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At this festive time of year, people can feel lonelier than ever. There is a huge opportunity for technology to enable connection for those experiencing isolation - this is something @NestaChallenges #Tech2Connect prize is hoping to achieve. Happy to contribute as a judge.

Sifted.eu has Bethnal Green Ventures in the list of the 25 top UK VC firms: sifted.eu/articles/top-u…

Happy to be a part of the relatively diverse UK tech community. Each and every one of us shares the responsibility to make sure tech as a sector becomes genuinely inclusive. While there is much more work to be done on many fronts, Tech Nation’s visa work is well worth celebrating

Chuffed to be a part of Courier’s excellent annual ‘Work Better + Live Smarter’ issue and talk about our #techforgood work Bethnal Green Ventures. Tldr; you can do good and do well.

Also held Tier 4 as a student, but who is counting! Thanks Tech Nation for having me, always love an #immigration talk. We need more organisations pushing for keeping the UK open for people from all walks of life.

Wish this prize was not so topical. A massive well fone to all finalists and thank you Nesta team for your excellent work. Happy to be involved in a small way!

Great to see Bethnal Green Ventures portfolio companies DrDoctor and Hospify + BGV's Paul Miller in this Financial Times piece from Hazel Sheffield highlighting how existing #HealthTech companies are ramping up their activities during #COVID19 to keep people safe amp.ft.com/content/604b7d…

Talk is cheap, numbers slightly less so. Check out Bethnal Green Ventures impact report and see how we’re: - Helping #TechForGood founders build a better world - Delivering top-tier returns - Championing diversity and inclusion - Fueling the #TechForGood Movement bit.ly/BGV2019Impact

My fab colleague Dama Sathianathan talks about how we interpret D&I Bethnal Green Ventures, comes with a nifty list of diversity and tech initiatives. Super lucky to work with and learn from her!

Catch Cansu Deniz Bayrak in conversation with speakers from Nesta @BigSocietyCap and Zero Carbon Capital to discuss the current market landscape for impact investing 📈 You can register for the webinar here: bit.ly/3cMKf9I #impinv #TechForGood

4. Cansu Deniz Bayrak of Bethnal Green Ventures will be discussing how tech and what gets developed is inherently political - picking up some of the themes in Anna Wiener's recent pen portrait of Silicon Valley. She'll also be making the case for more state support for tech for good.

Check out Tech Nation’s freshly minted programme for sustainability startups - applications open today until July 20th. Happy to contribute and in such good company!

"Meet the impact investors...shaking up Europe’s impact space and paving the way for a sustainable future." Top of the list is impact VC Bethnal Green Ventures with over 50% female & 35% BAME founders in their portfolio. And great to see @BigSocietyCap recognised too!

"It’s not only upskilling and access to education but also how can people navigate the future of work." ~ Senior Partner Cansu Deniz Bayrak joins the amazing The Edtech Podcast #TechForGood

Love love love that dear Dama Sathianathan receives this v well-deserved award in a fire emoji Tamil dress.

14 years of being an egg #MyTwitterAnniversary

Grateful to Gabriella Gomez-Mont Cansu Deniz Bayrak and Robyn Scott for their fabulous contributions on the role of design alongside leadership and trustworthy/participatory approaches public services. Many thanks to London Design Festival and V&A for hosting this. londondesignfestival.com/activities/des…

This panel with Cansu Deniz Bayrak Napala Samia Qader and Ali Morrow was spot on. We need more female partners just as much as we need female founders. And we need more diversity of thought, background, & gender to bring fewer assumptions and more educated arguments to the table.

I wrote a primer on working/hiring in UK tech from an #immigration perspective and felt obliged to post here as a passive egg in case someone stumbles on it and saves themselves some pain: linkedin.com/pulse/want-wor…