Manik Gupta is an active angel investor who previously served as Corporate Vice President at Microsoft leading Teams. See portfolio and contact routes.
Manik Gupta is an active angel investor who previously served as Corporate Vice President at Microsoft leading Teams Consumer, Skype, and GroupMe, and earlier held roles as Chief Product Officer at Uber and a product leader at Google Maps. He invests primarily at the seed and very early stages in startups located in the US (especially the Bay Area), India, and Southeast Asia, with a focus on founders from his Google and Uber networks. While specific check sizes and lead/follow behavior are not publicly detailed, he has invested in over 100 startups and serves on the board of CarGurus (NASDAQ: CARG). Notable portfolio companies include Zepto, The Wedding Company, Ans Commerce, and his own early e-commerce venture BuyItTogether.co. Gupta describes himself as a prolific angel investor and advisor with extensive Silicon Valley experience, having co-founded the non-profit CVKey to help communities reopen during COVID-19. He has not published distinctive public writing on investment thesis beyond stating his preference for early-stage founders from his professional networks.
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