About
Upal Basu is a Partner at NGP Capital, where he leads the US investment team, and has spent over 20 years in the mobile and software technology industry. He previously founded and served as CEO of Mformation Technologies, a mobile device management company acquired by Alcatel-Lucent, and worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in New York and London, as well as leading product management at Risk Management Solutions (RMS). He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MS in Engineering from Stanford University, and an engineering degree from Imperial College, London.
Experience
- NGP CapitalGeneral Partner and Managing Membercurrent2008 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- NetBox LabsBoard Observercurrent2025 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- Ati MotorsBoard Directorcurrent2025 — presentUnited States
- Xona Space SystemsBoard Observercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ArmorCode Inc.Board Observercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Platform9Board Directorcurrent2022 — presentSan Jose
- SecurityScorecardBoard Directorcurrent2017 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- BoostUp.aiBoard Membercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco
- ZinierBoard Observercurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ShadowfaxBoard Observercurrent2018 — presentIndia
- Observe.AIBoard Observercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SuperhumanInvestorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SuperhumanInvestor (acquired by Superhuman)2022 — 2025Mountain View, California, United States
- RouteThisInvestorcurrent2022 — presentGreater Toronto Area, Canada
- OloidInvestorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco
- privado.aiInvestorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- WorkFusionInvestorcurrent2015 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- RapidMiner, Inc.Board Director ( Acquired by Altair )2015 — 2022Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- KalturaBoard Observer (IPO)2014 — 2021New York, New York, United States
- Celect, Inc.Board Director (acquired by Nike)2018 — 2019Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Education
- Harvard Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA
- Stanford UniversityMaster of Science (M.S.), Engineering
- Imperial College LondonBachelor in Engineering (Honours), Civil Engineering
Skills & more
Strategy39Analytical SkillsManagement7Problem SolvingBusiness NetworkingLeadershipTeam LeadershipTeamworkCommunicationAction OrientedExecutive TeamPrivate Equity
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ValuationEntrepreneurshipVenture CapitalProduct ManagementStart-upsCorporate DevelopmentMobile DevicesBusiness DevelopmentCloud ComputingTelecommunicationsBusiness StrategyMobile TechnologyFrom Upal's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Harvard Business School1,777
Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins
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Also attended Stanford University1,578
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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Shared employers
Also worked at BoostUp.ai3
Also worked at Observe.AI10
Sunil ChhayaFounder at Kearny JacksonAnupam RastogiManaging Partner at EMERGENT VENTURESSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESLak AnanthGlobal Managing Partner at Next47Jishnu BhattacharjeeManaging Director at Nexus Venture PartnersAnand ChandrasekaranManaging Partner at Celesta Capital
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Also worked at Superhuman3
Colleagues at NGP Capital
Ann Rosenberg
Advisor at NGP Capital
Anna Teyssot
Advisor at NGP Capital
Atte Honkasalo
Vice President, Data & Analytics at NGP Capital
Bo Ilsoe
Managing Partner at NGP Capital
Cathy Li
Manager, Post-Investment at NGP Capital
Christian Noske
Partner at NGP Capital
Debjit Mukerji
Partner at NGP Capital
Dennis Rosbäck
Senior Accountant at NGP Capital