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

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Mark Cupta's Investments On Record (13)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Thea Energy	Series BMay 2026$100M Series AFeb 2024$20M	$120M
Co-investors: Laura Rippy (Alumni Ventures ), Wolfgang Seibold (AGIC Capital), Viktor Shpakovsky (Beyond Earth Ventures), Gaetano Crupi (Prime Movers Lab)
Rumin8	Series UnknownMar 2026$3M SeedJul 2022$5M	$20M
Co-investors: Carmichael Roberts (Breakthrough Energy Ventures)
Copper	Series AAug 2025$28M	$220M
Co-investors: Shernaz Daver (Khosla Ventures), Kevin Ding (Polychain Capital), April Underwood (Obvious Ventures), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Daniel Curran (FundersClub), Benjamin Savage (Clocktower Technology Ventures), Sara Thomas Deshpande (Maven Ventures), Peter Bordes (Trajectory Ventures), Oliver Richards (MMC Ventures), Mikhail Lobanov (Target Global), Remus Brett (Latitude), Josh Bell (Dawn Capital), Promod Haque (Norwest Venture Partners), Vishal Makhijani (you.com), Brad Jones (Colle Capital), Tom Cole (CSC Venture Capital), Andy Rankin (Exit13 Ventures), Anthony Soohoo (AI Fund), Zach Coelius (Coelius Capital), Marc McCabe, Anshu Sharma, Don Hutchison
Xcimer Energy	Series AJun 2024$100M	$100M
Meati	Series CMay 2024$100M	$180M
Co-investors: Joshua Posamentier (Congruent Ventures), Derek Jeter (Unknown Investment Firm), Lucas Mann (Acre Venture Partners), David Barber (Astanor Ventures), Adrian Chan (The March Group), Jonathan Neman
Windfall Bio	Series AApr 2024$28M	$37M
Co-investors: Carmichael Roberts (Breakthrough Energy Ventures), Duncan Turner (SOSV), Arvind Gupta (Mayfield Fund), Nick Ellis (Amazon Climate Pledge Fund)
Quaise Energy	Series ADec 2023$21M Series AJun 2022$12M Series AFeb 2022$40M	$79M
Co-investors: Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures), Ann DeWitt (The Engine), Arunas Chesonis (Safar Partners), John Dauer (Helium-3 Ventures), David Hendrickson (Helium-3 Ventures), Rayyan Islam (8090 Industries)
Boston Metal	Series CSep 2023$120M Series BJan 2021$50M Series AJan 2019$20M	$360M
Co-investors: Carmichael Roberts (Breakthrough Energy Ventures), Shayle Kann (Energy Impact Partners), Katie Rae (The Engine), Jim Sledzik (EV Private Equity), Brandon Middaugh (Fenice Energy), Bennett Cohen (Piva Capital)