Turkish VC - Podcast BPT

TRVC - The Turkish VC podcast

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All about the Turkish VC and startup ecosystem. Hosted by seasoned startup operator and Stanford & INSEAD alumn Yunus Celebiler, we bring you unfiltered conversations with the investors and ecosystem players at the heart of a thriving tech ecosystem in Turkey and beyond.

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Jul 1, 2026

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Daha Fazla Kadın, Daha Güçlü Bir Girişim Ekosistemi - Nihal Güngör (SistersLab) TRVC 30 01.07.2026

Bu bölümde konuğum, SistersLab – Bilim ve Teknolojide Kadın Derneği'nin kurucu üyelerinden Nihal Güngör. Bu bölüm, TRVC'de alışık olduğumuz klasik girişim sermayesi veya startup kurucusu sohbetlerinden biraz farklı. Konuştuğumuz konu, girişimcilik ve teknoloji ekosisteminin geleceği açısından son derece önemli: Teknoloji alanında daha fazla kadın nasıl yetiştirilir, desteklenir ve liderlik...

Why Most VCs Are Bad at Exits | Alex Konoplyasty (Flashpoint Capital) TRVC 29 18.06.2026

Alex is the Founder and General Partner of Flashpoint Capital, a growth-stage VC and venture debt firm managing over $600 million. Before founding Flashpoint, he spent years in investment banking at Morgan Stanley, advising on major telecom, media, and technology transactions across Europe and emerging markets. Over the past decade, Flashpoint has invested in dozens of technology companies, backed...

Hem Etki Hem Getiri Sağlamak - Yalın Karadoğan (Leapfrog Investments) TRVC 28 04.06.2026

Bu bölümde konuğum, dünyanın önde gelen etki yatırımı fonlarından biri olan LeapFrog Investments'ta iklim yatırımlarını yöneten Yalın Karadoğan. Yalın'ın kariyeri klasik bir girişim sermayesi hikâyesi değil. JP Morgan Partners ve Cinven gibi dünyanın en büyük private equity kurumlarında yaklaşık otuz yıl geçirdikten sonra kariyerinde önemli bir yön değişikliği yaparak iklim ve etki yatırımlarına y...

The Hidden Data Behind the Turkish Startup Ecosystem - Serkan Ünsal (startups.watch) TRVC 27 20.05.2026

In this episode of TRVC, I sit down with ‪Serkan Ünsal‬, founder of ‪Startups.watch‬ — the platform often described as the “Crunchbase of Turkey.”We explore the evolution of the Turkish startup and venture capital ecosystem through the eyes of someone who has been there since the very beginning. Before founding Startups.watch, Serkan worked at Ericsson Turkey and Turkcell, where he was involved in...

Startup’ları Yatırımcılarla Eşleştiren Sistem Nasıl Kurulur - Ahmet Sefa Bir (In4Startups) TRVC 26 06.05.2026

TRVC’nin bu bölümünde konuğum, In4Startups’ın kurucusu Ahmet Sefa Bir. Sefa, KOSGEB’den TÜBİTAK’a, Teknopark İstanbul’dan In4Startups’a uzanan yolculuğunda Türkiye girişimcilik ekosisteminin en kritik yapılarını içeriden deneyimlemiş bir isim. Bu bölümde sadece “yatırım” değil, girişimlerin gerçekten nasıl büyüdüğünü konuşuyoruz. Özellikle Türkiye’de startup kurmanın gerçek dinamiklerini, Anadolu’...

The Deep Tech Playbook Most VCs Don’t Understand - Gizem Yağız (212 NexT) TRVC 25 22.04.2026

Gizem Yağız is a General Partner at 212 NexT, a venture capital fund focused on advanced materials and deep tech investments. Backed by industrial leaders like Akök Holding, 212 NexT invests globally in early-stage startups building breakthrough technologies across chemicals, advanced materials, and circular systems. In this episode, we explore how deep tech investing actually works—and why it req...

Bankacı Gibi Değil, VC Gibi Yatırım Yapmak - Mustafa Keçeli (APY Ventures) TRVC 24 08.04.2026

Bu bölümde konuğum APY Ventures’tan Mustafa Keçeli. Türkiye’de GSYF yapısının gelişimi, kurumsal yatırımcıların venture capital’a nasıl girdiği ve bir bankanın içinde “bankacı gibi değil, VC gibi” yatırım yapmanın ne anlama geldiğini detaylıca konuştuk. Mustafa’nın en net vurgularından biri şu:VC, bankacılık refleksleriyle yapılmaz. Peki o zaman nasıl yapılır? Risk nasıl alınır? Fonlar nasıl kurul...

