Gaurav Garg
Partner; Founding Partner·Wing Venture Capital
Bio
Professional summary
Gaurav Garg is a founding partner of Wing Venture Capital. His official profile highlights a founder-investor background: he founded five companies, including Redback Networks and Ruckus Wireless, both of which later became public companies. Before Wing, he was a partner at Sequoia Capital, where he incubated and helped build FireEye and Jasper and invested in or served on boards of companies including MobileIron, Shape Security, Netscaler, Aruba, and RingCentral. Wing's firm profile indicates a focus on early-stage enterprise software powered by AI, machine learning, and data, so outreach should emphasize technical depth, large independent-company ambition, and the founder's ability to scale through multiple company phases.
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
Emphasize founder-market fit, technical depth, and a credible path to becoming a large independent enterprise software company.
Partneralization hooks
- 1Reference his founder background if the team is tackling a technically difficult infrastructure or security problem.
- 2Connect to long-term company building beyond IPO-scale milestones rather than a quick acquisition path.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Wing profile lists BlueRock Security as a current company.
Wing FAQ emphasizes B2B enterprise software, AI, data, product-led growth, security, infrastructure, and companies with public-company potential.
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- Wing Venture CapitalFounding Partner2013 - Present
- Sequoia CapitalPartner2001 - 2012
- Ruckus WirelessCo-Founder (IPO)2002 - 2012
- Redback NetworksCo-Founder, SVP (IPO)1996 - 2001
- Bay Networks / SynOpticsEngineerEarly career
Education
- Washington University in St. LouisBS/MS EE and BS CS, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Skills
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