Manu Gupta

Founder

2022 - Current

Blue Lion is a tech venture capital fund based in Los Angeles and London, backing founders that positively advance society. We focus on climate, health, and inclusive finance, and invest Seed (~$500k - $1m) and Series A ($1.5m - $4m) across the US & Europe. Our unique structure allows us to continue supporting the best companies Series B+, where we have recently invested >$30m. Our partners have backed 15 unicorns resulting in two IPOs and over a dozen M&A sales. Nearly $425m has been invested into transformational companies such as Aetion Health, Blockchain.com, Builder.ai, Casafari, Even Healthcare, Figure, Forward Health, Glovo, Maker Studios, Omio, Opendoor, Pipe, Revolut, SoFI, and Taulia. Founders receive an unfair advantage from our transatlantic experience. We have held ~40 board seats on companies of >$130bn market value collectively, such as Builder.ai, Premier League, Revolut, Rathbones, British Business Bank, and the BBC.

Board Member

2018

Led Series A, invested in B / C / D. Leading software development platform. Raised from Blue Lion, QIA, Insight Partners, MSFT, Jungle, KSV, WndrCo, VMWare and Lakestar.

Investment Committee Member

2021

Investment Committee Member

2021

A collaboration between King’s College London, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Board Member

2021

Dedicated to sustainability and removing animals from food, leather, cosmetics.

Board Member / Advisor

2019

Led Seed round. Real estate analytics platform. Raised from Starwood Capital, Prudence Holdings, and Lakestar.

Angel Investor

2020 - 2022

Investor

2020 - 2021

Series D; one of the fund's largest investments.

Investor (IPO: $OPEN)

2016 - 2021

Series C to IPO 2021. Largest fund investment. Consumer real estate tech platform.

Investor (IPO: $SOFI)

2015 - 2021

Series D to IPO 2021. A leading consumer finance platform in the US.