Ashu Garg

General Partner

2008 - Current

Foundation Capital is a leading Silicon Valley based early stage venture capital firm. I focus on investing in bold founders who have a vision to transform markets and build enduring companies. We mostly invest in companies before they have revenues and work closely with them to improve their odds of finding product-market-fit. I have extensive experience across the stack from AI 1st applications to data/ML infrastructure, cyber security, and cloud infrastructure. I have the privilege of being an early investor in Data Bricks, Cohesity, Eightfold, Amperity (via an acquisition), Anyscale, Turing, Alation, Skyflow, Fortanix, TubeMogul (acquired by Adobe post IPO), and Tubi.tv. (acquired by Fox) amongst others. I truly feel my past experiences have prepared me in the most valuable way to become a partner to entrepreneurs. One thing I’m most proud of is being a valuable board member. In my view, a valuable board member is one who raises the aspirations of the founder and through him, the entire team. Something that I hope I’ve brought along with me from my time as an operator myself is that I feel that if entrepreneurs need one thing from a VC, it’s knowing that he or she really cares. It’s important that a VC is on board with them through the inevitable ups and downs that come along with being an entrepreneur. When I became a VC, one of the goals I set for myself was to become this kind of resource for my entrepreneurs. Being that person is the most rewarding aspect of being a VC. Hiring great executives is one of the most important things a founder needs to do. Helping a founder hire the best talent out there is rewarding for me. I love to step in, speak to a candidate and raise their aspirations around the job as well. Nothing makes me happier than helping my CEOs land a really difficult hire.

Board Member

2020

Board Member

2020

Board Member

2020

Board Member

2019

Board Member

2018

Board Member

2017

Board Member

2017

Board Observer

2015

Investor

2013