Virendra Gupta
Chief Executive Officer @ Dailyhunt
Bengaluru, India
Virendra Gupta is a seed investor at Dailyhunt in Bengaluru focused on News and Retail. Viru brings over 20 years of rich management experience in the Telecom industry including in companies like Bharti Airtel, Trilogy, OnMobile and BPL Mobile.In 2007, Viru is a Founder of VerSe Innovation Pvt Ltd which is now shaping India’s real Mobile Internet through Dailyhunt, iPayy & Operator Services. Verse is now a 500 strong team. Virubrings in the energy and drives product development and operations at Ver Se & it’s his passion to make information available to every Indian their own language & Dailyhunt, the flagship product strives to achieve just that. It is among the most downloaded app that offers array of offerings across Local News, eBooks, Magazine.Under his leadership, Ver Se won many accolades like –1. mBillionth 2013 Award for News & Journalism2. GSMA Global Mobile Awards 2013: Best Publishing Product or Service3. Opera App Awards 2012 :Newshunt has been chosen as Top Entertainment App in Java & Symbian App4. Android App Expo: Won Second place for Best App at Google Development App expo 20135. Nielsen top ten mobile consumed in India. Only one in News Category6. India Digital Awards 2012: Top Mobile App NewsHunt7. Navteq Global LBS Challenge, 2011, Grand Prize Winner8. NASSCOM Emerge AppFame, 2011: Top 7 Mobile Apps9. Mobile India: Winner, Mobile India Entrepreneur Demo Showcase, 201010. Best Mobile App, AppJam Bangalore, 2010Viru holds a Master’s Degree in Management from IIT Mumbai & enjoys brainstorming with his team and is always on the look - out for the new idea that will transform and further strengthen the bridge between technology and common man. He loves his junk food and chai and it’s not uncommon to see him catching up with his team with his favorite phrase – Kyon Bhai, Aur kya chal raha hai?.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 25%
Last updated:
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Industries Virendra Gupta invests in
Stages Virendra Gupta invests in
Countries Virendra Gupta invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $575k–$1.3M
Investment Focus
Industry
- News 1 (25%)
- Retail 1 (25%)
- Textiles 1 (25%)
- Training 1 (25%)
- Education 1 (25%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (50%)
- Series A 1 (25%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (25%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Kafqa Academy is a global performing arts academy that offers classes in dancing, singing, and speech & drama. | $1.3M / Seed / Oct 22, 2021 | ||
| D’Moksha Homes is a textile company that focuses on retailing hand-made fabrics like linen, hemp, and lyocell. | $575K / Seed / Oct 04, 2021 | ||
| G.O.A.T Brand Labs is a specialized investment firm with a special focus on the fashion and retail industry. | $483.6K / Series A / Jul 25, 2021 | ||
| Oneindia is an online portal that provides up-to-date news, features, analysis, politics, business, sports, and world news. It delivers classifieds in seven different languages, including Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, and Malayalam. | $3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 18, 2016 |
Co-Investors
About Dailyhunt
DailyHunt develops a mobile application software that gives updates on trending topics. It offers online news, books, and magazines. DailyHunt serves customers in India. Virendra Gupta founded it in 2007, with its headquarters in Bangalore in India.
Dailyhunt Contacts
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Chandu Sohoni
Co-Founder
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Umang Bedi
Co Founder
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Virendra Gupta
Chief Executive Officer
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What does Virendra Gupta invest in?
Virendra Gupta invests primarily in News, Retail and Textiles startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Virendra Gupta invest in?
Virendra Gupta typically joins rounds of $575k–$1.3M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Virendra Gupta's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Virendra Gupta took part in.
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When did Virendra Gupta last invest?
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