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Ashish Agarwal

Investor

Managing Director at Peak XV Partners

Greater Bengaluru Area

Writes $1M – $100M checks

About

Ashish Agarwal leads fintech investing, favors unusually long holds—e.g., a 7-year Groww stake that returned roughly 50x with minimal IPO sell-off—and treats strict, black-and-white regulatory compliance as a competitive advantage.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningConsumerDeveloper ToolsFintechSaaS

Experience

  1. Mettle CapitalFoundercurrent2026 — present
  2. Peak XV PartnersManaging Director2023 — 2026
  3. Sequoia CapitalManaging Director2013 — 2023
  4. Kauffman FellowsClass 232018 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  5. McKinsey & CompanyConsultant2011 — 2013
  6. YatayatCo-Founder2010 — 2011India
  7. MicrosoftResearch Intern2009Redmond, USA
  8. CentraleSupelecResearch Intern2008Paris, Île-de-France, France
  9. MITResearch Intern2005Cambridge, USA

Education

  1. Indian Institute of Technology, KanpurBachelors and Masters, Computer Science and Engineering2006 — 2011
  2. National University of SingaporeExchange Student, School of Computing2008
  3. Delhi Public School GhaziabadHigh school1993 — 2006

Skills & more

Entrepreneurship99Start-ups99Cloud Computing99Business Strategy99Mobile Devices45Management Consulting35Mobile Applications28Business Analysis27Venture Capital30Computer Vision17Financial Modeling18Mobile9
+5 moreE-commerceProduct ManagementSoftware DevelopmentStrategyManagement

From Ashish's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur62

HemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesAshish GuptaChairman and Partner at MFV PartnersVeenu ChoudharyDirector, Investment at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Shantanu NigamManaging Partner at SeedToBNakul MandanFounder & Partner at AudaciousJatin GargAI Lead at Audacious

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Also attended National University of Singapore247

Justin HallPartner at Golden Gate VenturesMahati SridharPartner, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionCeline XiaoInvestor at DN CapitalSofia DahouneInvestor at DaphniYi Min LohInvestment Associate at Burda Principal InvestmentsSean LooInvestment Analyst at Burda Principal Investments

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Shared employers

Also worked at Mettle Capital2

Ishaan MittalManaging Director at Peak XV PartnersTejeshwi SharmaManaging Director at Sequoia Capital India

Also worked at Sequoia Capital162

Michael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageDoug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerRoelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberJason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in StartupsAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at Paradigm

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Also worked at Kauffman Fellows365

Jenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaTobi CokerDeal Partner at Felicis VenturesRoi Bar-KatManaging Director at Intel CapitalAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel CapitalNick WashburnSenior Managing Director, Intel Capital (North America)Vinnie LauriaFounding Partner at Golden Gate Ventures

+ 359 more

Also worked at McKinsey & Company1,203

Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalAnn Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateJeremy LiewPartner at Lightspeed Venture PartnersMike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersFabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ Labs

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Colleagues at Peak XV Partners

Aadith Ramesh
Associate at Peak XV Partners
Aaditya Sood
Venture Partner at Peak XV Partners
Aakash Kapoor
Principal at Peak XV Partners
Abheek Anand
Managing Director at Peak XV Partners
Abhishek Gupta
Head of IT & Technology at Peak XV Partners
Abhishek Mohan
Managing Director at Peak XV Partners
Abhyudaya Nilosey
Analyst at Peak XV Partners
Akshay Agarwal
Vice President at Peak XV Partners