ASHA JADEJA

As one of Silicon Valley’s most respected venture capitalists, Asha Jadeja has invested in over 100 well known technology startups in the Valley such as Paypal, Mimosa, AppDynamics, Meraki and Pinterest.

As founding stake holders in Google, Asha and her late husband Prof. Rajeev Motwani of Stanford University played a critical role in establishing the DNA of the company.  Asha continues to work closely with Google ventures and Google foundation on several projects.

Asha founded the Motwani Jadeja Family Foundation in 2012 to make philanthropic investments in promoting entrepreneurship in underserved pockets in US and India. Her flagship program the RajeevCircle Fellowship now has about 150 Fellows that Asha has worked closely with. The goal in this fellowship is to accelerate the problem solving repertoire of her fellows and helping them “pay it forward”.   Her RC fellows collaborate closely with TED, INK and Acumen Fellows who Asha has supported over the years.

Every year, Asha leads and “globalizes” a group of her Fellows at important global platforms such as Consumer Electronics Show in US, UN General Assembly NY, Munich Security Conference and World Economic Forum events in Davos Switzerland.

In 2023 Asha launched the Motwani Women Entrepreneurs Fellowship in partnership with TiE Global. This new program supports 40 disruptive women entrepreneurs from India, Middle East and Africa.

Apart from venture & philanthropic investments Asha has investments in various US think tanks and universities that help strengthen US India partnership on technology, security and trade.

• IIT Kanpur
• Hoover Institute at Stanford
• University of California San Diego
• University of California Berkeley
• Aspen Institute
• Milken Institute
• Hudson Institute
• Asia Society
• TED
• Center for New American Security

As a well known art collector, Asha created India Soft Power Initiative in 2021 along with University of California at Berkeley and Kochi Art Biennial. The goal of this program is to establish a permanent presence for Indian art at the Venice Art Biennial, the world’s oldest and most prestigious art event.