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Varun Gupta

Investor

Partner at Caffeinated Capital

San Francisco, California

Writes $300K – $500K checks · typically $400K

About

Varun Gupta is a seed-stage, operator-turned-investor with hands-on ML experience from building profitable credit underwriting at Affirm, who supports technically ambitious founders in defense, risk, AI, fintech, and enterprise/mission-critical systems.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareHardwareHealthtechSaaS

Experience

  1. Caffeinated CapitalGeneral Partnercurrent2020 — present
  2. AmcaChairman of the Boardcurrent2024 — present
  3. Saronic TechnologiesInvestorcurrent2023 — present
  4. TwentyInvestorcurrent2025 — present
  5. Luzern RiskInvestor, Board Membercurrent2023 — present
  6. FederatoInvestor, Board Membercurrent2020 — present
  7. AstralInvestor2022 — 2026
  8. Affirm, Inc.Data Science / Machine Learning2017 — 2019
  9. TechSoftware Engineering at Startups2013 — 2016
  10. VariousWriting / Teaching2010 — 2013

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Mathematical and Computational Science
  2. Stanford University School of EngineeringMaster’s Degree, Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence)
  3. Bellarmine College Preparatory

Colleagues at Caffeinated Capital

Matthew Volosin
Partner & COO at Caffeinated Capital
Nick Marwell
Caffeinated Scout Fund Manager; Head of Computer Use at Anthropic at Caffeinated Capital
Raymond Tonsing
Partner at Caffeinated Capital

Network4

Borja Moreno de los Rios
Venture Partner at FJ Labs
Drew Volpe
Founding Partner at First Star Ventures
Edward Lando
Partner at Pareto Holdings
Gideon Hayden
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Leaders Fund

Investors connected to Varun in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Where does Varun Gupta work?
Varun Gupta is Partner at Caffeinated Capital.
What does Varun Gupta invest in?
Varun Gupta invests in AI & Machine Learning, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Healthtech, SaaS.
What check size does Varun Gupta write?
Varun Gupta typically writes checks of $300K – $500K.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University2,000

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; PCAST co-chair; former White House AI & crypto czarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Also attended Stanford University School of Engineering30

David MagermanManaging Partner at Differential VenturesDaniel Porras ReyesAssociate at Flybridge Capital PartnersLily RaakaStrategist at Plum Alley InvestmentsRaghu MadabushiInvestment Director at Samsung Catalyst FundMarco LorenzonVice President at StripesMark W. BaileyFounder and Partner Emeritus at DFJ

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Also attended Bellarmine College Preparatory37

John DemeterInvestor at Khosla VenturesDavid SilvermanPresident at Red Cell IncubationChris WatkinsHead of Data & Analytics at Asymmetric Capital PartnersShawn KungInvestor at Inception Studio CapitalJustin FasanoInvestor at Struck CapitalChadwick ManningFounder at Cerulean Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Amca5

MarcInvestment Team at Hummingbird VenturesJai MalikVenture Partner at Redbud VCKirsten Bartok TouwCo-Founder & Managing Partner at NEW VISTA CAPITALJackson MosesVenture Partner at Afore CapitalRyan LiPrincipal at Countdown Capital

Also worked at Saronic Technologies19

Katherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Paul KwanInvestment Team at General CatalystLuke BugbeePortfolio Support at 8VCMichael RobinsonInvestor at Craft VenturesSpencer FoustManaging Director at Sozo VenturesRandy GleinFounder and Managing Partner at DFJ

+ 13 more

Also worked at Twenty1

Raymond TonsingPartner at Caffeinated Capital

Also worked at Astral2

Casey AylwardInvestor at AccelJennifer LiPartner at Andreessen Horowitz