Ajey Gore
People, Product and Technology
Teams don't stall on skills. They stall on everything around them — and that rarely comes from first principles.
How the organisation is structured, how solid the practices and foundations are, and how well people communicate across them — that's usually where progress is won or lost. Hard-won, not derived. If that sounds like where you are, I'd love to talk.
Based in Singapore, I split my time between there, Bangalore, and Sydney — working with people, teams, and organisations from all walks of life, right across the globe.
Three decades in: I founded CodeIgnition (acquired by Gojek) and scaled Gojek's engineering from 20 people to over 3,000 across 16 products in Southeast Asia — what became GoTo Group — after a decade at ThoughtWorks building software that held up as businesses scaled. Most recently Operating Partner (Technology) at Sequoia Capital India & SEA — now PeakXV Partners, where I helped portfolio companies scale their teams, products, and organisations.
PeakXV · Sequoia · Gojek · GoTo · CodeIgnition · Hoppr · ThoughtWorks · NCST
What I'm up to
After decades of building at full tilt, I'm deliberate about where my time goes — backing founders and teams I believe in, advising selectively, and giving real energy to causes close to me, like Ally, where we're working on mental health. Chosen on purpose, given room to matter. If yours is the right kind of hard problem, I'd like to hear about it.
The long way here
I joined ThoughtWorks as their first employee in India and spent a decade there, eventually leading technology for the region — before co-founding CodeIgnition (acquired by Gojek) and later running a startup called Hoppr (acquired by Hike).
Along the way I've tried my hand at everything from selling computers to running a printing press. It's been a winding road, and the detours taught me as much as the milestones. The longer version is here.
Get in touch
Thinking through a hard problem, or just want to catch up over coffee — I'd love to hear from you. Book a time.
Written by me. Updated when something worth saying comes along.