Episode 11 - Dama Sathianathan, Partner at Bethnal Green Ventures

We were thrilled to speak to Dama Sathianathan, a partner at Bethnal Green Ventures, Europe’s leading early-stage tech for good VC. Dama discusses how Bethnal Green Ventures is pioneering new tech for good projects to solve social and environmental challenges, how we can create more collaboration in digital and why diversity is vital for better decision making and innovation.

 

Zoe and Paul discuss emerging news stories about big tech from the UK and US. Could Facebook be facing a potential breakup?

 

Notes and links -

Bethnal Green Ventures

https://bethnalgreenventures.com/

WorkerTech partnership

https://bethnalgreenventures.com/partners/resolution-trust/

Digital Markets Unit story from The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/nov/27/digital-markets-unit-powers-new-uk-tech-regulator

Potential Facebook break up story from The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/11/us-government-break-up-facebook-long-overdue

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