020 by Kushal Negi, Akash Raju, and Anuj Mehta and was headquartered in New York. | $6.2M | Seed | Mar 29, 2022 |  |
| Hammoq | Hammoq provides ReCommerce sellers with artificial intelligence solutions to run their business on autopilot. The company was founded by Siddharth Lunawat and Ty Blunt in 2020 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. | $3M | Seed | Jun 29, 2021 |  |
| Hammoq | Hammoq provides ReCommerce sellers with artificial intelligence solutions to run their business on autopilot. The company was founded by Siddharth Lunawat and Ty Blunt in 2020 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Jun 29, 2021 |  |
| Blackcart | Blackcart develops try-before-you-buy software for e-commerce merchants. Its proprietary try before you buy fraud ai empowers merchants to give their customers the confidence of in-store shopping, at home, and risk-free. | $8.8M | Series A | Jan 25, 2021 |  |
| Blackcart | Blackcart develops try-before-you-buy software for e-commerce merchants. Its proprietary try before you buy fraud ai empowers merchants to give their customers the confidence of in-store shopping, at home, and risk-free. | $8.8M |  | Jan 25, 2021 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Sierra Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sierra-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Silicon Road Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silicon-road-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [2048 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2048-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [25madison](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/25madison) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hyde Park Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyde-park-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Origin Ventures

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

Origin Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in high-growth software, marketplace, and consumer businesses shaping the 'Digital Native Economy'. Founded in 1999, the firm has the unique distinction of having multiple funds in the top 5% on realized performance. Typical check size is $500K to $8M. Select exitsinclude Grubhub (NYSE: GRUB), BacklotCars, Tock, Ahalogy, and Teem.To learn more, visit www.originventures.com.

5 contacts available at Origin Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Angela Smith | Senior Associate and Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angela-smith-d555 |
| Bruce N. Barron | Co-Founder and Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bruce-n-barron |
| Jacquie Marshall Siegmund | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jacquie-marshall-siegmund |
| Jason Heltzer | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-heltzer |
| Prashant Shukla | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prashant-shukla-79ad |

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## FAQ

### What does Prashant Shukla invest in?

Prashant Shukla invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Data Management startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Prashant Shukla last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Prashant Shukla closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 11 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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