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Soumitra Sengupta

Investor

Venture Partner at Elevate Capital

Kirkland, Washington

Writes $25K – $2M checks · typically $1M

About

Product development executive and serial entrepreneur with 30+ years leading teams at Microsoft, UiPath, and others; also an Executive-in-Residence at The Idea Village.

Experience

  1. TrakBoard Advisorcurrent2025 — present
  2. The Idea VillageBoard Membercurrent2022 — presentNew Orleans, Louisiana, United States
  3. The Idea VillageEntrepreneur in Residencecurrent2018 — presentNew Orleans, LA
  4. Obatala SciencesBoard Observer and Investorcurrent2021 — presentNew Orleans, Louisiana, United States
  5. Elevate Capital FundLimited Partnercurrent2018 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
  6. Elevate Capital FundVenture Partnercurrent2020 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
  7. TrayAwayBoard Observercurrent2019 — presentNew Orleans, LA
  8. JourneyTrackAdvisor2023 — 2026
  9. ADAS SafeAdvisory Board Member and Investor2024 — 2025
  10. Ren EnergyAdvisor2023 — 2025North America
  11. UiPathEngineering Leader2021 — 2023Bellevue, Washington, United States
  12. Kanari Digital Inc.Co-Founder, CEO and Board Member2019 — 2021Kirkland, Washington, United States
  13. MicrosoftPartner Director of Engineering2003 — 2017Redmond, WA, USA
  14. MicrosoftPartner Director of Engineering, Universal Store2015 — 2017Redmond, WA, U.S.A.
  15. MicrosoftPrincipal Manager Software Engieering/Program Management, PowerBI2013 — 2015Redmond, WA
  16. MicrosoftPrincipal Group Program Manager/Principal Lead Program Manager, Windows Phone2011 — 2012Redmond, WA
  17. MicrosoftPrincipal Software Architect/Principal Lead Software Engineering, Windows Phone Application Platform2009 — 2011Redmond
  18. MicrosoftPrincipal Software Architect, SQL Azure2006 — 2009Redmond
  19. MicrosoftPrincipal Software Architect/Principal Product Unit Manager, SQL Server2003 — 2006Redmond
  20. Corio Inc.Senior Director, Corio Technologies2002 — 2003
  21. B-BopCTO and Co-Founder1998 — 2003
  22. Philips ResearchSenior Member Research Staff1995 — 1998
  23. Laitram CorporationSenior Software Engineer and Project Lead1991 — 1995

Skills & more

Management9Leadership6Cloud Computing31Scalability27Distributed Systems45Software Development47Architecture7Web Services8Software Design25Big Data2System Architecture3PaaS2
+12 moreTechnical LeadershipMobile ApplicationsHigh AvailabilityLarge Scale SystemsSoftware Project ManagementAlgorithmsMobile DevicesServer ArchitectureSoftware EngineeringAgile MethodologiesSaaSEnterprise Software

From Soumitra's professional profile.

Colleagues at Elevate Capital

Allie Persitz
Operating Partner at Elevate Capital
Ana Chaud
Executive Partner at Elevate Capital
Annu Navani
Venture Partner at Elevate Capital
Anu Shukla
Venture Partner at Elevate Capital
Barbara Johnson
Executive Assistant at Elevate Capital
Ben Nahir
Partner at Elevate Capital
Brandon Ross
Senior Associate-Analyst at Elevate Capital
Chris Bright
Executive Partner at Elevate Capital

Frequently asked questions

Who is Soumitra Sengupta?
Product development executive and serial entrepreneur with 30+ years leading teams at Microsoft, UiPath, and others; also an Executive-in-Residence at The Idea Village.
Where does Soumitra Sengupta work?
Soumitra Sengupta is Venture Partner at Elevate Capital.
What check size does Soumitra Sengupta write?
Soumitra Sengupta typically writes checks of $25K – $2M.
Where did Soumitra Sengupta go to school?
Soumitra Sengupta studied at Tulane University (Ph.D.); Indian Institute of Science (IISc) (Master of Science, MS); Jadavpur University (Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Engineering).

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Also attended Tulane University71

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Also attended Indian Institute of Science (IISc)16

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Also attended Jadavpur University10

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Shared employers

Also worked at The Idea Village9

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Also worked at UiPath41

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Also worked at Microsoft1,188

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic

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Also worked at Philips Research104

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