San Francisco, US · Partner
Umesh Padval
Managing Director at Thomvest Ventures
StagesSeries C
BacksAIHardware & ElectronicsSemiconductorsBig Data & Analytics
Latest rounds
- EliyanSeries C · $145MJul 2026
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The firm
Thomvest VenturesVC firm · US2cheques in 12 months75all time5ledRounds they were named in
- Rounds
- 1
- Led
- 0
- Disclosed
- $145M
- Active
- 2026
EliyanSeries C$145MUSJoined · +5 investors
Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.
Where they are named on record
Filings
- SEC Form D · Company raisingLastline, Inc.Directorsince 2017
- SEC Form D · Company raisingTactus Technology, Inc.Directoron 6 filings · since 2016
- SEC Form D · Company raisingUltraSolar Technology, Inc.Directorsince 2011
- SEC Form D · Company raisingAvalanche Technology IncDirectoron 8 filings · since 2010
- SEC Form D · Company raisingAVNERA CorpDirectorsince 2009
Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.
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What Top 1% Investors Look For in AI Startups | Umesh Padval, Seligman Ventures, Ex- Bessemer
WithUmesh Padval
MentionsSeligman VenturesBessemer Venture Partners
About this episode
Do startup valuations today make sense? Umesh Padval, an early investor in Cohere, now valued at about $7 billion shares why Cohere stood out at the time of his investment. He shares what he saw early that made him believe this was not just another AI model company. Umesh is the Founding Managing…
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