Kishore Ganji

Angel Investor & Mentor @ Astir Ventures | Startup Investment

๐Ÿ“ Marlboro, New Jersey, United States๐Ÿ”„ Updated September 2026๐Ÿ’ผ 2 investments๐Ÿ“… 14 years investing๐Ÿ—“ Last invested Jan 2014๐• @upgrade_to_unlock
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Aug 2012
Addepar is a global data and AI platform empowering investment professionals to turn complex financial information into actionable intelligence. Addepar unifies portfolio, market and client data in a total portfolio view and delivers AI-powered insights within investment and client workflows. More than 1,400 firms in 60 countries use Addepar to manage and advise on $9 trillion in assets. Its open platform integrates with 650+ software, data and consulting partners to power end-to-end investment operations across firms of all sizes and complexity. Addepar supports clients worldwide with offices in New York City, Salt Lake City, London, Edinburgh, Pune, Dubai, Geneva, Sรฃo Paulo and Singapore.
Experience ยท 9 entries
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2026
Co-Founder
Jun 2026
A Foundery is a profit-first venture studio. A foundry is where raw metal meets fire and becomes something useful. Something that holds shape. Something built to last. Thats what we do with businesses. Most of the startup world runs on the opposite instinct - pour in capital, inflate valuations, hope the market catches up before the money runs out. Its alchemy, not engineering. We chose the harder craft. The spelling is intentional. Founder + Y. Every business we build ends with a question most skip: Why does this deserve to exist? If it cant answer that in cash, it doesnt leave the forge. ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ We partner with operators, not startup founders. Operators who know execution beats excitement, every single day. We launch service-based businesses on three layers: โ†’ Commercial Office โ€” owns sales and clients โ†’ Shared Foundery OS โ€” finance, HR, legal โ†’ Systemized Delivery Pods โ€” execute to SOPs ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ โ†’ 15 companies in the portfolio โ†’ $1M ARR target each โ†’ 90 days to first revenue โ†’ 4 gates govern the journey Miss the numbers, we pivot or we kill. No pitch decks propping up bad economics. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ # We dont chase new ideas when existing ones sell. # We dont overbuild product while execution leaks. # We dont promise custom magic. # We productize offers. Publish prices. Document processes. Review metrics weekly. # Boring work. Real cash. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ Our leadership has built, scaled, and exited companies. Weve been in the trenches. Clean handoffs. Honest feedback. Zero drama. Just building.
2024
Managing Partner
Feb 2024
HAF.VC is a sector agnostic Category I AIF fund and founder-investor collaboration platform from the leadership of Hyderabad Angels to help founders succeed in their vision. It consists of serial entrepreneurs and business leaders as investors from various sectors. HAF.VC aims to establish a platform where successful entrepreneurs and investors collaborate with startup founders to build game-changing ventures. Pitch to Us: https://haf.vc/pitch-to-us/ Contact Us: https:/haf.vc/contact/
2021
Member Board Of Directors
Sep 2021
Hyderabad Angels (HA) invests in promising early stage companies globally to create tangible as well as intangible value. Established in 2012, HA investors are leading venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and business leaders, who, with their financial and business acumen, are committed to providing support to the Indian and global start-up ecosystem. Besides providing capital to businesses that we partner with, we also mentor entrepreneurs and provide them access to our professional and personal network thereby helping businesses in achieving scale and exponential growth. Although based out of Hyderabad, we source and invest in opportunities from all over India as well as the rest of the world including USA, UK, Singapore, UAE among other countries. HA has over 120 members from diverse backgrounds who have strong operational experience to scale and create value companies. Our current portfolio companies include Betaout, Dialogue in the dark, Epaathsala, Evibe, Explara, GIBSS , Healers At Home, Health Sutra, Identis, Indian Money, Innovapptive, Nowfloats, Online Prasad, Realox, Spareshub, Synersoft, Thrillophilia, Twigly, ZineOne.
2018
AIRIS PHARMA PRIVATE LIMITED
Founder & Chairman
Jun 2018
2014
zip.in
FOUNDER & CEO
Nov 2014
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