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Sumanta Pal

Investment Manager (Venture Capital)

Sumanta Pal
36 years old
Frankfurt Am Main Area Germany
Professional Status
Employed
Available
About Me
Space techie turned Venture Capitalist, I love to learn about new technologies and its commercial potential. I find challenges engaging and finding creative solutions brings great joy to me. Currently, enjoying building new companies.

Socially, I am keen on learning about diverse cultures. I enjoy travelling, swimming and other water related activities.
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Investment Manager

Triangle Venture Capital Group
Since January 2014
  • Key Responsibilities: technology scouting, deal sourcing, open innovation, evaluation of investment proposals, business plans, market research, due diligence, portfolio management, controlling, operation support and strategic support for portfolio companies, preparation of contracts, managing intellectual property rights, assisting in fund raising and investor relationship.
  • Working on cool new concepts and projects.
  • Investment manager, in a fast growing venture capital firm with a one-of-its-kind fund OSTF (Open Sky Technologies Fund) in collaboration with ESA (European Space Agency) commercializing space technologies on Earth based applications.

Member Board of Directors

semafora systems GmbH
Since January 2014
  • Participating board meetings, and participating actively in company operations, strategy decisions and assisting in hiring key management.
  • Member of the Board of Directors (voting) at semafora systems GmbH, a 'Big Data' company, and a leading provider of products, solutions and services in the area of semantic technologies

Member Board of Directors

SemEO Services GmbH
Since September 2013

CTO

FunderNation GmbH
Since September 2013
  • Key responsibilities include brainstorming, legal and regulatory framework, technology selection, market research, competitor analysis, project planning, marketing and advertising, workflow definition, defining process, trademark registration, and talent acquisition.
  • Currently managing outsourced developers to launch the platform soon, campaign acquisitions and marketing.
  • CTO (Chief Technology Officer), in a financial startup i.e. crowd-funding firm leveraging on the VC experience and offering a range of financial instruments (quasi-equity, lending and donations) to the crowd.

Member Board of Directors

iPharro Media
Since January 2013
  • Participating board meetings, and participating actively in company operations, strategy decisions and assisting in hiring key management.
  • Member of the Board of Directors (voting) at iPharro Media GmbH, a media content analytics company. Currently engaging on a hands-on basis with C-level management.

Board Guest

iOpener Media GmbH
Since October 2012
  • Participating board meetings on a non-voting capacity and engaging with C-level management on a hands-on basis
  • Board Guest (non-voting) at iOpener Media GmbH, an innovative real-time content provider for applications in real-time gaming and second screen media applications.

Junior Investment Manager

Triangle Venture Capital Group
May 2011 to December 2013
  • Currently assuming the responsibilities of deal sourcing, technology scouting, market research, due diligence and portfolio management.
  • Assisting in fund raising activities and investor relations.
  • Junior Investment manager, in a fast growing venture capital firm with a one-of-its-kind fund OSTF (Open Sky Technologies Fund) in collaboration with ESA (European Space Agency) commercializing space technologies on Earth based applications.

Project Trainee/ Team leader

Godrej Industries Limited
September 2009 to March 2010
  • Completed the project successfully by providing a fixture modification that increased the productivity and allowed better truing of the job.
  • Extended the scope of project with the application of the methods of TPM (Total Productivity Management) and TQM (Total Quality Management).
  • Project trainee and team leader of a group for productivity and quality improvement of aerospace components one of the largest privately-held diversified industrial corporations in India.

Master's degree

International Space University

September 2010 to June 2011
Space sciences

Bachelor's degree

Mumbai University

September 2006 to June 2010
Mechanical Engineering

SES high school

September 1991 to June 2003
  • Financial Modeling
  • Executive Management
  • Valuation
  • Leadership
  • Portfolio Management
  • Business Development
  • Emerging Markets
  • Project Planning
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Business Strategy
  • Corporate Finance
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Aerospace
  • Business Planning
  • Start-ups
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Due Diligence
  • Private Equity
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Market Research
  • Investment Management
  • Venture Financing
  • AutoCAD
  • Management Consulting
  • Primavera P6
  • Business Valuation
  • Catia
  • Strategy
  • ANSYS
  • Strategic Partnerships
  • Investments
  • International Business
  • Management
  • Product Management
  • Corporate Development
  • Market Analysis
  • Venture Capital
  • English
  • Bengali
  • Hindi
  • Marathi
  • German
  • Business management
  • venture capital
  • technology
  • new technologies
  • startups
  • learning
  • swimming
  • space
  • travelling
  • cultures and traditions
  • business development
  • new ventures
  • incubators.