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Suranga Dassanayake celebrates two years behind the mic for his OAR FM programme of Sri Lankan music and culture. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz
Suranga Chandratillake is a General Partner at Balderton Capital; a multistage venture firm with more than two decades of experience supporting Europe's best founders from Seed to IPO. They have both early and growth funds and invest across the technology sector. Suranga joins James Pringle and Hector Mason to share strategies for creating new processes, the importance of establishing good relationships with investors, the Balderton Founder Wellbeing & Performance Platform, & so much more. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and follow The Riding Unicorns Podcast on our socials and your chosen podcast platform to stay up to date!
Summary Suranga Fernando, co-founder of Arreoblue, shares his journey from a corporate tech role to founding his own data analytics consultancy. He discusses the challenges and rewards of starting a business, the importance of balance and diversity of thought, and the skills needed to succeed in the industry. Key Takeaways Seek balance and diversify your skill set to enhance your career prospects. Plan carefully and seek feedback from trusted individuals before launching a business. Invest in long-term skills like empathy and communication, as they are crucial for success in consulting. When hiring, prioritize candidates with diverse perspectives and strong communication skills. Showlinks Elevated You Home - www.elevatedyou.live Ben Linked In - https://www.linkedin.com/in/benpthoughts/ Arreoblue Home - https://www.arreoblue.com/ Suranga Linked In - https://www.linkedin.com/in/suranga-fernando-327a0536/
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The BAE HQ welcomes Suranga Chandratillake OBE, General Partner at Balderton Capital and Co-Founder of Blinkx.Suranga grew up as a tech nerd then seized opportunities abroad in the booming tech sector.The dot com bubble burst but Suranga persisted in the tech world and eventually found blinkx.Blinkx was ahead of the curve and built an innovative way to search video content. Suranga lead them to an IPO at a $250m valuation and it even hit over a billion at it's peak.Now he's a general partner at the biggest early stage venture stage fund in Europe - Balderton capital.He's one of the most successful British Asian entrepreneurs ever and we're honoured to have him on the show!If you're listening to this and want to see the video, go to YouTube:https://youtu.be/arnlidMR0WEVisit our website: http://thebaehq.com
“If you think there's something that needs to be changed in the world, I think that starting a company is the best and easiest way to achieve that change.”For our penultimate episode in this VC feature, we're joined by Suranga Chandratillake OBE, former engineer and entrepreneur, now General Partner at Balderton Capital, one of Europe's leading early stage technology venture capital firms. Before joining the world of VC, Suranga founded blinkx, an intelligent video search engine, which he took public and reached a peak market cap of $1bn. Now mainly investing at Series A, Suranga has backed some huge names in the industry, including Tessian, Wayve and Beauty Pie.Tune in to this week's episode to find out more about: ➡️ How Bill Gates sparked his curiosity for entrepreneurship [05:23] ➡️ His Silicon Valley inspired business, bllinkx [07:40] ➡️ Building a business from 0-$200m a year [10:06] ➡️ Overcoming common Founder challenges [13:12] ➡️ Transitioning from Founder to Investor [16:47]➡️ Why empathy is so important [20:26] ➡️ Helping Founders change the world at Balderton Capital [23:21] ➡️ Red flags when assessing Founders [27:10] ➡️ Advice for Founders on building healthy habits, while spinning many plates [32:23] ➡️ Championing diversity in the VC ecosystem [37:27] ⛳ Helpful links:➡️ Connect with Suranga: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suranga-chandratillake-6a839363/➡️ More about Balderton Capital: https://www.balderton.com/ ⭐Enjoyed this episode?⭐️Keep up to date with all our latest episodes, by hitting the subscribe button on your favourite podcast platform. And for any feedback on what you enjoy the most and ideas on what we can do to make 40 Minute Mentor even better, please leave us a review on https://ratethispodcast.com/40mm
This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz
Welcome to this brand-new investing podcast from the London South East. My name is Peter Higgins, you can find me on Twitter @conkers3 and I will be your host for this series of Investing Matters podcasts. What can you expect from the Investing Matters podcasts? A great question. You will find long form interviews with noteworthy veterans and experts from the investment and fund management industry. During these interviews each interviewee will share and impart their knowledge, learning and insights on what aspects of Investing truly matters to them and what in their view should matter to investors. We hope this knowledge exchange benefits all and enables all those accessing and listening to these podcasts to achieve even greater investing success. With that in mind, welcome to episode thirty-eight, which is with the founder of and former CEO of video technology firm Blinkx, entrepreneur and General Partner of Venture Capital firm Balderton Capital, technologist Suranga Chandratillake OBE. Suranga joined Balderton Capital as a General Partner in 2014. He was previously an entrepreneur and engineer. Suranga founded blinkx, the intelligent search engine for video and audio content in Cambridge in 2004. He led the company for eight years as CEO through its journey of moving to San Francisco, building a profitable