Shanaka Rupasinghe

Business Development Executive

London, England, United Kingdom11 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in managing startup ecosystems for innovation.
Strong background in strategic partnerships and business development.
Proven track record in sustainability consulting.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS ecosystem leader with expertise in startup innovation and strategic partnerships.

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Skills

Core Skills

Ecosystem ManagementBusiness Development

Other Skills

Business Process MappingChange ManagementCommunicationData AnalysisEnterprise SoftwareEstablishing Strategic PartnershipsLeadershipManagementMarketing StrategyPublic SpeakingRelationship BuildingResearchSaaSSalesStrategic Partnerships

About

The UK's Startup Ecosystem Lead - working with our VC, incubator and innovation partners to deliver positive impact, by enriching how we can help clients, with innovative startup and scale-up solutions.

Experience

Capgemini

3 roles

UK Start-up Ecosystem Lead - Capgemini Ventures

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Nov 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

Responsible for Capgemini UK's Startup Catalyst programme - Capgemini Ventures.
In today’s ever-evolving world, technology touches every part of our lives – and to meet these demands, organizations need to dynamically adapt and create deeply immersive, personalized digital experiences.
Startups have become a critical component of growth for our Alliance Partners and Clients. Mastering ecosystems of innovative solutions is now a must, for value creation and business relevance.
Capgemini's Startup Catalyst leverages an end-to-end framework for startup ecosystem management, that is designed to enable collaboration in a structured way between Capgemini and startups; providing value to those we work with today and helping them anticipate the future.
Together, Capgemini and the Startup Catalyst bring in the perfect blend of innovation and expertise to help you get the future you want.

Establishing Strategic PartnershipsEcosystem ManagementSustainability ConsultingCommunicationStrategic PlanningBusiness Development

Strategic Alliances & AaaP Programme Facilitator

Feb 2018 – Jan 2019 · 11 mos

Helping drive the growth and innovation agenda in the top accounts of the UK business, as part of AaaP.
Aligned to Capgemini’s Strategic Alliances, with a focus on Cloud & Digital (AWS, Microsoft, Salesforce & Adobe); supporting the team's influencing of bookings and pipeline and defining both partner and capability specific go-to-market packages.