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Hey, I'm Akash. I’m an engineer and operator currently building Third Space, a mental health therapy provider for the Medicaid population.


Prior to Third Space, I was working on Milvia, a platform dedicated to men's wellness and longevity. Before Milvia pivoted into the wellness and longevity space, I spent a year creating a cross-border healthcare platform for fertility.


Prior to Milvia, I was employee #1 at The Washing Machine Project, a social impact startup aimed at giving women their time and autonomy back by offering an alternative to hand-washing clothes.


Before joining The Washing Machine Project, I worked at Prana Medical on a medical device that allows up to four patients to share a continuous pressure ventilator safely.


I kicked off my career at Avara Foods, a poultry processing plant.


I love playing sports, working out, reading, traveling, playing the guitar, and eating chocolate.

Work

2024 to

Third Space

Co-Founder & COO

A mental health company serving the Medicaid population

United States

2022 to 2024

Milvia

Co-Founder & COO

A wellness and longevity platform designed for men


Formerly: Fertility tourism startup that helped women from the US travel to the UK, Spain & Mexico for affordable egg freezing & IVF, saving them, on average, $5k–$10k per cycle

United States

2021 to 2022

The Washing Machine Project

Operations & Marketing Lead

A manual, off-the-grid solution to hand-washing clothes for low-income and displaced communities

United Kingdom

2021 to 2022

Prana Medical

Chief Communications Officer

A medical device aimed at underserved nations that allows up to four patients to share a continuous pressure ventilator safely

United States, United Kingdom, Ghana

2019 to 2020

Avara Foods

Principal Engineer Intern

One of the UK’s largest food businesses, supplying poultry to the nation’s most popular supermarkets and restaurants

United Kingdom

Education

2017 to 2021

BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering

First Class Honours (GPA: 4.0/4.0)

Loughborough University

Loughborough, United Kingdom

2015 to 2017

A-Levels

Brynteg Comprehensive School

Bridgend, United Kingdom

2015 to 2015

A-Levels

British School Muscat

Muscat, Oman

2005 to 2015

CBSE

Indian School Muscat

Muscat, Oman

Awards & Grants

The Washing Machine Project

2022

Innovate UK – Global Business Innovation Programme Grant

December 2021

Electronics Weekly

Best Campaign Of The Year

November 2021

NACUE Tata Varsity Pitch

Winner

October 2021

Santander X Entrepreneurship Awards

Judges’ Choice Award

Judging, Talks & Panels

February 2024

Stevie Awards – The American Business Awards

Judge

United States

June 2023

Stevie Awards – The International Business Awards

Judge

United States

February 2023

Stevie Awards – The American Business Awards

Judge

United States

January 2023

Globee Awards

Judge

United States

July 2022

Barnhill Community High School

Guest Speaker

London, United Kingdom

May 2022

IDIT Ibero Puebla

Guest Speaker

Puebla, Mexico

April 2022

RS Group plc UK&I Leadership Conference

Panelist

Stansted, United Kingdom

Programs & Memberships

Z Fellows

2024

<1% acceptance rate

Leaders Excellence at Harvard Square

2023

Berkeley SkyDeck – Batch 15

2022

Milvia was one of 18 startups out of 1,300+ applicants (1.38% acceptance rate) to receive $200,000.

The One Club for Creativity

2021

Minority Supplier Development UK (MSDUK)

2021

Santander X 100

2021

CITRIS Foundry

2021

UC StEP

2021

Berkeley SkyDeck Pad-13 – Batch 13

2021

Health Tech CoLab

2021

Tech Futures Group

2021