Akash Garg Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Status
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Active
- Investments
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16
- Portfolio
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9
- Exits
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7
Akash Garg General Information
Description
Mr. Akash Garg serves as Advisor at Electric Capital. Mr. Garg served as Chief Technology Officer at MoonPay. He advises founders on engineering architecture, building and scaling high-performing engineering teams, and more. At Afterpay, he founded and led the technology teams that were responsible for Afterpay's US expansion. Block acquired Afterpay in 2021 for $29 billion. Previously, he led all technology products for Uber's 3.5+ million drivers including onboarding, compliance, and driver experience, as well as led technical teams that added tens of millions of users to Twitter.
Business Details
Investor Status
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- 855 El Camino Real
- Suite 13A-152
- Palo Alto, CA 94301
- United States
Akash Garg Investments (16)
| Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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| Fifteenth | 10-Feb-2025 | Seed Round | Accounting, Audit and Tax Services (B2C) | Generating Revenue | ||
| Beluga | 19-Oct-2023 | Information Services (B2C) | Generating Revenue | |||
| Linear (Software Development Applications) | 14-Sep-2023 | Software Development Applications | Generating Revenue | |||
| Slide (Business/Productivity Software) | 08-Sep-2022 | Business/Productivity Software | Out of Business | |||
| Meld | 22-Mar-2022 | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | |||
| Epoch | 23-Feb-2022 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
| LaunchNotes | 03-Dec-2021 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
| Sense (Business/Productivity Software) | 01-Nov-2021 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
| Facta | 23-Aug-2021 | Seed Round | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | ||
| Stader Labs | 13-Jul-2021 | Seed Round | Financial Software | Generating Revenue |
Akash Garg Exits (7)
| Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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| Fifteenth | 05-Nov-2026 | Buyout/LBO | |
| Slide (Business/Productivity Software) | 25-Oct-2023 | ||
| EzCred Technologies | 30-May-2022 | ||
| Nuzzel | 07-Feb-2019 | ||
| Memo.AI | 18-Jan-2018 | ||
| NoiseToys | 01-Jan-2013 | Merger/Acquisition | |
| Test.ai | Secondary Transaction - Private |
Akash Garg Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Investments by Industry
Investments by Year
Investments by Region
Akash Garg Co-Investors (104)
| Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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| Accel | 1 |
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Akash Garg FAQs
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Who is Akash Garg?
Akash Garg is an angel Investor who has made 16 investments.
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What kind of investor is Akash Garg?
Akash Garg is an angel investor.
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What does Akash Garg do?
As an angel investor, Akash Garg invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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What has Akash Garg invested in?
Akash Garg has made numerous investments in companies like Fifteenth, Beluga, and Linear (Software Development Applications) within the Accounting, Audit and Tax Services (B2C), Information Services (B2C), and Software Development Applications industries.
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What has Akash Garg invested in recently?
Akash Garg's latest investment was on 10-Feb-2025 in Fifteenth, a company within the Accounting, Audit and Tax Services (B2C) industry.
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