About
Shikhar Ghosh recognized the Internet's business potential early in its commercial life and understood that it would revolutionize how companies operate and how people communicate. He founded Open Market, a leading Internet commerce and information publishing software firm, in 1994. In 1998, he founded iBelong and soon thereafter acquired technology from Redwood Investment Systems, a pioneer in analytical software for the financial services industry, and renamed the company Verilytics. Mr. Ghosh, who also served as CEO of Appex Corporation and as a partner with the Boston Consulting Group, regularly shares his views of the Internet's future with national and international audiences. He has appeared in hundreds of media outlets, from The Wall Street Journal and Fast Company to Interactive Week and CNET. Business Week called him one of the country's "best entrepreneurs" in 1996 and Forbes named him one of the "Internet entrepreneurs and masters of the new universe" in 1998. Mr. Ghosh is
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 398 investors hold the Chairman role in VCSift. Shikhar Ghosh is one of them.
- • 2,293 investors are based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
Investment Focus
- Stages
- seed
- Location
- Boston, US
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