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Ajay Vashee

General Partner at IVP

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Ajay Vashee is currently a General Partner at IVP, a venture capital firm, and formerly served as the CFO at Dropbox. He has a successful track record of investing in companies like Pigment, TaxBit, Superhuman, and Figma, focusing on sectors such as Future of Work, FinTech, and AI, making significant contributions to the growth and success of these startups.

Work Experience 

  • General Partner

    2021 - Current

    IVP is a venture capital firm that helps breakout companies grow into enduring market leaders. With a 40-year record of driving growth and 130+ IPOs, we’ve partnered with over 400 companies including Amplitude, Brex, Coinbase, Crowdstrike, Datadog, Discord, Klarna, Slack, Snap, and Twitter. As trusted allies, IVP helps founders and CEOs meet the challenge of leading a rapidly growing company. We are selective, proven, pragmatic, and genuine. We accompany the undaunted on the path to extraordinary outcomes.

IVP is a later-stage venture capital firm investing in fast-growing technology companies.

  • Investor

    2023

    The world's most accurate translator

  • Investor

    2021

    A design platform for teams who build products together

Figma is a collaborative design tool that enables teams to create, prototype, and test digital products on one platform.

Raised $748,624,736.00 from Thrive Capital, XN, Andreessen Horowitz, Alkeon Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Coatue, Goanna Capital, Eddy Cue, Sequoia Capital and SurgoCap.

  • Investor

    2022

    The most powerful AI copilot for marketing teams

Jasper is an enterprise AI marketing platform.

Raised $131,000,000.00 from Z Nation Lab, Founders Circle Capital, Insight Partners, Foundation Capital, Coatue, Bessemer Venture Partners, IVP, HubSpot Ventures and Angel Collective Opportunity Fund.

  • Investor

    2022

    Business strategy in real time

  • Investor

    2021

    The fastest email experience ever made

Superhuman is a software platform that weaves social insights into a workflow.

Raised $108,000,000.00 from Drew Houston, Will Smith, Tiger Global Management, Jason Citron, Arianna Huffington, The Chainsmokers, Ashton Kutcher, Henrique Dubugras, Timothy Young and IVP.

  • Chief Financial Officer

    2016 - 2020

    Managed the finance, corporate development, and real estate organizations; led Dropbox’s 2018 IPO as well as a range of efficiency initiatives to accelerate margin expansion and FCF generation

  • Head Of Corporate Development

    2015 - 2016

    Managed M&A, strategy, and investor relations

  • Head Of Finance

    2012 - 2015

    Responsible for building the accounting, FP&A, strategic finance, treasury, and real estate functions

Dropbox is a smart workspace company that provides secure file sharing, collaboration, and storage solutions.

Raised $1,709,215,000.00 from JP Morgan Chase, RBC Capital, Deutsche Bank, Macquarie Group, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and JPMorgan Partners.

  • Senior Associate

    2008 - 2012

    Identified and evaluated venture and growth-stage technology investments

New Enterprise Associates is a venture capital firm that focuses on investments in technology and healthcare startups.

  • Analyst

    2005 - 2008

    Investment banking division

Morgan Stanley Venture Partners is a private equity firm that invests in high-growth companies in the technology and healthcare industries.

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