Bio

Ashu 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, Ashu was a 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. Ashu 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, Ashu 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, Ashu 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. Ashu 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. Ashu is a TiE Charter Member, and a member of the Indian Angel Network. In the past, Ashu has been the Vice President for Marketing for the Pan IIT Alumni Association, content co-chair for TiEcon 2008 and marketing co-chair for the Global IIT 2007 conference. Ashu currently serves on the board of directors of TreeHouse, TubeMogul, Conviva, Agni Property and Aspire Human Capital Management. He holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management at Bangalore, where he received the Citibank Leadership award and the President's Gold Medal, and a Bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology at New Delhi.