2023 Grocery Industry Icons & Innovators
Kevin Parakkattu
Partner
Plug and Play Ventures
Kevin is a Partner at Plug and Play Ventures, where he leads the firm's Commerce, Media, and Consumer investments. Throughout his 5 years of investing at PNP, Kevin has led seed and early-stage investments in over 30 companies including companies like BigID, MANSCAPED (filed for $1b SPAC), Madison Reed, Naadam, ZigZag Global (acq'd Global Blue) and others. He also sits on the Innovation Advisory Board at the National Retail Federation. Prior to PNP, Kevin was an investment analyst at Centripetal Capital and a cofounder of a pure-play custom apparel business. Kevin is a Macaulay Honors Scholar (full scholarship) and a graduate of Baruch College, City University of New York.