Ashish Kumar

I have Co-Founded Fundamentum and F2A (Fundamentum Frontier Advisors), 2 of India’s most premium Venture Capital Firms. I am excited about participating in the journey of building India’s Sovereign resilience in the AI and critical technologies supply-chain by supporting Entrepreneurs building in this space with Capital and Network. I think of myself as a technology person and a business builder before I think of myself as a finance person. That distinction has shaped everything I've done since IIT Kanpur. I spent three years at Microsoft in the US before coming back to India to build. Over the next 12 years, I started and ran three technology companies, across software services, travel tech, and a software marketplace. I sold two, closed one, and along the way learned what it actually takes to build something from scratch in this country. Here's what that experience has led to:→ Backed early, category-defining companies before it was obvious they would become large, learning to spot nonlinear potential rather than chase consensus→ Deployed close to $100M (₹1,000 Cr+) across 10+ investments, and acquired 4 companies to merge into my own ventures, giving me a rare vantage point on markets from both the builder's side and the investor's side→ Now Co-Founder and General Partner at Fundamentum Frontier Advisors, focused on early growth stage frontier tech, AI and deep tech, at check sizes of $10M+, a category that remains largely unoccupied in India todayWhat I actually believe, and why I'm writing here:India cannot win the next decade of technology by playing catch-up. I want to talk about where India genuinely has the right to win in AI and deep tech, and where it doesn't, because that distinction matters more than most people are willing to say out loud. I believe in working hard, staying purpose-driven, and yes, being optimistic in the best sense, without which nothing meaningful ever gets built. I look for that same conviction in the founders and companies I back. If you're building, investing, or shaping policy in India's frontier tech future, I'd like to be in the conversation with you.