{"id":15752,"date":"2021-09-14T23:48:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T23:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/talking-shop-with-twitters-recent-head-of-corp-dev-and-now-vc-seksom-suriyapa\/"},"modified":"2021-09-14T23:48:55","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T23:48:55","slug":"talking-shop-with-twitters-recent-head-of-corp-dev-and-now-vc-seksom-suriyapa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/tech\/talking-shop-with-twitters-recent-head-of-corp-dev-and-now-vc-seksom-suriyapa\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking shop with Twitter\u2019s recent head of corp dev \u2014 and now VC \u2014 Seksom Suriyapa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seksom Suriyapa was seemingly destined to land at a venture firm. A Stanford Law graduate, he worked at two blue-chip investment banks before joining the cybersecurity company McAfee as a senior corp dev employee, later logging six years at the human resources software company SuccessFactors and, in 2018, landing at Twitter, where he headed up its 12-person corporate development team until June. The bigger surprise is that Suriyapa \u2014 who just joined the LA-based venture firm Upfront Ventures \u2014 didn\u2019t make the leap sooner. \u201cThe catalyst was finding a firm that felt like the exact right fit for me,\u201d says Suriyapa. We talked earlier today with Suriyapa \u2014 who lives and will remain in the Bay Area \u2014 about his new role at Upfront, where he will be leading its expanding growth-stage practice with firm founder Yves Sisteron. He also shed light on how Twitter \u2014 which has been on a bit of buying spree \u2014 thinks about acquisitions these days. Our chat has been edited lightly for length. TC: How did you wind up joining Upfront? SS: [Longtime partner] Mark Suster and I were introduced through a mutual business acquaintance in the ven… Click below to read the full story from TechCrunch
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