Investing Profile

Aydin Senkut(134)

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Founder and Managing Partner at Felicis Ventures
felicis.com/team/aydin-senkutSan Francisco Bay Area
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48 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Pete Flint (NFX), and 45 other investors on Signal.

Networks Aydin is a member of
The Wharton School Network
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Boston University Network
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Current Investing Position
Felicis Ventures Managing Partner
Investment Range
$500K - $15.0M
Sweet Spot
$7.8M
Investments On Record
146
Current Fund Size
$825M

Aydin Senkut is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Aydin Senkut's Investments On Record (82)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Warmly
Series AFeb 2025$6M
Series AOct 2023$11M
$21M
Co-investors: James Currier (NFX), Orson Stadler (Mustard Seed), Jim Scheinman (Maven Ventures), Natty Zola (Matchstick Ventures), Harry Stebbings (20VC), Ben Orthlieb (2.12 Angels), Mike Vernal
Clear Labs
Series DJan 2025$30M
Series CMay 2021$60M
Series UnknownMay 2020$21M
Series BOct 2018$21M
Series BDec 2016$16M
Series ASep 2015$7M
$170M
Co-investors: Krishna Yeshwant (GV (Google Ventures)), Greg Yap (Menlo Ventures), Kyle Kurpinski (Tencent Holdings), Miguel Valls (Alta Life Sciences), Karl Handelsman (Codon Capital)
Wherobots Inc.
Series ANov 2024$22M
$28M
Co-investors: Peter Wagner (Wing Venture Capital)
Wordware
SeedNov 2024$30M
$31M
Co-investors: Astasia Myers (Felicis Ventures), Topher Conway (SV Angel), Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Beth Turner (SV Angel), Brian Jacobs (Emergence Capital), Donald Stalter (Global Founders Capital), Tod Sacerdoti (Flex Capital), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), John Fogelsong (Friends & Family Capital), Walter Kortschak (Summit Partners), Terrence Rohan (Otherwise Fund), Ben Parr (Theory Forge Ventures), Matt Brown (Matrix), Masha Bucher (Day One Ventures), Neil Shah (Greenoaks Capital), Rahul Mehta (DST Global), Ben Tossell, Paul Graham, Kulveer Taggar, Siqi Chen, Azeem Azhar, Thijn Lamers, Paul Stahura, Mathilde Collin
Third Dimension AI
SeedOct 2024$7M
$7M
Co-investors: Nkechi Iregbulem
Skild AI
Series AJul 2024$300M
$300M
Co-investors: Stephanie Zhan (Sequoia Capital), Raviraj Jain (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Murat Bicer (CRV), Brian Zhan (CRV)
Literati
Series UnknownMay 2024
Series BJan 2021$40M
$52M
Co-investors: Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Dick Costolo (01 Advisors), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Roger Chen (Silverton Partners), Dan Graham (Springdale Ventures), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Jessica Verrilli (Adverb Ventures), Thomas D. Lehrman (Teamworthy Ventures), Genevieve Gilbreath (Springdale Ventures), Craig Cummings (Moonshots Capital), Kelly Perdew (Moonshots Capital), Adam Bain (01 Advisors), Steph Curry (Penny Jar Capital)
Exowatt
SeedApr 2024$20M
$20M
Co-investors: Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), Viviana Faga (Felicis Ventures), Jack Abraham (Atomic), Sam Altman

Aydin Senkut's Experience

Founder and Managing Partner Felicis Ventures2005 - Present
Senior Manager, Websearch & Syndication Google, Inc.2001 - 2005
Sales Manager, Strategic Accounts Google, Inc.2000 - 2001
Product Manager Google, Inc.1999 - 2000
Product Manager Silicon Graphics, Inc.1997 - 1999
Business Development Manager Silicon Graphics, Inc.1996 - 1997

Aydin Senkut's Education

University of Pennsylvania / SAIS MA International Studies, Portuguese
The Wharton School MBA Marketing
Boston University BS Business Administration, Finance