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Divya Gupta

Investor

Partner at Sequoia Capital

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $1M – $200M checks · typically $25M

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

Experience

  1. Beacon SoftwareCo-Foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. StartupsInvestor and Advisorcurrent2020 — present
  3. Surge AIAdvisorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  4. Stanford UniversityLecturercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  5. Sequoia CapitalPartner2022 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  6. DatabricksML Engineering2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  7. AirbnbSoftware Engineering2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  8. Palantir TechnologiesForward Deployed Engineering2016 — 2017Greater New York City Area

Colleagues 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
Bogomil Balkansky
Home chef and food blogger, venture capital partner, and wildlife photographer

Network2

Kevin Fitzgerald
Partner at Energy Impact Partners
Vanessa Zogbi
Analyst at Upload Ventures

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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 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.
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).

Same school

Also attended Stanford University2,000

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Also attended The Harker School48

Neil MehtaCo-founder & Managing Partner at GreenoaksChiraag DeoraPrincipal at GreycroftJosephine ChenInvestor at Sequoia CapitalSonya HuangPartner at Sequoia CapitalAjay KamatPartner at Pear VCChadwick ManningFounder at Cerulean Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Beacon Software2

Tim JonesFounder/CTO at CribspotGoutham BuchiFounder/CTO at Sycamore

Also worked at Surge AI1

Lambert ChuFounder/CTO at Point API

Also worked at Sequoia Capital190

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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Also worked at Databricks88

Ali GhodsiCo-founder & CEO of DatabricksSangeen ZebInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Arsalan TavakoliInvestor at Foundation CapitalAshu GargInvestor at Foundation CapitalEryk DobrushkinInvestor at Index VenturesJules GsellInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

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