CoRise Startup Networking Circle in Bangalore x Draper Startup House

Deepshikha is a Futures Facilitator and the Founder of “World we Desire”(global) and Startup Jugalbandi (India based) communities. 

She also consults a few early stage startups as a Strategy consultant. Having spent a number of years working at Accenture and Capgemini, she is  now focusing on facilitating Design Thinking and Futures Thinking workshops.  

She is passionate about helping individuals be ready for the exponential shifts ahead. To address that, her workshops focus on two main areas - 1) Emerging technology and 2) Personal Futures.

Co-Founder of Shopflo: Checkout infrastructure platform to stitch together a revolutionary shopping experience for D2C brands

Until recently, I was doing fintech investments with Elevation Capital (SAIF Partners). I have previous worked with EY-Parthenon as a strategy consultant and with MSCI as a part of their index calculation team.

I graduated from IIT Bombay in 2017 with a Master's and Bachelor's in Aerospace Engineering and minor degree in Computer Science & Engineering.

You can run into me at music gigs/festivals or otherwise reach out to me at [email protected] :)

AI enthusiast || Problem solver || Generative AI || Digital health || Automation lover

I am a passionate entrepreneur working towards building the future of value-based healthcare. And here is why I decided to go for entrepreneurship instead of staying in a corporate job:

1. Inspired from my personal experience of Iosing a very close family member- first handedly experienced the gaps that exist in the healthcare system- decided to build a solution so that millions of others can potentially be saved.

2. I feel nothing can be more satisfying than building an organisation from scratch - that adrenaline rush is what keeps me going.

3. I have a strong urge to create something that lasts way beyond myself- want to grow it to scale and grow as a professional along with it.

Before starting up, I worked with some of the leading hospitals in Singapore as well as in collaboration with Oxford. Worked on exciting drugs for autoimmune diseases and cancer during my PhD at School of Medicine, NUS; in my last job at a top Pharma Company, I led various oncology projects in collaboration with Roche and Genentech. 

During the last 10 years, I developed skills like leadership, teamwork, communication, and a goal-oriented growth mindset through various roles. I follow the simple principle- "fail fast, learn faster” :)