Where does Ash Ashutosh work?

Ash Ashutosh is Pillar VC Founding Pillar at Pillar VC.

Where did Ash Ashutosh go to school?

Ash Ashutosh studied at Penn State University (Masters, Computer Science); Kakatiya Institute of Technology & Science (B. Tech., Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering).

Ash Ashutosh

Investor

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

Greater Boston

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175 people in our graph share verified history with Ash — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Ellen RubinunlockedAsh: together at Pillar VC (2016–2026)

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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

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

Skills & more

EntrepreneurshipExecutive Coaching56

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Colleagues at Pillar VC

Alec Nielsen

Founder & CEO, Asimov & Venture Partner at Pillar VC

Alex Reinhart

Associate at Pillar VC

Alex Ting

Director of Events & Operations at Pillar VC

Andras Forgacs

Co-Founder & Board Director, Modern Meadow, Fork & Goode, Organovo & Founding Pillar at Pillar VC

Andrea Coravos

Co-founder/CEO, HumanFirst & Venture Partner at Pillar VC

Andy Beck

CEO, PathAI & Founding Pillar at Pillar VC

Ash Ashutosh

CEO, Actifio & Founding Pillar at Pillar VC

Axel Wünsch

Director of Operations at Redstone

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ash Ashutosh?: 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.
Where does Ash Ashutosh work?: Ash Ashutosh is Pillar VC Founding Pillar at Pillar VC.
Where did Ash Ashutosh go to school?: Ash Ashutosh studied at Penn State University (Masters, Computer Science); Kakatiya Institute of Technology & Science (B. Tech., Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering).

Founder mafias

Penn State University mafia151

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Jeffrey StaubBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Solis Agrosciences +2 Queen Chinyere QuinnB.A.Founded Oathafrica +1 Kaitlyn KnoppB.S. Labor Studies and Employment RelationsFounded Pequity +1 Steven WelchBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Restore +1 Rick NucciBSFounded Guru +1 Fahim FerdousComputer ScienceFounded AdQuick +1

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Pillar VC mafia21

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Ellen RubinPillar VC Founding PillarFounded ClearSky Data +2 Chris VoigtProfessor, MIT & Founding PillarFounded Asimov +2 Russ WilcoxCEO, Trellis Air & Venture PartnerFounded Piper Therapeutics +1 Alec NielsenFounder & CEO, Asimov & Venture PartnerFounded Asimov +1 Thomas EblingFounding Pillar CEOFounded Pillar +1 John CaseyCEO, Ormoni & Venture PartnerFounded Inari

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NYU Innovation Venture Fund mafia10

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Rajiv KhemaniExecutive Advisory BoardFounded Auradine +5 Kate MullingExecutive Advisory BoardFounded Pressed Juicery +1 David TischExecutive Advisory BoardFounded Techstars Alex IskoldExecutive Advisory BoardFounded Adaptiveblue Jonas GuentherPrograms ManagerFounded We Are the New Farmers Rich FulopExecutive Advisory BoardFounded Brooklinen

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Pillar mafia9

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Ellen RubinPillar VC Founding PillarFounded ClearSky Data +2 Russ WilcoxVenture PartnerFounded Piper Therapeutics +1 John CaseyVenture PartnerFounded Inari Harris StolzenbergChief of StaffFounded Flok Randy AllenVenture AssociateFounded Still Bright Jeremy HitchcockPillar VC Founding PillarFounded New North Ventures

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G20 Ventures mafia7

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Scot WingoFounded Spiffy +2 Brent GrinnaMemberFounded EverTrue Andy OryFounded 128 Technology Patrick MeLampyFounded 128 Technology Abilash MenonG20 Ventures MemberFounded MaiaEdge DB HurleyFounded Mautic

Same school

Also attended Penn State University373

Kelly DonovanExecutive Assistant & Operations Associate, Revolution Growth at Revolution Fallon GoodeExecutive Assistant at March Capital Partners Cristina HohlmanPartner, Chief Financial Officer at Sapphire Ventures Nick DolikInvestor at 8VC Robert SoffelRevOps Expert at Notion Capital Louis BernemanFounding Partner at Osage University Partners

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Shared employers

Also worked at Pinecone5

ChrisInvestor at Perceptive Ventures Management Company, Llc Shawn KungInvestor at Inception Studio Capital Lauren NemethInvestor at Premji Invest Paul HsiaoGeneral Partner at Canvas Ventures Tim TullyPartner at Menlo Ventures

Also worked at Google2,000

Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI Brian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders Fund Jess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia Capital Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew Aydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at Felicis Laela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalG

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Also worked at Actifio9

John PearcePartner Emeritus at Underscore VC Jim KelliherFinance at Roble Ventures Bob HowerCo-Founder and Partner at G20 Ventures Mike TroianoPartner at G20 Ventures Ed DurkinInvestor at G20 Ventures Erez OferPartner at 83North

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Also worked at Greylock78

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock Sarah TavelVenture Partner at Benchmark Sarah GuoFounder & General Partner of Conviction David SzeAdvisory Partner at Greylock Mustafa SuleymanCo-founder of DeepMind and Inflection AI; CEO of Microsoft AI Howard CoxSpecial Limited Partner at Greylock Partners

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