Ashu Garg

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.