Shomik is a Partner at boldstart and has over 6 years of venture investing in enterprise software. He’s experienced all the highs and lows of the entrepreneurial journey from IPOs and acquisitions to a failed startup. And is uniquely positioned to help pre-product enterprise startups.

Prior to boldstart, Shomik worked as a growth stage investor at Top Tier Capital where he invested in companies like CircleCI, Anaplan, Area 1 Security, and Shape Security. His experience ranges from investment banking, to startups, and finally venture capital. He first interacted with startups doing venture debt and then joined a startup as the first employee. From there, he continued to delve deeper in the world of early stage enterprise software and hasn’t looked back since.

He joined the boldstart team in November 2019, because of the people! The boldstart team is full of consummate learners committed to supporting each other and serving our founders. Our founders are also fun and high integrity people who are equally focused on continual learning and building great teams. No assholes allowed!

Shomik graduated with honors from Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business with a B.S. in Economics and a minor in Business Administration. He grew up in New Jersey and currently resides in SF with his wife. He’s an avid outdoors enthusiast and always up for a hike, workout, or just an outdoor walk!

The first time he met the boldstart team (in particular Ed & Eliot) was while they were taking over portfolio company’s conference rooms at Kustomer and Security Scorecard. Everyone was rushing around trying to find a room for sales calls and thankfully no matter what, there was always a room blocked off for us 😄

Favorite food: Quesadillas
Favorite arcade game: Snake
Favorite cartoon character: Does Agnes from Minions count? Otherwise Brian the dog in Family Guy
Favorite music: EDM
Favorite emoji: the shaka symbol 🤙 (otherwise known as the “call me hand”)