Deeksha Bhandari

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India11 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in building founder ecosystems.
Strong background in executive hiring.
Proven track record in talent acquisition.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Ecosystem Development and Talent Acquisition within the Venture Capital industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Ecosystem DevelopmentStrategic PartnershipsExecutive HiringTalent AcquisitionRecruitment Solutions

Other Skills

Public SpeakingManagementStrategic PlanningRecruitingSocial Media

Experience

11 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

8 yrs 1 mo

Current Experience

Accel

4 roles

AVP Ecosystem Development

Promoted

Dec 2025 – Present · 5 mos

Building and strengthening founder ecosystems through strategic partnerships and long-term value creation, supporting early-stage companies across the lifecycle.

Public SpeakingManagementStrategic PlanningEcosystem DevelopmentStrategic Partnerships

Executive/Leadership Hiring

Promoted

Apr 2020 – Dec 2025 · 5 yrs 8 mos

Building an executive network of the top Technology, Product, Marketing, Sales and HR leaders.
Helping Accel invested companies hire C-Level and Senior leadership talent.

RecruitingManagementExecutive HiringTalent Acquisition

Talent Analyst

May 2017 – Apr 2020 · 2 yrs 11 mos

I engage with Accel portfolio companies, helping them with hiring/recruitment solutions. Also involved in hiring for Investment, Venture development and Support team within Accel.
Accel, as an early and growth-stage VC firm, we power a global community of entrepreneurs and help them build world-class, category-defining businesses. Founded in 1983, we bring more than three decades of experience in building and supporting hundreds of companies. Currently managing over $12billion of committed capital and invested across health tech, consumer tech, B2B, SaaS and fintech businesses. Accel has backed a number of iconic Indian and global platforms, including Atlassian, Braintree, BookMyShow, Cloudera, Dropbox, Etsy, Facebook, Flipkart, Freshworks, MuSigma, Myntra, Ola-TaxiForSure, Mitra Biotech, Perfint, Slack, Spotify, and others

RecruitingManagementTalent AcquisitionRecruitment Solutions

Intern

Feb 2017 – May 2017 · 3 mos

Gathered primary inputs from the Accel portfolio companies and worked through in creating 'Stages vs. People function matrix'
Assisted founders understand the GAPS and helped Accel consultant on their needs

Technical career education

Founder

Apr 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 1 mo · Mangaluru, Karnataka, India

The house of representatives

Research Intern

Aug 2016 – Oct 2016 · 2 mos · Washington, District Of Columbia

Congress of the United States | Alex X. Mooney
·Responding to constituent correspondence on topics such as U.S. diplomatic relations, trade disputes, new regulations on industries and numerous other topics
·Researched the process of making of a bill and worked on the constituent mailing system

Quiph

Director

Mar 2016 – Jul 2019 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

A social media start-up building a smart mobile communication platform focused on voice

Allcargo logistics ltd

Intern

Jul 2015 – Aug 2015 · 1 mo · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

·Worked in the areas of Global policy formulation, Talent Acquisition, and HR operations
·Implemented an innovative system for communication between employees and senior management
·Started a company blog to ensure transparency and awareness regarding all business related issues

Jsw

Intern

May 2015 – Jun 2015 · 1 mo · Vijaynagar

·Interviewed 80+ employees across hierarchical levels to objectively identify their expectations from the company and perception of the company’s values
·Published a company-wide newsletter captioned ‘Building Human’ translating the key values and beliefs of the board of directors to grass-root levels

Sahyadri edu dreamers r&d pvt. ltd

Director

Aug 2014 – Dec 2020 · 6 yrs 4 mos

DTlabz is a technical space provided with major resources to help the enthusiasts realize their dreams through technology. The lab also nurtures young minds through frequent guidance from the engineers and also helps in solving problems faced in the process