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    Expert DOJO

    Santa Monica, California, United StatesFounded 2014

    Expert DOJO is a Santa Monica–based early-stage startup accelerator and venture capital fund founded in 2014 by Brian Mac Mahon. It invests $50K–$100K for equity with up to $1M follow-on, and has backed over 300 companies across 70+ countries.

    Their most common stage is seed (83% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $2.2M (across 5 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    6

    Fund Size

    $100M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Ashutosh Kumar Jha

    Ashutosh Kumar Jha

    CEO & GENERAL PARTNER

    Isabelle Persson Cloud

    Isabelle Persson Cloud

    PARTNER & HEAD OF INVESTOR RELATION

    GUNJAN MEENA

    GUNJAN MEENA

    INVESTOR RELATIONS

    DUSTIN LUTHER

    DUSTIN LUTHER

    FRACTIONAL HEAD OF MARKETING

    GAUTHAM CHANDRASEKAR

    GAUTHAM CHANDRASEKAR

    CEO OFFICE

    KISHLAY ANAND

    KISHLAY ANAND

    PROGRAM MANAGER

    NEKTAR BAZIOTIS

    NEKTAR BAZIOTIS

    HEAD OF TECHNOLOGY

    SANDEEP KUMAR

    SANDEEP KUMAR

    TECH LEAD

    SILVIA OLMEDO

    SILVIA OLMEDO

    HEAD OF MEDIA

    JW

    Jonathan Wallace

    Venture Capital Investor

    LK

    Lokesh Kumar

    Early Stage VC

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    6 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    GGameTreeSeed$1.7MJan 2023
    TThankUCashSeed$5.3MJan 2022
    Akiba Digital logoAkiba DigitalPre-Seed$1.1MJan 2021
    Champions Round logoChampions RoundSeed
    KKlashaSeed$2M
    Munily logoMunilySeed$970K

    Top Co-Investors

    500 Global1 shared
    Unicorn Growth Capital1 shared
    Oui Capital1 shared
    Soma Capital1 shared
    Hustle Fund1 shared
    Seedcamp1 shared
    MAGIC Fund1 shared
    Resilience171 shared
    Breega1 shared
    Greycroft1 shared

    Last updated: 9 September 2026