Arvind Gupta
InvestorFounderPartner at Mayfield Fund · Board director at Prolific Machines
San Francisco, California
Writes $500K – $15M checks · typically $7.8M
FoundedProlific Machines
About
Arvind Gupta founded Novera Ventures in 2025 to invest in artificial intelligence companies focused on generating, deploying, and consuming intelligence at scale. Previously, he founded IndieBio, where he invested in over 136 biotech companies across five years, and co-led Mayfield's Human and Planetary Health practice beginning in 2020. Gupta holds a B.S. in Genetic Engineering from UCSB, is a co-author of "Decoding the World: A Roadmap for the Questioner," and has held design and leadership positions at IDEO and taught as a guest lecturer at Stanford, UCSF, MIT, and Harvard.
Board director at Prolific Machines
Intro paths
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Prolific Machines's investors · 6
Baruch Future VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checks · since 2024Breakthrough Energy VenturesBoston · $500K – $50M checks · since 2024Darco CapitalPhiladelphia · since 2024Mayfield FundCupertino · $500K – $12M checks · since 2024Solari CapitalNew York · since 2024Tet VenturesBerlin · $50K – $250K checks · since 2024
Co-founders at Prolific Machines
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Maximilian Hörner
MH
Max HuismanChief Technology Officer & Co-Founder
DK
Deniz KentChief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
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Deniz Kent, Ph.D.Founder
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Declan JonesFounder
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Shahram Misaghi
CD
Christelle DagoneauChief Business Officer (Interim)
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Erik RileyChief Financial Officer (Interim)
Experience
- Novera VenturesFounder, Managing Directorcurrent2025 — present
- Mayfield FundPartnercurrent2020 — present
- IndieBioFoundercurrent2013 — present
- IndieBioVenture Advisor at IndieBiocurrent2020 — present
- Prellis BiologicsBoard Member2017 — 2021
- New CultureBoard Member2019 — 2020
- Geltor Inc.Board Member2018 — 2020
- SyntheX, Inc.Board Member2016 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Vivid VisionBoard Member2014 — 2020
- SOSVenturesGeneral Partner, Founder IndieBio2013 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Starters Inc.Co-Founder2011 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- IDEODesign Director - Product Design and Strategy2011 — 2013Shanghai, China
- IDEOSenior Portfolio Lead for IDEO Asia, IDEO Bay Area2008 — 2011San Francisco Bay Area
- IDEOProject Leader2005 — 2008San Francisco Bay Area
- IDEOSenior Industrial Designer2003 — 2005San Francisco Bay Area
- Tae Yang TradingMarket Maker (MSFT Pit)1998 — 2001PCX Options Exchange, SF
Education
- San Francisco State UniversityIndustrial Design2002 — 2003
- UC Santa BarbaraBS, Molecular Biology1992 — 1997
Skills & more
Design Strategy73Product Development48Strategy61Design Thinking90Experience Design30User-centered Design32Service Design11Industrial Design45Creative Direction13Public Speaking10Mentoring8Concept Generation10
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Colleagues at Mayfield Fund
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Investor at Mayfield Fund
Alexis Bjorlin
Investor at Mayfield Fund
Apoorv Saxena
Investor at Mayfield Fund
Barak Turovsky
Investor at Mayfield Fund
Brandon Scott
Investor at Mayfield Fund
Chris Rowen
Investor at Mayfield Fund
Dileep George
Investor at Mayfield Fund
Gamiel Gran
Investor at Mayfield Fund
Network12
Navin ChaddhaScout
Managing Partner at Mayfield
Adam J. PlotkinScout
Partner at Ff Venture Capital
Andrew IveScout
Managing Partner at Big Idea Ventures
Benjamin LevyScout
Partner, Co-Head of Venture Capital and AI & Innovation Groups at BootstrapLabs
Dan PhillipsScout
Investor at Sandbox Industries
Ian HogarthScout
Partner at Plural
Michael MarksScout
Founding Managing Partner at Celesta Capital
Rohit SharmaScout
Investor at True Ventures
Carmichael Roberts
Investor at Material Impact
Mark Cupta
Managing Director at Prelude Ventures
Po Bronson
General Partner at SOSV
Ursheet Parikh
Investor in AI, Enterprise Infrastructure, and Human & Planetary Health at Mayfield
Investors connected to Arvind in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Arvind Gupta work?
- Arvind Gupta is Partner at Mayfield Fund and Founder at Prolific Machines.
- What check size does Arvind Gupta write?
- Arvind Gupta typically writes checks of $500K – $15M.
- What companies did Arvind Gupta found?
- Arvind Gupta founded Prolific Machines.
Same school
Also attended San Francisco State University66
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Also attended UC Santa Barbara224
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