Ajey Gore Overview

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  • Operating Partne...

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  • Information Technology

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Ajey Gore General Information

Biography

Mr. Ajey Gore serves as an Operating Partner in Technology at Peak XV Partners. He is also an Angel Investor. Before this, he served as Chief Executive Officer and Client Relationship and Business Development Manager at CodeIgnition. He served as Co-Chief Technology Officer at GO-JEK. With more than 16 years of work experience in core technology strategy, research & development, and consulting, he has advised on & built better business technologies for various clients across the globe. He started his career at the National Centre for Software Technology as a Technical Associate and later as a Staff Scientist. He was part of a project implementing multilingual solutions on the Microsoft Windows platform and later led the Indic language version of OpenOffice. He spent the next 11 years at ThoughtWorks rising through multiple roles like Software Developer, Build & Configuration Manager, and IT Manager before becoming the Head of Global IT Operations and eventually the Head of Technology for ThoughtWorks India operations. As the Head of Technology for ThoughtWorks India, his responsibilities included providing technical vision and guidance for their largest region, with a focus on technology strategy and delivery for India operations. He also worked as a Principal Consultant in ThoughtWorks Professional Services, advising clients on configuration management, systems administration, cloud and virtualization, networking, business continuity planning, application performance, scaling & stability. Before moving to the Head of Technology Role, he headed Global IT operations for ThoughtWorks. In his role, he was responsible for overall IT operations and technical leadership for executing internal projects for ThoughtWorks. His overall responsibility includes both the technical and operations side of IS such as security, VPN, budgeting, resources, data center operations, people management, and internal project executions. He managed the global IT team of 25+ people in 22 offices across 6 countries. He was also a member of the Technology Advisory Board of ThoughtWorks and part of the office of CTO. In his last stint, he started Snap CI in ThoughtWorks and helped ThoughtWorks Studios' products move to the cloud and software as a service. After ThoughtWorks, He served Hoppr - a location-based mobile app providing local service information to consumers, as Chief Technology Officer, where he was responsible for product technology vision, team growth, and product technology roadmap, where the technology team's highlights included scaling product for up to 1 million daily check-ins and 70+ million users. He helps run RubyConf India, DevOpsDays India, and RailsGirls India. He is part of the Innovation and Technology Trust, a not-for-profit organization responsible for running these conferences and committed to promoting technology in India. He served as Co-Chief Technology Officer at Gojek. He received a Bachelor of Commerce in Commerce from the University of Allahabad.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Operating Partner, Technology, Peak XV Partners
Gender
Male
Total Investments
Email
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Address
  • Number 278, Defence Colony, Second Stage 100 Feet Road
  • Corporation Ward Number 089, Indiranagar
  • Bengaluru, Karnataka 560038
  • India

Ajey Gore Positions (1)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Peak XV Partners Investor Operating Partner, Technology Bengaluru, India Venture Capital

Ajey Gore Lead Partner on Deals (1)

Ajey Gore has been the lead partner on 1 deal. Their latest deal was with Last9, a business/productivity software company. The deal was made for on 22-Apr-2022.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
Last9 22-Apr-2022 Early Stage VC (Series A) Completed Business/Productivity Software San Francisco, CA

Ajey Gore Network (4)

Portfolio Executives (4)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Kuldeep Dhankar Last9 Co-Founder & CRO 22-Apr-2022 San Francisco, CA
Piyush Verma Last9 Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer & Board Member 22-Apr-2022 San Francisco, CA
Last9 Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Board Member 22-Apr-2022 San Francisco, CA
Last9 Director of Finance 22-Apr-2022 San Francisco, CA

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