About
Purva Gupta is co-founder and CEO of Lily AI, a company that develops product intelligence technology for commerce across paid, organic, and agentic surfaces, with clients including Coach, M&S, Vuori, Shiseido, Fabletics, Foot Locker, and Hoka. She previously worked at Saatchi and Saatchi on the P&G account, at the mobile payments platform Eko, and with UNICEF Ventures' Innovation Fund. Gupta is a Tory Burch Fellow and holds an MBA from the Indian School of Business and a Bachelor's in Economics from Shri Ram College of Commerce.
Founder at Lily AI
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Lily AI's investors Β· 8
Canaan PartnersStamford Β· $500K β $20M checksConductive VenturesMountain ViewCounterpart VenturesSan Francisco Β· $1M β $5M checksEnergize CapitalChicago Β· $10M β $20M checksFernbrook Capital ManagementNew York Β· $1M checksInsight PartnersNew York Β· $120M β $350M checksMana VenturesEsteroNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park Β· $200K β $40M checks
Co-founders at Lily AI
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Sowmiya Chocka NarayananFounder
Experience
- Lily AICo-founder & CEOcurrent2015 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Unshackled VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2024 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- YPOMembercurrent2021 β present
- Tory Burch FoundationTory Burch Fellowcurrent2019 β present
- Yale Entrepreneurial InstituteFounder @Venture Creation Program2014 β 2015New Haven
- The Founder InstituteGraduate2014 β 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- UNICEFProject Manager, Innovation Fund2013 β 2014New York
- Khosla Impact FundIntern2012 β 2013
- Eko India Financial Services Private LimitedAssistant Manager, Fundraising & Strategy2011 β 2012New Delhi Area, India
- Eko India Financial Services Private LimitedAssistant Manager, Product & Marketing2010 β 2011New Delhi Area, India
- Eko India Financial Services Private LimitedExecutive, Marketing2010New Delhi Area, India
- Saatchi & SaatchiClient Servicing2009Mumbai Area, India
- Grant Thornton IndiaIntern2007
Skills & more
Start-ups17Business Strategy31Business Development24New Business Development7Marketing Strategy16CRM8Mobile Payments4Due Diligence3Market Research5Marketing9Budgets2Finance4
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Purva Gupta?
- Purva Gupta is co-founder and CEO of Lily AI, a company that develops product intelligence technology for commerce across paid, organic, and agentic surfaces, with clients including Coach, M&S, Vuori, Shiseido, Fabletics, Foot Locker, and Hoka. She previously worked at Saatchi and Saatchi on the P&G account, at the mobile payments platform Eko, and with UNICEF Ventures' Innovation Fund. Gupta is a Tory Burch Fellow and holds an MBA from the Indian School of Business and a Bachelor's in Economics from Shri Ram College of Commerce.
- Where does Purva Gupta work?
- Purva Gupta is Founder of Lily AI.
- What companies did Purva Gupta found?
- Purva Gupta founded Lily AI.
- Where did Purva Gupta go to school?
- Purva Gupta studied at Indian School of Business (Master of Business Administration, Finance); Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) (Bachelor of Arts (BA), Economics).
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