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S. Somasegar

InvestorFounder

Managing Director at Madrona Venture Group at Mela Ventures · Board director at Observe

Greater Seattle Area

FoundedObserve

About

Advisory Board member; Managing Director at Madrona Venture Group.

Board director at Observe

Intro paths

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In turn, S. can intro founders to Observe's investors below.

Observe's investors · 9

Alumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025Artisanal VenturesTiburon · since 2025Basecamp FundManchester · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025Evolution Equity PartnersNew York · $20M – $150M checks · since 2025Human CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $200M checks · since 2025MADRONA ACCELERATIONSeattle · since 2025Madrona Venture GroupSeattle · $2M – $10M checks · since 2025SoftBank Vision FundLondon · since 2025Sutter Hill VenturesPalo Alto · $100K – $5M checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Observe

QJ
Qi JinExecutive Officer
JL
Jacob LeverichExecutive Officer
KB
Keith ButlerExecutive Officer
JBJeremy Burton
Jeremy BurtonExecutive Officer, Director
BC
Brian CampbellExecutive Officer
CD
Christine DorrionExecutive Officer

Experience

  1. MadronaManaging Directorcurrent2015 — presentGreater Seattle Area
  2. UiPathMember Board of Directorscurrent2024 — presentNew York, United States
  3. MicrosoftCorporate Vice President1989 — 2015Greater Seattle Area

Education

  1. University at BuffaloComputer Engineering1988 — 1989
  2. Louisiana State UniversityMaster's degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering1987 — 1988
  3. College of Engineering, GuindyBachelor of Engineering - BE, Electronics and Communication Engineering1982 — 1986

Skills & more

Management43SaaS11Enterprise Software82Software Engineering8.NET21Product Management21Visual Studio23Cloud Computing67Transformational Outsourcing2Leadership16Software Development63Agile Methodologies34
+2 moreProgram ManagementSoftware Project Management

From S.'s professional profile.

Colleagues at Mela Ventures

Ashwath Narayan
Assistant Manager – Finance at Mela Ventures
Kalyan Sundar
Head of Finance at Mela Ventures
Krishnakumar Natarajan
Managing Partner at Mela Ventures
Mack Gill
Head of Global Securities Processing at FIS Capital Markets at Mela Ventures
Narendran Sivakumar
Head of Marketing & Partnerships at Mela Ventures
Neetan Chopra
Chief Digital and Information Officer at IndiGo at Mela Ventures
Padmashree Shagrithaya
Executive Vice President & MD – Insights & Data GBL, at Capgemini at Mela Ventures
Parthasarathy NS
Managing Partner at Mela Ventures

Network1

Chris ScogginsScout
Partner at SignalFire

Investors connected to S. in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Where does S. Somasegar work?
S. Somasegar is Managing Director at Madrona Venture Group at Mela Ventures and Founder at Observe.
What companies did S. Somasegar found?
S. Somasegar founded Observe.

Same school

Also attended University at Buffalo56

Ariel LebowitsCFO at FJ LabsRyan ScottInvestor at Khosla VenturesDavid OppenheimerPartner, CFO at Verissimo VenturesKevin DunlapCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Calibrate VenturesRichard LungenGeneral Partner at HC9 VenturesBob ClericiFund Operations at HC9 Ventures

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Also attended Louisiana State University35

William P. CrowellInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersMarkInvestor at Yu GalaxyJohn CaseyCEO, Ormoni & Venture Partner at Pillar VCSara KangaspeskaInvestment Director, Innovestor Life Science at Innovestor VenturesTalmadge SingerManaging Director at Advantage Capital PartnersTony ToupsManaging Director at Advantage Capital Partners

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Also attended College of Engineering, Guindy12

Karthee MadasamyManaging Partner at MFV PartnersLak AnanthGlobal Managing Partner at Next47Hariharan PremkumarManaging Director & Head of India at DSG Consumer PartnersRam NagappanVenture Partner at SixThirty VenturesChinnu SenthilkumarManaging Partner at Exfinity VenturesKrishnakumar NatarajanManaging Partner at Mela Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Madrona37

Scott JacobsonManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupKaran MehandruManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupTim PorterManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupSteve SinghManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupChris PicardoPartner at Madrona investing at the intersection of life science and computer science, plus consumer tech and Web3Vivek RamaswamiPartner at Madrona Venture Group

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Also worked at UiPath39

Luciana LixandruPartner at Sequoia CapitalSangeen ZebInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Ted KummertVenture partner at Madrona focused on enterprise infrastructure, data, and intelligent applicationsKulpreet SinghOperating Advisor at OpenOceanRadu BozgaPrincipal at Notion CapitalAlex LimInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

+ 33 more

Also worked at Microsoft1,064

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesWesley ChanInvestor at Felicis Ventures

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