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Deepa Papanna

Vice President - Talent & Community, India at Bessemer Venture Partners

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Overview

Deepa Papanna serves as Vice President - Talent & Community, India at Bessemer Venture Partners[1][3]. Papanna's professional focus encompasses talent strategy and community initiatives for the firm's India portfolio, including partnering with founders on early leadership recruitment, developing stage-appropriate talent strategies, and building curated networks of operators and builders[2]. Papanna's career spans executive search, media, marketing, and ecosystem building[2], with prior roles including Director at Unacademy[6], Vice President at WalkWater Talent Advisors[7], and Principal at Longhouse Consulting[8]. Earlier experience includes positions in sales and marketing across multiple organizations[9][10]. Papanna completed education at Bangalore University in 1997[11].

Profile introduction
Source excerptLinkedIn [2]

A versatile, multi‑disciplinary professional at the intersection of people, storytelling and startups, with experience across executive search, media, marketing and ecosystem building. The thread running through my career is a deep curiosity about people and how the right context, culture and leadership unlock their best work. ​At Bessemer, I focus on all‑things‑talent & community initiatives for the India portfolio: partnering with founders on critical early leadership hires, stage‑appropriate talent strategies, and curated networks of operators and builders.

Career history

  1. Vice President - Talent & Community, IndiaJan 2026 to presentBessemer Venture Partners
  2. Vice President - TalentJul 2022 to Dec 2025Bessemer Venture Partners
  3. Vice President- Talent & CommunityJul 2022 to presentBessemer Venture Partners India
  4. DirectorOct 2021 to Jul 2022Unacademy
  5. Vice PresidentMar 2019 to Oct 2021WalkWater Talent Advisors
  6. PrincipalMar 2014 to Mar 2019Longhouse Consulting
  7. Sales And Marketing SpecialistFeb 2004 to Dec 2013George P Johnson, Les Concierges, Brandcomm
  8. Media Professional - Consumer AdvertisingJul 1997 to Feb 2004Lintas Media, Ogilvy

Education

  1. Bangalore University1997

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