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Ash Ashutosh

Investor

Executive Advisory Board at NYU Innovation Venture Fund · Investor at G20 Ventures

Greater Boston

About

Founder and CEO of storage software company Actifio and a serial entrepreneur who founded AppIQ and Serano Systems; formerly a partner at Greylock and VP/Chief Technologist at HP.

Experience

  1. PineconeCEOcurrent2025 — presentNew York, United States
  2. Pillar VCPillar VC Founding Pillarcurrent2016 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  3. GoogleGlobal Director Solution Sales2022 — 2025Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  4. GoogleProducts2020 — 2025Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  5. ActifioFounder, President and CEO2009 — 2020
  6. GreylockPartner2008 — 2009
  7. HP, StorageWorks DivisionVP and Chief Technologist2005 — 2008
  8. AppIQ (Acquired by HP)Founder, CTO, CEO2001 — 2005
  9. StorageNetworks (IPO)Sr. VP1999 — 2001
  10. Serano Systems (Acquired by Vitesse)Founder, CTO1997 — 1999
  11. Symbios LogicTeam Manager and Architect1993 — 1997
  12. IntergraphSoftware Architect and Team Lead1988 — 1993

Education

  1. Penn State UniversityMasters, Computer Science
  2. Kakatiya Institute of Technology & ScienceB. Tech., Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
  3. HPS RamanthapurHigh School

Skills & more

Entrepreneurship99Executive Coaching55Investments62Business Continuity11Data Center99Go-to-market Strategy22Marketing Strategy6Senior Executive Leadership5Software6Solution Selling65Start-ups99Storage80
+12 moreStorage ArchitectureStorage Area NetworksVirtualizationCloud ComputingBusiness DevelopmentProduct MarketingStorage VirtualizationStrategic PartnershipsLeadershipStrategyEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

From Ash's professional profile.

Colleagues at NYU Innovation Venture Fund

Alex Iskold
Founder and Partner at 2048 Ventures
Azade Hosseini
Venture Associate at NYU Innovation Venture Fund
Caroline Lucas
Marketing & Communications Coordinator at NYU Innovation Venture Fund
Clayton Bryan
Executive Advisory Board at NYU Innovation Venture Fund
Darren Yee
Senior Venture Associate at NYU Innovation Venture Fund
David Tisch
Partner at BoxGroup
Dee Dao
Venture Associate at NYU Innovation Venture Fund
Di-Ann Eisnor
Executive Advisory Board at NYU Innovation Venture Fund

Frequently asked questions

Where does Ash Ashutosh work?
Ash Ashutosh is Executive Advisory Board at NYU Innovation Venture Fund.

Founder mafias

Penn State University mafia40

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Jim EveringhamComputer ScienceFounded LiveOps +1Queen Chinyere QuinnB.A.Founded Oathafrica +1Fahim FerdousComputer ScienceFounded AdQuick +1Peter EmighBSFounded Savoy LifeKen FoxB.S.Founded A10 CapitalJoe BergInformation Sciences and TechnologyFounded Colossus

+ 33 more

Pillar VC mafia17

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Ellen RubinPillar VC Founding PillarFounded ClearSky Data +2Chris VoigtProfessor, MIT & Founding PillarFounded Asimov +2Russ WilcoxPartnerFounded Piper Therapeutics +1Alec NielsenFounder & CEO, Asimov & Venture PartnerFounded Asimov +1Reshma ShettyCo-Founder, Ginkgo Bioworks & Founding PillarFounded Ginkgo Bioworks +1John CaseyCEO, Ormoni & Venture PartnerFounded Inari

+ 10 more

NYU Innovation Venture Fund mafia8

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Rajiv KhemaniExecutive Advisory BoardFounded Auradine +2Kate MullingExecutive Advisory BoardFounded Pressed Juicery +1Michael MonteroExecutive Advisory BoardFounded CrowdTwistAlex IskoldExecutive Advisory BoardFounded AdaptiveblueJonas GuentherPrograms ManagerFounded We Are the New FarmersJeff LevickExecutive Advisory BoardFounded The Players Tribune

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G20 Ventures mafia7

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Brent GrinnaMemberFounded EverTrueAndy OryFounded 128 TechnologyPatrick MeLampyFounded 128 TechnologyAbilash MenonG20 Ventures MemberFounded MaiaEdgeDB HurleyFounded MauticScot WingoFounded ReFiBuy

Actifio mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Ram ShanmugamVP Cloud Products & Engineering (acquired by Google)Founded Sauce Labs

Same school

Also attended Penn State University173

Kelly DonovanExecutive Assistant & Operations Associate, Revolution Growth at RevolutionFallon GoodeExecutive Assistant at March Capital PartnersCristina HohlmanPartner, Chief Financial Officer at Sapphire VenturesNick DolikInvestor at 8VCRobert SoffelRevOps Expert at Notion CapitalLouis BernemanFounding Partner at Osage University Partners

+ 167 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Pinecone6

ChrisInvestor at Perceptive Ventures Management Company, LlcShawn KungInvestor at Inception Studio CapitalLauren NemethInvestor at Premji InvestPaul HsiaoGeneral Partner at Canvas VenturesReut ZeiriPrincipal at Lool VenturesTim TullyPartner at Menlo Ventures

Also worked at Google1,560

Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalTomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

+ 1,554 more

Also worked at Greylock65

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkSarah GuoFounder & General Partner of ConvictionDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockHoward CoxSpecial Limited Partner at Greylock PartnersDave StrohmVenture Partner at Greylock Partners

+ 59 more

Also worked at AppIQ (Acquired by HP)2

Jamie GoldsteinFounding/Managing Partner at Pillar VCJohn PearcePartner Emeritus at Underscore VC