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Somesh Dash
InvestorGeneral Partner at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Menlo Park, CA
Writes $10M – $100M checks · typically $25M
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About
Somesh Dash is a General Partner at IVP focused on security and defense technology, healthcare AI, and global consumer platforms. He began his career through the dot-com collapse and the 2007-2008 financial crisis, experiences that shaped his emphasis on macro awareness and collaborative problem solving with founders.
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Invests in
AI & Machine LearningConsumerCybersecurityDefense TechDigital Health
Deals · 7
Private TechBoard seat
via IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) · filed Jul 2026 · $105M raise
Hello HeartBoard seat
via IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) · filed Dec 2021 · $45M raise
AmplitudeBoard seat
via IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) · filed Jun 2021 · $200M raise
H1 InsightsBoard seat
via IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) · filed Dec 2020 · $58M raise
HumuBoard seat
via IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) · filed May 2020 · $39M raise
Woven DigitalBoard seat
via IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) · filed Dec 2016 · $20M raise
PindropBoard seat
via IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) · filed Mar 2015 · $30M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Other disclosed investments
Investor
AbridgeAccompany HealthAivenAledadeAnthropicBasetenBrexBusiness InsiderCapeChainguardCheckrCircleciCyenceDatadogDatalogixDiscordDream GamesDropboxEightfold AIEverpureExpanseFightCampGaia OnlineGleanH1H1.coHarnessKalshikloutLaurel AILimeLyraLyra HealthMasterClassMonte CarloMotiveObsidianPerplexityPigmentProductivPure StorageQuboleRubrikSlackSolaceSoundCloudTaniumTemplarbitTennrThe Players' TribuneThrive GlobalTuneinUberUberUproxx Media GroupVrboWalker & Company BrandsZEFRZerto
Sources: SEC Form D filings · curated public sources.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Somesh Dash?
- Somesh Dash is a General Partner at IVP focused on security and defense technology, healthcare AI, and global consumer platforms. He began his career through the dot-com collapse and the 2007-2008 financial crisis, experiences that shaped his emphasis on macro awareness and collaborative problem solving with founders.
- Where does Somesh Dash work?
- Somesh Dash is General Partner at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners).
- What does Somesh Dash invest in?
- Somesh Dash invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Cybersecurity, Defense Tech, Digital Health.
- What check size does Somesh Dash write?
- Somesh Dash typically writes checks of $10M – $100M.
- What boards does Somesh Dash sit on?
- Somesh Dash holds tracked board seats at Amplitude, H1 Insights, Hello Heart, Humu, Lyra, Motive, Pindrop, Private Tech, Woven Digital.
- What companies has Somesh Dash invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Abridge, Accompany Health, Aiven, Aledade, Amplitude, Anthropic, Baseten, Brex, Business Insider, Cape, Chainguard, Checkr, and 51 more.
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