Jayaprakash Vijayan - Founder and CEO @ Tekion

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Primary Job Title Founder and CEO
Primary Organization
Tekion

Location San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
Regions West Coast, Western US
Gender Male
Also Known As Jay Vijayan

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Jayaprakash Vijayan is based out of San Francisco Bay Area, California and is the Founder and CEO of Tekion. Jayaprakash previously worked at Tesla as a Chief Information Officer. Jayaprakash Vijayan attended the University of Madras. Jayaprakash Vijayan has been recognized as one of the Most Exceptional Entrepreneurs at the 2025 Builders and

Innovators Summit.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments

Jayaprakash Vijayan

has made

investments. Their latest investment was

Series B - Jerry

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, when

Jerry

raised

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Jerry	—	Series B - Jerry	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	FixNix Inc	Yes	Seed Round - FixNix Inc	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	DoWhistle	—	Seed Round - DoWhistle	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

Jayaprakash Vijayan

is the

Founder and CEO

Tekion

. Additionally,

Jayaprakash Vijayan

has had

past jobs including

Chief Information Officer

Tesla

Tekion Founder and CEOFeb 2016

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Tesla	Chief Information Officer	—	Jan 2016
VMware	Sr. Director, IT Business Applications	—	—
Oracle	Applications Management	—	—

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Jayaprakash Vijayan

holds

board and advisor roles including

Board Member

HyreCar

Advisor, Voice of the Customer Advisory Board

Habla AI, Inc.

, and

Advisor

DoWhistle

HyreCar Board MemberJun 1, 2019
Habla AI, Inc. Advisor, Voice of the Customer Advisory BoardJul 22, 2016
DoWhistle AdvisorJan 1, 2015
TiE LaunchPad Mentor2014
DoWhistle Advisor

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