Sohail Prasad

Investment Partner , Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Investment Partner,Angel
Investor Stage
Early stage Venture,Secondary Market,Seed

Sohail is the Founder & CEO of Destiny (D/XYZ).

Sohail is also Founder & former Co-CEO of Forge, the stock market for private companies. He has an extensive background in product management, engineering, and business. As an eighteen-year-old, he was among the youngest founders to go through Y Combinator. Over the years, Sohail has advised and invested in over 100 startups, including notable startups such as Zenefits and Rappi. He continues to invest actively through S2 Capital, and serves as its Founding Partner. Prior to founding Equidate, Sohail managed mobile product at Zynga. He previously joined mobile advertising firm Chartboost as its second engineering hire, and has held roles at Google and the MIT Media Lab. Sohail was awarded TCU's Texas Youth Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2010, and was later named a Thiel Fellow by the Thiel Foundation. He previously attended Carnegie Mellon University where he studied Electrical & Computer Engineering.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
2
Sohail Prasad has made 2 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jun 1, 2016, when Zeus Living raised $2.62M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Jun 1, 2016 Zeus Living Seed $2.62M Home Decor Detail
Jul 26, 2013 Zenefits Seed $2.10M Health Insurance Detail

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
1
Sohail Prasad has 1 current jobs including Founder, Former Co-CEO, Board Director at Forge , .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
Forge Founder, Former Co-CEO, Board Director Jan 1, 2014 Detail