Syna Dehnugara

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India19 yrs 1 mo experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Led largest impact entrepreneurship platform in the Global South.
Pioneered initiatives to enhance women's participation in investing.
Produced flagship shows on startups and entrepreneurship.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in impact entrepreneurship and media production.

Contact

syna.dehnugara@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipStrategic CommunicationsInvestment ManagementStrategic PartnershipsBrand StrategyMarketing ManagementProduct MarketingGrowth StrategyContent StrategyMarket ResearchBrand DevelopmentEvent ManagementCommunity BuildingCommunity OutreachDiversity InitiativesBroadcast JournalismContent CreationEvent PlanningNetworkingContent ProductionStorytellingVideo Production

Other Skills

Brand MarketingCommunity EngagementContent DevelopmentContent MarketingCorporate CommunicationsCreative WritingCustomer OnboardingDocumentariesEditorial DevelopmentFamily Office ManagementImpact EntrepreneurshipInterviewingInvestor RelationsJournalismLive Events

About

As head of Sankalp Forum (by Intellecap & Aavishkaar Group), I lead one of the largest platforms for impact entrepreneurship in the Global South. From shaping bold agendas to building global alliances, I work at the intersection of climate, capital, and inclusive innovation across India, Africa & South East Asia. At LetsVenture / trica I led the family office practice alongside investor relations for the India AIF business. My focus was on deepening the understanding of startup investing as an asset class while facilitating transactions in early to late stage companies and venture funds. I was formerly an anchor and Features Editor at CNBC-TV18 where I oversaw a variety of programming & IP creation on technology, the new economy, policy impact, CSR and of course, Young Turks - India's longest running show on startups and entrepreneurship. In 2014, I co-authored a book, Young Turks - Inspiring Stories of Tech Entrepreneurs (Random House)

Experience

Intellecap

Director - Sankalp, Intellecap

Jul 2025 – Present · 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Lead the design and delivery of the Global South’s largest convenings on entrepreneurship, impact and sustainable development
Work with DFIs, foundations, corporates, and governments to connect private capital with innovation across climate, circularity, livelihoods, and inclusion
My focus is to scale Sankalp as a common action platform that not only sparks dialogue, but drives funding, partnerships, and policy outcomes that accelerate sustainable development in India, Africa, South East Asia and beyond
Intellecap, a part of the Aavishkaar Group, is a pioneer in building enabling ecosystems and channeling capital to create and nurture a sustainable & equitable society. Founded in 2002, Intellecap works across high impact sectors and has delivered over 800+ global engagements across 70+ countries and syndicated investments of over $2 billion. Intellecap, through its presence in India and Africa, provides a broad range of Consulting, Research and Investment Banking Services.

Strategic PartnershipsSustainable DevelopmentImpact EntrepreneurshipLeadershipStrategic Communications

Trica

2 roles

President - Investor Relations & Private Market Expansion

Promoted

Oct 2022 – May 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Manage a 300+ family office & 5000+ UHNI & HNI base with a cumulative private market allocation of close to $2 B
Oversee interactions with 100+ domestic and global VC funds across stages
Part of the investment committee for mandate selection across early & growth stage for primary rounds, secondary sales & AIFs
Lead the sales team with a focus on product manufacturing
Oversee marketing and deal operations

Investor RelationsFamily Office ManagementVenture CapitalInvestment ManagementStrategic Partnerships

VP - Brand & Marketing

Jul 2020 – Sep 2022 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Part of the founding team of trica that was seeded in LetsVenture & then spun into a subsidiary. As a core team member built the overall strategy and put in place core processes across functions
Led partnerships with startups, VCs & service providers to grow the business
trica Equity: Responsible for first 100+ sales & customer onboarding. Subsequently led a team of digital & content marketers with a focus on product led growth. The product has 900+ customers across India, US, Singapore
trica Capital: Launched flagship content & research for a network of 500+ private market investors

Brand MarketingPartnershipsContent MarketingBrand StrategyMarketing Management

Letsventure

Chief Brand Officer

Sep 2019 – Jun 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bangalore

Re-enforcing LetsVenture's values and creating impact via collaboration, community & content
Built the brand and content marketing team from scratch
Launched #FoundersFirst, an event property for hands-on operator driven conversations which engaged 200+ founders for over a one-year period
Launched the Women Investor Network - a cohort based learning program to bring more women to angel investing. 44% women who participated have written first cheques
Partnered with Moneycontrol for the podcast series The Private Market Show - a 12-episode season to have real conversations around angel investing in India

Brand MarketingCommunity OutreachContent StrategyBrand DevelopmentEvent Management

Young turks - inspiring stories of tech entrepreneurs

Co-Author

Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 · 0 mo

This book was written in a 9 month period starting January 2014. The aim of the book was to present a view into the world of 'tech startups' in India - capture the trials of starting up and the exuberance of early successes.
We spoke with 13 entrepreneurs across the tech landscape, from e-commerce and ad tech to early SaaS and product companies being built out of India to understand how they are reinvigorating the past, repositioning the present and revealing the future.
Startups featured: Fusion Charts, Capillary Tech, Druva, Bharat Matrimony, iYogi, redBus, InMobi, Pubmatic, Vizury, Eka, Snapdeal, Flipkart & Just Dial

Video ProductionJournalismContent ProductionBroadcast Journalism

Cnbc-tv18

Features Editor

May 2010 – Sep 2019 · 9 yrs 4 mos · New Delhi Area, India

As Features Editor I worked with a team to ideate and produce the channel's features programming across startups & entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility, policy impact on education, healthcare & skills development
Anchored live events, special feature shows & moderated panel discussions at industry events
Researched, scripted and produced flagship shows like Heart of Business, Sultans of South, Ministers of Change, What Women Really Want, Code for the Next Billion, India's Business Icons
Curated and led the execution of the annual Young Turks Conclave. Young Turks is CNBC-TV18's flagship show on entrepreneurship, now in its 20th year making it one of the longest running such shows on Indian television
Spearheaded the building out of the Young Turks platform by deepening partnerships with government bodies, cultivating partnerships with angel networks, VCs, PEs and family offices across India & Silicon Valley and launching platforms like Young Turks Mentor
I've written, edited and produced stories for multiple platforms - TV, print, digital

News AnchoringEditorial DevelopmentVideo ProductionBroadcast JournalismContent Creation

Bloomberg tv india

Associate Producer

Jan 2008 – Nov 2009 · 1 yr 10 mos · Mumbai Area, India

I joined the channel four months prior to its launch & as part of the initial news team we were involved with conceptual work on the theme, content of shows as well as setting up backend production systems
As part of the news desk I produced the channel's flagship stock market shows
Worked closely with the graphics team to experiment with design and new formats for touchscreen anchoring

Creative WritingInterviewingContent CreationStorytelling