# Jared Schwartzentruber

> Jared Schwartzentruber is the founder and CEO of Prefix, a New York facility management platform that keeps the ovens, freezers, and HVAC humming for multi-site restaurant and retail chains like Chipotle, Bojangles, and Famous Footwear. A mechanical engineer trained at Purdue and Columbia, he traded bio-inspired robotics and a healthcare startup for the deeply unglamorous world of broken walk-in coolers, wagering that agentic AI plus a real service layer can cut a chain's maintenance costs by more than 15%. In April 2026 Prefix raised a $7.5M seed round to push toward 10,000 locations.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Prefix (Prefix Maintenance)
- **Organizations:** Prefix (Prefix Maintenance), Quio, Kairos Society, Prototype Capital, Interplay Ventures
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** M.S., Mechanical Engineering (Robotics/Mechatronics & Entrepreneurship), Columbia University, B.S., Mechanical Engineering (Bio-Inspired Robotics research), Purdue University
- **Known for:** Founded and leads Prefix, a facility management platform serving multi-site restaurant and retail operators., Raised a $7.5M seed round in April 2026 co-led by Collide Capital and Slow Ventures., Grew Prefix to roughly $2.5M in annual recurring revenue within two years.

## Career timeline

- **2009-2013** — Studies mechanical engineering at Purdue University, working on bio-inspired robotics research.
- **2014-2016** — Earns a master's in mechanical engineering at Columbia University, focused on robotics/mechatronics and entrepreneurship.
- **2015-2021** — Co-founds Quio and serves as Head of Product, building healthcare solutions.
- **2022** — Founds Prefix in New York to maximize facility uptime for restaurant and retail operators.
- **2024** — Marks his first year at Prefix; company scales to thousands of multi-site locations.
- **2026-04** — Prefix raises a $7.5M seed round co-led by Collide Capital and Slow Ventures, reaching ~$2.5M ARR and ~2,000 locations.

## Achievements

- Founded and leads Prefix, a facility management platform serving multi-site restaurant and retail operators.
- Raised a $7.5M seed round in April 2026 co-led by Collide Capital and Slow Ventures.
- Grew Prefix to roughly $2.5M in annual recurring revenue within two years.
- Scaled to nearly 2,000 locations across 50 customers, including Chipotle, Bojangles, and Famous Footwear.
- Delivered reported 3x efficiency gains and 15%+ maintenance cost reductions for customers.
- Previously co-founded Quio and led its product organization in healthcare.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Prefix closed a $7.5M seed round co-led by Collide Capital and Slow Ventures to scale its AI facility management platform toward 10,000+ locations.

## Links

- Website: https://useprefix.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredschwartzentruber/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/hashtagjschwar
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jared.schwartzentruber

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Last updated: 2026-07-01