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Swapna Gupta
Partner at Avaana Capital
Bengaluru, Karnataka
Overview
Swapna Gupta is a seasoned investor and Partner at Avaana Capital in Bengaluru, Karnataka, with a strong background in financial modeling, valuation, and investment banking. She is a Kauffman Fellow and has successfully invested in various startups like Kazam at the Series A stage, with a focus on sectors such as logistics, manufacturing, and AgTech.
Swapna Gupta's career highlights include her role as a Director at Qualcomm Ventures and her involvement as an investor and board observer in multiple successful companies like Locus.sh, Shadowfax, and FabHotels.com, showcasing her expertise in identifying and nurturing promising startups in emerging markets.
Work Experience
Partner
2022 - Current
We are India's first-of-a-kind technology-first early-stage investor partnering with entrepreneurs building for climate and sustainability. Super thrilled to partner with the next set of climate unicorns. Looking to invest as much in atoms as in bits.
Kauffman Fellow, Class 25 at Kauffman Fellows
2020
Co-investment VC firm supporting the mission of the Kauffman Fellows
Director
2014 - 2022
Qualcomm Ventures is the Venture Capital investment arm of Qualcomm, the world leader in next-generation mobile technologies. We have been actively investing around the world since 2000 and have more than $1B under management. We invest across all sectors (consumer, enterprise, hardware) in the mobile ecosystem. I am based in Bangalore and I drive and manage India investments. https://globalventuring.com/corporate/gcv-emerging-leaders-2022-swapna-gupta/
Qualcomm Ventures is a global investor that assists entrepreneurs in creating revolutionary businesses.
Investor, board observer
2021 - 2022
Zuddl is a conference management company that provides online conferencing services.
Raised $15,350,000.00 from Waveform Ventures, Alpha Wave Global, Darkmode Ventures, growX ventures and Qualcomm Ventures.
Investor, Board Observer
2021 - 2022
Automating the way goods are being delivered
Investor, Board Observer
2018 - 2022
Easing the last mile infrastructure bottleneck in India
Investor,Board Observer
2018 - 2022
Re-imagining the dairy supply chain
Investor, Board observer
2016 - 2022
Investor, Board Observer
2015 - 2022
Creating a standardized budget accommodation experience
Investor, Board Observer
2015 - 2022
Connecting last mile healthcare