Partner at Wellington Partners · Joined 2018
View Live Interactive Profile →Dr. Varun Gupta is a Partner at Wellington Partners, listed by the firm as Principal and Partner. He holds a PhD in neuroscience awarded summa cum laude from the Freie Universität Berlin, an MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona and an MSc in medical biotechnology from the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, India. He published research in Nature Neuroscience, PLOS Biology and Autophagy and held Indian Council for Medical Research and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research fellowships. Before Wellington he interned at Ysios Capital in Barcelona, where he was involved in investment processes including Galecto Biotech, and supported the investment team at Forbion in the Netherlands. He joined Wellington Partners in 2018 and was promoted to Partner in 2023; his investments include STipe, MinervaX, Confo, ImCheck, iOmx, Quanta and TRiCares. He also mentors early scientific projects through SPARK-BIH Berlin and EIT Health Wild Card.