# Karan Gupta

> Karan Gupta is a seed investor at Auxano (Gurgaon) backing Handmade and Distillery. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Auxano](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/auxano)
- Location: Gurgaon, India
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karan986/
- Website: https://x.com/iKaranGupta

Karan Gupta is a seed investor at Auxano in Gurgaon focused on Handmade and Distillery. Karan Gupta is the Principal at Auxano. He has completed his B.Com (H), Business/Commerce, General from Dyal Singh College.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Handmade | 1 | 50% |
| Distillery | 1 | 50% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 50% |
| Media and Entertainment | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mugafi | Mugafi is a next-generation entertainment company engineering original IPs through a powerful blend of AI, imagination, and cultural storytelling. Combining proprietary AI tools with a creator-first platform, Mugafi enables the development of stories into comics, films, games, and virtual assets at scale. With 30,000+ creators, partnerships acrossIndia, GCC, and SEA, and breakout projects like Kubera, Mugafi is building a vertically integrated studio system — from script ideation to global franchise monetization. | $3M | Seed | Apr 09, 2025 |  |
| Moonshine Meadery | Mead is an alcoholic beverage created by fermenting honey with various fruits and spices. It is the oldest fermented beverage known to man with evidence dating to 7000 BC. Meads have been present in various cultures through the ages - the Vikings drank it before battle, ancient Indian texts mentioned it and Greek and Roman historians have discussedit. There have also been numerous references in literature, from Shakespeare and Lord of the Rings to Harry Potter and even Game of Thrones. The last decade has seen a resurgence that has taken this versatile archaic drink out of history and into the limelight as the fastest growing craft beverage in the world. | $2M | Seed | Sep 14, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Anthill Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthill-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mars Shot Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marsshot-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Merisis Advisors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/merisis-advisors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Proneur Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/proneur-network) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [StartupXseed Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startupxseed-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Supermorpheus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/supermorpheus) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Auxano

VC Fund · Gurgaon, India

“Auxano” represents growth! A two-pronged approach - Growth in wealth & entrepreneurship. To identify & invest in value unlocking businesses, Auxano drives its vision to create wealth for its investors. The current entrepreneurial expansion is marking a new era of enterprise. The start-ups today are generating more wealth for its investorsin lesser time than the predecessors. Invest in this next gen asset class and ride the wave of wealth creation with a commitment ranging from Rs. 25 Lacs - Rs. 1 Cr. , with the drawdown spread over 18-30 months, across SEBI registered CAT I (Angel) and CAT II AIF.

3 contacts available at Auxano.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ashish Padiyar | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ashish-padiyar-4364 |
| Brijesh Damodaran Nair | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brijesh-damodaran-nair |
| Karan Gupta | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karan-gupta-ea4f |

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## FAQ

### What does Karan Gupta invest in?

Karan Gupta invests primarily in Handmade, Distillery and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Karan Gupta last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Karan Gupta closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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