# Anup Gupta
Anup Gupta is an India-based venture capital investor who has been a Partner at [Nexus Venture Partners](https://www.edgepedia.org/nexus-venture-partners) since January 2010, announced at appointment as a Managing Director, and is known for early-stage investments in financial services, consumer, and enterprise technology companies including [Turtlemint](https://www.edgepedia.org/turtlemint), India Shelter, and PaySense.[1](https://nexusvp.com/team/anup-gupta/) • [2](https://www.afaqs.com/company-briefs/45389_anup-gupta-ex-coo-wns-joins-nexus-venture-partners-as-managing-director) • [3](https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptaanup) He should not be confused with same-name executives in technology and finance; the investor described here is consistently identified by his Nexus affiliation, which Bloomberg Markets independently corroborates.[4](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/15081512)
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Firm and role | Nexus Venture Partners, Partner (team page); announced as Managing Director on his 2010 appointment; Mumbai-based[1](https://nexusvp.com/team/anup-gupta/) • [2](https://www.afaqs.com/company-briefs/45389_anup-gupta-ex-coo-wns-joins-nexus-venture-partners-as-managing-director) |
| Tenure at Nexus | January 2010 to present[3](https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptaanup) |
| Prior roles | Group COO, WNS (NYSE: WNS), 2002–2010; Principal, eVentures India; management consultant, Booz & Company[1](https://nexusvp.com/team/anup-gupta/) • [2](https://www.afaqs.com/company-briefs/45389_anup-gupta-ex-coo-wns-joins-nexus-venture-partners-as-managing-director) |
| Education | B.Tech, IIT Kharagpur; MBA, IIM Calcutta; his firm biography states he graduated at the top of his class at both[1](https://nexusvp.com/team/anup-gupta/) |
| Notable exits | India Shelter IPO (Dec 2023); Unicommerce IPO (2024); PaySense (acquired by PayU); Netmagic (acquired by NTT Com); WhiteHat Jr (acquired); TalentSprint (acquired by NSE's Academy); Turtlemint IPO (his own post congratulates the company)[1](https://nexusvp.com/team/anup-gupta/) • [3](https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptaanup) |
| Sectors | Financial services, consumer, enterprise technology; portfolio tag also covers construction-tech (Infra.Market)[1](https://nexusvp.com/team/anup-gupta/) • [5](https://nexusvp.com/portfolio_tag/anup-gupta/) |
## Career and education
Gupta began his career as a management consultant at Booz & Company from 1996 to 2000, according to his own profile.[3](https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptaanup) His Nexus biography also records that he was with eVentures India, described by the firm as a pioneer of venture capital in India; a 2010 press release specifies that he was a Principal there, developing services and consumer start-ups alongside Sandeep Singhal, who went on to co-found Nexus.[1](https://nexusvp.com/team/anup-gupta/) • [2](https://www.afaqs.com/company-briefs/45389_anup-gupta-ex-coo-wns-joins-nexus-venture-partners-as-managing-director)
**Operating career at WNS.** From January 2002 to January 2010 he was Group Chief Operating Officer at WNS (Holdings) Limited, a business process management company.[3](https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptaanup) His Nexus team page states that he was responsible for a global business of more than 21,000 employees during an eight-year tenure in which WNS listed on the NYSE.[1](https://nexusvp.com/team/anup-gupta/) The 2010 appointment announcement, written at the time of his departure, put the operation at over 20,000 employees across 7 countries and revenue of more than $300 million.[2](https://www.afaqs.com/company-briefs/45389_anup-gupta-ex-coo-wns-joins-nexus-venture-partners-as-managing-director) The two descriptions of headcount differ slightly; both come from credible sources and the exact figure at a given date is not settled here.
