Ashish Aggarwal
Founder of Y
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2021 - Current
Invest in early-stage companies in AI and enterprise sectors across the stack. Also lead Talent, Community, and Expert Networks internally. Early-stage VC firm. TL;DR ====== - Typically, coming in at series Seed or Series A - Prefer to lead or co-lead, but we play nice with others :) - First checks between 1-3 million USD - Primarily, focused on US and Europe, but will invest globally - Broad vertical focus, but key principles are: -- Product-led companies, not “just” core-technology or IP -- Clear end-user flows that we as users could test, even in B2B -- Preference for technology differentiated
early stage venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley investing globally
Investor
2020
Acquired by Unity - https://blog.unity.com/technology/welcome-ziva-dynamics One of the first companies to apply AI/ML models to the gaming, entertainment, and movie industry at scale with a product way ahead of its generation. Co-led seed round with Millennium Technology Value Partners and Toyota AI ventures. Developing advanced character simulation software to create lifelike digital experiences for film, games, and other applications. Tech has been used in numerous series such as Games Of Thrones, John Wick, Marvel's Hulk & Spiderman, and many leading game studios.
Volunteer - North America Expansion
2022
256 Network started as a small group four years ago and has become one of the world's largest LP-GP networks focused on emerging markets. In the last three years, we have grown to: * 650 members * Managing ~$3T in assets cumulatively. * 400+ asset management firms * 30 countries
Kauffman Fellow - Class 24
2019
The Kauffman Fellowship is a highly competitive two-year program dedicated to identifying, educating and mentoring the next generation of venture capital leaders at a global level. It is designed to develop a worldwide network of innovation investors who provide smart, connected capital to fuel entrepreneurial change. Fostering a worldwide network of diverse venture capitalists, leaders, and innovators through education and inspiration since 1995.
Co-investment VC firm supporting the mission of the Kauffman Fellows
Board Member
2019
NextGen Partners' mission is to facilitate professional development, knowledge sharing and network strengthening of emerging venture capital investors as they build their careers. Founded in 2001, NextGen Partners has a membership base of over 3500 pre-partner professionals representing over 200 firms.
Advisor/mentor to startups, VCs and Family Offices
2010
Advisor to early-stage startups, VC funds, and family offices: - Khatabook (https://khatabook.com/) - building financial products for SME's in India, Part of Sequoia's Surge Program, YC - The Studio (https://www.thestudio.com/) - On-Demand Custom Manufacturing, raised Series A - Mashgin (https://mashgin.com/) - intelligent self-checkout for cafeterias and micro-markets, raised Series A, YC - Relimetrics (https://www.relimetrics.com/) - Smart Quality Audit for Industry 4.0 Mentors for startup programs: Startup Europe Partnership Mind The Bridge Foundation Singularity University Alchemist Accelerator Google Launchpad A few selected FOs
Genesis Member
2022
Genesis Member of Kauffman VC3DAO and Fund
Investor
2019 - 2021
Taskade is redefining the future of work. https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/24/yc-grad-taskade-raises-5m-to-take-on-notion-with-a-more-collaborative-productivity-platform/
Taskade is a real-time organization and collaboration tool for distributed teams.
Raised $5,150,000.00 from Amit Shanbhag, Grishin Robotics, Y Combinator, Pareto Holdings, Edward Lando, Y Combinator and Zillionize.
Principal
2017 - 2021
Early-stage VC fund. Consumer Tech (fitness, food-tech, gaming, social, commerce, marketplaces), Vertical SaaS Portfolio companies include Spin (Acquired by Ford), Ring.com (acq by Amazon), LittleBits, Spire, Sphero, Occipetal, Zipline, Starship, Planetary Resources (Acq), eero, Bolt, and many others. Led investments in Ziva Dynamics, Taskade, and many others. Worked closely with many portfolio companies such as Spin and Wonder. Played a major role in firm's due diligence in every deal.
Investor
2017 - 2018
Acquired by Ford in Nov 2018. Led Series A investment
Spin is a stationless electric scooter company that provides dockless mobility systems.
Raised $8,000,000.00 from Charlie Cheever, Grishin Robotics, Matt Brezina and Moso Capital.
Education
MBA
2011 - 2013
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
2013 - 2013
Specialization
2011 - 2013
Master of Engineering Management
2011 - 2013
BE
2002 - 2006