# Manik Gupta

> Manik Gupta is a seed investor at Microsoft backing Software and Information Technology. See 41 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Microsoft](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/microsoft)
- Location: Los Altos, United States
- Total investments: 41
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 2%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/manikg
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/manikgupta
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/manikgupta

Manik Gupta is a seed investor at Microsoft in Los Altos focused on Software and Information Technology. Manik Gupta is the Chief Product Officer at Uber. Prior to taking on this role, Manik ran Uber's Marketplace and Maps product teams, where he was responsible for creating best-in-class mapping solutions and marketplace technologies. Throughout his career, Manik has focused on the problems around “helping move X from point A to point B.” Priorto Uber, Manik worked on Google Maps for over 7 years. He led the creation and curation of all the maps and business data to make Google Maps the most accurate, comprehensive, and useful map of the world.Manik grew up in India and spent many years in Singapore, where he founded an e-commerce startup, BuyItTogether.com, right out of college. The company was successfully acquired by a Norwegian company, CoShopper.com, and Manik subsequently managed Hewlett Packard's e-commerce initiatives in Asia-Pacific and Japan. He studied computer engineering at Nanyang Technological University and received an MBA from Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, India.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$12M |
| Pre-Seed | $50k–$2.1M |
| Series A | $8.5M–$90M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 24% |
| Information Technology | 7 | 17% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 15% |
| Apps | 5 | 12% |
| FinTech | 5 | 12% |

65 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 21 | 51% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 12% |
| Series A | 4 | 10% |
| Series B | 3 | 7% |
| Angel | 1 | 2% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 24 | 59% |
| India | 5 | 12% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 2% |
| Singapore | 1 | 2% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PantheonAI | PantheonAI provides a digital platform that generates AI‑driven audio and text content for information consumption and podcast creation. The company enables users to convert prompts or ideas into AI‑voiced podcast episodes and produce personalized daily briefings on topics such as science, policy, markets, and technology. | $50K | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2026 |  |
| Martin | Your personal voice AI. | $2M | Seed | Jan 30, 2025 |  |
| SigScalr | SaaS | $1.8M | Pre-Seed | Feb 20, 2024 |  |
| Betterhalf | Uniquely positioned as a new age matrimony platform, Betterhalf envisions to build a super app of Indian matrimony and full stack wedding services as company's growth pillars. Founded by Pawan Gupta and Rahul Namdev, Betterhalf recently raised Series A backed by FinSight Ventures (Ex Bumble investor) & other marquee investors includingMike Krieger, Co-founder of Instagram; Arash Ferdowsi, Co-Founder of Dropbox and many others. | $8.5M | Series A | Mar 01, 2023 |  |
| Arta Finance | Arta Finance is a network of innovators, researchers, finance specialists, and business executives who help people get the most of their finances. Arta offers access to financial opportunities that help people to plan and enjoy their financial future but with less complexity and lower fees. It was founded by Caesar Sengupta. | $90M | Series A | Nov 02, 2022 |  |
| Pogo | At Pogo, our goal is to make you more money by unlocking the power of your data. | $12.3M | Seed | Jul 26, 2022 |  |
| Pogo | Pogo enables people to earn money and save on shopping, finances, and more by unlocking the power of their data. Pogo allows users to take control of their data and how they monetize it, as well as to be compensated when their data is used for market research and personalized advertising. It pushes recommendations based on the data users choose tolink with the app, which users can act on in a few clicks. | $12.3M | Seed | Jul 26, 2022 |  |
| Glacier | Glacier is the creator of the first affordable, high-performing, and space-efficient AI-enabled robot for recycling. | $4.5M | Seed | Apr 19, 2022 |  |
| Airhouse | Airhouse is an end-to-end fulfillment solution for ecommerce companies. With a software platform that automates the heavy lifting of getting products in the hands of customers, Airhouse lets entrepreneurs focus on what they’re best at. Onboarding takes minutes and there’s no need for a team with operational or engineering expertise. Through asynced Shopify account, Airhouse’s software evaluates store data to create a holistic view of the business and where its customers are. Brands are then matched with warehouses in Airhouse’s partner network that make the most sense for the business, with their inventory shipped to the partner facility as fast as the same day. Airhouse then creates a custom technical configuration for each business tailored directly to their needs and growth strategy. From there, as new orders come in, the entire fulfillment process—from factory to front door—is efficiently and affordably managed by Airhouse. From a single dashboard, brands have complete visibility on inventory, so they know what products are where and which are running low in real time.It’s like having an all-in-one, cloud-based warehouse that maintains itself—an Airhouse. | $11M | Series A | Mar 29, 2022 |  |
| Goldcast | Goldcast is a purpose-built platform for enterprises to conduct modern, meaningful, and measurable online events including client summits, workshops, product launches, thought leadership summits, regional conferences.The company provides tools/dashboards for marketers to measure the ROI of their events and get strong lead qualificationinsights.Goldcast's mission is to create amazing event experiences for enterprises. | $10M | Seed | Feb 17, 2022 |  |

10 of 41 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [Contrary](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/contrary-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Glade Brook Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/glade-brook-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Nexus Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nexus-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Scribble Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scribble-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Sequoia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Microsoft

VC Fund · Redmond, United States

Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. Thecompany’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores.Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services.The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

5 contacts available at Microsoft.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aparna Chennapragada | Corporate VP | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aparna-chennapragada |
| Bay Gross | Vice President of Health at Microsoft AI | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bay-gross |
| Bobby George | Creative Strategist | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bobby-george |
| Brandon Dixon | Product and Intel Strategy Leader | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brandon-dixon |
| Brandon Middaugh | Sr. Director, Climate Innovation Fund | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brandon-middaugh |

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## FAQ

### What does Manik Gupta invest in?

Manik Gupta invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 41 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Manik Gupta's check size?

Manik Gupta typically joins rounds of $2M–$12M at Seed, $50k–$2.1M at Pre-Seed and $8.5M–$90M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Manik Gupta participates in.

### When did Manik Gupta last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Manik Gupta closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 41 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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