Manik Gupta

Manik Gupta is the Managing Partner of Antler Southeast Asia, based in Singapore. In this role, he leads early-stage venture capital investments and recently closed a $100 million regional fund in 2025 to back pre-seed and seed-stage technology startups. Before joining Antler, he served as the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ZestMoney, a financial technology lending platform that raised over $130 million and acquired more than 10 million users between 2019 and 2023. His earlier career includes product management at Rocket Internet, and he holds a Master of Business Administration from the Indian School of Business alongside a computer engineering degree from Nanyang Technological University. As an operator-turned-investor with a personal angel portfolio of over 20 companies, Gupta currently focuses on funding emerging technologies within the artificial intelligence, software, and climate technology sectors.