Investing Profile

Mark Cupta

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Managing Director at Prelude Ventures

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Current Investing Position

Prelude Ventures Managing Director

Investment Range

$100K - $5.0M

Sweet Spot

$1.5M

Investments On Record

Mark Cupta is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Mark Cupta's Investments On Record (13)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Copper	Series AAug 2025$28M	$210M
Co-investors: Shernaz Daver (Khosla Ventures), Satya Patel (Homebrew), April Underwood (Adverb Ventures), Zach Coelius (Coelius Capital), Promod Haque (Norwest Venture Partners), Kevin Ding (DHVC (Digital Horizon Capital)), Oliver Richards (MMC Ventures), Mikhail Lobanov (Target Global), Remus Brett (LocalGlobe), Josh Bell (Dawn Capital), Brad Jones (Colle Capital), Tom Cole (CSC Venture Capital), Andy Rankin, Don Hutchison, Anthony Soohoo, Vishal Makhijani, Marc McCabe, Anshu Sharma
Xcimer Energy	Series AJun 2024$100M	$100M
Meati	Series CMay 2024$100M	$180M
Co-investors: Joshua Posamentier (Congruent Ventures), David Barber (Astanor Ventures), Lucas Mann (Acre Venture Partners), Adrian Chan (The March Group), Jonathan Neman, Derek Jeter
Windfall Bio	Series AApr 2024$28M	$37M
Co-investors: Duncan Turner (SOSV), Arvind Gupta (Mayfield), Carmichael Roberts (Breakthrough Energy Ventures), Nick Ellis (Amazon Climate Pledge Fund)
Thea Energy	Series AFeb 2024$20M	$20M
Co-investors: Laura Rippy (Alumni Ventures ), Wolfgang Seibold (Hitachi Ventures)
Quaise	Series ADec 2023$21M Series AJun 2022$12M Series AFeb 2022$40M	$79M
Co-investors: Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures), Ann DeWitt (The Engine), David Hendrickson (Helium-3 Ventures), John Dauer (Helium-3 Ventures), Rayyan Islam (8090 Industries), Arunas Chesonis (Safar Partners)
Boston Metal	Series CSep 2023$120M Series BJan 2021$50M Series AJan 2019$20M	$360M
Co-investors: Carmichael Roberts (Breakthrough Energy Ventures), Katie Rae (The Engine), Bennett Cohen (Piva Capital), Brandon Middaugh (Microsoft), Jim Sledzik (Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures)
Citrine Informatics	Series CNov 2022$16M	$24M
Co-investors: Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures)