Varun Gupta

Partner atCaffeinated CapitalFirm active Oct 8New York

Varun Gupta is a partner at Caffeinated since 2020, previously a data scientist at Affirm and worked at Expanse and Wealthfront. He studied at Stanford and lives in New York.

What Varun can write

Writes checks of$1M to $10M
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Best routeA warm introAsk a founder in their portfolio.

Caffeinated Capital writes $1M to $10M checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Wealthfront
  2. Expanse
  3. Affirm · data scientist and machine learning engineer
  4. Caffeinated · Partner
    Now
  5. Caffeinated Capital · Partner
    Now
  6. Expanse
  7. Wealthfront

Investments named in public bios

SaronicTwentyFederatoAmcaLuzernAstralComityAntares

Focus

generalistgeneralist investorseed roundsSeries ASeries B

Education

Stanford University

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Questions

Who is Varun Gupta?

Varun Gupta is a partner at Caffeinated since 2020, previously a data scientist at Affirm and worked at Expanse and Wealthfront. He studied at Stanford and lives in New York.

How much does Varun Gupta invest?

Varun Gupta invests through Caffeinated Capital, which writes checks of $1M to $10M at seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Varun Gupta?

A warm intro from a founder Caffeinated Capital backed works best.

What did Varun Gupta do before Caffeinated Capital?

Wealthfront; Expanse; data scientist and machine learning engineer at Affirm; Expanse; Wealthfront.

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