# Rakesh Gupta

> Rakesh Gupta is a seed investor at KiwiTech backing Beauty and Gaming. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [KiwiTech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kiwitech)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rakeshcgupta

Rakesh Gupta is a seed investor at KiwiTech in New York focused on Beauty and Gaming. Rakesh is the Founder and CEO of Kiwitech, a Managing Partner at KiwiVenture. He was a Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder at Aptara. He has a master's degree from Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business and a bachelor's degree from The Ohio State University.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Beauty | 1 | 50% |
| Gaming | 1 | 50% |
| Fashion | 1 | 50% |
| Metaverse | 1 | 50% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BeautifulAi | BeautifulAi.ai is a next-generation AI-powered fashion platform providing tailored style advice to individuals and companies. | $250K | Pre-Seed | Dec 24, 2024 |  |
| Enjinstarter | Enjinstarter is a blockchain gaming launchpad focused on growing the Enjin ecosystem and the metaverse. | $5M | Seed | Oct 31, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [0x Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/0x-ventures-071e) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [6k Starter](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/6k-starter) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Andromeda Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andromeda-capital-3c3c) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AngelONE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angelone) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ArkStream Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arkstream-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AU21 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/au21-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About KiwiTech

VC Fund · Washington, United States

KiwiTech is committed to supporting innovators and sparking innovation globally. We work with early to growth-stage startups to help them build viable products, drive traction, raise capital, and scale their businesses. We take pride in our 500+ team that has breadth and depth of experience in emerging and existing technologies. Our clientelecomprises Fortune 1000 companies and those on their way to becoming unicorns.

5 contacts available at KiwiTech.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Neal Gupta | Co-Founder & CIO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neal-gupta |
| Rakesh Gupta | Chairman and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rakesh-gupta |
| Gurvinder Batra | CTO; Founder & Chief Technology Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gurvinder-batra |
| Hanty Panty | CRO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anita-gupta-79a9 |
| MOHSIN SYED | EVP & CSO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mohsin-syed |

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## FAQ

### What does Rakesh Gupta invest in?

Rakesh Gupta invests primarily in Beauty, Gaming and Fashion startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Rakesh Gupta last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rakesh Gupta closed in Dec 2024. 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.

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