# Ashu Garg at Foundation Capital

> Ashu Garg, General Partner at Foundation Capital. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/ashu-garg (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

San Francisco, US · Partner

# Ashu Garg

General Partner at [Foundation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundation-capital)

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** - none observed
- **Filings:** 16 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 6 +2 mentions

What this record rests on

- **Named in rounds** No round names them yet
- ✓ **On filings** 16 filings with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Foundation Capital
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**Foundation Capital** VC firm · US **23** cheques in 12 months **548** all time **13** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundation-capital)

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [2nd Address](https://millionrounds.com/company/2nd-address)
- [Addi](https://millionrounds.com/startup/addi-2)
- [Aesthetic](https://millionrounds.com/startup/aesthetic-2)
- [Algorand](https://millionrounds.com/company/algorand)
- [Anomalo](https://millionrounds.com/startup/anomalo)
- [Anvilogic](https://millionrounds.com/startup/anvilogic)
- [Anyscale](https://millionrounds.com/company/anyscale)
- [Arize AI](https://millionrounds.com/startup/arize-ai)
- [Autogrid](https://millionrounds.com/startup/autogrid)
- [Auxmoney](https://millionrounds.com/startup/auxmoney)
- [Branch International](https://millionrounds.com/company/branch-international)
- [Bulletin](https://millionrounds.com/startup/bulletin-4)
- [CaptivateIQ](https://millionrounds.com/startup/captivateiq)
- [Chord](https://millionrounds.com/startup/chord-2)
- [CloudKnox Security](https://millionrounds.com/startup/cloudknox-security)
- [Cocoon](https://millionrounds.com/startup/cocoon)
- [Coefficient](https://millionrounds.com/startup/coefficient)
- [Cohesity](https://millionrounds.com/company/cohesity)
- [Current](https://millionrounds.com/company/current)
- [Custora](https://millionrounds.com/company/custora)
- [DataDistillr](https://millionrounds.com/startup/datadistillr)
- [DataGravity](https://millionrounds.com/startup/datagravity-inc)
- [DataJoy](https://millionrounds.com/startup/datajoy-inc)
- [Decent](https://millionrounds.com/startup/decent-3)
- [Doma](https://millionrounds.com/startup/doma)
- [Easol](https://millionrounds.com/startup/easol)
- [Eightfold](https://millionrounds.com/startup/eightfold)
- [EvolutionIQ](https://millionrounds.com/startup/evolutioniq)
- [ForgeRock](https://millionrounds.com/company/forgerock)
- [FundsIndia](https://millionrounds.com/startup/fundsindia)
- [Genies](https://millionrounds.com/company/genies)
- [Graphcore](https://millionrounds.com/company/graphcore)
- [Hatch](https://millionrounds.com/startup/hatch-10)
- [Homestead](https://millionrounds.com/startup/homestead-co)
- [J√ºsto](https://millionrounds.com/company/justo)
- [Kikoff](https://millionrounds.com/startup/kikoff)

36 of 94 companies.

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Foundation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundation-capital)** Manager of the Managing Member since 2025
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Docket Inc.** Director since 2023
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Ikigai Labs, Inc.** Director since 2023
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Instaworks, Inc.** Director since 2023
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Turing Enterprises, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2020
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Arize AI, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2020
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Foundation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundation-capital)** Manager of the Manager since 2018
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Foundation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundation-capital)** Manager of the General Partner on 9 filings · since 2018
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Custora, Inc.** Director since 2018
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Fortanix, Inc.** Director on 4 filings · since 2017
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Foundation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundation-capital)** A Manager of the General Partner since 2015
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Char Software, Inc.** Director since 2015
- SEC Form D · Company raising **adRise, Inc.** Director since 2014
- SEC Form D · Company raising **AGGREGATE KNOWLEDGE INC** Director on 5 filings · since 2012
- SEC Form D · Company raising **CONVIVA INC** Director since 2012
- SEC Form D · Company raising **TUBEMOGUL INC** Director on 3 filings · since 2010

