Arjun Gupta

Founder, General Partner - Telesoft Partners

Arjun Gupta is the founder of TeleSoft Partners, a special situations venture capital firm focused on high-tech and energy value chain companies. He has over 20 years of experience working with technology companies in venture capital, consulting and design engineering roles. At TeleSoft, Arjun manages capital commitments of $625+ million and has established Corporate Partnerships with Alltel, Bechtel, Deutsche Telekom, Nexant, Salesforce.com, and Symphony. In 2001, Arjun also started a foundation to support community projects in education, medical research and the arts. The foundation has helped provide partial funding for about 90 projects to date. He is a member of the Stanford Business School Management Board, trustee of The Aspen Institute, Trustee of the Rocky Mountain Institute, member of theYoung President’s Organization (YPO) Colorado Chapter Board, and trustee of the Africa Leadership Initiative East Africa Foundation. Over the past sixteen years, Arjun has overseen investing in and helping build ~61 private companies, resulting in ~33 mergers & acquisitions and IPOs to date with a combined current market equity valuation or cash equivalent of ~$16 billion (post bubble). Based on the private equity IRR data (disclosed by CalPers, CalSTRS, University of California, University of Michigan, UTIMCO and Washington State) on ~600 private equity funds from 1981-2002, the track record of TeleSoft and its principals has consistently been in the top 10% of the industry. Arjun was ranked by Forbes Magazine in the Top-100 technology venture investors on the 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Midas Lists. Arjun serves on the boards of Calient Networks, LogLogic, Nexant and Validity Sensors. He also served on the board of Omnipoint as a private company through its IPO, until its acquisition by VoiceStream for $4+ billion in 1998. Subsequently, VoiceStream was acquired by Deutsche Telekom for $50+ billion to form T-Mobile USA. Earlier in his career, Arjun was a Strategy Consultant for high-tech clients with McKinsey, where he led top management projects for Apple, AT&T, AMD, Siemens/ROLM and Vodafone. Prior to business school, he was an operating systems Software Engineer with Tektronix. Arjun received his MBA from Stanford University, a MS and BS in Computer Science, Phi Beta Kappa, from WSU, and a BA (honors) in Economics from St. Stephen's College. He is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute.

