
Dr. Ashish Gupta
CEO & Co-Founder
Helion Venture Partners
Based out of the US, Ashish is a renowned serial entrepreneur, angel investor and VC, having co-founded Helion Ventures in 2005. A well-known figure in the Indian startup ecosystem and in Silicon Valley, Ashish’s first entrepreneurial venture — Junglee, was acquired by Amazon in 1998. He went ahead to found Tavant Technologies in 2000. Ashish has been an early investor in startups that went on to have very successful exits, such as Flipkart and MuSigma. Ashish is the co-founder of Helion Venture Partners and serves on several boards including Ezetap, Pubmatic, Simplilearn, SMSGupshup, and Naukri. Some of his past investments include Qwikcilver (acquired by Pinelabs), Daksh (acquired by IBM), MakeMyTrip, Upwork, Perfios, and Redbus.