Investing Profile

Cem Sertoglu(272)

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Co-Founder and Managing Partner - Digital East Fund

earlybird.comIstanbul

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Cem Sertoglu's investing connections

34 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Gigi Levy-Weiss (NFX), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 31 other investors on Signal.

Networks Cem is a member of

The University of Texas at Austin Network

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Current Investing Position

Earlybird Venture Capital Managing Partner

Investment Range

$500K - $10.0M

Sweet Spot

$2.0M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

€350m

Cem Sertoglu is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Cloud Infrastructure (Seed)E-commerce (Seed)Enterprise (Seed)FinTech (Seed)Insurance (Seed)Marketplaces (Seed)SaaS (Seed)Security (Seed)SMB Software (Seed)Travel (Seed)

Cem Sertoglu's Investments On Record (16)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Picus Security	Series AOct 2019$6.3M	$33M
Co-investors: Ido Krakowsky (TPG), Mehmet Atici (Earlybird Venture Capital), Okan Kara (PhD) (ACT Venture Partners), Melih Odemis
Tapu.com	Seed RoundFeb 2016$1.2M Seed RoundJan 2015$530K	$1.7M
Co-investors: Roland Manger (Earlybird Venture Capital)
UIPath	SeedSep 2015
obilet	SeedMar 2014
Vivense Home & Living	Series AMar 2014	$18M
Co-investors: Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), Mehmet Atici (Earlybird Venture Capital)
DCSplus	Series AMar 2014
Hazelcast	Series ASep 2013$2.6M	$64M
Co-investors: Salil Deshpande (Uncorrelated Ventures), Roland Manger (Earlybird Venture Capital), Ali Kutay
PropertyFinder	SeedMar 2013

Cem Sertoglu's Media (2)

Earlybird VC closes €350M fund for Western European startups – TechCrunch

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most interested in

Consumer-facing e-businesses, including marketplaces, e-tailers, SaaS and SME-focused software companies targeting local markets in CEE & Turkey. Enterprise technology innovators with roots in CEE & Turkey.

not interested in

Life sciences, material science, clean tech

Cem Sertoglu's Experience

Founder & CEO Young Turk VenturesPresent

VC Council Member Invest Europe (fka EVCA)2015 - Present

Partner Earlybird Venture Capital2012 - Present

Partner iLab Ventures2008 - 2009

CEO & Co-Founder Mondus2006 - 2007

CEO & Co-founder SelectMinds (acquired by Oracle)1999 - 2005

Vice President Farmer & Company1998 - 1999

Corporate Knowledge Manager KTI1996 - 1998

Engagement Manager IMS1993 - 1995