Deepali Nangia

Deepali joined Speedinvest as a Venture Partner in 2021 and became a full-time Partner in January 2022 focusing on investments into female founders across Europe and Emerging Markets.

Deepali has led Speedinvest’s investments into Surfboard (UK), Fertifa (UK), Saude Bliss (Brazil), and GTXN (Africa). A member of Speedinvest's ESG Committee, she also leads our MicroGP initiative which has invested in some 20 first-time fund managers – 50% of which are female and diverse GPs.

Deepali started her career as an investment banker on Wall Street before moving into private equity where she led transactions into financial service companies. She subsequently led operational teams at Marsh McLennan & Aon Ltd. before shifting her focus on supporting female founders. Most recently, she co-founded Alma Angels, a community set up to increase the number of female angel investors in Europe who fund female-founded companies. As an angel, she has invested in and mentored multiple female-founded companies, including PensionBee, Planera, Sano Genetics, Shell Works, SideQuest, Vaayu and Yhangry, among others.  

In 2021, Deepali won UKBAA’s Angel Investor of the Year award. She has served on the UK Government Task Force for Funding High-Growth Female Entrepreneurs and the UKBAA Angel Investment Taskforce.  

Originally from Kolkata, Deepali has a keen interest in technologies that are solving society's large problems in sectors such as Fintech, Health, Femtech, and Climate Tech.