VC. Board Director. 3rd Eye. Ex M&A Investments @Google & EIR @OctopusVentures
Joined September 2009
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29 Mar 2012
George Osbourne launches Google London #Campus - proud to be involved in its founding! 7 storeys of wall2wall startups!
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18 Aug 2021
Humbled and incredibly excited to be joining as the new Chair of the Board of Trustees at @GSTTFoundation .......eagerly looking forward to working with @KieronJBoyle and the fantastic GSTF team and my fellow Trustees......
18 Aug 2021
We are delighted to announce Debu Purkayastha will join our board of Trustees as Chair from September 2021.
Debu brings a wealth of global experience from senior roles across both the technology and financial sectors. Read our full announcement: gsttfoundation.org.uk/latest…
ALT Welcoming our new Chair, with a photo of the Chair, Debu Purkayastha
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25 Aug 2020
Stoked to give the "Exits Exist" keynote tomorrow/26 August at 4pm UK/5pm CET to startups/investors/corporates/ governments/public sector leaders - organised by @TheExitAcademy @techstars @speedinvest @HedmanPartners @Latitude59 - come join!!! exitacademy.org/exits-exist-…
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17 Aug 2020
mercycorps.org/blog/new-ceo - A warm welcome to the amazing Tjada D'Oyen McKenna! @Tjada is a powerhouse! Experienced, intelligent, compassionate and dedicated to creating a better world. I could not be more excited to welcome her to the Mercy Corps team as CEO!!!
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17 Aug 2020
I have been on the Board of Mercy Corps for 8 years - & also on the CEO Search Committee where we were blessed with absolutely amazing candidates from all over the world. @Tjada clearly stood out and we were fortunate to seal the deal with her.
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17 Aug 2020
At @mercycorps our global breadth and reach is quite astounding - our 6000 team members in over 40 countries reached nearly 29 million people globally this year! Our 2019 operating revenues was a shade under half a billion dollars at $490 million. #mercycorps #SavingLives
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Debu Purkayastha retweeted
5 Jun 2019
An honour to recognise this amazing group of Asian Stars in UK Tech Pioneers at last night's launch: @ro_nanda @jobsworth @fais_4 @debusultan @FaisalButt_ @ashpuri @nikhilshah @bindik @rajdey @NeetaPatel Congrats! #AT100Pioneers #AT100 @KPMG #Top100AsianStarsinUKTech @diversityuk
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Debu Purkayastha retweeted
9 Jun 2020
"I came from the travel industry. We realised that a complete re-imagining of the experience was needed. You could not just replicate the experience of the travel shop online.” @debusultan #ConTechForum
I think we still have this work to do in Scholarly publishing.
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13 Aug 2020
Today's car crash A-Level results is destroying so many students' lives - @GavinWilliamson's incompetence is breathtaking. In any other sphere of life this would lead to a firing or resignation - the Tories just lost 280k young votes forever. No 18-year old forgets such trauma...
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24 Oct 2017
Thanks for your support, @canayatalay - @hutongshard would prefer me to DM instead of publicly tweet about this. x.com/canayatalay/status/920…
17 Oct 2017
You don't upset children, put them first! #childrenfirst
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17 Oct 2017
Avoid dining @HutongShard - absolutely terrible! Tried to get us out in 1.5 hrs (bkg for 2.5 hrs) & seriously upset our 5 year daughter!
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17 Oct 2017
Tomorrow 18 Oct, 5pm, @StartupGrindLD presents Building & Selling Companies w/ @debusultan! Don't miss it! @mgazdik buff.ly/2yt8KqO
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Debu Purkayastha retweeted
15 Mar 2017
So it begins #CivilSocietyFutures @juliaunwin @civicusSG @debusultan @CWilkinsOldham @rhi_annon1584 @sarahgor @braphumanrights @steve_wyler x.com/ImpactHubBrum/status/8…
14 Mar 2017
Thank you to #CivilSocietyFutures for spending the last two days @ImpactHubBrum. Excited to see what the next two years bring.
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23 Feb 2017
Dutch Crosspring incubator made an investment in Triple-E, Armenia-based startup that develops AR solutions itel.am/en/news/8821
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Debu Purkayastha retweeted
22 Feb 2017
Looking forward to meeting w/ .@TechLondonAdv Advisors--thank you @OliBarrett @scoutu @tomyoritaka @urban_teacher @asher_ismail @debusultan
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Debu Purkayastha retweeted
Check out the @itel_am interview with @debusultan #armenianstartups bit.ly/2kmdUMp #armeniantech #investment #tech2017
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Debu Purkayastha retweeted
26 Jan 2017
@debusultan on #investing in #Armenia|n #tech #startups, noted #quality #education, #math, #physics itel.am/en/news/8754
#StartupArmenia
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Debu Purkayastha retweeted
3 Jan 2017
Very pleased to welcome .@SarahRecruiter & @OliBarrett to @TechLondonAdv Advisory Board w/ @bindik @debusultan @nick_giles @Ericvanderkleij
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Debu Purkayastha retweeted
4 Dec 2016
Welcome to 2030, where you own nothing, have no privacy and have a great time medium.com/world-economic-fo…
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