Anup Gupta To Exit Nexus Venture Partners After 16 Years

Anup Gupta is stepping down from his role as a partner at venture capital (VC) firm Nexus Venture Partners after a 16 year-long stint. 

In a post on LinkedIn, Gupta said that his tenure at the VC firm will come to an end in June 2027. 

“I am delighted to be passing on the baton in Team Nexus, will be stepping down in June’27. I have been fortunate to contribute to the Indian start-up eco-system right from its early days both as an operator and investor advisor-partner, and excited about new horizons,” said Gupta.

The social media post did not elaborate on what he plans to do after exiting Nexus Venture Partners.

An alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and IIM Calcutta, Gupta previously served at companies like Booz & Co and WNS. He joined Nexus Venture Partners in 2010 and led the VC firm’s investments in startups like Turtlemint, Uniqus, Kiwi, PaySense, among many others.

Founded in 2006 by Naren Gupta, Sandeep Singhal and Suvir Sujan, Nexus Venture Partners primarily invests in early-stage startups. It currently manages $3.2 Bn in assets across eight funds, with its investor base comprising global pension funds, family offices and endowments.

The VC firm last closed its eighth fund at $700 Mn in December 2025. Its portfolio comprises listed logistics major Delhivery, IPO-bound Infra.Market, quick commerce startup Zepto, ride-hailing firm Rapido and SaaS unicorn Postman, among others. 

Overall, it has exited 30 startups, including the likes of Delhivery, Eternal, MapmyIndia, Unicommerce, PaySense and SEDEMAC.

It is pertinent to note that this is the second exit of a partner at Nexus VP this year. Previously, SuprDaily cofounder Puneet Kumar exited Nexus as partner in January 2026 to build his own startup. 

The departure comes amid a broader top-level churn in the Indian VC ecosystem. Earlier this month, Fireside Ventures’ cofounder and partner Vinay Singh left the VC firm. Right after, Prayag Mohanty, principal at Fireside Ventures, also quit the firm.

In August, Inc42 reported that Peak XV Partners’ vice president Kriti Gupta was leaving the VC firm after five years. Earlier this year, Ashish Agrawal, Ishaan Mittal and Tejeshwi Sharma also quit Peak XV to float their new VC firm, Mettle Capital.

Another former Peak XV Partners MDs Shailesh Lakhani and Harshjit Sethi also quit the VC firm to float Ambition Capital, and are looking to raise $250 Mn for the maiden fund. 

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