Ajay Vashee
InvestorGeneral Partner at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $1M – $25M checks · typically $25M
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1,032 people in our graph share verified history with Ajay — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Kyle DohertyunlockedAjay: together at Morgan Stanley (2005–2008)
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×2Ajay: together at Anthropic
About
Ajay Vashee, former Dropbox CFO who scaled it from ~$45M to >$2B and led its IPO, is a growth-stage investor who pioneered Strategic Finance, educates CFOs, and backs finance-modernizing companies.
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Invests in
AI & Machine LearningConsumerEnterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkHealthtech
Experience
- IVPGeneral Partnercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- AnthropicInvestorcurrent2026 — present
- DeepLInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- FigmaInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- GleanInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- JasperInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- LaurelInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- NumericInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- PigmentInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- SuperhumanInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- DropboxChief Financial Officer2016 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- DropboxHead Of Corporate Development2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- DropboxHead Of Finance2012 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- New Enterprise AssociatesSenior Associate2008 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
- Morgan StanleyAnalyst2005 — 2008Greater New York City Area
Skills & more
Venture CapitalPrivate EquityValuationInvestment BankingFinancial ModelingInvestmentsDue DiligenceMergersStart-upsEquitiesCorporate FinanceCapital Markets
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Colleagues at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
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Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
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Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Amelia Gale
Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Amelia Hobbs
Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Andrew Hsu
Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Andrew Reed
Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Anton Ask Åström
Investor at EQT Ventures
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Alexis OhanianScout
Founder & General Partner of Seven Seven Six
Arash FerdowsiScout
Co-founder of Dropbox
Alex LimScout
Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
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Angel
Barbry McGannScout
Senior Vice President and Managing Director at Workday Ventures
Bob KocherScout
Co-Founder of Lyra Health; Partner at Venrock
Cack WilhelmScout
Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Clay BergerScout
Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Croom BeattyScout
Partner at Menlo Ventures
Cynthia KuoScout
Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Dennis PhelpsScout
Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Ding ZhouScout
Head of Content Engineering at Snap, Inc. at SignalFire
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ajay Vashee?
- Ajay Vashee, former Dropbox CFO who scaled it from ~$45M to >$2B and led its IPO, is a growth-stage investor who pioneered Strategic Finance, educates CFOs, and backs finance-modernizing companies.
- Where does Ajay Vashee work?
- Ajay Vashee is General Partner at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners).
- What does Ajay Vashee invest in?
- Ajay Vashee invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Future of Work, Healthtech.
- What check size does Ajay Vashee write?
- Ajay Vashee typically writes checks of $1M – $25M.
- Where did Ajay Vashee go to school?
- Ajay Vashee studied at Columbia University (BA, Economics, Political Science); Mercer Island High School.
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Shared employers
Also worked at DeepL13
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Also worked at Figma46
Danny RimerPartner at Index VenturesSarah GuoFounder & General Partner of ConvictionMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsDylan FieldCo-founder, CEO & Chair of FigmaGrey BakerGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorSriram KrishnanStartup builder and investor
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Also worked at Laurel8
Miloni Madan PreslerInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Ding ZhouHead of Content Engineering at Snap, Inc. at SignalFireScott StanfordCo-Founder and Partner at ACME CapitalAlex FayettePartner at ACME CapitalBill MacCartneyAI Fund Fellow at AI FundKobie FullerGeneral Partner at Upfront Ventures
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