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Gautam Gupta

General Partner at TCV and former CEO/founder of NatureBox

San Francisco, California

Skills

Venture Capital
Start-ups
Entrepreneurship
E-commerce
SaaS
Food
Social Media
Strategic Planning
Strategy
Mobile Applications
Enterprise Software
Leadership
Marketing
Marketing Strategy
Strategic Partnerships
Business Strategy
Management Consulting
Online Advertising
Online Marketing
Product Management

Education

Work Experience

2021

  • General Partner

    2021

    Within the TCV Velocity fund, we lead and participate in Series A/B/C stage financings. www.tcv.com Bio: https://www.tcv.com/team/gautam-gupta/

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2016

  • Investor and Advisor

    2016

    Proud angel investor in many great startups and VC funds. I have invested in ~40 private companies and am an LP/advisor in several venture funds. I invest in consumer and enterprise IT companies at all stages but mostly in 'first capital in' rounds. My portfolio includes 8 companies valued at over $1B, 19 companies valued at over $100M, and generates close to $2B in annual net revenue. Some examples are BigCommerce, GoodData, Honest Company, Grammarly, Imperfect Foods, The Pill Club, Heap Analytics, Split.io, TruePill, EarnUp, and Pilot among many others.

  • Board of Overseers

    2016

    Babson College educates entrepreneurial leaders who create great economic and social value—everywhere. www.babson.edu

2019 - 2021

  • Venture Partner

    2021 - 2021

  • Partner

    2019 - 2021

    M13 is a unique consumer focused venture capital firm. As opposed to financiers or investment bankers, our firm consists of former entrepreneurs and operators. Having made many mistakes as a CEO, my hope is to help the founders I work with avoid those pitfalls. We lead seed and Series A rounds. Particular interest in consumer software, subscription, and marketplace models. Always have time to help a fellow founder. Investments I have led include Shef, Doorstead, Passport, ProGuides, Rae, PrizePool, PopShopLive, Baotris, Spartacus, SuperLocal, Fable, Anycart, Trill.

2012 - 2019

  • Board Of Directors

    2018 - 2019

  • Co-Founder and CEO

    2012 - 2018

    Hungry to make discovering bold, delicious foods easier, NatureBox is on a mission to empower consumers with direct access to better choices and a dynamic, personalized experience. As a direct-to-consumer food company, NatureBox harnesses consumer data to drive personalized, real time innovation and bring new products to market in just three months—a timeline unfathomable to most major food brands. NatureBox offers over 100 distinctive products under that NatureBox brand — each is crafted with only the highest quality ingredients and no high fructose corn syrup, trans fats, artificial colors, artificial flavors, and artificial sweeteners. www.naturebox.com

2004 - 2012

  • Principal

    2004 - 2012

    Joined the firm initially in college and then full time in 2007. Started the west coast office in 2010. Sourced and closed 5 investments (+$100M of invested capital) for General Catalyst including BigCommerce (BIGC), Honest Company (HNST), GoodData, NextAction (merged to form Datalogix, later sold to Oracle) and PlumDistrict. www.generalcatalyst.com

2006 - 2007

  • Consumer Market Knowledge

    2006 - 2007