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at Foundation Capital

- [**Angus Davis** Managing Partner & Co-Founder *9 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/angus-davis)
- [**Charles Moldow** General Partner *6 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/charles-moldow)
- [**Jonathan Ehrlich** Founding Partner *3 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/jonathan-ehrlich)
- [**Bill Elmore** Founder and General Partner at Foundation Capital *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/bill-elmore)
- [**Josh Manchester** General Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/josh-manchester)
- [**Warren Weiss** Managing General Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/warren-weiss)
- [**David Armstrong** General Counsel and Administrative Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/david-armstrong)
- [**Jennifer Kaehms** Angel Investor and Advisor *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/jennifer-kaehms)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [The Neon Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/neon-show) · 27 Feb 2026 · 49 min AI Needs to Know Why You Took THAT decision | Ashu Garg, Investor at Foundation Capital With [Ashu Garg](https://millionrounds.com/person/ashu-garg) Mentions [Aaron Levie](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aaron-levie)[Arvind Jain](https://millionrounds.com/person/arvind-jain) About this episode What if AI can learn the “why” behind decision making of humans? Ashu Garg and Jaya Gupta recently wrote one of the most discussed articles on AI this year. Their idea drew public responses from Dharmesh Shah, Aaron Levie, and Arvind Jain. Enterprise software has always captured what happened. It… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [The Neon Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/neon-show) · 18 Sept 2025 · 51 min How Startups Can Survive GPT7 & Win Against Model Providers | Ashu Garg,Foundation Capital | Investor Databricks,Turing,Cohesity With [Ashu Garg](https://millionrounds.com/person/ashu-garg) About this episode Ashu Garg has backed companies like Databricks, Turing, Cohesity, Jasper, and Eightfold.ai as General Partner at Foundation Capital. Over the years, he’s seen multiple waves of innovation but in his words, nothing in the last 45 years comes close to the transformation AI is bringing right now.… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 8 Apr 2024 · 37 min 428. The Future of Large Language Models, Open vs. Closed Sourced, and Why 2024 is the Year of Inference (Ashu Garg) With [Ashu Garg](https://millionrounds.com/person/ashu-garg) Mentions [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) About this episode Ashu Garg of Foundation Capital joins Nate to discuss The Future of Large Language Models, Open vs. Closed Sourced, and Why 2024 is the Year of Inference. In this episode we cover: Venture Capital Investing Strategies and Ideal Founder Characteristics AI Model Development and Its Future AI Models… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Prime Venture Partners Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/prime-venture-partners) · 23 Jul 2020 · 35 min 30: Ashu Garg, General Partner Foundation Capital on Enterprise Software Mega Trends, GTM Strategy & Pricing as an Evolving Process With [Ashu Garg](https://millionrounds.com/person/ashu-garg) About this episode Ashu Garg, (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashugargvc/) General Partner Foundation Capital (https://foundationcapital.com/) chats with Shripati Acharya (https://www.linkedin.com/in/shripatiacharya/), Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners (https://primevp.in/).Ashu was the General Manager for… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Neon Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/neon-show) · 8 Dec 2019 · 44 min Ashu Garg, Foundation Capital With [Ashu Garg](https://millionrounds.com/person/ashu-garg) Mentions [McKinsey & Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mckinsey-and-company) About this episode #100xEntrepreneur #Podcast with Ashu Garg, Partner, Foundation CapitalAfter graduating from IIT Delhi, and later completing his masters from IIM Bangalore, Ashu worked at various companies such as - Unilever India, McKinsey & Company, Microsoft and a few others.In 2008 he joined Foundation Capital… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [Village Global Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/village-global) · 7 Mar 2019 · 31 min Requests For Startups: Marketing Tech with Ashu Garg With [Ashu Garg](https://millionrounds.com/person/ashu-garg) Mentions [Brett Bolkowy](https://millionrounds.com/person/brett-bolkowy) About this episode Ashu Garg (@ashugarg), partner at Foundation Capital, joins Erik for a primer on the marketing tech space. They talk about how Ashu got started in the space and Ashu discusses a blog post he wrote predicting that this decade will be the decade of the CMO. He says that marketing is key in the… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Ashu Garg in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [The Neon Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/neon-show) · 29 Dec 2025 · 50 min What Best Founders & Investors Said in 2025? Mentions [Asha Jadeja](https://millionrounds.com/person/asha-jadeja)[Ashish Toshniwal](https://millionrounds.com/person/ashish-toshniwal)[Ashu Garg](https://millionrounds.com/person/ashu-garg)[Kiran Darisi](https://millionrounds.com/person/kiran-darisi)[Paras Chopra](https://millionrounds.com/person/paras-chopra)[Sanjeev Bikhchandani](https://millionrounds.com/person/sanjeev-bikhchandani) About this episode Best of 3500 Minutes in 45 Minutes 2025 was a great year for The Neon Show. 60 episodes, 72 guests, and thousands of minutes of insightful conversations on everything around building a business. You’ll hear perspectives from Founders scaling companies across the world, sharing the real challenges… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) · 10 Jul 2017 · 25 min SaaStr 133: 3 Fundamentals SaaS Founders Have To Nail To Get To $30m+ ARR & What First Time SaaS Founders Can Do To Increase Their Chances of Product Market Fit Mentions [Aaron Levie](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aaron-levie)[Ashu Garg](https://millionrounds.com/person/ashu-garg) About this episode Ashu Garg is a General Partner @ Foundation Capital whose portfolio includes the likes of Uber, Lending Club, Adroll and Netflix, just to name a few. As for Ashu, at Foundation he has led investments and naming just a few of them here, in the likes of Conviva, Localytics and TubeMogul, later going… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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