Shomik Dutta

Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Overture

Keynote

Shomik Dutta is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Overture Climate VC. He leverages 20 years of diverse experience across venture capital, climate, and the Obama White House. He is very, very serious and a big, big thinker.

Prior to co-founding Overture, Shomik founded and ran Higher Ground Labs, an accelerator and venture fund that modernized the technology stack of the Democratic Party. Shomik began his career as a longtime aide to President Obama, serving as Mid-Atlantic Finance Director to Obama for America '08 and later as a Special Assistant in the West Wing of the White House. After marginally contributing to the re-elect, he later served as an Advisor to the Chairman of the Federal Communication Commission. Shomik later shifted his work to climate, overseeing the development, planning, and financing of 500MW utility-scale solar projects across Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. He treasures a brief, wildly unsuccessful investment banking experience at Morgan Stanley, where he was repeatedly assured he had no future on Wall Street.