Sukanta Ganguly
Investor
San Jose, California
Overview
Work Experience
Distinguished Engineer
2024 - Current
Artificial Intelligence, GenAI and lots of Machine Learning. Very exciting stuff with SLMs and new models, fine tuning. I am interested in self learning models that use inferencing as a key source to dynamically fine tune itself with proper guard rails. Multi-modality AI models should evolve just like human minds do and AI should capture it. I am working in the cross-section and find cross entropy during the FFN time shows much more value than simplistic aggregations post loss minimization phase between models.
NetApp specializes in data storage, data infrastructure, and data management solutions.
learn-n-share
2024
Publishing my learning and researchy stuff. Lots os security, AI model building, some training (GPU-poor), look for real applications beyond chatbots i.e. learn-n-share.
Board Member, Investor
2023
Revenue Management addressed totally, no fragmented apps around CRMs, but a full ASC 606 conformant Revenue Management for businesses
Entrepreneur, Mentor
2001
Angel invested in a few exciting startups over the last ten years with my life partner. Very happy to see how they have been performing. Mentor at FoundersSpace http://www.foundersspace.com/mentors/sukanta-ganguly-angel-investor-entrepreneur/ http://ycreject.com/mentors/Ganguly/Sukanta (Mentor and advisor to the incubator) Investor http://livingthings.in/ https://www.expertrons.com/ http://www.mailburn.com (Board of Director) http://www.onefold.io (Defunct) http://www.xervmon.com (Defunct) http://www.replybuy.com (Exited) http://www.theIceBreak.com (Defunct) http://www.reble.fm (YCombinator startup, Sold it to Project Playlist) http://www.tagle.it (Exited) http://www.blacksmithcapital.com (LP in a small Venture fund, exited out with 2.5x return) http://www.cariden.com (MPLS, QoS, Networking) (Acquired by CISCO, Well Done guys!) http://www.coaxialnetworks.com (Broadband, Cable Networking) http://www.brainnook.com (Advisor board to the CEO from its inception) A very exciting and entrepreneurial incubator, where real entrepreneurs with good ideas and a tenacious approach to making it succeed are welcome.
Chief Technology Officer, President, Cofounder
2017 - 2024
Architected & build a Capital Markets investment platform with Web, Mobile and APIs from the ground up for a FINRA registered Broker-Dealer, SEC compliance platform. Worked with partners in the investment space (Broker Dealers, Underwriters and Clearing firms) to integrate the whole process of customers bidding on IPOs, Secondary & overnight offerings via mobile, Web Application as well as APIs. Launched a FIX protocol gateway for Financial Networks connectivity. Working with companies in China, Europe as well as North America for IPOs, Secondary offerings as well as Fixed income products to be launched for customers globally. Built an Advisory platform as well as Directed Share platform for issuers and underwriters. Integrated with a few BrokerDealers and Apex as the Clearing firm. Building a Managed Financial Advisory/Intermediary ticketing platform to be launched for the FIA market segment. The company is new under Click Capital Markets i.e. a dba of ClickIPO Holdings
Founder Governor
2021 - 2023
Liquidity DAO is a Decentralized Autonomous Organization governed by nine Governors. The focus is to address inefficiencies and lack of formalization in Liquidity within the Blockchain, Crypto Segment. This is a voluntary effort in helping build out a DAO that is and will be managed and grown by the community.
CTO & BoD (Entryless Acquired by AvidXchange)
2015 - 2017
Payables and Receivables automation for SME segment with B2B bank payments. Integrated with the top online SME accounting system, Intuit, Xero, MYOB, Reckon, Sage globally. Fastest growing SME invoice payments business across U.S, U.K, Australia, New Zealand and 12 other countries. Taking the business to $6B in ARR. Lots of Python, Java, MySQL, NoSQL, Kafka, Web, Mobile ... A part of AvidXchange
AvidXchange is a provider of accounts payable automation software and payment solutions for middle market businesses and their suppliers.
Aerospike Inc.: VP Architecture/Biz Dev
2014 - 2015
Worked with the founders of Aerospike and the core team to help build the solutions architecture and technical customer engagement team. I worked with sales team to work with customers and involved in initial business development relationships. I have worked with great customers in the AdTech businesses in North America, Europe and Asia like Appnexus, Exelate, Tapad, Paypal/Ebay, Pubmatic, inMobi, Alcatel-Lucent, Applovin, Nanigans, RadiumOne, Gravity4, Snapdeal, etc. Started working in the Telco segment with the likes to Alcatel-Lucent in getting Aerospike's true value to be leveraged within the telco call routing and billing product. Worked with strategic customers.
CTO & Head of Products
2012 - 2014
Bring simplicity wrapped with a pleasant user experience in Parking. Rejuvenate a massive segment that has been untouched for multiple decades. Build a PCI Level I complaint mobile payments platform with multi-merchant capabilities used for parking payments, loyalties, coupons, etc. Build and shipped an IoT device to sense traffic going in and out of a parking facilities with remote control the operating the gate arms. Build a smart system monitoring platform for monitoring the device out in the field. The real-time monitoring of the device over the wide Internet is just an awesome product which has so many applications. Very excited about the product and looking forward to the future of component networking. Build "the best" product for this industry, win every customer's trust and satisfaction, build out a vibrant ecosystem via our platform. "QP everywhere". Mobile Parking, Mobile Payments, Mobile Life... Use QP app on your smart phones and provide me your feedback. We acquired Nautical Technologies, expanded our product portfolio and changed the company's name to Locomobi. You will find us at Locomobi.com
EIR
2011 - 2011
Had a wonderful opportunity of working with as an EIR at Signia Capital, exploring opportunities in the mobile/social gaming space. Designing a strong mobile backend engine/platform for social/mobile apps. Got the opportunity of knowing some of the most innovative gaming companies in the Silicon valley. Worked with an industry Czar of gaming Rick Thompson, who is responsible for creating some great companies like Playdom, Wildneedle, Airy Labs, etc. Learned a ton from Rick about the business and technological drives and got first hand opportunities to see some of them in action.
Signia Venture Partners is an early stage fund helping passionate entrepreneurs build impactful world-changing companies.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
2006 - 2009
MBA
1996 - 1998
MS
1994 - 1995
High School
1981 - 1986