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Deepa is an impact investor and independent advisor who invests globally and flexibly across the returns continuum. She advises Skoll Foundation on strategy and deployment for a $35M catalytic capital carve-out. More broadly, Deepa advises a range of funders (foundations, endowments, family offices) on impact-first investment strategies and catalytic capital. She has sourced, funded, and supported social enterprises around the world, with a focus on social ventures in South Asia and Africa. Throughout her career, she has translated big ideas into tangible execution, decentralised decision-making, and centered communities standing in their own power.
Her previous experience covers a diverse range of sectors, including Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, and Omidyar Network, where she was an impact investor, and Netafim, an Israeli ag-tech company, where she designed go-to-market for water conservation technologies and hardware in the Indian ag-tech space.