Darshan Somashekar

Darshan Somashekar is a technology entrepreneur who built and sold two startups. He co-founded drop.io, a media sharing startup that was acquired by Facebook in 2010. He also co-founded Imagine Easy Solutions, a research and citation platform, which was acquired by Chegg in 2016. Darshan served as Chegg’s VP of Product for its newly-formed Writing Tools group until his transition in mid-2019. He now focuses on angel investment, advisory, and entrepreneurship. His current project is Solitaired. Darshan graduated from Brown University with a degree in Public Policy and American Institutions. He worked as an Associate Consultant at Bain & Company in New York after graduation.