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Umesh Padval

Investor

Venture Partner at Thomvest Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $500K – $20M checks Β· typically $10.3M

About

Umesh Padval is a Managing Partner at Seligman Ventures in Menlo Park, investing across AI and cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, and data center systems from seed through pre-IPO stages. He brings over 35 years of operating and management experience, including 18 years in venture investing and prior service as President and CEO of C-Cube Microsystems, which was acquired by LSI Logic in 2001. Padval currently serves on the board of Impinj (NASDAQ: PI) and has invested in companies including Cohere, Clari, Harness, Isovalent, ThousandEyes, and P.A. Semi, among others, with prior board experience at seven public companies.

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Experience

  1. SeligmanManaging Partnercurrent2025 β€” presentNorth America
  2. SambaNovaBoard Observer and Investorcurrent2026 β€” presentNorth America
  3. LumilensBoard Oberver and Investorcurrent2026 β€” presentNorth America
  4. Eliyan CorporationBoard Member and Investorcurrent2026 β€” presentNorth America
  5. CognichipBoard Member and Investorcurrent2026 β€” presentNorth America
  6. EPIC MicrosystemsBoard membercurrent2025 β€” presentNorth America
  7. Upscale AIInvestorcurrent2026 β€” presentNorth America
  8. ExaforceInvestorcurrent2026 β€” presentNorth America
  9. StackGenBoard Observercurrent2026 β€” presentNorth America
  10. ImpinjBoard Membercurrent2020 β€” presentSeattle, Washington, United States
  11. ModiqoInvestorcurrent2026 β€” presentNorth America
  12. ZΕ«mAngel Investorcurrent2015 β€” presentSan Carlos, California, United States
  13. Relyance AIInvestor and Board Member2024 β€” 2025North America
  14. ExaforceBoard Member and Investor2024 β€” 2025
  15. CohereInvestor2023 β€” 2025Toronto, ON
  16. HarnessInvestor2021 β€” 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  17. Bolster, IncInvestor and Board member2019 β€” 2025Los Altos, California
  18. Clari(Merged with Salesloft)Investor and Board Observer2018 β€” 2025Sunnyvale
  19. Avalanche TechnologyBoard Member, Investor and board chair2009 β€” 2025Fremont, California
  20. CyCognitoInvestor2021 β€” 2025United States

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityMaster's Degree
  2. Indian Institute of Technology, BombayBachelor's Degree, Engineering

Skills & more

Start-ups38Venture Capital31Entrepreneurship11Data Center2Big Data Analytics2Virtualization2Internet of Things2Hardware1Semiconductors5Strategic Partnerships14Mergers & Acquisitions8Corporate Development5
+10 moreCross-functional Team LeadershipProduct ManagementCloud ComputingGo-to-market StrategyMergersProduct MarketingInternational SalesBusiness DevelopmentStrategyHP Anyware

Languages English Β· Hindi Β· Marathi

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Same school

Also attended Stanford University1,726

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

+ 1,720 more

Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay91

Harsh ShahVenture Partner at FJ LabsSandeep PatilPartner, Head of Asia-Pacific at QED InvestorsUrsheet ParikhInvestor at Mayfield FundArpit BeriManaging Partner, India at Jungle VenturesVishesh SharmaPrincipal, India at Jungle VenturesRanvita AgrawalSenior Associate, India at Jungle Ventures

+ 85 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Lumilens6

Navin ChaddhaManaging Partner at MayfieldSai SenthilkumarPartner at Redpoint VenturesMerritt HummerInvestor at Bain Capital VenturesNavin ChaddhaInvestment Advisory Council at Neythri Futures FundWeston MoyerManaging Partner at MVP VenturesWeston MoyerInvestor at Spike Ventures

Also worked at Cognichip1

Shahin FarshchiPartner at Lux Capital

Also worked at EPIC Microsystems1

Kike MirallesInvestment Director at Intel Capital

Also worked at Upscale AI10

Navin ChaddhaManaging Partner at MayfieldVarsha TagareSenior Director at Qualcomm VenturesAdit SinghPartner at Cota CapitalNavin ChaddhaInvestment Advisory Council at Neythri Futures FundRajiv KhemaniCo-Founder & Partner at AIspace VenturesSean Sang Sub LeeInvestment Director at Prosperity7 Ventures

+ 4 more

Colleagues at Thomvest Ventures

Alex Rohrbach
Senior Associate at Thomvest Ventures
Amrit Dhillon
Principal at Thomvest Ventures
Andrew Pinkerton
Chief Operating Officer at Thomvest Ventures
Bob Boron
Special Advisor at Thomvest Ventures
Brad Brooks
Operating Partner at Thomvest Ventures
Brendan Hogan
Operating Partner at Thomvest Ventures
Camille Erskine
Operations Manager at Thomvest Ventures
Dave Hafford
Senior Associate at Thomvest Ventures

Network4

Brian PaulScout
Partner at Tenaya Capital
Dan AhnScout
Managing Partner at Clearvision Ventures
Don ButlerScout
Managing Director at Thomvest Ventures
Gil Ben-ArtzyScout
Founding Partner at UpWest

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