The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Vikram Gupta, founder and managing partner, IvyCap Ventures
As founder and managing partner of IvyCap Ventures, Vikram Gupta has made a significant contribution to India’s innovation and technology ecosystem. With two decades of experience in industry and the private equity sector, Gupta helped set up IvyCap in 2012 as the country’s first venture capital fund to leverage the alumni sector, primarily through its links with India’s Institutes of Technology.
This followed a four-year stint as chief operating officer of investment firm India Venture Advisors.
IvyCap Ventures Initiative is an entrepreneurship platform providing support such as mentoring and funding to startups – this is delivered by a global alumni network.
Its first fund, the Rs2bn ($38.6m) IvyCap Ventures Trust Fund 1, invested in 10 portfolio companies between 2012 and 2015. These included Reuters Market Light, a subsidiary of media company Thomson Reuters, and omnichannel retail platform Vinculum.
IvyCap’s second fund, the $90m IvyCap Fund 2, was launched in 2015.
