Ashu Garg
General Partner·Foundation Capital
Bio
Professional summary
Ashu Garg is a General Partner at Foundation Capital, where he works with startups across the enterprise stack. Foundation says he is particularly interested in how AI is reinventing existing software categories and creating new consumer experiences. His listed areas of investment include AI-enabled business applications, AI infrastructure, the data stack, cybersecurity, and online video. His official profile identifies him as an early investor in Databricks and in unicorns including Cohesity, Eightfold, Amperity, Turing, Anyscale, and Alation. It also lists board roles or investments including Anvilogic, Arize, Coefficient, Conviva, Fortanix, Ikigai Labs, OpsMx, Skyflow, and Docket. Before joining Foundation in 2008, he was general manager for Microsoft’s online-advertising business and previously worked at McKinsey. Earlier roles included founding TringTring.com, setting up Unilever’s Nepal operations, and leading marketing and pre-sales teams at Cadence Design Systems. He holds a bachelor’s degree from IIT Delhi and an MBA from IIM Bangalore.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
Sector
Thesis
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Position the company around a strong technical founding team, enterprise AI or infrastructure wedge, and a clear path from product-market fit to CEO-led scale.
Partneralization hooks
- 1Reference his interest in helping technical founders find product-market fit and scale as CEOs.
- 2Tie the pitch to AI’s reinvention of enterprise software categories.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Runs or hosts B2B a CEO, a podcast for technical founders scaling as CEOs.
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- Foundation CapitalGeneral PartnerPresent
- Harvard Business SchoolExecutive FellowPresent
- McKinsey & CompanyConsultantPrior
- TringTring.comFounderPrior (one of first search engines in Asia)
- UnileverGeneral Manager (Nepal)Prior
- Cadence Design SystemsMarketing & Pre-Sales LeadPrior
Education
- Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New DelhiBachelor's
- Indian Institute of Management (IIM), BangaloreMBA (President's Gold Medal)
Skills
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