Vikram Gupta is the founder and managing partner of IvyCap Ventures. With a career spanning more than 30 years, Gupta has made significant contributions to the fields of venture capital, private equity, business consulting, mergers and acquisitions, strategy, and operations across various industries including healthcare, life sciences, education, consumer
goods and technology. He has held leadership positions across various well-known companies in India and abroad.
Under his leadership, IvyCap Ventures has grown into a formidable fund, supporting over fifty companies such as BlueStone, Purplle and BiryaniByKilo. Prior to founding IvyCap Ventures, Gupta worked in the U.S. with IBM Business Consulting Services in strategy and planning, business development, and project management.
Gupta has been co-chairman of the Private Equity and Venture Capital Association of India at Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India and is an active member of the Indian Venture Capital Association and the Confederation of Indian Industry.
His innovative spirit is also evident in his role in conceptualizing and launching India’s first endowment fund at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, inaugurated by the Honorable President of India in 2019. Gupta continues to serve on the board of this fund and is also helping quite a few other Indian educational institutes set up their endowment funds, furthering his commitment to educational advancement.
Gupta received his bachelor’s in chemical engineering from IIT Delhi and his MBA with a concentration in international finance from the Weatherhead School of Management. He received the Distinguished Alumnus Service Award from IIT Delhi in 2020 in the presence of the honorable Prime Minister of India.