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  • Somak Chattopadhyay is an investment professional at Greenhill SAVP, a NYC-based early stage venture fund (www.gsavp.com).

    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 in investment banking at Broadview International.

    He currently serves on the board of the Software & Information Industry Association’s Private Equity Forum, having previously served as Director of their New York office.

    Somak is a board director or observer for BDMetrics, MIT Enterprise Forum of New York and The Indus Entrepreneurs (Tri-State Chapter). He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and an MBA from Columbia Business School. He can be reached at somak@greenhill.com.

  • Venture Diaries: How We Get Through the Tough Times

    We’re often asked how the malaise in the global economy affects our appetite for new deals. These past few months have been harrowing for nearly every segment of the economy. Governments across the world are coordinating in an effort to intervene aggressively and revive the credit markets. You would be hard pressed at this point to find people who are not worried about the state of the economy and its impact on their immediate community.

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