# Prashant Agrawal

> Prashant Agrawal is the New York-based founder and CEO of Impact Analytics, an AI-native retail software company founded in 2015. After work spanning McKinsey, investing, public-policy advising and BCG, he built a company around a stubborn operational problem: retailers were asking spreadsheets and historical averages to make decisions too numerous and volatile for either. He also teaches retail AI and advanced analytics at Columbia Business School.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Impact Analytics; Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia Business School
- **Organizations:** Impact Analytics, Columbia Business School, Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey & Company, Office of Tony Blair, Indipepal, Courage Capital Management
- **Education:** BA in Economics and Government, Cornell University, Joint JD/MBA, Columbia University
- **Known for:** Named an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2024 Mid-Atlantic Award winner., Built Impact Analytics from its first retail client into a global AI software business with more than 75 enterprise clients, according to the company., Led Impact Analytics through a Series D growth investment in May 2025.

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Worked in McKinsey & Company's New York and Mumbai offices.
- **2006-2009** — Served as an executive director at Courage Capital Management.
- **2009-2010** — Founded and led the social portal Indipepal.
- **2010-2012** — Served as a senior adviser in the Office of Tony Blair.
- **2011-2014** — Worked at Boston Consulting Group, including leadership in corporate finance and private equity in India.
- **2015** — Founded Impact Analytics and began work with its first client, Pet Supplies Plus.
- **2021-2022** — Impact Analytics raised Series A and Series B funding and expanded its product suite.
- **2024** — Began teaching retail AI and advanced analytics at Columbia Business School and won the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Mid-Atlantic award.
- **2025** — Impact Analytics announced Series D growth funding led by Blue Cloud Ventures, with Sageview Capital and Vistara Growth participating.
- **2026** — Spoke at NRF Big Ideas sessions on decision intelligence, pricing, inventory and scaling agentic AI.

## Achievements

- Named an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2024 Mid-Atlantic Award winner.
- Built Impact Analytics from its first retail client into a global AI software business with more than 75 enterprise clients, according to the company.
- Led Impact Analytics through a Series D growth investment in May 2025.
- Returned to Columbia Business School as an adjunct professor teaching retail AI and advanced analytics.
- Impact Analytics appeared on the Inc. 5000 for eight consecutive years from 2018 through 2025.
- Has written columns or contributed commentary to GQ India, Mint, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Financial Times and CNBC.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Opened a Big Ideas session at NRF Retail's Big Show Europe, discussing purpose-built retail AI and human guardrails.
- **2026-01** — Presented at NRF 2026 sessions on scaling agentic AI and on AI-powered pricing and inventory.
- **2025-05** — Impact Analytics announced Series D growth funding led by Blue Cloud Ventures to support global expansion and agentic AI development.
- **2024-10** — Appeared on the Chiefly Digital podcast to discuss forecasting, pricing, allocation and his career path.
- **2024-06** — Won the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2024 Mid-Atlantic Award.

## Links

- Website: https://www.impactanalytics.ai/about-us/prashant-agrawal
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prashant-agrawal-ia/

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