Partner
Umesh Padval
Managing Partner, J & W Seligman
- Firm
- J & W Seligman
- Title
- Managing Partner
- Role
- Managing partner
- Known as
- Investor
Record updated 17 September 2026
About
Umesh brings over 35 years of operating and board experience, including 19 years of venture investing. Prior to venture investing, he was the CEO and president of C-Cube Microsystems, which he successfully scaled and sold to LSI Logic. He serves on the board of Impinj (Nasdaq: PI) and has served on seven other public company boards, including Mellanox (acquired by Nvidia), IDT (acquired by Renesas), and Monolithic Power Systems (Nasdaq: MPWR), as well as more than 35 private company boards. Over his investing career, Umesh has backed category-defining companies including Avnera (acquired by Skyworks), Cohere, Harness, Isovalent (acquired by Cisco), P.A. Semi (acquired by Apple), Skyhigh Networks (acquired by McAfee), and ThousandEyes (acquired by Cisco).
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