Seksom Suriyapa

Seksom Suriyapa is a Partner at Upfront Ventures based in the Bay Area, where he co-leads the firm's expanding growth-stage investment practice alongside Yves Sisteron. Before joining the venture capital firm in September 2021, he built an extensive career in corporate strategy, serving as the Head of Corporate Development for major global technology companies including Twitter and Akamai. The Stanford Law graduate leverages his deep operational and strategic experience to identify and support scaling technology enterprises, recently participating in funding rounds such as Clair's $23.2 million Series B. He also actively analyzes large-scale industry shifts, recently publishing detailed firm research analyzing the technological transformation of a massive $370 billion global market. Suriyapa currently focuses on growth-stage technology investments, utilizing his extensive acquisition and corporate development expertise to guide emerging enterprise software companies toward successful financial exits.