Divya Gupta
InvestorFounderPartner at Sequoia Capital · Lecturer at Stanford University · Founder at Beacon Software
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $1M – $200M checks · typically $25M
FoundedBeacon Software
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About
Divya Gupta, a former VC partner who backed AI and cryptocurrency at seed/early stages, is co-founder of Beacon Software building AI tools for Main Street firms via an anti-private-equity rollup.
Invests in
ConsumerDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareFintechHardwareSaaS
Founder at Beacon Software
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Nilam GanenthiranFounder
Experience
- Beacon SoftwareCo-Foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- StartupsInvestor and Advisorcurrent2020 — present
- Surge AIAdvisorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Stanford UniversityLecturercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Sequoia CapitalPartner2022 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- DatabricksML Engineering2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- AirbnbSoftware Engineering2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Palantir TechnologiesForward Deployed Engineering2016 — 2017New York City Metropolitan Area
Colleagues at Sequoia Capital
Aaref Hilaly
General Partner at Sequoia Capital
Abhishek Malani
Investor at Sequoia Capital
Alfred Lin
Partner at Sequoia Capital
Amira Yahyaoui
Scout at Sequoia Capital
Anas Biad
Partner at Sequoia Capital
Andrew Reed
Partner at Sequoia Capital
Anne Marie Boidock
Investor at Sequoia Capital
Bill Coughran
Partner at Sequoia Capital
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Divya Gupta?
- Divya Gupta, a former VC partner who backed AI and cryptocurrency at seed/early stages, is co-founder of Beacon Software building AI tools for Main Street firms via an anti-private-equity rollup.
- Where does Divya Gupta work?
- Divya Gupta is Founder of Beacon Software and Partner at Sequoia Capital.
- What does Divya Gupta invest in?
- Divya Gupta invests in Consumer, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Hardware, SaaS.
- What check size does Divya Gupta write?
- Divya Gupta typically writes checks of $1M – $200M.
- What companies did Divya Gupta found?
- Divya Gupta founded Beacon Software.
- Where did Divya Gupta go to school?
- Divya Gupta studied at Stanford University (B.S. Computer Science, M.S. Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence)); The Harker School (Grade 7-12).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Beacon Software2
Also worked at Surge AI3
Also worked at Sequoia Capital210
Michael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageDoug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerRoelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberJason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in StartupsAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at Paradigm
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