Venture Capital
High-Tech & Climate-Tech
Investment Advisory Services
for Angel Investors & Startups
"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." — Benjamin Franklin
The Advisor
Yalin is a seasoned technology Venture Capitalist with over a decade of Corporate VC experience. He is currently enrolled to CFA's Climate Risk, Valuation, and Investing Certificate, will graduate in Nov'24.
He began his VC career at Alesta CVC Fund as the Investment Manager and invested in seed stage tech startups for 3.5 years. Then for ~8 years, he worked as the Investments Director at Inventram, the high-tech Corporate VC investment firm of Koc Holding, which is the Turkey's largest industrial conglomerate.
During his tenure at Inventram, he helped and funded many scientist-entrepreneurs, nurtured their projects, built patent portfolios, and finally spearheaded the establishment of two med-tech startups; Stoparkinson in USA (a wearable device that alleviates Parkinson’s symptoms - www.stoparkinson.com) and Tarabios in Turkey (a mobile blood coagulation monitoring device). Under his leadership, both startups received significant funding and achieved remarkable progress.
From A.I. to nano-technology, he has a proven track record of identifying opportunities, while making a total equity investment of $23 million across USA and Turkey, at the seed to series A funding stage. His is also adept at sourcing deals, managing investment teams, conducting due diligence, performing financial modelling & valuation, doing SHA negotiations, and closing. He also does portfolio management and monitoring.
In his early career, he worked at Business Development and Corporate Finance roles across various industries. He holds a n MBA degree from Case Western Reserve University in OH/USA and a B.Sc. degree in Industrial Engineering from Bogazici University, top ranked in Turkey.
VC Advisory Services
Angel Investor
Investment Strategy
For an Angel Investor, the most vital thing before investment is to have a strategy in line with expectations and goals. If investments are done without it, then a total loss of funds is inevitable. So I am here to help & mentor you to build your own strategy.
Angel Investor
Startup Validation & Valuation
The second most vital thing before an investment is to do the right startup assessment. You may piggbeck on others but the startup may not be a fit for your strategy. In addition to that the metrics must be robust and valuation is plausible. So I am here to make sure everthing is right and up to your expectation.
Start-ups
The Pitch
Startups need funding to grow and expand so it is time to do a fund-raising. You updated your business plan and prepare a pitch deck but you are not sure if the investors like it. So as an experienced investor, I will guide you through your pitch deck, help with your business plan, and even with your strategy.
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