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emerge 2023 MENTORS & INVESTORS
Istanbul, 2—3 October
Esat Acar
(PL)
Vice President
500 Emerging Europe
Onur Can
(DE)
Partner
HEARTFELT
Can Gemici
(TR)
Associate
Earlybird Digital East Fund
Oktay Azbazdar
(TR)
Venture Capital & Early Stage Investor
Plug and Play
Talal Almoayed
(BHR)
Managing Director
Almoayed General
Asya Kuznetsova
(TR)
Senior Product Manafer,
Wise
(ex Transferwise)
Thomas Rory Stone
(UK)
Founding Partner
Kintsugi
Deniz Satiroglu
(TR)
Venture Capitalist
Revo Capital
Anton Shchipanov
(PT)
Software Engineer
Revolut
Pavel Zeigermaher
(LV)
Member of the board
LatBAN
Tunc Ozgul
(UAE)
Head of Startup and VC Ecosystem
Amazon Web Services
Andrei Andriiuk
(UK)
Senior Backend Developer
Revolut
Karolina Wilk-Tryjanowska
(PL)
Platform Manager
ff Venture Capital
Vladimir Izmalkov
(UK)
Technical Documentation Engineer
TypeDB
Raviv Sapir
(DE)
Venture Capital Investor
Blue Future Partners
Daniel Hastik
(CZ)
Partner
Tensor Ventures
Kaan Kalipci
(UAE)
Venture Partner
Nuwa Capital
Dilek DAYINLARLI
(TR)
Founder & Managing Partner
ScaleX Ventures
Şafak Tüfekçi
(TR)
Associate
ScaleX Ventures
Praveen Jain
(UK)
Engineering Lead
Meta
Dmitrii Podoprosvetov
(TR)
Co-Founder & Vice President of Sales
ADAPTY
Ali Rıza Babaoğlan
(FI)
Managing Director
Grow in EMEA
Ece Taskincay
(TR)
Strategy and Business Development Manager
Koc Holding
Michal Ciffra
(CZ)
Partner
Depo Ventures
Alex Posternak
(UAE)
Co-founder and Chief Investment Officer
INTEMA
Emrecan Kercek
(TR)
Venture Capitalist
Plug and Play
Melih Efeoğlu
(TR)
Founder
Geometry Venture Development | Angel Investment Fund
Başar Yenidünya
(TR)
Investment Director
212
Bas Godska
(NL)
Founder and General Partner
Acrobator Ventures
Loulou Khazen
(UAE)
Managing Partner
Spade Ventures
Sergiu Rosca
(RO)
Founding Partner
GapMinder Venture Partners
Tigran Nazaretian
(UAE)
General Partner
Contribution Capital
Kaan Eren
(USA)
Investment Manager
500 Emerging Europe
Imran Gürakan
(TR)
CEO & Co-Founder
Ankara Tekmer & LEAP Investment
Yury Melnichek
(CY)
Founder
Melnichek Investments
LALE CAN GÖZÜBÜYÜK
(TR)
Regional Director & Country Manager
Plug and Play Tech Center
Georgi Mitov
(BG)
Managing Partner
BrightCap Ventures
Eugene Valuev
(CY)
Founding Partner
ULTRA.VC
ARDA ASKIN
(TR)
Managing Partner
StartersHub
Igor Iarunov
(UAE)
Investment director
INTEMA
Numan Numan
(TR)
Managing Director
212 VC
Ozan Sonmez
(UK)
Partner
Molten Ventures
Stanislav Ivanov
(EST)
Founding Partner
Tera Ventures
Ahmet Kilicaslan
(UK)
Venture Capital Investor
Undisclosed VC
Polina Alexandrova
(DE)
Investor
Calendula Ventures
Ahmed Eid
(SA)
Investment Associate
Techstars
Aleksei Bogdanov
(CY)
Angel Investor, Founder & CEO
Tofu
KJ DHALIWAL
(USA)
Chief Strategy Officer
Social Discovery Group
Yury Shlahanau
(PL)
Head of Scouting & Analytics
ULTRA.VC
Gülsüm Çıracı
(TR)
Founding Partner
StartupFon
Max Todua
(IN)
General partner
Constellation VC
Egor Abramov
(TR)
General partner
Contribution Capital
Joseph Tesfaye
(UAE)
Head of scouting
INTEMA
Cyril Golub
(LV)
Chairman of the Board
Latvian Business Angels Network
GÜLCE HORATACI
(TR)
Investment Manager
StartersHub
Vitaliy Yanko
(CY)
Venture Partner
Insta VC
Vyacheslav Turpanov
(TR)
