Deepak Prasad, Qualcomm Ventures Director on US Tech Investments

Deepak Prasad is a Director at Qualcomm Ventures, leading US investments across early- to growth-stage tech companies with expertise in sourcing, deal execution, and portfolio management, drawing on over five years of investment experience. As a founding team member at GPO Fund, he drove enterprise tech deals like MapAnything (acquired by Salesforce), built on prior roles at Unilazer Ventures investing in consumer successes such as Lenskart, and positions at The Carlyle Group and Soros Fund Management. A Columbia Business School MBA graduate with a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Engineering from VJTI Mumbai, Deepak combines technical depth with investing passion, while enjoying travel, hiking, snowboarding, and tennis outside work.Topics - Qualcomm Ventures' playbook for US early-stage tech dealsWhat “long-term technical advantage” actually looks like in venture diligenceUnderwriting cloud-to-edge startups with long enterprise adoption cycles#VentureCapital #QualcommVentures #DeepTechInvesting #CloudToEdge #EnterpriseTech