Vikas Gupta
FounderPresident and Chief Executive Officer at Wonder Workshop
Palo Alto, California, United States
FoundedWonder Workshop
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About
Vikas Gupta founded Wonder Workshop in 2012 and serves as Chairperson of its Board. The company produces educational tools, including Dash robots and the Class Connect platform for coding instruction, which are used in more than 25,000 elementary schools in the US. Before founding Wonder Workshop, Gupta worked on payments processing systems and early web services at Amazon, virtual goods and social game monetization at Social Gold, and consumer payments at Google.
President and Chief Executive Officer at Wonder Workshop
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CRV (Charles River Ventures)Bay Area · $250K – $5M checks · since 2020Madrona Venture GroupSeattle · $2M – $10M checks · since 2020Maven VenturesPalo Alto · $1M checks · since 2020Tencent HoldingsShenzhen · $3.9M – $400M checks · since 2020WI Harper GroupSan Francisco · $5M – $15M checks · since 2020
Experience
- Wonder WorkshopChairperson of the Boardcurrent2022 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- Wonder WorkshopFounder & CEO2012 — 2022San Mateo, CA
- GoogleHead of Consumer Payments2010 — 2012
- Social Gold | Jambool (acquired by Google)Founder & CEO2006 — 2010
- Amazon.comSenior Manager2004 — 2006
- Amazon.comSoftware Development Manager2003 — 2004
- Amazon.comSoftware Development Manager2001 — 2003
- Amazon.comSoftware Development Engineer1999 — 2001
- Media4/EchostarSoftware Engineer1998 — 1999
Skills & more
Distributed Systems45Web Technologies6Web Applications21Scalability13E-commerce53Payments6Web Services20Software Development60Start-ups83SOA2Venture Capital4Software Engineering15
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Vikas Gupta?
- Vikas Gupta founded Wonder Workshop in 2012 and serves as Chairperson of its Board. The company produces educational tools, including Dash robots and the Class Connect platform for coding instruction, which are used in more than 25,000 elementary schools in the US. Before founding Wonder Workshop, Gupta worked on payments processing systems and early web services at Amazon, virtual goods and social game monetization at Social Gold, and consumer payments at Google.
- Where does Vikas Gupta work?
- Vikas Gupta is President and Chief Executive Officer of Wonder Workshop.
- What companies did Vikas Gupta found?
- Vikas Gupta founded Wonder Workshop.
- Where did Vikas Gupta go to school?
- Vikas Gupta studied at Georgia Institute of Technology (M.S., Computer Science); Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (B.Tech., Computer Sc. and Engineering).
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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur157
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Shared employers
Also worked at Wonder Workshop2
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Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalG
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Also worked at Social Gold | Jambool (acquired by Google)1
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