Karn Dasgupta

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Karn Dasgupta is a Principal at WestCap, a $2bn+ growth equity firm where he leads European investment coverage from London. WestCap's recent investments include the firm's $150M Series D into language-learning marketplace Preply, where Dasgupta co-authored the deal thesis.

He joined WestCap in early 2022, initially as a Senior Associate, and was promoted to Vice President and then Principal as the London office grew. Before WestCap, he spent two years as an Associate at Providence Equity Partners conducting due diligence across the TMT sector and supporting portfolio company management on M&A and operational initiatives, and three years at Lazard as an investment banking analyst.

Dasgupta read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Oxford and holds a Level 4 Investment Management certification from CFA UK. He writes and speaks publicly on European founders scaling into the United States, where WestCap's Strategic Operators Group and CōLab creative studio support portfolio expansion.