Aayush Phumbhra

Angel Investor · Aayush Phumbhra

Aayush Phumbhra is an angel investor who focuses on **early-stage** (pre-seed and seed) investments in **consumer and enterprise applications**, with check sizes ranging up to **$3M** [5]. His notable portfolio includes high-growth companies such as **Canva**, **Houzz**, **Clever**, **Buffer**, and **Magma** [3][9]. Phumbhra’s investment thesis centers on **spreading services**, building **strate…

Focus: Mr. Phumbhra is a Co-Founder and serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Nectar. Previously, he was a Co-Founder and Vice President of Chegg.com. He drove Chegg.com's growth, spreading the service to more and more college campuses and leading in the development of strategic business relationships. Prior to the founding of Chegg.com, he was an analyst at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage and a management and technology consultant at BearingPoint. Before he moved to the United States in 2001, he launched two companies in his native India, one of which focused on Web and graphic design. Mr. Phumbhra holds an MBA in Marketing and Accounting from Iowa State University.
Location: San Francisco, CA, United States

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