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
Rodolfo Gonzalez is a General Partner at Foundation Capital. His official profile lists his practices as fintech and crypto and describes his interests as financial disintermediation, peer-to-peer funding, and bringing transparency and simplicity to consumer financial experiences. He co-founded Mexplosion as a teenager to host the Mexican qualifiers for the World Cyber Games e-gaming competition, and later co-founded YouVest, a crowdfunding platform for social enterprises. He has an MBA from MIT Sloan with concentrations in finance and entrepreneurship, as well as degrees in Marketing from ITESM and International Relations from UNAM Mexico. Foundation’s profile says he is based in Austin.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
early-stage fintech and crypto companies
Sector
fintechcryptofinancial disintermediationpeer-to-peer fundingconsumer financial transparency and simplicity
Thesis
FintechCryptoFinancial disintermediationPeer-to-peer fundingConsumer financial services transparency and simplicity
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
Solana
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Lead with how the company improves access, transparency, cost, or user experience in financial services or crypto infrastructure.
Personalization hooks
- 1Reference his interest in financial disintermediation and simpler consumer financial experiences.
- 2For crypto pitches, connect to real user adoption or opinionated ecosystem design rather than generic infrastructure claims.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Foundation profile includes recent or current crypto-related perspectives from Rodolfo, including writing on Solana and L1 ecosystems.
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- Foundation CapitalGeneral PartnerPresent
- YouVestCo-founderPrior (crowdfunding platform for social enterprises)
- MexplosionCo-founder2001 (World Cyber Games Mexican qualifier host)
Education
- MIT Sloan School of ManagementMBA, Finance and Entrepreneurship
- ITESMDegree, Marketing
- UNAM MexicoDegree, International Relations
Skills
FintechCryptoDeFiBlockchainFinancial Inclusion
Languages
Spanish
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