Investor profile
Ajay Gupta
Venture capital & Founding Partner at CLAI Ventures, Venture Advisor at Starshot Capital, Partner at NZVC
Ajay Gupta works as a Partner at NZVC. The firm's known portfolio counts 18 companies.
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Investment focus
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Founding Partner at CLAI Ventures, whose known portfolio counts 5 companies
- Rhizome
- Focal
- Powerline
- Brightband
- Clai
Venture Advisor at Starshot Capital, whose known portfolio counts 7 companies
- Rumin8
- Ecolectro
- Harvest Thermal
- Phaidra
- Mojave Energy Systems
- Muon Vision
- Brightband
Partner at NZVC, whose known portfolio counts 18 companies
- Elo Health
- Lula Convenience
- Zenno Astronautics
- Coinrule
- Lula Commerce
- Appetise
- Curve Biosciences
- Marama Labs
- Parrot Analytics
- Puralink
- VXT
- Lore Machine
- and 6 more
Investor Profile
The listing covers sectors AI, Climate and Hardware, and focus areas AI Applications, AI Infrastructure, AgriTech and Battery. Startups operating in these areas may find Ajay Gupta relevant.
Stage-wise, the deals at NZVC cluster around Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds.
The firm portfolio and the focus above give founders context on whether Ajay Gupta matches their raise.
Colleagues
Mark Pavlyukovskyy
Founder
San Francisco, United States
Dan Miller
Senior Advisor
Berkeley, United States
Glen Anderson
Partner
Palo Alto, United States
Jeff Seabright
Partner
Los Angeles, United States
Nicholas Gould
Principal
San Francisco, United States
Frequently asked questions
Who is Ajay Gupta?
Ajay Gupta is a venture capital investor based in San Francisco, California, United States, listed as Partner at NZVC. The known portfolio of that firm counts 18 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Ajay Gupta personally.
What does Ajay Gupta invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Climate and Hardware; listed focus areas include AI Applications, AI Infrastructure, AgriTech and Battery. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Ajay Gupta invest at?
NZVC appears in Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds across its known deals, and Ajay Gupta is listed there as Partner. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Ajay Gupta listed at?
Ajay Gupta is listed as Partner at NZVC. 5 other people in the database share a firm with Ajay Gupta.
How do I contact Ajay Gupta?
A LinkedIn page is on file for Ajay Gupta. It is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The database holds no email address and no phone number for this profile.
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