Akshay Bhargava

Akshay Bhargava is a tech executive with over 20 years of experience in Cloud, Enterprise Software, Cybersecurity, and more. He has developed expertise in product innovation including his "Purpose-Built Innovation" framework as well as in product-led growth techniques. Akshay joined the Crosslink Capital team as the Product-Led Growth (PLG) Advisor to help portfolio companies with product innovation, strategy, and product-led motions.

Akshay recently served as the Chief Product Officer & General Manager at 1Password. He helped 1Password expand its product portfolio and establish new revenue lines with developer solutions as well as secure the largest fundraise for a Canadian company ($620M at a $6.8B valuation). Akshay also has held leadership roles at Malwarebytes, Oracle Cloud, FireEye (part of Google), and Rainfinity (part of VMware). Akshay was also a management consultant with McKinsey & Company in the Technology practice.

Akshay advises and has invested in a handful of private companies across fintech, travel, subscription management, sales management, data security, compliance and more. He holds an MBA from MIT Sloan and a BS in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.

Akshay is based in the SF Bay Area.