Somshubhro (Som) Pal Choudhury
Founder of Bharat Innovation Fund
Somshubhro (Som) Pal Choudhury
Founder of Bharat Innovation Fund
Bengaluru, Karnataka
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder & Partner
2017 - Current
Co-Founder & Partner at Bharat Innovation Fund, a Series A/Pre-Series A Venture Fund, focused on Deep-Tech and Innovation driven startups out of India. Responsible for fund raising, scouting, investment, due diligence, operational help, corporate development and planning for exits. Board member of FireCompass - CyberSecurity and PlayShifu - Deeptech Phygital Platform for early learning. Board Member of US-India Science & Technology Endowment Fund (USISTEF). Co-Founder and Leadership team of The Indus Enterpreneuers (TIE) Deeptech Thinktank and Ecosystem MatrixForum/Global Matrix Summit
Venture Partner, IoT Advisor & Consultant
2016 - 2017
Venture Partner, Bharat Innovation Venture Fund, IoT Innovation Fellow at CIIE Consultant/Director for US/India startup on Predictive Analytics of Machines Consulting with multiple corporates on IoT strategy, AI/ML accelerator/hardware Board/Exec Council Member of India Electronics & Semiconductor Association (IESA). Investor/Advisor in an insilico Protein Workbench startup using big data driven cognitive learning for protein-drug structure/function. Co-chair of India's premier IoT event IOTNext.org. Working with IoT Forum to build up the IoT ecosystem in India with IESA and TiE (charter member).
Managing Director
2012 - 2016
Managed India presence of a wholly owned subsidiary of Analog Devices Inc. (ADI), a $3.5B global semiconductor company. Served as senior executive and board member of the company in India, with operational, statutory, and compliance accountabilities. Key successes include ~2X headcount increase, significant attrition reduction, deep dives and strategic business plan to build India business, Rev growth in double digits, 5X growth in leveraging India design house ecosystem, enhancing brand and reach of Analog Devices in India including relationships with startup ecosystem, accelerator/incubators and universities. Regular spokesperson on #IoT and Design / #MakeinIndia in media and industry events.
Worldwide Director Product Marketing/Management, Wireless and MultiMedia
2006 - 2012
P&L Responsibility for consumer portfolio of Multimedia, Powerline and Wireless products. Directly responsible and measured on $550M+ in global revenue, gross margin and market share. Started several new product portfolios from scratch and worked with multiple Bay Area start-ups to bring their technologies to market. Led successful initiatives to move from hardware only ODM-style business to a more value added differentiation with software features and services in cloud offerings, appstore and end user data collection and analytics. Started a community website for opensource enthusiasts with 300,000 unique visits a month.
Director of Product Management and First Employee- an IoT/M2M Company
2005 - 2006
Director of Product Management and First Employee of an innovative early IoT/M2M startup for Energy Management and Smart Grid applications.
Associate
2004 - 2004
Extensively networked in India to initiate deal flows through companies, VC firms, banks, law and consulting firms. Evaluated several indigenous semiconductor design services companies in India and compiled research report on state of the semiconductor industry in India. Investigated and evaluated strategies for setting up India operations of software startup in Artiman Ventures portfolio.
Senior Manager of Product and Flow Engineering
1998 - 2003
Managed strategic alliances with global Semiconductor firms to solicit product requirements and user experience. Presented product features and related roadmaps at conferences, user group meetings, analyst meetings and critical sales prospects. Key member of company-wide task force responsible for crucial customer engagements.
Member of Technical Staff
1995 - 1996
Defined requirements and use model of new simulation software for chip design declared the best product of the year by Design Automation Conference (top international conference on Electronic Design and Automation).