business and going public in London where it achieved a peak market capitalisation in excess of $1Bn. Before founding blinkx, Suranga was an early employee at Autonomy Corporation - joining as an engineer in the Cambridge R&D team and ultimately serving as the company's US Chief Technology Officer in San Francisco Suranga has a MA in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge. He holds patents in the area of video discovery and online video advertising and was awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering's annual Silver Medal for his work in the field. He was also elected a Fellow of the Academy in 2012 and was chosen as one of the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders in 2009. In 2017, Suranga joined the UK Government's Council for Science and Technology. Suranga was granted an OBE for services to technology and engineering in the 2018 UK New Year's Honours. Due to his technology acumen, innovative know-how, entrepreneurial flair and expertise, Suranga has travelled the world as a serial entrepreneur, businessman, professional investor and tech leader. He currently sits on the Board of several companies. In this Investing Matters interview, Suranga gives an overview of Balderton Capital, their unique partnership structure, how they back Europe's startups /founders from Seed to IPO. Why being “A low frequency high conviction investor” leads to greater success. We discuss some of Balderton's major investment successes and why some did not achieve their full potential. Why an IPO is not a goal or exit or an end point? His experiences of the dot com boom and bust. Starting Blinkx and quickly garnering and attaining the attention of some of the largest tech companies of its day. His main/ biggest lessons learnt, why he is a passionate advocate for continual learning and the charitable causes he supports. We discuss generative AI, its huge opportunities and where investors should focus for the potential of long-term investing outperformance. We hope you enjoy this podcast, and we look forward to hearing your feedback. Please subscribe to this podcast on your platform of choice and follow the @InvMattPodcast on Twitter.
EPISODE 33 Sri Lanka in India (T20 Review and Test series Preview) #INDvSL In this episode we talk about, T20 series wins and losses Test series preview Kohli's 100th test and Suranga's last series End of the road for Chandimal in T20's? MJ in hot water Listener Q&A Enjoy the episode and send us feedback via email or our socials, Email ↓ srilankancricketpodcast@gmail.com Twitter ↓ https://twitter.com/chucky_vida?s=20 https://twitter.com/boras85?s=21 https://twitter.com/srilankancripod?s=21 Join our Facebook community ↓ https://www.facebook.com/srilankancricketpodcast Instagram ↓ https://www.instagram.com/srilankancricketpodcast/ Youtube ↓ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyToxMM6lfo208ON0wigcVA music credits ↓ https://www.bensound.com
Sath Sara Rawa - Suranga Dassanayake hosts a new show on OAR FM celebrating Sri Lankan Sinhala songs and the Sinhalese language.
Just Life - James Suranga Perera: A Good Cup of Tea! Live broadcast originally 2021-10-19
On this episode of Free Range, Mike Livermore speaks with Suranga Kasthurirathne, an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Kasthurirathne is also a Research Scientist at the Clem McDonald Center for Biomedical Informatics at Indiana University's Regenstrief Institute, and his work focuses on data analytics and machine learning in the healthcare context. To begin with, Kasthurirathne offers some insight into his background, and describes how his experience developing health information infrastructure for under-resourced nations inspired an interest in data analytics. This leads to a discussion about the divide that exists between wealthy nations and poor nations, the economic disparities that exist within wealthy societies, and how artificial intelligence and information technology can help to bridge those gaps (:55 – 8:56). Kasthurirathne then speaks about how he uses AI in his research analyzing unstructured text data and natural speech, and the various tools that are used to analyze this data. One of the challenges that healthcare data analysts face is the strict rules regarding protection of medical records, meaning that there are significant barriers to access to data (9:00 – 26:17). Kasthurirathne goes on to explain the approaches that are taken to establish the models that data analysts use in their daily work. This part of the discussion also talks about the types of modeling systems healthcare data analysts use, and the positives and negatives of different systems. Kasthurirathne also explains the role predictive models play in the function of healthcare. (26:38 – 42:48) He also goes on to discuss the “garbage in, garbage out” problem of bias in models, the steps scientists are taking to avoid negative bias, and explains how some kinds of “bias” in modeling systems is not simply tolerable but, in fact, beneficial. This leads to a projection of how AI will evolve in the years to come, including how AI and data analytics may be able to evaluate the efficacy of different treatments and procedures, something that has already begun in some places (42:50 – 52:17). The conversation wraps up with Kasthurirathne describing the challenges his industry has faced in the wake of the Covid crisis, and how healthcare data analysts have responded to those challenges (52:43 – 1:00:23). Professor Michael Livermore is the Edward F. Howrey Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. He is also the Director of the Program in Law, Communities and the Environment (PLACE), an interdisciplinary program based at UVA Law that examines the intersection of legal, environmental, and social concerns.