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Penny Pritzker	John McCain, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, North Carolina Democratic Party - Federal, Indiana Democratic Congressional Victory Committee, Pennsylvania Democratic Party, Tom Campbell, Michigan Democratic State Central Commitee, Georgia Federal Elections Committee, Missouri Democratic State Committee, Alaska Democratic Party, Committee for Change, Michael Bennet, Ro Khanna
Paul Egerman	Bruce Braley, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, North Carolina Democratic Party - Federal, Forward Together PAC, Indiana Democratic Congressional Victory Committee, Pennsylvania Democratic Party, Michigan Democratic State Central Commitee, Georgia Federal Elections Committee, Missouri Democratic State Committee, Alaska Democratic Party, Democratic Party of New Mexico, Michael Bennet, Ro Khanna
Mark Gallogly	John McCain, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, North Carolina Democratic Party - Federal, Forward Together PAC, Indiana Democratic Congressional Victory Committee, Pennsylvania Democratic Party, Michigan Democratic State Central Commitee, Georgia Federal Elections Committee, Missouri Democratic State Committee, Alaska Democratic Party, Michael Bennet, Ro Khanna
Richard Vague	Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, North Carolina Democratic Party - Federal, New Democrat Network, Indiana Democratic Congressional Victory Committee, Pennsylvania Democratic Party, Michigan Democratic State Central Commitee, Georgia Federal Elections Committee, Missouri Democratic State Committee, Alaska Democratic Party, Unite Our States, Committee for Change, Democratic Party of New Mexico, Michael Bennet
Eric Schmidt	Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, North Carolina Democratic Party - Federal, Indiana Democratic Congressional Victory Committee, Pennsylvania Democratic Party, Tom Campbell, North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party, Michigan Democratic State Central Commitee, Georgia Federal Elections Committee, Missouri Democratic State Committee, Alaska Democratic Party, Democratic Party of New Mexico, Michael Bennet, Ro Khanna
David L desJardins	Bruce Braley, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, North Carolina Democratic Party - Federal, Indiana Democratic Congressional Victory Committee, Pennsylvania Democratic Party, Michigan Democratic State Central Commitee, Georgia Federal Elections Committee, Missouri Democratic State Committee, Alaska Democratic Party, Democratic Party of New Mexico, Michael Bennet, Ro Khanna
Haim Saban	John McCain, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, North Carolina Democratic Party - Federal, Indiana Democratic Congressional Victory Committee, Pennsylvania Democratic Party, Michigan Democratic State Central Commitee, Georgia Federal Elections Committee, Missouri Democratic State Committee, Alaska Democratic Party, Democratic Party of New Mexico, Michael Bennet
Adrienne Arsht	Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, North Carolina Democratic Party - Federal, Indiana Democratic Congressional Victory Committee, Pennsylvania Democratic Party, North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party, Michigan Democratic State Central Commitee, Georgia Federal Elections Committee, Missouri Democratic State Committee, Alaska Democratic Party, Committee for Change, Democratic Party of New Mexico, Michael Bennet
Richard Riordan	John McCain, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, North Carolina Democratic Party - Federal, Indiana Democratic Congressional Victory Committee, Pennsylvania Democratic Party, Tom Campbell, Michigan Democratic State Central Commitee, Georgia Federal Elections Committee, Missouri Democratic State Committee, Alaska Democratic Party, Committee for Change, Democratic Party of New Mexico
Joseph H Reich	John McCain, Barack Obama, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, North Carolina Democratic Party - Federal, Indiana Democratic Congressional Victory Committee, Pennsylvania Democratic Party, North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party, Michigan Democratic State Central Commitee, Georgia Federal Elections Committee, Missouri Democratic State Committee, Alaska Democratic Party, Committee for Change, Democratic Party of New Mexico, Michael Bennet
Abigail Disney	Bruce Braley, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, North Carolina Democratic Party - Federal, Indiana Democratic Congressional Victory Committee, Pennsylvania Democratic Party, Michigan Democratic State Central Commitee, Georgia Federal Elections Committee, Missouri Democratic State Committee, Alaska Democratic Party, Democratic Party of New Mexico, Michael Bennet, Ro Khanna
Tom Steyer	Bruce Braley, John McCain, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, North Carolina Democratic Party - Federal, Indiana Democratic Congressional Victory Committee, Pennsylvania Democratic Party, Michigan Democratic State Central Commitee, Georgia Federal Elections Committee, Missouri Democratic State Committee, Alaska Democratic Party, Democratic Party of New Mexico, Jared Huffman
Jeffrey R Gural	Bruce Braley, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, North Carolina Democratic Party - Federal, Indiana Democratic Congressional Victory Committee, Pennsylvania Democratic Party, Michigan Democratic State Central Commitee, Georgia Federal Elections Committee, Missouri Democratic State Committee, Alaska Democratic Party, Democratic Party of New Mexico, Michael Bennet, Ro Khanna
Aileen Kennedy Roberts	John McCain, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, North Carolina Democratic Party - Federal, Indiana Democratic Congressional Victory Committee, Pennsylvania Democratic Party, Michigan Democratic State Central Commitee, Georgia Federal Elections Committee, Missouri Democratic State Committee, Alaska Democratic Party, Democratic Party of New Mexico, Michael Bennet
David L Cohen	John McCain, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, North Carolina Democratic Party - Federal, Forward Together PAC, Indiana Democratic Congressional Victory Committee, Pennsylvania Democratic Party, Michigan Democratic State Central Commitee, Georgia Federal Elections Committee, Missouri Democratic State Committee, Alaska Democratic Party, Democratic Party of New Mexico, Michael Bennet
Constance H Williams	Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, North Carolina Democratic Party - Federal, Forward Together PAC, Indiana Democratic Congressional Victory Committee, Pennsylvania Democratic Party, Michigan Democratic State Central Commitee, Georgia Federal Elections Committee, Missouri Democratic State Committee, Alaska Democratic Party, Unite Our States, Committee for Change, Democratic Party of New Mexico
Andrew Tobias	Bruce Braley, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, North Carolina Democratic Party - Federal, Indiana Democratic Congressional Victory Committee, Pennsylvania Democratic Party, Michigan Democratic State Central Commitee, Georgia Federal Elections Committee, Missouri Democratic State Committee, Alaska Democratic Party, Committee for Change, Democratic Party of New Mexico, Michael Bennet
Cheryl Saban	John McCain, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, North Carolina Democratic Party - Federal, Indiana Democratic Congressional Victory Committee, Pennsylvania Democratic Party, Michigan Democratic State Central Commitee, Georgia Federal Elections Committee, Missouri Democratic State Committee, Alaska Democratic Party, Democratic Party of New Mexico, Michael Bennet
Larry Rockefeller	John McCain, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, North Carolina Democratic Party - Federal, Indiana Democratic Congressional Victory Committee, Pennsylvania Democratic Party, Michigan Democratic State Central Commitee, Georgia Federal Elections Committee, Missouri Democratic State Committee, Alaska Democratic Party, Committee for Change, Democratic Party of New Mexico, Michael Bennet
Stuart A Miller	John McCain, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, North Carolina Democratic Party - Federal, Indiana Democratic Congressional Victory Committee, Pennsylvania Democratic Party, North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party, Michigan Democratic State Central Commitee, Georgia Federal Elections Committee, Missouri Democratic State Committee, Alaska Democratic Party, Committee for Change, Democratic Party of New Mexico

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Arjun Gupta

Founder, General Partner - Telesoft Partners

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