Deepali joined Speedinvest in 2021. A member of Speedinvest's ESG Committee, she is a Partner in the Middle East, Africa, and Beyond investment team. She also leads our Gender and MicroGP initiatives, which have invested in around 20 first-time fund managers – 50% of whom are female and diverse GPs.

Deepali started her career as an investment banker on Wall Street before moving into GE Equity and Stone Point Capital, where she led transactions into early-growth financial services and fintech companies. She subsequently led operational teams at Marsh McLennan and Aon Ltd. before shifting her focus to supporting female founders. In 2020, she co-founded Alma Angels, a community established to increase the number of female angel investors in Europe who fund female-founded companies. As an angel, Deepali has invested in and mentored multiple companies, including PensionBee, Fluus, Sano Genetics, Shellworks, SideQuest, and Vaayu, among others.

In 2021, Deepali won the UKBAA’s Angel Investor of the Year award. She has served on the UK Government Taskforce for Funding High-Growth Female Entrepreneurs and the UKBAA Angel Investment Taskforce. Most recently, she was named Linklaters Business Woman of the Year 2024.

Originally from Kolkata, Deepali has a keen interest in technologies that address society’s biggest challenges in sectors such as fintech, health, femtech, and climate tech.