Krishna Gupta
Founder of REMUS Capital
Greater Boston
Overview
Work Experience
Founder & CEO
2008 - Current
Remus leads Pre-Seed <> Series A rounds in Vertical AI companies, with a focus on Voice and Visual AI. We love working with maniacal rebels and have a concentrated investment approach with a focus on Building, not Betting. I founded the firm out of an MIT dorm more than a decade ago in the Great Recession. We are in the trenches with you and have brought countless million-dollar customers to our companies. https://remuscap.com/team-member/krishna-k-gupta/
REMUS is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in companies enabling digital transformation.
Co-founder, Chairman, & ex-CEO
2017
Presto is the largest American drive-thru Voice AI provider for the restaurant industry, cutting labor costs and generating revenue for its customers. Presto is expanding nationwide with several chains as the only provider combining a decade of restaurant industry experience with an LLM-native Vertical AI application that magically choreographs the dance between humans and AI. Drive-thru Voice AI is one of the most immediately scalable applications of Vertical Voice AI. While I was CEO of the predecessor company listed on the Nasdaq, the stock 4Xed in price and 10Xed in volume, with Presto becoming part of the Russell 2000 index and featured on Bloomberg TV, CNBC, the WSJ, and several other media outlets.
Series A lead investor
2015
We led the Seed and Series A out of YC; the company has grown to become one of the largest construction equipment rental companies in the US thanks to its technology platform and execution abilities.
EquipmentShare provides solutions to construction companies and equipment rental businesses through the use of technology.
Raised $3,541,500,000.00 from BDT & MSD Partners, Colibri Equity Management, Sound Ventures, Anchor Capital GP, RedBird Capital Partners, BDT & MSD Partners and Tru Arrow Partners.
Chairman
2016
Leader in Vertical AI/analytics + embedded finance for agriculture, spun out from Stanford
Ceres AI is a data analytics platform designed for agriculture, assisting growers, lenders, and insurers in minimizing farming risks.
Raised $83,836,385.00 from REMUS Capital.
Chairman
2018
Vyome is acting on a clear opportunity to leverage world-class Indian talent + cost arbitrage to tackle large US commercial opportunities in biotech and other related research-driven areas, at a time when US-India relations are on the rise. Its initial assets are targeting unmet immuno-inflammation diseases.
Board Member
2016
Leader in weight loss technology, spun out from Harvard (NYSE: $ALUR).
Allurion Technologies develops a medical device for weight loss that can be delivered and removed without surgery or endoscopy.
Raised $218,362,985.00 from RTW Investments.
Co-Founder & Board Member
2013
Leader in AI for Organizational Health, spun out of MIT
Modern people analytics solutions with real business results.
Raised $5,000,000.00 from Safar Partners.
Board Member
2015
Leader in equipment sharing for hospitals
Board Member
2018 - 2024
Leader in compression of genomic data, spun out of Cambridge. Acquired by Storj.
Board Member
2015 - 2023
Leader in voice AI for Fortune 500 call center applications, spun out from MIT. Acquired by Verint (Nasdaq: VRNT).
Cogito enhances the emotional intelligence of phone professionals by applying behavioral science through artificial intelligence.
Raised $155,722,375.00 from Telcom Ventures, Lions Capital, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Safar Partners and Schechter Private Capital.