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Vinay Kumar

Co-founder and partner at Ventana, an early-growth equity firm

Director
Updated Nov 6, 2026·Latest SEC filing Oct 29, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Vinay Kumar

Vinay Kumar is co-founder and partner at Ventana, an early-growth equity firm. Ventana led TrashLab's $12 million growth round, announced on October 29, 2026. TrashLab makes an AI-native operating system for waste haulers. Kumar joins TrashLab's board as part of the round.

Experience

This experience comes from official bios and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Vinay Kumar in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

TrashLab Software Inc. Current
Director
2026 – Present · San Francisco, CA
TrashLab gives waste haulers one system for taking orders, dispatching trucks, running driver stops and billing customers, with an AI agent answering calls.
Ventana Current
Co-founder and Partner

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Vinay Kumar works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

TrashLab Software Inc. · Form D, Oct 29, 2026
NC
Neil Chaudhary
CEO and director
TT
Taijianda Tan
Executive officer, director and promoter
EJ
Ershad Jamil
Director

Sources

  1. SECTrashLab Software Inc. Form D, filed Oct 29, 2026
  2. releaseBusiness Wire release, October 29, 2026: TrashLab Raises $12M to Scale the AI-Native Operating System for Waste Haulers (via Yahoo Finance)