# Kishore Ganji

> Kishore Ganji is the co-founder and CEO of Astir IT Solutions, co-founder of Astir Ventures and co-founder of A Foundery. Based in Marlboro, New Jersey, he has worked across IT services, online grocery retail, film production and startup investing, with business connections spanning the United States and India.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Astir IT Solutions; Co-founder at Astir Ventures; Co-founder and Partner at A Foundery
- **Organizations:** Astir IT Solutions, Astir Ventures, A Foundery, Hyderabad Angels, Astir Services, Astir Analytics, Zip.in, Small and Medium Enterprise Consortium, HAF
- **Education:** Electrical engineering undergraduate degree, Osmania University, MBA, Sales and Marketing, University of Georgia, Terry College of Business
- **Known for:** NJBIZ Forty Under 40, 2008., Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, 2010., Astir IT Solutions appeared on the University of Georgia’s Bulldog 100 list six times between 2011 and 2017, as documented in the spring 2019 Terry Magazine.

## Career timeline

- **1995** — Completed undergraduate engineering studies at Osmania University.
- **Before Astir** — Worked at Hewlett-Packard, PricewaterhouseCoopers, IBM and Pfizer; his Astir biography describes a business intelligence and customer analytics background.
- **2001** — A 2019 University of Georgia alumni publication dates Astir IT Solutions’ two-employee beginnings to 2001; some professional databases instead date his founder/CEO role to 2005.
- **2003** — Earned an MBA from the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business.
- **2008** — Produced Ankith Pallavi & Friends, directed by Hari Yelleti; named to NJBIZ Forty Under 40.
- **2010** — Finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award, as recorded by Astir and A Foundery.
- **2011** — Astir acquired Astir Services, according to the company leadership biography.
- **2014** — Co-founded Astir Ventures; launched online grocery venture Zip.in in late 2014.
- **2016** — Described Zip.in’s operations in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam, including warehousing and same-day delivery.
- **2019** — Wrote about startup opportunities in agriculture and published articles on mentorship and investor preferences.
- **2021** — Featured in a Startup Grind Frisco fireside chat on fundraising, team building and angel investing.
- **2022** — Published a Times of India column about how venture capitalists evaluate startups.
- **2024** — Named alongside Sri Myneni as a founder of the newly announced Hyderabad Angels Fund.
- **2026** — Co-founded A Foundery with Krishna Lakamsani; Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs published a partnership and a 90-day Princeton cohort schedule.

## Achievements

- NJBIZ Forty Under 40, 2008.
- Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, 2010.
- Astir IT Solutions appeared on the University of Georgia’s Bulldog 100 list six times between 2011 and 2017, as documented in the spring 2019 Terry Magazine.
- A Foundery’s founder biography credits him with more than 500 investments across more than 10 sectors; this is an organizational biography claim, not an independently audited total.
- Listed as Vice Chairman of Hyderabad Angels on its current leadership page.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Krishna Lakamsani’s June 4 post described building A Foundery with Ganji around obtaining a paying customer within 90 days.
- **2026-08** — Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs published August 16, 2026 as the scheduled start of A Foundery’s 90-day Princeton cohort, with graduation scheduled for November 15. The listing does not establish participant outcomes.

## Links

- Website: https://astir.vc/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kishoreganji
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ganjikk
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ganji_kishore/

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Last updated: 2026-10-25