Akash Ghavalkar

Co-Founder & COO

Third Space

Apr 2024 - Current (2 years 3 months)

Third Space provides rapid access to low-cost and no-cost mental health treatment services. - ~17 million lives covered across Medicaid & commercial plans - 70% of patients see improvements in depression and anxiety scores - median time to care is 4 days vs standard 3-6-month wait time - ~2x return rate for Medicaid patients compared to industry benchmarks Backed by Zeal Capital Partners, Actions Capital (fka K50 Ventures), RiverPark Ventures, Evio VC, Social Innovation Ventures (former Chief Medical Officer of the US Medicaid program), and investors who founded or funded iconic healthcare companies such as Thirty Madison, Calm, Grow Therapy, BetterUp, Tennr, Jimini Health, Brellium, Tilly Therapy, Midi Health, Monument, Altitude, Foresi

Co-Founder & COO

Milvia

Jun 2022 - Apr 2024 (1 year 11 months)

- Launched a fertility tourism service that helped women in the US save up to $10k/cycle of egg freezing - Partnered with top fertility clinics in the UK, Spain & Mexico, providing treatment from ~$4k/cycle - Featured in The New York Times, Insider, Evening Standard, El País & other global outlets - 1 of 18 startups (1.38% acceptance rate) in Berkeley SkyDeck's Batch 15 (W22) [Later pivoted to a wellness & longevity platform that helped people unlock peak performance and improve their quality of life through regular testing of key biomarkers]

Operations & Marketing Lead

The Washing Machine Project

Oct 2021 - Oct 2022 (1 year 1 month)

The Washing Machine Project is a social impact startup empowering women to take control over their lives by offering them an alternative to handwashing clothes. Employee #1 • Scaled the company from 2 to 15 employees • Created and implemented numerous company policies and procedures • Managed product development with 300 members of a key stakeholder (FTSE 100 company) • Created and managed the company’s content calendar • Generated £30,000 in sales, reaching customers across 18 countries • Handled customer service and order fulfillment • Partnered with Care International, Plan International & UNHCR to carry out pilot projects in refugee camps Part of Santander X, MSDUK, SETsquared Bath & Social Enterprise UK. Won awards from & featured i

Chief Communications Officer

Prana Medical

Jun 2021 - Jul 2022 (1 year 2 months)

Created a medical device for low-resource hospitals that allowed up to four patients to share a single ventilator safely Received a grant from UC Berkeley & worked with partners at UCSF Health, Stanford Children's Health, the American Association for Respiratory Care, and the International Council for Respiratory Care to develop and test a proof of concept medical device Worked with a team of engineers, designers, and a doctor across California, the UK & Mexico. Led customer discovery across 3 continents. Part of Berkeley Health Tech CoLab, Berkeley Skydeck Pad-13 Batch 13, CITRIS Foundry, Tech Futures Group, Bay Area Regional NSF I-Corps (Sept 2021) Won awards from & featured in Fast Company, San Francisco Design Week, National Achieve

Principal Engineer Intern

Avara Foods

Sep 2019 - Sep 2020 (1 year 1 month)

• Managed over £1 million worth of assets • Implemented new procedures and methods that resulted in the availability of tooling increasing from 78% to 93% • Department lead for the annual Blue Willis insurance audit. Created an action plan, assigned leads to tasks from various departments, and held them to deadlines which led to obtaining the highest grade for my section of the audit • Improved the method and altered the frequency of servicing the tooling which resulted in the reduction of a contract with a supplier by £50,000 • Department lead for the Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulation (DSEAR) project. Created an action plan, liaised with other departments and contractors, and mitigated the risks identified during a

Activity Leader

Target English International

Jul 2018

• Led walking tours around cities for large groups of students aged 8 to 18 following an itinerary • Organised events such as sports, discos, and talent shows and promoted them to the students to participate • Negotiated duties and had to be flexible so that co-workers could work to their strengths • Communicated clearly and compellingly since English was not the students' first language

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Laboratory Intern

Global Laboratories and Testing

Aug 2017

• Conducted various tests on substances such as water, food, cosmetics and soil • Worked in different teams and collaborated with other groups to compile reports for major companies based on test results • Trusted to carry out tests autonomously

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