This episode delves into the merits and potential pitfalls of the governments new tracing tool, the COVIDsafe app. Cybersecurity expert Dr Suranga Seneviratne from the University of Sydney, joins host Conor Burke.
Thanks for tuning in guys! So this weeks show is with a wonderful guy named Suranga DeSilva. Suranga is a very chill dude. In this episode we talk about his LA upbringing, what is DemoBlank?, his recent adventure in Cambodia with the boys, rock climbing on the Swan River, and how he is setting up his new life here in Perth, WA! Make sure you tune into the end for Suranga's very own eyes, ears & heart sesh as well.
La carriera, il punto di vista sul cinema e sulla realtà italiana di registi a metà tra più culture. Incontri moderati da Antonio Augugliaro. Il dibattito con Suranga D. Katugampala è stato registrato presso la sede di Nuovo Armenia a Milano il 12 ottobre 2019
Episode 7 We are joined by Suranga Chandratillake, General Partner at Balderton Capital. We tap into his vast experience of building companies in the US and Europe to cover paying it forward, celebrating ambition and success, and being open about failure. We move on to talk about “The Boffin Fallacy”, the various paths open to start ups, Suranga’s personal challenges & learnings, and so much more.
Suranga Chandratillake, General Partner, at Balderton Capital joins John and Tyler to talk about his experiences in advertising technology, the state of digital media, and his methodology for evaluating ideas and strategies for growth. A fascinating listen for those interested in hearing from someone who has sold businesses valued at over a billion dollars.
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Suranga Chandratillake is a General Partner @ Balderton Capital. He was previously an entrepreneur and engineer having founded blinkx, the intelligent search engine for video and audio content in Cambridge in 2004. He then lead the company for eight years as CEO through its journey of moving to San Francisco, building a profitable business and going public in London where it achieved a peak market capitalisation in excess of $1Bn. Before founding blinkx, Suranga was an early employee at Autonomy Corporation - joining as an engineer in the Cambridge R&D team and ultimately serving as the company's US CTO in San Francisco. In Today's Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Suranga made his way into the wonderful world of VC? 2.) Why are so many technical European CEOs fearful of continuing the position as CEO? What can we do to improve it? 3.) What does Suranga think makes a great CEO? Which CEO Suranga respects the most and why? 4.) How have Suranga's years as an entrepreneur affected his investing style? Does Suranga have a consistent investing style or does he look to iterate a lot? 5.) Balderton is an Equal Partnership VC, what does that really entail? Why does Suranga think this model is the most efficient? Looking at the new appointment of Lars, how do the GPs assess new candidates for the treasured GP position? 6.) What sectors is Suranga most excited by and why? Does Suranga think there is further to go in the consumerisation of Enterprise Software? Does the announcement of Emergence moving from the sector signal a turning tide? Items Mentioned In Today's Show: Suranga's Fave Book: The Old Man And The Sea Suranga's Most Recent Investment: Cloud Nine As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Suranga on Twitter here! If you would like to see a more colourful side to Harry with many a mojito session, you can follow him on Instagram here! I would like to say a huge thank you to our sponsor for today's show: LoyaltyBay. Have you ever wished more of your website visitors would convert into a sale, signup or referral? If so, you need Loyalty Bay. With their saas conversion optimizer tool they increase any conversion metric by offering potential customers a choice of personalised rewards to get them to convert. They work with large enterprises like Virgin Media through to startups and have increased conversions on average by over 100%. Free 30 day trial at www.loyaltybay.co.uk
In this episode we were joined by Suranga Chandratillake, General Partner at Balderton. He discussed his background, his experience raising investment for blinkx, growing the business, his latest experience as an investor at Balderton, and some of the lessons he’d tell his younger self. Suranga joined Balderton as a General Partner in 2014. He was previously an entrepreneur and engineer. He founded blinkx, the intelligent search engine for video and audio content in Cambridge in 2004. He then lead the company for eight years as CEO through its journey of moving to San Francisco, building a profitable business and going public in London where it achieved a peak market capitalisation in excess of $1Bn. Before founding blinkx, Suranga was an early employee at Autonomy Corporation - joining as an engineer in the Cambridge R&D team and ultimately serving as the company's US CTO in San Francisco.
Suranga Chandratillake founded blinkx, the intelligent search engine for video and audio content in San Francisco and Cambridge in 2004.In 2012, Suranga stepped back from day-to-day management of blinkx to become the company’s first Chief Strategy Officer, an advisory role with a focus on strategy and technology development. He continues to perform this role and is a non-executive director on the company’s Board. Before founding blinkx, Suranga was the US Chief Technology Officer of Autonomy Corporation, responsible for growing Autonomy's research and development division in the United States.Suranga has a MA in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge. He also holds patents in the area of video discovery and online video advertising and was a 2012 recipient of the Royal Academy of Engineering's Silver Medal.Suranga joined Balderton Capital in January 2014 as a general partner.