From $1M to $2.5B: Inside GBA angel network with Ata Uzunhasan - TRVC 23 25.03.2026

How do you turn $1M into $2.5B?Inside the angel network behind one of Turkey’s biggest startup success stories. In this episode of TRVC – The Turkish VC Podcast, I sit down with Ata Uzunhasan, Managing Director of Galata Business Angels (GBA) — Turkey’s first angel investment network and one of the most successful early-stage investing communities in the region. Since 2012, GBA has backed 60 start...

TRVC22: Kenan Çolpan ile Boğaziçi Ventures ve Türkiye VC Ekosisteminin Geleceği 11.03.2026

Türkiye’de girişimcilik ekosistemi nasıl büyüdü? GSYF’ler, teknokentler, melek yatırımcılık ve halka arz tarafında neler oluyor? Bu bölümde TRVC’nin konuğu, Boğaziçi Ventures’tan Kenan Çolpan. Kenan Bey ile, girişimcilikten teknokent yönetimine, melek yatırımcılıktan venture capital fon kuruculuğuna uzanan çok katmanlı kariyer yolculuğunu konuştuk. Sohbet; Türkiye girişimcilik ekosisteminin son 10...

TRVC21: Finberg to Oleka: Why Turkey Needs Growth Capital Now | İhsan Elgin on TRVC 25.02.2026

In this episode of TRVC – The Turkish VC Podcast, Yunus Çelebiler sits down with İhsan Elgin, Managing Director at Finberg and Managing Partner at Oleka Capital, to discuss the evolution of venture capital in Turkey — and why the next phase of the ecosystem will look very different from the last five years. İhsan shares his journey from corporate executive at Koç Group to startup founder (with a U...

TRVC20: Zeynep Yavuz - General Catalyst: 8 Milyar $’lık Fon, Seed’den IPO’ya 09.02.2026

Bu bölümde TRVC – The Turkish VC Podcast’te, dünyanın en büyük ve en etkili venture capital fonlarından biri olan General Catalyst’in Avrupa partnerlerinden Zeynep Yavuz ile derinlikli bir sohbet gerçekleştiriyoruz. Yaklaşık 30 milyar dolarlık yönetilen varlığa sahip General Catalyst; Stripe, Airbnb, Warby Parker gibi şirketlerin erken dönem yatırımcısı olarak biliniyor. Zeynep Yavuz ise Londra me...

TRVC19: Haluk Nişli on Inveo Ventures: Inside One of Turkey’s Most Active CVCs 15.10.2025

In this episode of TRVC, I sit down with Haluk Nişli, General Manager of Inveo Ventures, one of Turkey’s most active and forward-thinking corporate venture capital funds. We discuss Haluk’s career journey through StartersHub, his hands-on experience as an operator at Thread in Motion, and his return to venture through the formation of Inveo Ventures. We dive deep into what makes Inveo different fr...

TRVC18: A. Burak Dağlıoğlu on Attracting Global Investment to the Turkish Startup Ecosystem 26.09.2025

Discover how Türkiye is attracting globalinvestment into its startup ecosystem. In this TRVC episode, A. BurakDağlıoğlu, President of the Investment and Finance Office of the Presidency ofthe Republic of Türkiye, also known as Invest in Türkiye, shares insights onventure capital, foreign direct investment (FDI), and why Türkiye is becoming ahub for tech startups and regional champions.   We cover...

TRVC17: Türk Startuplar için Fundraising’in Geleceği | Hüseyin Oğuz 10.09.2025

Hüseyin Oğuz ile girişimcilikten exit’e, oradan da bugün erken aşama girişimcilere fundraising danışmanlığı yapmaya uzanan yolculuğunu konuştuk. Samimi sohbetimizde Hüseyin şu deneyimlerini paylaşıyor: - Ekmob SaaS girişiminde 6. çalışan olarak başladığı günler - Late founder olarak girdiği Pulpo AR'ı ABD’de halka açık bir şirkete exit etme süreci. - Neden erken aşama girişimciler için fundraising...

TRVC16: Merve Zabcı on Data-Driven Investing and Building Metis Ventures 18.08.2025

In this episode of TRVC – The Turkish VC Podcast, host Yunus Celebiler sits down with Merve Zabcı, General Partner at Metis Ventures, one of Turkey’s pioneering data-driven venture capital firms. Merve shares her journey from engineering to venture capital, and how her career path through investment banking, PE, and family office investing prepared her to launch and lead Metis Ventures. Topics Cov...

TRVC15: Ertan Can - Multiple Capital ve Fonların Fonu Modeli ile VC 23.07.2025

Bu bölümde konuğumuz Multiple Capital’in kurucusu ve yöneticisi Ertan Can. Avrupa'da "fund of funds" modeliyle girişim sermayesi fonlarına yatırım yapan Multiple Capital’in yaklaşımını, Ertan Bey’in kariyer yolculuğunu ve Türkiye girişim ekosistemine dair görüşlerini konuşuyoruz. Kariyerine Frankfurt ve Londra’da başlayan Ertan Can, bir aile ofisinde çalışırken girişim sermayesiyle tanıştı. Erken...