General Partner
Prosto VC
ALEXANDER ZEMLYAK
(ISR)
Principal
Geek Ventures
Israel Rodriguez-Barrios
(ESP)
Business Strategy and Financial Consultant
Conector Startup Accelerator
Mehmet Parlak
(USA)
VC Prospect
VC Lab
Saner Mescioğlu
(TR)
Alternative Funds Director
Aktif Ventures
Doğukan Çetin
(TR)
Vice President
APY Ventures
Ramazan Bayram
(TR)
Alternative Investment Director
KT Portföy
Ömer Lütfü Çağlayan
(TR)
Alternative Investment Manager
KT Portföy
Abdullah Çerekçi
(TR)
Board Member and Co-founder
Aegean Ventures
Emre Bilgin
(TR)
lternative Investment Analyst
KT Portföy
Mustafa Keçeli
(TR)
Head Of VC Funds
APY Ventures
Harun Karakoç
(TR)
Vice President
APY Ventures
Burcu Oduncu
(TR)
Investment Associate
APY Ventures
Mahmut Buğra Bağış
(TR)
Investment Analyst
APY Ventures
Necmeddin Şirin
(TR)
Investment Analyst
APY Ventures
Beren Rana Öz
(TR)
Investment Analyst
APY Ventures
Yakup H. Küçük
(TR)
Investment Associate
APY Ventures
Meryem Doğan
(TR)
Venture Capital Scout
APY Ventures
Anton Pankin
(TR)
Business Development Partner
Contribution Capital
Ecem Altıok
(TR)
Investment Director
Yildiz ventures
Alexey Shevtsov
(UAE)
Investment director
INTEMA
Anton Shardin
(TR)
Senior Investment Analyst
Leta Capital
Elif Sancak
(UK)
Adviser
Antler
Eren Aşkın
(TR)
Investment and Strategy Manager
DOMiNO Ventures
Evgenii Chebotov
(ME)
Co-Founder
Prosto VC
Denis Efremov
(UK)
Principal
Fort Ross Ventures
Büşra Yılmaz
(TR)
Investment and Portfolio Manager
DOMiNO Ventures
MIKHAIL USUBYAN
(USA)
Partner
Rimon Law
Zeynep Ünal
(TR)
Investment Lead
Yildiz ventures
Saltukhan Gulsen
(TR)
Investment Management Lead
WePlay Ventures
Alex Belov
(TR)
Investor
Prosto VC
Nazlı Siyok
(TR)
VC Investment Associate
StartupFon
Kirill Fomichev
(TR)
Investor
Prosto VC
Sergey Dashkov
(UAE)
Partner
True Global Ventures
Ekin Çoban
(TR)
Investment Analyst
Yildiz ventures
Oksana Pogodaeva
(KZ)
Managing Partner
Constelation VC
Damla Ilıca
(TR)
Investment Manager
StartupFon
Yigit Arslan
(TR)
General Partner
Logo Ventures
Can Azizoğlu
(TR)
Founder and General Manager
Coinoxs
Ece Sarica
(TR)
VC Analyst
100th Year Venture Capital
İrem Özenç
(TR)
Investment Manager
Logo Ventures
Ege Ağca
(TR)
Associate
Twozero Ventures
Sabahat Gümüştaş
(TR)
Associate
TechOne Venture Capital
Seçkin Yelmen
(TR)
Director
Sabancı Ventures
Atilla Uçur
(TR)
Manager
Sabancı Ventures
Ömer Faruk Özdemir
(TR)
Specialist
Sabancı Ventures
Andrei Merkulov
(UAE)
General Partner and Angel Investor
2Shares
Dubai, 28—29 May
Jonathan Doerr
(UAE)
Partner MENAP
Antler
Sanam Foroughi
(UAE)
Investment Associate
Plug and Play Abu Dhabi
Kayra Yaşa
(UAE)
Investments
COTU Ventures
Asher Siddiqui
(UAE)
General Partner
Sukna Ventures
Tala Al Jabri
(UAE)
Investor & Investment Committee
Saudi Angel Investors
Laura Mansour
(UAE)
Program Director
Flat6Labs
Tarek Fouad
(UAE)
Partner
Shorooq Partners
Pranav Agarwal
(UAE)
Head of Capital
Foundership Ventures
Hussein Kanji
(UK)
Partner
Hoxton Ventures
Yousef Hamza
(UAE)
Partner
V7 Group
Dr. Ayman Rashed Alkhanbouli
(UAE)
Managing Partner
AK Venture
Wasim Fukase
(UAE)
CEO HorizonX
Partner Helion Ventures
Elena Mazhuha
(UKR)
Investment Director
Flyer One Ventures
Valerie Bertele
(USA)
Partner, Head of San-Francisco Office
Yellow Rocks!
