Mark Cupta
Managing Director at Prelude Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
About
Mark Cupta, an ex-Celanese operator with BS/MS in Chemical/Biomolecular Engineering from Georgia Tech and an MBA from Stanford, backs emerging‑tech entrepreneurs in resource‑intensive industries and champions quantum computing for climate.
Invests in
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyHardwareNew Materials
Deals · 8
Boston ElectrometallurgicalBoard seat
via Prelude Ventures · filed Mar 2026 · $100M raise
Channing Street Copper CoBoard seat
via Prelude Ventures · filed Aug 2025 · $20M raise
Citrine InformaticsBoard seat
via Prelude Ventures · filed Feb 2025 · $6.1M raise
EmergyBoard seat
via Prelude Ventures · filed May 2024 · $289.9M raise
Quaise EnergyBoard seat
via Prelude Ventures · filed Dec 2023 · $25M raise
Zapata ComputingBoard seat
via Prelude Ventures · filed Jul 2023 · $20M raise
HoloBoard seat
via Prelude Ventures · filed Oct 2019 · $10M raise
Benson Hill BiosystemsBoard seat
via Prelude Ventures · filed May 2017 · $25.1M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
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