Where does Sunny Gupta work?

Sunny Gupta is Founder of Apptio and Strategic Director at Madrona Venture Group.

Where did Sunny Gupta go to school?

Sunny Gupta studied at University of South Carolina (B.S., Computer Science).

Sunny Gupta

InvestorFounder

Strategic Director at Madrona Venture Group · Executive Officer, Director at Thira · Founder at Apptio

Kirkland, Washington, United States

FoundedApptio

Find your path to Sunny

280 people in our graph share verified history with Sunny — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Ana AndreescuunlockedSunny: together at Mercury Interactive (2005)

×10Sunny: together at Madrona Venture Group

Sunny: together at Smartsheet

About

Sunny Gupta is General Partner of Generative Capital, a private equity firm focused on late-stage SaaS companies. He previously co-founded and served as CEO of Apptio, which he grew from a 2007 startup to a public company later acquired by Vista Equity Partners for $1.96 billion in 2019, and subsequently by IBM for $4.6 billion in 2023. Gupta has held multiple founder and executive roles including EVP of Products at Opsware and co-founder of iConclude, and currently serves on boards including Gainsight and Securonix.

Executive Officer, Director at Thira

Intro paths

→

In turn, Sunny can intro founders to Thira's investors below.

Thira's investors · 2

FUSEBellevue · $1M – $10M checks · since 2026 Madrona Venture GroupSeattle · $2M – $10M checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Thira

Mudit GoelFounder

Founder at Apptio

Intro paths

→

In turn, Sunny can intro founders to Apptio's investors below.

Apptio's investors · 11

Akkadian VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $10M checks · since 2018 Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2018 Cisco InvestmentsSan Jose Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks FPVJackson · $100K – $5M checks FUSEBellevue · $1M – $10M checks · since 2018 Golub GrowthChicago · since 2018 Madrona Venture GroupSeattle · $2M – $10M checks · since 2018 Portland Seed FundPortland · $25K checks · since 2018 Shasta VenturesMenlo Park · $250K – $6M checks · since 2018 Silver Lake PartnersMenlo Park · since 2018

Co-founders at Apptio

Kurt ShintafferExecutive Officer

Sachin GuptaExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

ThiraCo-founder and Executive Chairmancurrent2026 — present
Generative CapitalGeneral Partnercurrent2025 — presentKirkland, Washington, United States
SmartsheetExecutive Chair Boardcurrent2025 — present
GainsightBoard Member2021 — 2026
SecuronixBoard Member2022 — 2025
IBMChairman Emeritus Apptio & Strategic Advisor IBM2024 — 2025
ApptioCEO2007 — 2024
Opsware (acquired by HP in Sep. 2007)Executive VP Products2007
iConclude (acquired by Opsware in April 2007)CEO2005 — 2007
Mercury InteractiveSr. Director, Performance Management Products for J2EE/.NET2003 — 2005
Performant (acquired by Mercury Interactive)Vice President, Marketing & Business Development2002 — 2003
Rational SoftwareGM, Business Development1998 — 2002
Vigor Technology (acquired by Rational Software)Vice President & Co-founder1996 — 1998
Easel CorporationConsulting1994 — 1996
IBMEngineer1992 — 1994

Skills & more

IP8Strategy70

From Sunny's professional profile.

Colleagues at Madrona Venture Group

Alexandra Estep

Controller at Madrona Venture Group

Alison McCulloch

Executive Assistant at Madrona Venture Group

Alli Sherwin

Executive Assistant at Madrona Venture Group

An Cayas

Executive Assistant at Madrona Venture Group

Andrew Leary

IT Support Engineer at Madrona Venture Group

Anna Baird

Venture Partner at Madrona Venture Group

Anna Chen

Investor at Madrona Venture Group

Anna Schmitz

Receptionist at Madrona Venture Group

Frequently asked questions

Who is Sunny Gupta?: Sunny Gupta is General Partner of Generative Capital, a private equity firm focused on late-stage SaaS companies. He previously co-founded and served as CEO of Apptio, which he grew from a 2007 startup to a public company later acquired by Vista Equity Partners for $1.96 billion in 2019, and subsequently by IBM for $4.6 billion in 2023. Gupta has held multiple founder and executive roles including EVP of Products at Opsware and co-founder of iConclude, and currently serves on boards including Gainsight and Securonix.
Where does Sunny Gupta work?: Sunny Gupta is Founder of Apptio and Strategic Director at Madrona Venture Group.
What companies did Sunny Gupta found?: Sunny Gupta founded Apptio.
Where did Sunny Gupta go to school?: Sunny Gupta studied at University of South Carolina (B.S., Computer Science).

