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About Investor

Ash Kaluarachchi is the CEO and Managing Director of StartEd and a co-creator of EDTECH WEEK, where he leads accelerators and programs for education, workforce and future-of-work startups. He invests primarily at pre-seed and seed, backing EdTech, HR/future-of-work, govtech and impact-focused founders, typically with checks in the $20K to $170K range often tied to accelerator or cohort-style programs. His background is rooted in building the New York EdTech ecosystem, advising universities and corporates on innovation, and running programs that have supported thousands of education and workforce startups globally.