Ashu Garg
General Partner
Foundation Capital
Ashu Garg is a General Partner at Foundation Capital focused on enterprise software, AI applications, AI infrastructure, data, cybersecurity, and online video.
Bio
Professional summary
Charles Moldow is a General Partner at Foundation Capital. His official profile states that his primary focus is identifying technology trends and new user experiences that will change financial services. His thesis focuses on fintech, insurtech, and lendingtech opportunities, with AI as a layer across what he evaluates. Foundation lists public portfolio outcomes including Doma, Rover, LendingClub, OnDeck, and Everyday Health, and notable trade sales including One Finance, Finxera, CoverWallet, Refresh, Powerset, Xoopit, CloudOn, Zoomer, and Adwhirl. His current portfolio is listed as including Kiavi, NextRoll, HealthIQ, Auxmoney, Nearside, Canopy, Branch Finance, Branch Insurance, Inspectify, Insurate, PinePark Health, BlockCypher, and Agentero. The profile says he joined Foundation Capital in 2005 and has made seventeen successful investments there, including five public companies and twelve acquisitions. He has been named to CB Insights’ Top 100 Venture Capitalists and Forbes’ Midas List, attended the 2016 White House FinTech Summit, and authored a widely cited paper on marketplace lending. He is an alumnus of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Business School.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
early-stage fintech, insurtech, and lendingtech companies
Sector
fintechcryptoinsurtechlendingtechAI applied to financial services
Thesis
FintechCryptoInsurtechLendingtechAI overlay in financial services opportunities
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
DomaRoverLendingClubOnDeckEveryday HealthOne FinanceFinxeraCoverWalletRefreshPowersetXoopitCloudOnZoomerAdwhirlKiaviNextRollHealthIQAuxmoneyNearsideCanopyBranch FinanceBranch InsuranceInspectifyInsuratePinePark HealthBlockCypherAgentero
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Lead with a financial-services market shift, a new user experience, and how AI improves underwriting, distribution, risk, efficiency, or access.
Personalization hooks
- 1Reference his marketplace lending thesis or focus on changing financial services through new technology and user experiences.
- 2For insurance or lending pitches, emphasize category-specific market insight rather than generic fintech claims.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Official profile emphasizes an AI overlay across fintech, insurtech, and lendingtech evaluations.
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- Foundation CapitalGeneral Partner2005–present
- Harvard Business SchoolExecutive FellowPresent
Education
- Harvard Business SchoolMBA
- University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)Degree
Skills
FintechLendingtechInsurtechMarketplace LendingConsumer Finance
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