He studied engineering at [IIT Kharagpur](https://www.edgepedia.org/iit-kharagpur) (B.Tech) and business at IIM Calcutta (MBA), and his firm biography states he graduated at the top of his class at both institutions.[1](https://nexusvp.com/team/anup-gupta/)
Nexus announced his appointment in 2010, when he was 38, as a Managing Director based in the Mumbai office, selecting new investments, working with portfolio companies, and leading Nexus activities in business and consumer services. Nexus co-founder [Naren Gupta](https://www.edgepedia.org/naren-gupta) publicly welcomed him, citing his combination of start-up investing and public-company scaling experience.[2](https://www.afaqs.com/company-briefs/45389_anup-gupta-ex-coo-wns-joins-nexus-venture-partners-as-managing-director) His own profile records the Nexus role as running from January 2010 to the present.[3](https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptaanup)
## Notable investments and exits
His Nexus portfolio spans three areas his firm biography groups as financial services, consumer, and enterprise technology.[1](https://nexusvp.com/team/anup-gupta/)
**Financial services.** He was a founding investor at Turtlemint, an insurance distribution platform, and at Kiwi, which offers credit on UPI, in January 2023.[1](https://nexusvp.com/team/anup-gupta/) • [3](https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptaanup) His profile says he partnered with India Shelter, a mortgage lender serving middle India, from very early stage in January 2012, when its loan book (assets under management) was about Rs. 250 million (Rs. 25 crore), focused on low-ticket housing loans in Tier II and III cities; the company went public in December 2023.[1](https://nexusvp.com/team/anup-gupta/) • [3](https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptaanup) PaySense, a digital consumer credit company he backed from January 2015, was acquired by PayU.[1](https://nexusvp.com/team/anup-gupta/)
**Consumer and services.** His firm page names WhiteHat Jr (acquired), TalentSprint (acquired by NSE's Academy), Urbanic (exited), Onsurity and MoveInSync, and his profile adds Jify (2022–2024, acquired).[1](https://nexusvp.com/team/anup-gupta/) • [3](https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptaanup) Nexus's portfolio tag page for him also includes Infra.Market, a platform that aggregates construction materials to offer pricing economies of scale to individual customers and projects.[5](https://nexusvp.com/portfolio_tag/anup-gupta/)
**Enterprise technology and earlier career links.** Netmagic was acquired by NTT Com and Unicommerce was acquired, per his firm page, which also notes his connection to [MakeMyTrip](https://www.edgepedia.org/makemytrip) (Nasdaq: MMYT); his profile lists a MakeMyTrip role from January 2000 to January 2005, before WNS.[1](https://nexusvp.com/team/anup-gupta/) • [3](https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptaanup) Unicommerce subsequently completed an IPO in 2024, according to his profile.[3](https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptaanup) No source in the public record reviewed here gives the round sizes or check sizes of these investments.
## Recent developments
Several exits and new positions fall in the most recent period. India Shelter listed in December 2023, and Unicommerce in 2024.[1](https://nexusvp.com/team/anup-gupta/) • [3](https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptaanup) His founding-investor roles at Uniqus, a global consulting platform in accounting and reporting, ESG and tech, and at Kiwi both date to January 2023, and he lists a further founding-investor role at Cognida.ai from January 2025.[1](https://nexusvp.com/team/anup-gupta/) • [3](https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptaanup) A LinkedIn post by him congratulates Turtlemint on their IPO, dated late 2025/2026 in the retrieved snapshot.[3](https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptaanup) His profile shows continuous Nexus tenure into 2026, with no record of a departure or a change in firm.[3](https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptaanup)
## References
1. [Anup Gupta – Nexus Venture Partners](https://nexusvp.com/team/anup-gupta/)
2. [Anup Gupta ex-COO WNS, joins Nexus Venture Partners as managing director – afaqs!](https://www.afaqs.com/company-briefs/45389_anup-gupta-ex-coo-wns-joins-nexus-venture-partners-as-managing-director)
3. [Anup Gupta – LinkedIn profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptaanup)
4. [Anup Gupta, Nexus Venture Partners: Profile and Biography – Bloomberg Markets](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/15081512)
5. [Anup Gupta – Nexus Venture Partners portfolio tag](https://nexusvp.com/portfolio_tag/anup-gupta/)
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