Bio
Somak Chattopadhyay is a Principal at GSA Venture Partners. He has over 12 years of operating and investing experience in the digital media, information services, and Software-as-a-Service sectors. Previously, he was at Edison Venture Fund, where he sourced and evaluated investments in the tech-enabled services sector and launched the firm’s New York office. Prior thereto, Somak held senior marketing/business development roles at Medtower, a pharmaceutical IT software company and DealTime, a comparison shopping company that was later acquired by eBay. Somak started his career at Broadview International (now Jefferies) and was previously director of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA). Somak is currently a director or observer at Ignighter, Informous, Mobile Commons, and ReachForce. He also is on the board of numerous nonprofit organizations including the MIT Enterprise Forum of New York City, NYCVC, and the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival. Somak is a Charter Member of TiE . He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
