Dinali S.

Experience

• de Silva Consulting

  Advisor & Consultant

  Jun 2022 - Present

  I help founders navigate early-stage growth and fundraising and corporates, ecosystem stakeholders and government entities design and scale programs that drive innovation and entrepreneurship

• Crescent Enterprises - Venture Studio

  Senior Venture Builder

  Aug 2025 - Mar 2026

  - Defined the studio thesis, process and operating model from scratch. - Led 0 to 1 venture building across multiple ideas, taking concepts from hypothesis to MVP through customer discovery, rapid prototyping and design-partner validation - Built and scaled a founder-led studio playbook, including sourcing strategy, evaluation criteria and IC decision framework; sourced and interviewed 100+ founders in 2 weeks and shortlisted top candidates.

• Lankan Angel Network

  CEO

  Jun 2024 - Jun 2025

  - Led fund operations and investor relations for an early-stage investment fund with $5M+ deployed, managing 100+ LPs and overseeing the full investment lifecycle and portfolio support - Spearheaded the country’s largest tech conference, convening founders and global investors; curated agenda and speakers and advised government stakeholders on ecosystem policy.

• TWC Advisory

  Senior Advisor - Startups & Innovation

  Apr 2024 - Oct 2025

  - Evaluated early-stage investment opportunities end-to-end, from deal sourcing and due diligence to strategic recommendations. - Designed a commercialization framework to convert university R&D into spinouts, enabling IP monetization and pathways to company formation.

• Planlogic

  Fractional Head of Growth

  Dec 2023 - Oct 2025

  - Led the GTM strategy for an early-stage fintech company, resulting in a 40% increase in user adoption within three months. - Developed a multi-channel customer acquisition strategy, resulting in a 2x increase in qualified leads.

• Atomic

  Founder-in-Residence

  Sep 2021 - Jan 2022

  Atomic is a venture studio that funds and founds companies. They prototype new companies and bring together ideas, resources and talent to build the best ideas into great companies.

• Caribou Childcare

  Founder

  Aug 2021 - May 2022

  I founded the first marketplace for stay-at-home parents and families who were looking for childcare as a way to bridge the supply shortage and make childcare more accessible across the U.S.

• Roo

  Head of Growth

  Feb 2021 - Sep 2021

  Marketplace in the animal healthcare space, reimagining how doctors and hospitals connect.

• Nushkas

  Founder/CEO

  Apr 2020 - Jan 2021

  Direct to consumer healthy food business that was started during the pandemic.

• Swing Education

  Multiple Roles (Last role: Senior GM - New Markets)

  Aug 2016 - Feb 2021

  Swing education is tackling the substitute teacher shortage problem. They are a marketplace for substitute teachers and K-12 schools in the U.S.

• Chicago International Charter School

  Special Projects Manager

  Jun 2013 - Jul 2016

  Charter school network of 13 schools in Chicago that serve K-12 schools with over 7400 students.