Dama Sathianathan
 
Bethnal Green Ventures
Partner and Head of Origination
 
Dama Sathianathan (she/her) is a partner and Head of Origination at Bethnal Green Ventures (BGV), Europe's leading early-stage tech for good VC. BGV backs ambitious founders using tech to tackle pressing social and environmental challenges at scale. At BGV, she leads on deal flow, community, and networks, driving BGV's efforts to act with integrity on diversity, equity, and inclusion and fuel the broader tech for good movement across the UK. Dama previously worked for international NGOs advocating for better human rights practices in global development and humanitarian responses, and has a background in international relations and human rights. Dama sits on the steering committee of VentureESG, the world's largest community of VCs and LPs stewarding better-shared learning and practices to integrate ESG and impact at the fund level and beyond and is an active member of ImpactVC.