Desigan Chinniah (aka Dees or cyberdees) is a creative technologist, advisor, and early-stage investor backing diverse and underestimated founders globally.

With two decades of operating experience across multiple tech cycles, he brings pattern recognition, deep networks, and an ability to navigate complexity at speed. He serves as Venture Partner at Mozilla Ventures and Ventures Platform, and mentors founders through Madica. He advises organisations including Cloaked and Interledger Foundation.

His portfolio spans climate, AI, fintech, health, and privacy, investing in companies such as 29acacia, Manara, Intron Health, Taxnova, Subframe, and Hesta Health. He also serves on boards including Consumer Reports and Tor Project.

His focus is consistent: back mission-driven technology that pushes the internet, and the world, in a better direction.