TRVC14: Eksim Ventures, Turkish Corporate VC ecosystem insights 15.07.2025

Host Yunus Celebiler sits down with İnalcan Guleç, Senior Associate at Eksim Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Eksim Holding. They dive deep into how a legacy company in food, energy, and infrastructure is now investing in cutting-edge startups — both in Turkey and globally. From the move of Eksim Holding into VC, to how corporate venture capital operates differently from traditional...

TRVC13: Şahin Boydaş - Amerika'da Melek Yatırımcı Perspektifi 24.06.2025

Bu bölümde konuğumuz, Silikon Vadisi’nde hem seri girişimci hem de melek yatırımcı olarak tanınan Şahin Boydaş. Amerika’da doğup Türkiye’de büyüyen Şahin, iki kültürü de derinlemesine tanıyan biri olarak girişimcilik ve yatırımcılık alanında benzersiz bir bakış açısı sunuyor. Bu TRVC'nin ilk Türkçe bölümüdür. Zaman zaman yurt dışında Venture Capital (Girişim Sermayesi) ve startup ekosistemlerinde...

TRVC12: Ali Çebi on Democratizing Startup Funding in Turkey — Fongogo 12.06.2025

🎙 TRVC #12 — Ali Çebi: Crowdfunding, Startups & VC in Turkey In this episode, Yunus Çelebiler sits down with Ali Çebi, the co-founder of Fongogo, Turkey’s pioneering crowdfunding platform that has evolved into a multi-faceted fundraising ecosystem for startups. Ali shares his personal journey from Wall Street investment banking to becoming a key player in Turkey’s early-stage tech financing sc...

TRVC11: Dilek Dayınlarlı From Istanbul to Silicon Valley: The ScaleX Vision 28.05.2025

Yunus Çelebiler sits down with Dilek Dayınlarlı, Founding Partner of ScaleX Ventures, one of the first Turkish VC funds dedicated to helping enterprise software startups scale globally from day one. With more than a decade in venture, Dilek has been an early backer of Turkish tech champions like Insider, İyzico, Picus Security, and DataRow, and has built a cross-border investment thesis that blend...

TRVC10: From Yonja.com to Solar Disruption | Kerim Baran’s Journey through Tech & Clean Energy 15.05.2025

Legendary Turkish-American entrepreneur Kerim Baran, the founder of Yonja—Turkey’s pioneering social network—and co-founder of CivicSolar, a U.S.-based solar distribution company that scaled to $60M in revenue without raising venture capital. Kerim opens up about his early years growing up in Turkey, his move to the U.S. for college, and his experiences working in the tech industry during the orig...

TRVC09: How Endeavor Scaled Turkey’s Startup Ecosystem with Global Impact – Aslı Kurul Türkmen 07.05.2025

Aslı Kurul Türkmen , Head of Endeavor Turkey shares her journey into the startup ecosystem, the mission of Endeavor, and how it's helped shape high-impact entrepreneurship in Turkey. Aslı shares valuable insights on founder support, scaling startups, and the evolution of the Turkish venture landscape. A must-listen for anyone interested in innovation, leadership, and ecosystem building. The book A...

TRVC #08: Sina Afra's take on the Turkish VC scene with 55 Angel Investments, 12 Exits, 1 Big Vision 29.04.2025

Sina Afra — serial entrepreneur, investor, and one of the most influential figures in Turkey’s startup ecosystem, from founding Markafoni, to making 55 angel investments and achieving 12 exits. Sina shares an unfiltered look at: Why he left corporate life for startups How Turkey's VC and startup scene has evolved Founder One, Turkey’s first impact-focused VC fund Lessons from investing in star...

TRVC #07: Ida Capital's Cem Baytok on Building in Emerging Markets 25.04.2025

Cem Baytok, co-founder and GP of Ida Capital joins TRVC to talk about what it really takes to build a venture firm from the ground up in Turkey — and why he’s betting big on fintech, emerging markets, and revenue-based financing. We cover: 💸 How Ida Capital led to a startup then back to VC again 🌍 Why Central Asia and Africa are the next frontiers 📈 How listening to LPs changed his fund 🚧 The...

TRVC #06: Mine Dedekoca-Treeo VC Venture Partner on Turkish startups succeeding in the US 16.04.2025

Mine Dedekoca, Venture Partner at Treeo VC, a US based fund focused on Turkish entrepreneurs growing their business in the US, and founder of Startist. We explore her journey from launching her own startup to becoming a player in the heart of Turkey's startup ecosystem. Mine shares insights on: - How Turkey’s startup scene evolved since 2012 - Treeo VC’s mission to back immigrant and Turkish f...

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