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Aashay Sanghvi

Investor

Principal at Haystack

San Francisco, California

Writes $250K – $1.5M checks Β· typically $875K

About

Aashay Sanghvi entered VC from college, helped scale his firm into a seed platform, trades obscure research to surface early technical teams and publishes long-form infrastructure analysis founders circulate.

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Aashay Sanghvi @aashaysanghvi_

The 2026 update of this firm model -- if you're levered to a theme, build as many products for exposure as you can. Early stage venture fund, secondaries, publics vehicle, ETF, distribution (paid newsletter, video content..) https://t.co/65trBTTfaQ

Aug 1, 2026 Β· β™₯ 1

Aashay Sanghvi @aashaysanghvi_

.@nunzi46 is crushing https://t.co/PhEZoqNW4G

Jul 30, 2026 Β· β™₯ 25

Aashay Sanghvi @aashaysanghvi_

Per DoorDash Air announcement and Procore / DroneDeploy acquisition today - we'll soon ask the question, "what's your drone strategy?"

Jul 30, 2026 Β· β™₯ 26

Invests in

Data & InfrastructureDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareHardwareSaaS

Experience

  1. StealthNew thingscurrent2026 β€” present
  2. BranchFounding Team, Advisorcurrent2018 β€” presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  3. HaystackGeneral Partner2019 β€” 2026San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Notation CapitalSpecial Projects2017 β€” 2018New York City Metropolitan Area

Education

  1. Harvard UniversityAB, Social Studies (Economics, History) & Computer Science

Skills & more

Strategic Planning7Leadership26Public Speaking29Entrepreneurship25Start-ups23Venture Capital15Product Design3User Experience4Interaction Design1Mobile Devices2Web Applications2Research21
+6 moreBloggingBusiness StrategyProduct ManagementWeb DesignFundraisingCommunity Outreach

From Aashay's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Harvard University1,231

Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkDanny RimerPartner at Index VenturesLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGRyan IsonoDeal Partner at Felicis Ventures

+ 1,225 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Stealth91

Tobi CokerDeal Partner at Felicis VenturesSusana RojasInvestor at Index VenturesCasber WangOperating Partner at Sapphire VenturesOlivier GrindaVenture Partner at FJ LabsZachary GinsburgVenture Partner, Calm Ventures at GaingelsArtia MoghbelInvestor at Draft Ventures Llc

+ 85 more

Also worked at Branch5

Ricky JoshiAdvisor at Springdale VenturesCourtney CooperPartner at Alate PartnersKurt RamirezGeneral Partner at Nine Four VenturesSophia GhadamianPrincipal at Nine Four VenturesBen ZisesInvestor at SuperAngel.Fund

Also worked at Haystack4

Semil ShahInvestor at HaystackDivya DhulipalaPrincipal at HaystackIan HathawayPartner at OpenAI Startup FundTommy LeepInvestor at Jetstream

Also worked at Notation Capital4

Alex LinesInvestor at Notation CapitalNicholas ChirlsInvestor at Notation CapitalKatherine WuVenture Partner at ArchetypeNicholas ChirlsInvestor at Asylum Ventures

Colleagues at Haystack

Divya Dhulipala
Principal at Haystack
Semil Shah
Investor at Haystack

Network10

Chris HowardScout
General Partner at Fuel Venture Capital
Gokul RajaramScout
DoorDash, Coinbase, Square at Good AI Capital
Jack AltmanScout
General Partner at Benchmark
Karamdeep NijjarScout
Partner at Inovia Capital
Semil ShahScout
Investor at Haystack
Andre Charoo
Founder & Managing Partner at Inovia Capital
Bala Chandrasekaran
Partner at Alt Capital
Bilal Zuberi
Founder and Managing Partner at Red Glass Ventures
Brandon Gleklen
Principal at Battery Ventures
Divya Dhulipala
Principal at Haystack

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