Founder mafias

University of South Carolina mafia20

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Scot WingoBachelor of Science - BSFounded Spiffy +2 A. Clarke AtwellMasters in International Business StudiesFounded LUX Biosciences +2 Sean MoriartyBachelor of Arts - BAFounded Saatchiart +2 Herman PhillipsBachelor of ArtsFounded Wrapbook +1 Ryan GeiserBachelor of Science - BSFounded Axiom Therapeutics Jason FriedmanBachelor of Business Administration (BBA)Founded AdvisorFinder

+ 13 more

Madrona Venture Group mafia15

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Greg GottesmanManaging DirectorFounded Pioneer Square Labs Holdings II +2 Ben GilbertCo-Founder, Madrona Venture LabsFounded Acquired +1 Doug AleyEntrepreneur in ResidenceFounded Shuddle +1 Steve SinghManaging DirectorFounded Spotnana Oren EtzioniVenture PartnerFounded VERCEPT Daniel LiVenture PartnerFounded Plusai

+ 8 more

Securonix mafia6

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sachin NayyarExecutive Officer, DirectorFounded Saviynt Nitin AgaleDirector, Presales and Customer SuccessFounded Aistrike Kayzad VanskuiwallaPrincipal Threat Hunter – Cyber Threat AnalyticsFounded Aistrike Harsh PatwardhanVice President Of EngineeringFounded Aistrike Nanda SanthanaFounding MemberFounded Databahn's

Smartsheet mafia5

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Magdalena YesilBoard MemberFounded Market Pay Brian ShinSr. Director, Product Management; Leader of AI Strategy and ProductFounded Searchable AI Arjun LalwaniProduct Manager InternFounded Ralo Jeni Diaz AxlineSr. Strategic Account ExecutiveFounded Parenthoods

Opsware mafia4

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Phillip LiuChief ArchitectFounded Trustero +1 Michael FeyWW VP of PresalesFounded Island Sheri AtwoodDirector, Product MarketingFounded SupportPay

Same school

Also attended University of South Carolina93

Tom RyanChairman at Struck Capital Gireendra KasmalkarManaging Partner at Pentathlon Ventures Alana BremnerDirector of Marketing & Communications at Oak HC/FT Jessica ScheetsInvestor at Sandbox Industries Mobi Martin DialaSeae Ventures Fellow at Seae Ventures Jimmy LeppertManaging Partner, Empactful Advisors at Empactful Capital

+ 87 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Thira1

Mudit GoelFounder at Thira

Also worked at Smartsheet17

Jennifer SavagePartner at Illuminate Ventures Elena GomezPresident & CFO, Toast at Operator Collective Magdalena YesilFounder of Broadway Angels Mike GregoirePartner at Brighton Park Capital Brian ShinManaging Partner, VitalStage Ventures at VitalStage Ventures JP SandayPartner at Menlo Ventures

+ 11 more

Also worked at IBM1,527

Brian ArmstrongCo-founder & CEO of Coinbase Olivier PomelCo-founder & CEO of Datadog Alexis Le-QuocCo-founder & CTO of Datadog Ken ChenaultInvestment Team at General Catalyst Roger KrakoffGeneral Partner at Monta Vista Capital Avi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital

+ 1,521 more

Also worked at Apptio12

Ted KummertVenture partner at Madrona focused on enterprise infrastructure, data, and intelligent applications Eric WatsonBoard Member at Alliance of Angels Ravi MohanManaging Director at Shasta Ventures Michael WasserFounder/CEO at BloomAPI Alex BilmesCEO and co-founder at Endgame Jeff GerberExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter at Suplari

+ 6 more