# Ashu Garg

> Ashu Garg is a General Partner at Foundation Capital in Palo Alto, where he writes the first check into deeply technical, pre-revenue founders building AI-first enterprise companies. He was an early investor in Databricks and six unicorns including Cohesity, Eightfold, Amperity, Turing, Anyscale, and Alation. He hosts the B2BaCEO podcast and convenes Foundation's annual CEO Summit.

- **Role:** General Partner at Foundation Capital
- **Organizations:** Foundation Capital, Microsoft (former), McKinsey & Company (former), Cadence Design Systems (former), Unilever (former), TringTring.com (founder)
- **From:** India
- **Nationality:** Indian-American
- **Education:** B.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, MBA (President's Gold Medal), Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
- **Known for:** Early investor in Databricks (decacorn), Early investor in unicorns Cohesity, Eightfold, Amperity, Turing, Anyscale, and Alation, Backed TubeMogul through IPO and Adobe acquisition

## Career timeline

- **early career** — Set up Unilever's operations in Nepal; led marketing and pre-sales at Cadence Design Systems
- **later** — Founded TringTring.com, one of the first search engines in Asia
- **pre-2003** — McKinsey & Company, advising technology companies on go-to-market
- **2003-2008** — General Manager of Microsoft's online-advertising business; led field marketing for software
- **2008** — Joined Foundation Capital
- **2014** — TubeMogul IPO
- **2016** — TubeMogul acquired by Adobe
- **ongoing** — Hosts B2BaCEO podcast; convenes annual Foundation Capital CEO Summit

## Achievements

- Early investor in Databricks (decacorn)
- Early investor in unicorns Cohesity, Eightfold, Amperity, Turing, Anyscale, and Alation
- Backed TubeMogul through IPO and Adobe acquisition
- Other exits include Aggregate Knowledge, Custora, FreeWheel, and Tubi.tv
- President's Gold Medal at IIM Bangalore
- Board seats at Anvilogic, Arize, Coefficient, Conviva, Fortanix, Ikigai Labs, OpsMx, Skyflow, and Docket

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Foundation Capital closed its latest fund (reported $600M); Ashu continues leading enterprise AI investments.
- **2025** — Public commentary on Databricks vs. Snowflake and the GPT-5/GPT-7 horizon for AI startups.

## Links

- Website: https://foundationcapital.com/team-members/ashu-garg
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashugargvc/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ashugarg
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWdl0mks-h0
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/foundationcapital

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