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About
Manu Gupta is a Managing Partner at Planet First Partners, which invests $10-50 million per company in U.S. and European growth-stage technology companies, and founder of Blue Lion, an early-stage fund deploying $100,000 to $4 million per investment. He was previously a founding partner at Lakestar, where he helped raise $1.4 billion over six years, and held positions at Goldman Sachs as Executive Director and Head of European Internet coverage, as well as roles in product and engineering at Oracle and Sun Microsystems. His investment portfolio includes companies that have achieved public listings and acquisitions such as Opendoor, SoFi, Maker Studios, Revolut, and Pipe.com, among others.
Board director at Prior Finance
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Prior Finance's investors · 13
10x FoundersMünchen · $270K – $2.7M checksActivant CapitalNew York · $100K – $50M checksBlue Lion GlobalSouth San FranciscoCohen CircleNew YorkDag VenturesPalo AltoHarmonic Growth PartnersChevy ChasePropel Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checksProsperity7 VenturesDhahranQuestMark PartnersEllicott City · $5M – $15M checksSand Hill AngelsMenlo Park · $50K – $2M checksTrinity VenturesMenlo Park · $500K – $6M checks · since 2015Ulu VenturesPalo Alto · $2M checksZouk CapitalLondon
Co-founders at Prior Finance
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Bertram MeyerDirector
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Philip StehlikDirector
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Betram MeyerExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
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Marcus AmentExecutive Officer, Promoter
Experience
- Planet First PartnersManaging Partnercurrent2025 — present
- Blue LionFoundercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco, Los Angeles & London
- British Patient CapitalInvestment Committee Member2021 — 2025
- Self-employedAngel Investor2020 — 2022
- RevolutInvestor2020 — 2021
- OpendoorInvestor (IPO: $OPEN)2016 — 2021
- SoFiInvestor (IPO: $SOFI)2015 — 2021
- Taulia Inc.Board Member (Acquired by SAP)2013 — 2020San Francisco
- LakestarPartner, Founding Team2010 — 2020
- AetionBoard Observer (Acquired by Datavant)2016 — 2020New York, United States
- OmioBoard Member2013 — 2020Berlin, Germany
- Goldman SachsExecutive Director, Head of European Internet Coverage2006 — 2010San Francisco Bay Area, London
- OracleCoder and Product Manager2000 — 2004Redwood Shores, CA
- Sun MicrosystemsCoder1994Menlo Park, CA
Skills & more
Mergers4Emerging Markets16IPO10Portfolio Management11Investments36InternetMergers & Acquisitions22Derivatives2Equities27Fixed Income2Entrepreneurship11Capital Markets3
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Manu Gupta?
- Manu Gupta is a Managing Partner at Planet First Partners, which invests $10-50 million per company in U.S. and European growth-stage technology companies, and founder of Blue Lion, an early-stage fund deploying $100,000 to $4 million per investment. He was previously a founding partner at Lakestar, where he helped raise $1.4 billion over six years, and held positions at Goldman Sachs as Executive Director and Head of European Internet coverage, as well as roles in product and engineering at Oracle and Sun Microsystems. His investment portfolio includes companies that have achieved public listings and acquisitions such as Opendoor, SoFi, Maker Studios, Revolut, and Pipe.com, among others.
- Where does Manu Gupta work?
- Manu Gupta is Board director at Prior Finance.
- Where did Manu Gupta go to school?
- Manu Gupta studied at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (MBA, Finance & Strategy); London Business School (MBA Exchange, Finance, Emerging Markets); University of California, Berkeley (BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science).
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Also attended The University of Chicago Booth School of Business951
Prashant ShahPartner at Monta Vista CapitalNoorPartner at Clear VenturesTinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear VenturesKatrin GeyskensExecutive Director at Capricorn Venture PartnersBill PescatelloInvestor at LightbankGlebFounder and Managing Partner at iTech Capital
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Also attended London Business School911
Patrick ClaessenPartner at Cottonwood Technology FundDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesSandra SchwarzerInvestor at Index VenturesMatt CherianVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesGiuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 Ventures
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Also attended University of California, Berkeley2,000
Steve WozniakCo-founder of AppleAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIAli GhodsiCo-founder & CEO of DatabricksAbraham BachrachCo-founder & CTO of SkydioTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystScott DavisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)
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Shared employers
Also worked at SoFi62
Paul FieldingFinance & Operations at General CatalystHarrison LieberfarbPartner at Canvas VenturesLogan AllinManaging Partner & Founder at Fin CapitalJeff HinckManaging Director at Rally Ventures Management, LlcGary PelissierHead of Americas + Bank Methods at Asymmetric Capital PartnersMagdalena YesilFounder of Broadway Angels
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Also worked at Lakestar17
Magda PoslusznyPrincipal at Partech VenturesChristoph KeeseOperating Partner at Seraphim SpaceJack ScottManager, Portfolio Monitoring and Valuation at White Star CapitalJannis FettInvestor at HV CapitalJasper BrandPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesSimon KingPartner at Octopus Ventures
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Also worked at Omio7
Stephane KurganInvestor at Index VenturesChris RustCo-Founder and Partner at Clear VenturesItzik ParnafesVenture Partner at Key1 CapitalSteffen WipplerDirector / Private Equity at THI InvestmentsJoe YanPartner & Co-Head, Granite-Integral at Granite AsiaMatt WheelerFounder and CEO at Driftrock
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Also worked at Goldman Sachs2,000
Marc AndreessenCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzJosh KushnerFounder & CEO of Thrive CapitalFred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmTarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiColin WebbFounder & CEO of Avatar Robotics
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