Investing Profile

Somesh Dash

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General Partner at IVP
ivp.com/team/somesh-dash/Menlo Park, California
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Networks Somesh is a member of
NewCo Network
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Top-Patents Network
1031 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
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Current Investing Position
IVP General Partner
Investment Range
$10.0M - $100.0M
Sweet Spot
$25.0M
Investments On Record
113
Current Fund Size
$1.50B

Somesh Dash is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Somesh Dash's Investments On Record (57)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Cape
Series CMar 2026$100M
$140M
Co-investors: Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), Will Herman
Solace
Series CFeb 2026$130M
$210M
Co-investors: Wayne Hu (SignalFire), Alexa von Tobel (Inspired Capital), Hesham Zreik (FasterCapital), Ryan Merket (Jude AI)
Baseten
Series EJan 2026$300M
Series DSep 2025$150M
Series CFeb 2025$75M
Series BMar 2024$40M
$590M
Co-investors: Cack Wilhelm (IVP), William Reed (Spark Capital), Scott Belsky (A24), Sarah Guo (Conviction Partners), Dick Costolo (01 Advisors), DJ Patil (‎GreatPoint Ventures)
Harness
Secondary MarketDec 2025$40M
Series DApr 2022$180M
Series BJan 2020$30M
$560M
Co-investors: Neeraj Agrawal (Battery Ventures), Thomas Loverro (IVP), Steve Harrick (IVP), Matt Murphy (Menlo Ventures), Umesh Padval (Thomvest Ventures), Scott Beechuk (Norwest Venture Partners), Matt Carbonara (Citi Ventures), Rama Sekhar (Norwest Venture Partners), Adam Ghobarah (Mantium), Steve Kuo (Hercules Capital), Matt Carbonara
Kalshi
Series ENov 2025$1B
$1.5B
Co-investors: Alex Immerman (Andreessen Horowitz), Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital), Matt Huang (Sequoia Capital), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor), Vic Koch (Hai Robotics), Donald Stalter (Sunshine Lake)
Perplexity
Series UnknownJul 2025$100M
Series DDec 2024$500M
Series CApr 2024$63M
Series BJan 2024$74M
$1.3B
Co-investors: Garry Tan (Initialized Capital), Cack Wilhelm (IVP), Auren Hoffman (SafeGraph), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Sameer Gandhi (Accel Partners), Jim Scheinman (Maven Ventures), Sara Thomas Deshpande (Maven Ventures), Mattia Astori, Peter Sonsini, Balaji Srinivasan, Jeff Bezos
Tennr
Series CJun 2025$100M
$160M
Co-investors: Guru Chahal (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Allison Pickens (Bessemer Venture Partners), Joanne Chen (Foundation Capital), Jennifer Kaehms (Foundation Capital), Alex Kayyal (Salesforce Ventures)
Glean
Series FJun 2025$150M
Series ESep 2024$260M
Series DFeb 2024$200M
$770M
Co-investors: Ravi Mhatre (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Mamoon Hamid (Kleiner Perkins), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor), Thom Ruhe

Somesh Dash's Experience

General Partner IVPPresent
Life Member Council of Foreign RelationsPresent
Analyst, Corporate Finance CSFB Technology GroupPresent
Associate Luxmi CapitalPresent
Analyst, Corporate Development and New Media Sony Entertainment TelevisionPresent
Life Member Top-PatentsPresent
Analyst, Corporate Finance Top-PatentsPresent
Associate Top-PatentsPresent
Life Member NewCoPresent
Analyst, Corporate Finance NewCoPresent
Associate NewCoPresent
Life Member XtreamITPresent
Analyst, Corporate Finance XtreamITPresent
Associate XtreamITPresent
Analyst, Corporate Development and New Media Sony Pictures Networks IndiaPresent
Life Member University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Analyst, Corporate Finance University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Associate University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent

Somesh Dash's Education

University of California, Berkeley BS Business Administration
Stanford University Graduate School of Business MBA Business