S. Somasegar
| S. Somasegar | |
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| Born | August 1966 (age 59–60) Pondicherry, India |
| 🎓 Alma mater | College of Engineering, Guindy Anna University Louisiana State University University at Buffalo |
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Sivaramakichenane Somasegar is an Indian-American technology business executive based in Greater Seattle Area. He is a Managing Director at Madrona Venture Group, a venture capital firm based in Seattle.[1] Somasegar joined Madrona in November 2015 after a 27-year career at Microsoft, where he most recently was corporate vice president of the developer division and overseeing the global distributed R&D centers at Microsoft.[2]
Career
Madrona Venture Group
Somasegar joined Madrona Venture Group in November 2015, a venture capital firm based in Seattle, investing primarily in early-stage Pacific Northwest technology companies. As a managing director at Madrona,[3] Somasegar focuses on investment areas including machine learning/artificial intelligence, multi-sense user interfaces, next generation cloud infrastructure,[4] intelligent applications, and robotic process automation (RPA).[5] Somasegar has authored several articles outlining Madrona's perspective on how these technologies will evolve.[6][7]
Notable investments include Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW - 2020),[8] UiPath (NYSE: PATH - 2021[9]),[10] and Statsig (Acquired by Open AI 2025.)[11]
Other interests
In May 2022, Major League Cricket announced that Somasegar and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella were among the lead investors to launch Major League Cricket in the U.S.[12]
References
- ↑ "Madrona Venture Group Names S. Somasegar Managing Director". VentureBeat. January 12, 2017.
- ↑ "S. Somasegar Joins Madrona Venture Group as Venture Partner". VentureBeat. November 18, 2015.
- ↑ "Madrona appoints Microsoft's former developer division chief as managing partner". TechCrunch. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
- ↑ "Pulumi raises $15M in Series A funding, launches its SaaS multicloud app deployment service". GeekWire. 2018-10-22. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
- ↑ "Software robot startup UiPath lands funding from Madrona and others, plans Seattle-area expansion". GeekWire. 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
- ↑ "Every company is a technology company, but most don't behave like one". TechCrunch. November 29, 2016.
- ↑ "Technology trends changing the world as we look ahead (slideshow)". TechCrunch. January 1, 2017. Archived from the original on April 15, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Snowflake stock soars in largest software IPO ever; Madrona among earlier venture investors". GeekWire. 2020-09-16. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ↑ Soper, Taylor (April 21, 2021). "'Be bold and humble': Lessons from UiPath's journey as 'RPA' startup goes public with $1.3B IPO". GeekWire.
- ↑ "UiPath Closes Series C Funding Extension with Investment from IVP, Madrona Venture Group and Meritech Capital". www.businesswire.com. 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ↑ Soper, Taylor (September 2, 2025). "OpenAI deepens Seattle-area footprint with blockbuster $1.1B acquisition of Statsig". GeekWire.
- ↑ Schlosser, Kurt (May 18, 2022). "Major League Cricket secures $120M funding from Microsoft CEO and others to launch in U.S." GeekWire.
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