Investing Profile

Somesh Surapureddi

VCGrowth OperatorStrategy OperatorSales Operator
Founder & Managing Partner at AOP VC
aop.vcChicago, Illinois
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Networks Somesh is a member of
Thomson Reuters Network
71 CONNECTIONS
Thomson Reuters Network
71 CONNECTIONS
GE Healthcare Network
39 CONNECTIONS
University of Kentucky Network
12 CONNECTIONS
University of Kentucky Network
12 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
AOP VC Managing Partner
Investment Range
$25K - $200K
Sweet Spot
$50K
Investments On Record
7

Somesh Surapureddi is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Somesh Surapureddi's Investments On Record (7)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Uncommon Therapeutics
Pre SeedMar 2025$500K
$500K
Co-investors: Jared Friedman (Y Combinator)
SpaceX
Series UnknownJan 2025
$6.5B
Co-investors: Jay Zaveri (Social Capital), Louis Beryl (Andreessen Horowitz), Joseph Metheny (Sapphire Ventures), Hao Huang (UpHonest Capital), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor), Trevor Paladino (Lakeside Capital), Richard Cooperstein (Mighty Oaks Capital Partners), Barry Schuler (Dfj Growth Fund), Scott Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Bill Lee (Craft Ventures), David Sacks (Craft Ventures), Luke Nosek (Gigafund), Junaid Mian (1435 Capital Management), Aatish Patel (Other Ventures), Michael Mealling (Starbridge Venture Capital), Michael Chase (Zero To One Capital), Ana Levine (E1 Ventures), Priyank Chandra (Tata Consultancy Services), Omar Haque (Brookfield Asset Management), Vikas Sabnani (Stealth Company (Vikas Sabnani)), Fanny Surjana (SpaceX), Saturnin Pugnet (Auspicious Fund), Miyuki Matsumoto (Aglae Ventures), Tim Ringel (InGoodCompany GmbH), Chad Anderson (Space Capital), Mark Ladd (Malex Enterprises), Siddharth Singhal (trilitech), Colton Cray (Litquidity Ventures), Judd Morgenstern (Partners Resolute), Maryanna Saenko (Baruch Future Ventures), Ishani Patel, Adeel Hussain, Shane Neman, Mattia Astori, Rashaun Williams
Echo Labs
Pre SeedJan 2024$8M
$8M
Co-investors: Lan Xuezhao (Basis Set Ventures), Neal Sáles-Griffin (MixZon, Inc.), Nat Friedman (Self-employed), Daniel Gross (Various)
Hubble Network
Series AMay 2023$20M
$90M
Co-investors: Don Dodge (Google Ventures), Paul Grossinger (Gaingels), Marc Weiser (RPM Ventures), Trang Nguyen (Transpose platform), Tuff Yen, Jett McCandless
Datafold
Series ANov 2021$20M
$20M
Co-investors: Peter Sonsini (The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. New Incubation Ventures)
Knightscope
Series CJan 2017
$61M
Co-investors: Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Evan Cheng (Mysten Labs), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor), Sunmeet Jolly (Jolly VC), Vishal Rao (How Old Is Vishal?), Kishore Ganji (Astir Ventures), David Namdar (Coral (Coral Defi)), Ozzy Akay
Arka
SeedNov 2016
Co-investors: Zach Ware (Trust Ventures)

most interested in

Enterprise AI, Applied AI, B2B, AI Infrastructure, Vertical AI

not interested in

Biotech, Crypto, Gen AI Wrapper

Somesh Surapureddi's Experience

Venture Sherpa/Active Angel Investor2017 - Present
Principal Consultant WHITTMANHART InteractivePresent
Various Leadership roles - Intergration, Development & New Technologies GE HealthcarePresent
Director - Global Services OpenTextPresent
Senior Director, Professional Services | RD, Global Services | Director, Global Operations Thomson ReutersPresent
Angel Investor COBA ConsultingPresent
Services Delivery Executive Elite TechnologyPresent
Founding Partner - Technologies Practice COBA ConsultingPresent
Managing Partner S2 CapitalPresent
Founder & Managing Partner AOP VCPresent
Customer Success Executive Thomson Reuters2023

Somesh Surapureddi's Education

University of Kentucky M.S Mechanical Engineering
University of Kentucky Masters in Mechanical Engineering

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