Prasad Vanga

Prasad is the Founder & CEO of Anthill Ventures and heads strategy, fund management, and venture-building at the firm.
Anthill is a ‘speed-scaling ecosystem’ and early-stage investor in more than 70 start-ups in India, the US, Europe, Israel, and SE Asia across four verticals - Consumer & Media Tech; Healthcare; Urban Tech; Web3 & the Metaverse.
Over the last three decades, Prasad has led corporate consulting assignments for large organizations like Nike, Nestle, Novartis, and Google; set up and scaled ventures in technology and media; and invested in and provided support to help Anthill’s portfolio companies achieve rapid growth.
Prasad has participated in business transformation across sectors and markets as a corporate executive, entrepreneur, and investor.
He believes the most successful start-ups not only display extreme agility but can also demonstrate the scalability that is a crucial characteristic of large corporations.
Prasad is an active alum of the Stanford Business School.
He has also served as a board advisor to ISB (Indian School of Business) and the SRITNE (Srini Raju Centre for IT and Networked Economy) at ISB.
He has been quoted in some of the world’s leading media, including CNN, Entrepreneur, Forbes Asia, Business Standard, The Economic Times, and Washington Post.