Ashu Garg

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Mr. Ashu Garg serves as General Partner at Foundation Capital. Mr. Garg serves as Board Member at Oliv. Mr. Garg serves as Board Observer at Cohesity. He serves as Board Member at Skyflow. He serves as Board Observer at OpsMx. He serves as Board Member at Arize.He also serves as Board Member at Ikigai Labs, Agni Property, Aspire, Conviva, Funds India, SpotZot, TreeHouse, TubeMogul, and Anvilogic. He served as Board Member at ZeroStack, Layer 9, Opas AI, Tubi, Localytics, IndiaHome, FundsIndia and Findera.He served as Board Member at QuanticMind. He has a focus on Digital Media and India (across sectors), He brings to Foundation Capital a wide range of experience at global enterprises that spans business operations in the U.S. and India, from product conceptualization to customer acquisition. Most recently, he served as General Manager with Microsoft's On-Line Services business, where he was responsible for strategy and business management for the Digital Advertising Solutions Business Group. In this capacity, he was responsible for building out the business plan for the advertising business at Microsoft. He also led the Yield (revenue) Management function and was responsible for monetizing both display and contextual inventory across Microsoft's advertising network. Prior to his work with Microsoft, he worked with McKinsey & Company in Palo Alto and India, where he served early and growth-stage companies in digital media, software/software services, healthcare, and consumer services on a range of growth-related issues. While at McKinsey, he worked closely with NASSCOM to develop the initial IT sector strategy for India, and co-founded Aptech Internet, an Indian online services startup, in partnership with Aptech Ltd. He has also worked with Hindustan Unilever in India, where he set up operations in Nepal, and Cadence Design Systems in Santa Clara where he led overall strategy for the company and established the value-based sales organization. He is a TiE Charter Member and a member of the Indian Angel Network. In the past, he has been the Vice President of Marketing for the Pan IIT Alumni Association, content co-chair for TiEcon 2008, and marketing co-chair for the Global IIT 2007 conference. He serves as a Mentor at Alchemist Accelerator. He holds an MBA in Marketing and Strategy from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, and a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology. He serves as Board Member at XYone Therapeutics. He serves as Board Member and Advisor at Turing. He is an Angel Investor.