About
Som Pal Choudhury is Co-Founder and Partner at Bharat Innovation Fund, a Pre Series-A/Series-A fund focused on deeptech and IP-driven startups in India, and serves on the boards of PlayShifu, FireCompass, and the US-India Science & Technology Endowment Fund. He co-founded the TiE Matrix Forum, chairs the Global MatrixSummit, and sits on a MeitY committee for the Design Linked Initiative grant scheme for semiconductor startups. Previously Managing Director of Analog Devices India, he spent nearly two decades in Silicon Valley in roles at NETGEAR, an early M2M/IoT startup, and Cadence Design Systems, and holds an MBA from the Wharton School and engineering degrees from IIT Kharagpur and North Carolina State University.
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Experience
- Bharat Innovation FundCo-Founder & Partnercurrent2017 — presentBangalore, Karnataka, India
- Bharat Innovation FundVenture Partner, IoT Advisor & Consultant2016 — 2017Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Analog DevicesManaging Director2012 — 2016Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- NETGEARWorldwide Director Product Marketing/Management, Wireless and MultiMedia2006 — 2012San Jose, CA
- American Grid Inc.Director of Product Management and First Employee- an IoT/M2M Company2005 — 2006San Jose, CA
- Artiman VenturesAssociate2004Palo Alto, CA
- Cadence DesignSenior Manager of Product and Flow Engineering1998 — 2003San Jose, CA
- Cadence Design SystemsMember of Technical Staff1995 — 1996
Skills & more
SaaS13Embedded Systems28Software as a Service (SaaS)12Management64Strategy43Start-ups99Mobile Devices99Wireless82Business Development90Semiconductors71Go-to-market Strategy39WiFi14
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Product ManagementUser ExperienceVenture CapitalProduct MarketingStrategic PartnershipsCloud ComputingCross-functional Team LeadershipChannelCompetitive AnalysisProduct Lifecycle ManagementProduct DevelopmentSalesFrom Som's professional profile.
Colleagues at Bharat Fund
Ashwin Raguraman
Co-Founder and Partner at Bharat Fund
Hemendra Mathur
Venture Partner at Bharat Fund
Kunal Upadhyay
Managing Partner at Bharat Fund
Priyanka Chopra
Venture Partner at Bharat Fund
Sanea Vakaliya
Director - Finance & Legal at IIMA Ventures
Sanjay Jain
Partner at Bharat Fund
Shyam Menon
Co-Founder and Partner at Bharat Fund
Snehitha Nukalapati
Investment Professional at Bharat Fund
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Som Pal Choudhury?
- Som Pal Choudhury is Co-Founder and Partner at Bharat Innovation Fund, a Pre Series-A/Series-A fund focused on deeptech and IP-driven startups in India, and serves on the boards of PlayShifu, FireCompass, and the US-India Science & Technology Endowment Fund. He co-founded the TiE Matrix Forum, chairs the Global MatrixSummit, and sits on a MeitY committee for the Design Linked Initiative grant scheme for semiconductor startups. Previously Managing Director of Analog Devices India, he spent nearly two decades in Silicon Valley in roles at NETGEAR, an early M2M/IoT startup, and Cadence Design Systems, and holds an MBA from the Wharton School and engineering degrees from IIT Kharagpur and North Carolina State University.
- Where does Som Pal Choudhury work?
- Som Pal Choudhury is Partner at Bharat Fund.
- Where did Som Pal Choudhury go to school?
- Som Pal Choudhury studied at The Wharton School (MBA, Finance and Strategy); North Carolina State University (MS, Computer Engineering); Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (BTech, Electrical Engineering).
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