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Somesh Dash

Director at Private Tech. Also a director at Motive Technologies, H1 Insights and Pindrop Security and an executive officer and promoter at Institutional Venture Partners.

InvestorDirectorPublic companyRoles at 4 startupsInstitutional Venture PartnersIVP Executive
Updated Nov 9, 2026·Latest SEC filing Oct 22, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Somesh Dash

Somesh Dash is a director at Private Tech.

Form D filings also name Somesh Dash as a director at Motive Technologies, H1 Insights and Pindrop Security.

Somesh Dash reports to the SEC as a major shareholder of 4 public companies, including Ziprecruiter (ZIP), Lulu's Fashion Lounge (LVLU) and Hims & Hers Health (HIMS).

Somesh Dash appears on fund filings for Institutional Venture Partners and IVP Executive.

Somesh Dash first appears on SEC filings in 2015.

Experience

This experience comes from SEC filings. The years are when the filings name Somesh Dash in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

IVP Executive
Executive officer and promoter
2017 – 2026 · Fund filings for 4 funds
Institutional Venture Partners
Executive officer and promoter
2015 – 2026 · Fund filings for 7 funds
Private Tech Inc.
Director
2026 · Washington DC, DC
Provides a mobile phone network designed to protect users' privacy and security.
Ziprecruiter, Inc.
10% owner
2022 – 2025 · Public company (ZIP)
Motive Technologies, Inc.
Director
2025 · Dover, DE
H1 Insights, Inc.
Director
2020 – 2024 · New York, NY
Pindrop Security, Inc.
Director
2015 – 2024 · Atlanta, GA
Lulu's Fashion Lounge Holdings, Inc.
10% owner
2021 – 2023 · Public company (LVLU)
Hims & Hers Health, Inc.
10% owner
2022 · Public company (HIMS)
Amplitude, Inc.
10% owner
2021 · Public company (AMPL)

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Somesh Dash works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

Private Tech Inc. · Form D, Jul 29, 2026
SO
Saanyah Ojha
Director
JD
John Doyle
President and director
BS
Motive Technologies, Inc. · Form D, Jul 30, 2025
AS
AN
SM
Shoaib Makani
Executive officer and director
AB
Adam Block
Executive officer
SW
Shulamite White
Corporate Secretary
DE
Dana Evan
Director
AB
Amish Babu
Executive officer
OK
Obaid Khan
Director
IF
Ilya Fushman
Director
HB
Hemant Banavar
Executive officer
CS
Chirag Shah
Executive officer
PR
Patrick Richards
Executive officer
RG
Robson Grieve
Executive officer
H1 Insights, Inc. · Form D, Dec 31, 2024
DS
Deborah Schwartz
Executive officer
KW
Karen Walker
Director
AK
Ariel Katz
Chief Executive Officer and director
GY
Greg Yap
Director
IS
Ian Sax
Executive officer and director
MD
Mike Derezin
Director
MB
Micah Brooks
Executive officer
Pindrop Security, Inc. · Form D, Apr 12, 2024
VB
Vijay Balasubramaniyan
Executive officer and director
JH
Jeffrey Hoffman
Executive officer
PJ
Paul Judge
Director
MC
JC
CC
Clarissa Cerda
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

Sources

  1. SECPrivate Tech Inc. Form D, filed Jul 29, 2026
  2. SECMotive Technologies, Inc. Form D, filed Jul 30, 2025
  3. SECH1 Insights, Inc. Form D, filed Dec 31, 2024
  4. SECPindrop Security, Inc. Form D, filed Apr 12, 2024
  5. SECForms 3, 4 and 5 filed by Somesh Dash (SEC filer 1843938)