Mark Cupta

Background

Mark Cupta is a Managing Director at Prelude Ventures who joined in 2013, bringing a background in advanced materials from Celanese, Terawatt Ventures, and Chevron Technology Ventures' solar team. He also worked at sustainable chemistry startup Novomer. Cupta has authored patents and publications in microelectronics, engineered polymers, cements, and pharmaceutical delivery systems. He holds a BS and MS in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Georgia Tech and an MBA from Stanford.

Investment Focus

Notable Investments

Boston Metal

Molten oxide electrolysis for green steel

Pivot Bio

Microbial nitrogen for agriculture

Atom Computing

Quantum computing with nuclear spin qubits