Soma Somasegar

Soma Somasegar

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Managing Director

Bio

Soma Somasegar is a Board of Directors at Fauna. He joined Madrona in November 2015 and is a Managing Director at Madrona. Prior to Madrona, Soma had a successful twenty-seven-year career at Microsoft Corporation including being the Senior Vice President of the Developer Division. Soma has long been an angel investor with investments across a wide range of technology areas both in the U.S. and internationally. At Madrona, he is focusing on Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Applications, developer-centric next-generation cloud platforms and tools, and the emergence of new technologies such as VR/AR. He has authored several pieces outlining Madrona’s thinking about how these technologies will evolve.

Under Soma’s leadership, the Microsoft Developer Division, which supports over six million .NET developers worldwide, expanded its mission to deliver developer tools and services for mobile development and cloud development across a variety of platforms and programming technologies through the Visual Studio and .NET family of products.

Additionally, Soma was also the executive sponsor for global development at Microsoft and oversaw Microsoft’s Global Development Centers in China, India, and Israel.

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States, North America

Social

Primary Organization

Madrona

Madrona

Founded

1995

Investment

514

Lead investment

190

Exits

103

Employees

51-100

Industry

Venture Capital, Finance, Angel Investment, Service Industry, Cloud Data Services

Jobs history

6

Bobsled, Inc.

Board Member

Invalid date - Current

RelationalAI

Board Member

Invalid date - Current

TwinStrand Biosciences

Board Member

2021 - Current

Fauna

Board of Director

Invalid date - Current

Voodle

Director

2020 - Current

Go1

Board Of Directors

2020 - Current

Board and Advisor Roles

0

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Profile Resume

Soma Somasegar is the Managing Director at Madrona, based in United States, North America. With a background in Venture Capital, Soma Somasegar has a rich history of leadership and innovation. Soma Somasegar studied MS Computer Engineering @ Louisiana State University. Explore their detailed professional journey, key connections, and contributions to the industry on our platform.

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Investment portfolio

Soma Somasegar has made 6 investments. Their Latest investment was Seed Round - American Cricket Enterprises on Dec 23, 2020

Number of investment

6

Number of exits

0

Personal investment

6

Annouced DateOrganization NameFunding RoundMoney Raised
Jun 29, 2016
Velvetcase Velvetcase
Venture Round - Velvetcase
2.0M
Jul 01, 2016
Zirra Zirra
Series A - Zirra
1.6M
Dec 23, 2016
MyAdvo MyAdvo
Angel Round - MyAdvo
0
Dec 23, 2020
American Cricket Enterprises American Cricket Enterprises
Seed Round - American Cricket Enterprises
0

Partner investment

36

Annouced DateOrganization NameFunding RoundInvestor NameMoney Raised
Apr 25, 2023
Bobsled, Inc. Bobsled, Inc.
Series A - Bobsled, Inc.
Bobsled, Inc. Madrona
17.0M
Dec 07, 2023
Rhythms Rhythms
Seed Round - Rhythms
Rhythms Madrona
26.0M
Feb 28, 2024
Codified Codified
Seed Round - Codified
-4.0M
Mar 27, 2024
Observe Observe
Series B - Observe
Observe Madrona
115.0M

Exits

0

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