Ajey Gore is Operating Partner (Technology) at PeakXV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India & SEA). He was previously Group CTO at Gojek (GoTo Group), Head of Technology at ThoughtWorks, and founder of CodeIgnition which was acquired by Gojek. He specializes in helping startups scale their engineering teams and build robust technology organizations.

What does Ajey Gore do at PeakXV Partners?

As Operating Partner (Technology) at PeakXV Partners, Ajey Gore helps portfolio companies with technology strategy, engineering team scaling, software architecture decisions, and building sustainable engineering practices. He provides CTO-level advisory services to startups in their growth journey.

What is Ajey Gore's background?

Ajey Gore has over 15 years of technology leadership experience. He was Group CTO at Gojek where he scaled engineering teams across multiple countries, Head of Technology at ThoughtWorks, and founded CodeIgnition. He's an expert in distributed systems, engineering management, and helping startups build technology organizations.

Ajey Gore - Operating Partner at PeakXV Partners | Technology Leader & Software Engineer

Handshake Intro

I've been a Group CTO building tech teams, speaker on product strategy, writer, and hands-on coder.

I'm a systems thinker, startup advisor, tech investor, and I love building product teams that ship.

Indian native, I now work globally with startups from my base in Singapore.

Coffee Chat Deep Dive?

See my "about" page for the full story of building teams, scaling product, and navigating tech leadership.

Daily Grind

Operating Partner (Technology) at PeakXV Partners (FKA Sequoia Capital India & SEA). I help portfolio companies build high-performing engineering teams, nail their product-market fit, and scale their tech foundations.

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Mental Models

Product Mindset: Ideate, Implement, Iterate — always ship value
Tech Leadership: Code, Deploy, Automate — stay hands-on while scaling
Team Dynamics: Hire, Inspire, Retire (technical debt) — people before process

Side Hustles & Lab Experiments

Wardley Strategy Generator — AI-powered product strategy mapping tool
Developer Utilities — tech stack helpers for TensorFlow, PyTorch, and team productivity
Weekend Projects — technical explorations and proof-of-concepts that didn't make it to production

Intellectual Fuel

I maintain a curated bookshelf of recommended reads on building product teams, tech strategy, and startup leadership.

Stage Time & Mic Drops

I speak at conferences about scaling product engineering teams, startup tech strategy, and building systems that don't break at 3 AM. See my talks.

Slide Into My DMs

I love meeting product builders, tech founders, and anyone trying to scale engineering teams without losing their sanity. Just write to me.

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