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Prakash Janakiraman

Visiting Partner, Head of AI Accelerator at The House Fund

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Prakash Janakiraman serves as Visiting Partner and Head of AI Accelerator at The House Fund[1][3]. Janakiraman worked as an engineer and technical executive on global consumer internet applications for nearly 30 years, including roles at Excite@Home, Shopping.com, and Google Maps[2]. Janakiraman left Google to become technical co-founder of Nextdoor, serving in executive leadership roles including VP Engineering, Chief Architect, and Head of DEIB through the company's 2021 IPO[2][10]. Janakiraman held the position of Co-Founder Emeritus at Nextdoor from November 2022 to November 2023[9]. Beyond The House Fund, Janakiraman serves as an advisor to Parade Ventures, Homebrew, and early-stage startups[5][6][7]. Janakiraman holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from UC Berkeley and studied Computer Science at UC Berkeley from 1992 to 1995[11][12].

Profile introduction
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I've worked as an engineer and technical executive on global scale consumer internet applications for nearly 30 years, including early search and portal services like Excite@Home, comparison shopping at Shopping.com, and mapping at Google Maps. I left Google to become the technical co-founder of Nextdoor, the world's largest neighborhood social network with nearly 100M verified neighbors across 11 countries. From inception through the company's 2021 IPO (NYSE:$NXDR), I served in a number of executive leadership roles including VP Engineering, Chief Architect, and Head of DEIB. Since leaving N…

Career history

  1. Visiting Partner, Head of AI AcceleratorJun 2026 to presentThe House Fund
  2. Part-Time PartnerDec 2023 to presentThe House Fund
  3. AdvisorDec 2021 to presentParade Ventures
  4. AdvisorOct 2018 to presentHomebrew
  5. Investor & Advisor2015 to presentEarly Stage Startups
  6. Leadership Council, USF Institute for Nonviolence & Social JusticeSep 2020 to Jun 2025University of San Francisco
  7. Co-Founder EmeritusNov 2022 to Nov 2023Nextdoor
  8. Co-Founder, Chief Architect, Head of DEIBFeb 2014 to Nov 2022Nextdoor

Education

  1. Bachelor of Arts - BA, Sociology2023University of California, Berkeley
  2. Computer Science1992 - 1995University of California, Berkeley

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