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Kavita Gupta is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist. She is the founder of Delta Blockchain Fund and has been involved in digital currencies for nearly a decade. She is also a cofounder of Fintech.TV.
Early life and career[edit]
Born in India,[1] Gupta began her career in crypto as a bitcoin miner in 2013.[2]
Gupta worked on the trading floor of the World Bank[3], headed the Youth Innovation Fund, and held positions in companies The World Bank, HSBC, and International Finance Corporation. She also served as head of mission investing for the family foundation of Alphabet Inc. executive Eric Schmidt.[1]
Gupta has been the GP and cofounder of Consensys Ventures (investment arm of Consensys) and Tachyon, a blockchain accelerator program.[2]
She has worked in the US, the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa.[1]
In 2017, Gupta was hired to lead ConsenSys Ventures,[3] a $50 million hedge fund under ConsenSys, a firm that develops blockchain applications.[4] She led the investments and mentoring of 40 startup companies in over 11 subcategories, including crypto trading platforms and gaming studios, such as BlockFi, StarkWare Industries and Sorare.[3][5][6]
In 2019, Gupta announced that she was stepping down from her role at ConsenSys Ventures to pursue an advisory role at the company, and to teach at Stanford University,[3] where she is a lecturer and visiting scholar.[7] That same year, she founded Fintech.TV, which covers financial and tech news, with broadcasting locations in Nasdaq and NYSE.[8][9] She also gave a TED Talk describing how cryptocurrency could lead to economic inclusivity.[10]
In 2020, Gupta founded Delta Blockchain Fund, a $120 million fund,[11] which focuses on early investment in rising technologies.[12] Since 2020, the fund has invested in 26 early-stage companies.[2]
Gupta has spoken about the bias against women in emerging technologies and the need to increase the participation of women in this industry.[12] This bias can be seen in the disproportionately low number of female led start-ups that receive funding, and the small number of females who direct venture capitalist funding.[13]She has worked on several films including Lunchbox, Monsoon Shootout, Bombay Talkies.[14]
Philanthropy[edit]
Gupta is a member of the board of the International Emmy Awards and the Distributed Trust Initiative.[15] She also serves on the boards of Vatican Impact Investment Community, MIT Solve, and Mandela Trust. [16]
She is an adviser to UNICEF's GIGA Connect project.[15]
She is a founding team member of Stanford’s Distributed trust initiative, a platform for dialogue and research on identity and systems.[16]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Noto, Anthony (September 6, 2017). "Consensys taps Gupta to lead largest venture fund in Brooklyn". New York Business Journal.
- ^ a b c Jay, Marley (May 5, 2022). "Investor Kavita Gupta told us how her Delta Blockchain Fund finds the most exciting opportunities in digital infrastructure, and why they reject 97 out of every 100 applications they receive". Business Insider.
- ^ a b c d Woodford, Isabel (May 5, 2022). "Founding partner Kavita Gupta is stepping down from ConsenSys Ventures". Yahoo Finance.
- ^ Hope, Katie (January 27, 2018). "Tips to reach the top: You have to push back as a woman". BBC.
- ^ Akhtar, Tanzeel (September 21, 2021). "Ex-ConsenSys Ventures Head Kavita Gupta Raising Over $50M for New Fund". CoinDesk.
- ^ Loritz, Mary (May 21, 2019). "Paris-based Sorare raises over €500k for its crypto-based football card trading and gaming platform". EU-Startups.
- ^ "Kavita Gupta". Buckhill Capital LP. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
- ^ Donnelly, Matt (March 5, 2021). "Pioneering Media Executive Pat Mitchell Launches 'Dangerous Women' Interview Series With Fintech.TV". Variety.
- ^ Wintermeyer, Lawrence (February 8, 2021). "FINTECH.TV Announces Multi-million-dollar Funding Round led by Brand Capital Management". The Fintech Times.
- ^ Gupta, Kavita (2019-11-18), Kavita Gupta: What if the world used one currency?, retrieved 2024-03-19
- ^ Ehrlich, Steven (March 7, 2024). "Bitcoin Is Skyrocketing. Now Traders Are Looking At These Altcoins". Forbes.
- ^ a b "Delta Blockchain Fund's Kavita Gupta explains why women need their fair share of representation in emerging tech". Business Today. November 24, 2023.
- ^ Chaturvedi, Aakanksha (December 24, 2023). "MPW 2023: Women's representation in tech still lags even as newer technologies pose fresh challenges". Business Today.
- ^ "Kavita Gupta - Contact Info, Agent, Manager | IMDbPro". pro.imdb.com. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
- ^ a b "Kavita Gupta | Milken Institute". milkeninstitute.org. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
- ^ a b Moritz, CfC St. "CfC St. Moritz – Kavita Gupta". CfC St. Moritz. Retrieved 2024-03-19.