# Ashish Aggarwal

> Ashish Aggarwal is a General Partner at Chamaeleon, a San Francisco-based early-stage venture firm. He invests in seed and Series A consumer, vertical SaaS, AI, and crypto startups, drawing on 18+ years as an operator, two-time founder, and investor. A Kauffman Fellow (Class 24), he previously led investments at Grishin Robotics in companies like Ziva Dynamics (acquired by Unity), Taskade, ClubFeast, and Spin (acquired by Ford). Before VC, he ran M&A and corporate strategy at Opera Software, marketing analytics at Dell, and built ad infrastructure at Yahoo!.

- **Role:** General Partner at Chamaeleon
- **Organizations:** Chamaeleon, Kauffman Fellows, NextGen Partners, 256 Network, Grishin Robotics (prior), Opera Software (prior), Dell (prior), Yahoo! (prior)
- **From:** India
- **Nationality:** Indian-American
- **Education:** MBA, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, MBA (joint program), London Business School, MEM (Master of Engineering Management), Design Thinking, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, BE, Information Science, RV College of Engineering (RVCE), India
- **Known for:** Kauffman Fellow, Class 24, Led seed investment in Ziva Dynamics (later acquired by Unity), Backed Spin (acquired by Ford), Taskade, ClubFeast at Grishin Robotics

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Built large-scale enterprise infrastructure for advertising at Yahoo!
- **Mid career** — Marketing analytics at Dell for consumer and enterprise products
- **—** — Director of Corporate Development and M&A at Opera Software
- **—** — Co-founded two startups in India (e-commerce; social live TV)
- **—** — Led investments at Grishin Robotics - Ziva Dynamics, Taskade, ClubFeast, Spin
- **2023** — Joined Chamaeleon as Associate Partner
- **Present** — General Partner at Chamaeleon, investing in seed/Series A

## Achievements

- Kauffman Fellow, Class 24
- Led seed investment in Ziva Dynamics (later acquired by Unity)
- Backed Spin (acquired by Ford), Taskade, ClubFeast at Grishin Robotics
- Sits on the board of NextGen Partners - largest network of non-GP VCs in the US
- Helps expand 256 Network (invite-only GP-LP network) in the US
- Oversaw M&A transactions worth hundreds of millions globally at Opera Software

## Latest updates

- **2023** — Joined Chamaeleon as Associate Partner alongside Armindo Costa.
- **—** — Now listed as General Partner at Chamaeleon.

## Links

- Website: https://chamaeleon.vc
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashishaaggarwal/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/chamaeleonvc
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/chamaeleonvc

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