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Ashu Garg

Enterprise VC-engineer-company builder. Early investor in @databricks, @tubi and 6 other unicorns - @cohesity, @eightfold, @turing, @anyscale, @alation, @amperity, | GP@Foundation Capital

San Francisco Bay Area

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $1,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $10,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $5,500,000.00

Skills

Start-ups
Strategy
Business Strategy
Leadership
Entrepreneurship
Online Advertising
Management
Venture Capital
Product Management
Go-to-market Strategy
Marketing
Enterprise Software
Digital Media
Sales
Marketing Management
Advertising
Investments
Customer Acquisition
Technology Marketing

Education

Work Experience

  • General Partner

    2008

    Foundation Capital is a leading Silicon Valley based early stage venture capital firm. I focus on investing in bold founders who have a vision to transform markets and build enduring companies. We mostly invest in companies before they have revenues and work closely with them to improve their odds of finding product-market-fit. I have extensive experience across the stack from AI 1st applications to data/ML infrastructure, cyber security, and cloud infrastructure. I have the privilege of being an early investor in Data Bricks, Cohesity, Eightfold, Amperity (via an acquisition), Anyscale, Turing, Alation, Skyflow, Fortanix, TubeMogul (acquired by Adobe post IPO), and Tubi.tv. (acquired by Fox) amongst others. I truly feel my past experiences have prepared me in the most valuable way to become a partner to entrepreneurs. One thing I’m most proud of is being a valuable board member. In my view, a valuable board member is one who raises the aspirations of the founder and through him, the entire team. Something that I hope I’ve brought along with me from my time as an operator myself is that I feel that if entrepreneurs need one thing from a VC, it’s knowing that he or she really cares. It’s important that a VC is on board with them through the inevitable ups and downs that come along with being an entrepreneur. When I became a VC, one of the goals I set for myself was to become this kind of resource for my entrepreneurs. Being that person is the most rewarding aspect of being a VC. Hiring great executives is one of the most important things a founder needs to do. Helping a founder hire the best talent out there is rewarding for me. I love to step in, speak to a candidate and raise their aspirations around the job as well. Nothing makes me happier than helping my CEOs land a really difficult hire.

  • Board Member

    2020

2020

  • Board Member

    2020

  • Board Member

    2020

  • Board Member

    2019

  • Board Member

    2018

  • Board Member

    2017

Fortanix

2017

  • Board Member

    2017

  • Board Observer

    2015

  • Investor

    2013