Panel: Evaluating Cross-border Venture Capital Investments / Startup Istanbul 2019

Panel: Evaluating Cross-border Venture Capital Investments
Moderator:
Ozan Sonmez, SDG Impact Accelerator, Managing Director.
Ozan Sonmez is currently the Lead Program Designer of SDG Impact Accelerator; the first Global Social Impact Accelerator Program in Turkey built by UNDP and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey in partnership with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation & World Food Program. He was the founding Managing Director of Growth Circuit Accelerator (GCA) in San Francisco which invested to the highest number of Startups built by Global Turks abroad. Ozan helped international startups with at least one Turkish founder, to launch in Silicon Valley through partnerships with partners like UC Berkeley, Draper University, USMAC and ABC Accelerators.
Panelists:
Fethi Sabancı Kamışlı, Esas Ventures, Founding Partner.
Fethi is the founder and managing partner of ESAS Ventures. Worked at Citi Group HQ in London as a part of the wealth management team pre-college at the age of 18. Since then, has been managing his personal public markets portfolio and real estate portfolio. After graduating with a degree of liberal arts-economics from Tufts University in the US , he pursued a course in finance at London School of Business and Finance. Then worked as a senior business analyst at BMO Real Estate Partners in London. Simultaneously, he has been an active global tech investor with investments in 5 different continents.
Cem Garih, Alarko Group, Partner.
Cem is a partner at the Alarko Group - one of the most established conglomerates in Turkey with interests in construction, infrastructure, energy, manufacturing, tourism and real estate. Prior to joining Alarko, Cem led business development at EY for Infrastructure Projects Financing across Europe, Middle East, India and Africa. Prior to EY Cem worked with Bechtel Construction. Cem holds a BSc from Columbia University and is the co-founder of Turkish youth empowerment non-profit, Yenibirlider. Cem leads technology investments on behalf of his family with a focus in frontier markets.
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