Biography
Deepa is heading the SAP Next-Gen Innovation Network in Munich. SAP Next-Gen is a vibrant community for “innovation with purpose” related to the UN Global Goals of sustainability with SAP’s strategic and most innovative customers, high class Universities with their Entrepreneurship Centers, top-notch StartUps and successful Venture Firms to jointly drive future innovation. She started her career back in 2001 at a VC-backed University SpinOff from RWTH Aachen. Deepa initially joined SAP in October 2006 and was in charge of various roles in Partner Sales and Business Development - after almost 4 yrs at Microsoft Germany in similar roles re-joined the SAP World in 2017 to work at the intersection of Corporates and StartUps to support Corporate Innovation. Deepa is also supporting Munich based Venture Captital Firm Earlybird as a Venture Advisor and is coaching StartUps with her expertise.