Vinay Iyengar

Vinay’s lifelong passion for technology began at age 13, when he learned to code by sneaking into a local community college class. By the age of 17, Vinay had published multiple peer-reviewed research papers on novel algorithms for elliptic curve cryptography. From his freshman dorm at Harvard, he started his first company, which attempted to use natural language processing to build a better email client for enterprises.

Today at Foundation, Vinay leads early-stage investments across the enterprise software stack. He is particularly excited about “picks and shovels” such as cloud/web/data infrastructure, developer tools, and cybersecurity. At the application layer, he is currently exploring generative AI, vertical software, and climate technologies.