Hailey Eustace
(UK)
Founder & CEO, Angel Investor
Commplicated Ventures
Mohamed Al Ameeri
(UAE)
CEO
Web 71
Sameer Sortur
(UAE)
Managing Partner
SquareCircle Ventures
Gozde Demir (UAE)
Partner
Wings Capital & Advisory
Ismail Tekin
(UAE)
Founding Partner
World Impact Forum
Max Todua
(IN)
General partner
Constellation VC
Amalia Irena Grochal (UAE)
Founder and CEO
MIRAI DAO
Gabrielle Inzirillo
(UAE)
Head of Ecosystem Development, Financial Services Regulatory Authority
Abu Dhabi Global Market
Triska Hamid
(UAE)
Editorial Director
Wamda
Ahmed Abdulwahab
(UAE)
Founder, CEO
Next Arabia
Arun A
(UAE)
Partner
JT Ventures
Ayman Al Awadhi
(UAE)
Group Managing Director
The Corporate Group LLC
Ayad Chammas
(USA)
Partner
Nirman Ventures
Yara Habash
(UAE)
VP of Investor Relations
Global Millennial Capital
Philipp Caspers-Pabst
(UAE)
Senior Associate
Dubai Future District Fund
BAS GODSKA
(NL)
Founder, General Partner
Acrobator Ventures
Varun Kapur
(UAE)
Investment Manager
Aditum Investment Management
Soukaina Ben Bihi
(UAE)
Head of Partnerships
Federal Youth Authority
Loulou Khazen
(UAE)
Managing Partner
Spade Ventures
Chirag Gupta
(UAE)
Managing Partner
8X Ventures
Roman Tyan
(KSA)
Managing Partner
NRG Ventures
Kateryna Kovalenko
(CZ)
Associate
DEPO Ventures
Germine Bouchnack
(UAE)
Associate Director
Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)
Aurel Pasztor
(HU)
Partner
Portfolion Capital Partners
Yalman Khan
(UAE)
Managing Partner
MPACTUM Capital
Alexander Zemlyak
(ISR)
Principal & Head of Israel
Leta Capital
Toufic Osseiran
(UAE)
Program Officer,
Seed & Early Stage Venture Capital
Flat6Labs
Sergei Bogdanov
(PT)
Managing Partner
Yellow Rocks!
Anne Tiessen
(KSA)
Venture Partner
NRG Ventures
Mira Charkawi
(UAE)
Startup Scout
Flat6Labs
Michal Zalesak
(CZ)
Managing Partner
Lighthouse Ventures
Karim Konsowa
(UAE)
Associate
Dubai Future District Fund
Nikita Krivelevich
(ISR)
Investment Director
Zubr Capital
Samir Novruzov
(AZ)
Investment Analyst / Data Lead
I2BF Global Investments
Polina Alexandrova
(DE)
Venture Partner
Smart Partnership Capital
Sarah Grippay
(UAE)
Program Manager
Rainmaking & Startupbootcamp
Andrei Yuranov
(SG)
Principal
Finbridge Ventures
Jokūbas Vaičiulis
(LT)
Investment analyst
FIRSTPICK
Zeina Youssef
(UAE)
Operations Support Manager
Rainmaking & Startupbootcamp
Sidd Gandhi
(UAE)
Venture Partner
GrowX ventures
Mike Zakharov
(AT)
Senior Investment Associate
AltaIR capital
Maxim Shashenkov
(KSA)
General Partner
NRG Ventures
Daniel Osváth
(UAE)
Venture Partner
Pioneer Fund
Aleksandr Andreev
(FI)
Venture Partner
Almaz Capital
Sergey Negodyaev
(USA)
Managing Partner
Prospective Technologies Ventures
Ece Taskincay
(TR)
Strategy and Business Development Manager
Koc Holding
Gani Kassymov
(KZ)
Investment Associate
EA Ventures
Nick Denisov
(UAE)
Managing Partner
AngelsDeck Global Ventures
Nikolay Kirpichnikov
(USA)
Founder and Managing Partner
Smart Partnership Capital
Adilbek Kamiyev
(KZ)
VC & PE Investment Associate
EA Ventures
Anton Vasiliev
(SG)
General partner
Finbridge Ventures
Alex Zhulyev
(USA)
Associate
Vibranium VC
Nikita Yuriev
(CY)
Principal
Prospective Technologies Ventures
Borys Musielak
(PL)
Partner
SMOK Ventures
Evgenii Chebotov
(ME)
Co-founder
Prosto VC
Sergei Kovalev
(UAE)
Chief Executive Officer
Afford Venture Ecosystem
Denis Efremov
(USA)
Principal
Fort Ross Ventures
Alexander Rugaev
(UAE)
Founder
AR Ventures
Yauheni Koren
(LT)
Founding partner
Kolas VC
Aleksandr Kuraksin
(USA)
Managing Partner
Prospective Technologies Ventures
Stanislav Ivanov
(EE)
Founding Partner
Tera Ventures
Denis Kalyshkin
(USA)
Principal
I2BF Global Investments
Kristina Frolova
(UAE)
Managing Partner
Gaming Activation Ventures
Matei Dumitrescu
(RO)
General Partner
Roca X
Nikolay Khorkov
(CIS)
Founder
Fibertool
Alex Milevskiy
(UAE)
Founding Partner
Multiplier
Jessica Tintinger
(UAE)
Senior Manager — International Ventures
Seed Group & The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Bin Ah
med Al Maktoum
Anton Vasilev
(UAE)
General Partner
UF Ventures
Marianna Simonian
(BG)
Investment manager
Seed Group & The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum
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