# Ro Gupta

> Ro Gupta is the New York-based CEO and Managing Director of Woven Capital, Toyota’s growth-stage venture arm. He co-founded and led spatial AI company CARMERA, acquired by Woven Planet in 2021, and subsequently held engineering, strategy and partnership roles at Woven by Toyota. Earlier, he worked at Disqus and Disney. His career connects data products, autonomous-driving maps and investment in mobility, AI, automation and climate technology.

- **Role:** CEO & Managing Director at Woven Capital
- **Organizations:** Woven Capital, Woven by Toyota, CARMERA, Disqus, Disney
- **From:** Kolkata, India
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and Operations Research, Princeton University, MBA, Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
- **Known for:** Co-founded CARMERA and led the company through its acquisition by Woven Planet in 2021., Led a company whose camera-based mapping collaboration with TRI-AD demonstrated 40-centimeter relative accuracy for key navigation features in 2020., CARMERA received Frost & Sullivan’s 2020 North American Mapping Company of the Year award.

## Career timeline

- **2000** — Graduated from Princeton University; his first job was in management consulting.
- **Before 2009** — Held technology business development roles at Disney and strategic advisory roles for companies and NGOs.
- **2009-2015** — Worked at Disqus, including as Vice President of Business Development and on data products.
- **2015** — Co-founded CARMERA with Justin Day and led it as CEO.
- **2017** — CARMERA emerged publicly with $6.4 million in funding announced.
- **2019** — CARMERA and Toyota’s TRI-AD announced a camera-based HD mapping proof of concept in Tokyo.
- **2020** — TRI-AD reported that its camera-based collaboration with CARMERA achieved relative accuracy of 40 centimeters for key navigation features.
- **2021-07** — Woven Planet announced its acquisition of CARMERA; Gupta’s official biography dates his Toyota entry to July.
- **2021-08** — Woven Planet announced the completed acquisition of CARMERA.
- **2021-2025** — Held mapping/Geo engineering leadership, corporate business strategy and partnership roles at Woven by Toyota; also supported Woven Capital as Entrepreneur in Residence.
- **2025-12** — Woven Capital announced his appointment as Managing Director on December 22.
- **2026** — Official biography identifies him as CEO and Managing Director of Woven Capital.

## Achievements

- Co-founded CARMERA and led the company through its acquisition by Woven Planet in 2021.
- Led a company whose camera-based mapping collaboration with TRI-AD demonstrated 40-centimeter relative accuracy for key navigation features in 2020.
- CARMERA received Frost & Sullivan’s 2020 North American Mapping Company of the Year award.
- Worked on data products and growth at Disqus, whose discussion network reached billions of users.
- Selected to lead Woven Capital during deployment of its $800 million Fund II.

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — Appointed Managing Director of Woven Capital, succeeding George Kellerman.
- **2026-03** — Announced Michiko Kato as Woven Capital’s first Chief Investment Officer and Mia Panzer as its first Chief Operating Officer.
- **2026-04** — Discussed Toyota’s venture investment strategy with Peter High on Technoventure.
- **2026-05** — Appeared on EUVC to discuss corporate venture, AI, robotics and Toyota’s long-term strategy.
- **2026-08** — Woven Capital announced participation in Muon Space’s $250 million Series C; Gupta subsequently described connections between founder Jonny Dyer’s work and CARMERA.
- **2026-09** — Woven Capital shared his Build with Japan interview with Rie Yano on Toyota, automation and physical AI.

## Links

- Website: https://woven.vc/team/ro-gupta/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptaro
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/ro_gupta

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Last updated: 2026-10-08