Krishna K. Gupta

Krishna founded Romulus Capital while a hungry, entrepreneurial undergrad at MIT – first in a dorm room, then from a basement – in 2008 when the world was in recession. Almost a decade later, the original values that sparked the genesis of Romulus remain present in the firm’s DNA: Krishna and the team focus on building, not betting on, technology-enabled businesses that have the capability to transform entire industries.

Krishna has always been inspired by the idea of “building to last.” Over the years, Krishna has led Romulus to be the first institutional partner of a diverse set of early-stage companies. He works closely with these companies to help them build powerful foundations, much as he has done at Romulus. He particularly enjoys partnering with companies (mostly B2B) that have innovative technology or science at the core of their value propositions. He sits on the boards of Aila Technologies, Allurion Technologies, Ceres Imaging, Cogito, Cohealo, Humanyze, PetaGene, Placester, Presto, Vyome Biosciences, and ZeroCater, has additionally led investments into ClassPass, Ginger.io, Ambit.ai, Akamara Therapeutics, and has been an Advisor to ClearMotion. He has helped 5 of these companies grow from $0M to over $15M in annual revenue.

Prior to Romulus, Krishna spent time at McKinsey & Company and JPMorgan, where he helped several Fortune 100 clients on billion-dollar deals in technology, media, and telecom. He has a broad set of intellectual interests – he has conducted physical chemistry research at the University of Chicago and the Weizmann Institute in Israel, produced a film on English ancient history used at Cambridge and Oxford, adventured in conflict zones in India, and competed as a finalist at the USA Mathematics Olympiad. He’s a keen sports fan (American football, basketball, tennis, and cricket), is a student of political and military history, and finds the arts a great way to relax and discover.

Krishna received SB degrees in Materials Science and Engineering and Management Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a graduate of Phillips Academy Andover.