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FETHİ SABANCI KAMIŞLI
Founder and Managing Partner
Fethi Sabancı Kamışlı is the Founder and Managing Partner of Esas Ventures. Previously, Fethi worked in Citi Group London at the wealth management department. In 2014 he started working at BMO Real Estate Partners in London as a Senior Business Analyst. In addition to managing his own portfolios in public markets and real estate, Fethi has been an active investor in technology companies globally with investments across 5 continents.


Fethi Sabancı Kamışlı has a B.A. degree in Economics from Tufts University and has a certificate in Corporate Finance from the London School of Business and Finance.

ALİ SABANCI
Chairperson Esas Holding

Ali Sabancı is Member of the Board of Pegasus Airlines and vice chairperson of Mars Sportif which are part of the Esas Private Equity portfolio. He also serves on the board of Esas Properties.

Ali is one of the co-founders of Esas Social, which was established to facilitate sustainable social investment. He focuses on increasing awareness of entrepreneurship in Turkey. As the president of the Young Entrepreneurs Board in the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB), he has led successful projects including Angel Investing Legislation, Global Entrepreneurship Congress, G3 Forum, Global Entrepreneurship Week and TIM Innovation Week - Born Global. He is also an angel investor in more than 25 start-up companies.

Ali is a member of the Turkish American Business Association and the Turkish Family Business Association. In 2018 he was awarded the Légion d'Honneur by the French government for his contributions to economic relations between Turkey and France.

Ali Sabancı earned his M.B.A. degree with a major in International Finance from Columbia Business School and B.A. degree in Politics and Economics from Tufts University.

CAN KÖSEOĞLU
Member of the Board Esas Holding

Can Köseoğlu is a member of the Investment Committee of Esas Ventures. Can started his career at Esas Holding’s Food Group, working for various portfolio companies including Gıdaser, Bonservis and Esaslı Group. Can also founded Döner Stop, a fast food chain with eight branches across 4 cities in Turkey and exited the business to TAB Food Investments in 2018.

Can Köseoğlu received a B.A. degree in Economics from Tufts University.

BURAK AYDIN
Investor
Burak Aydın is an investor at Esas Ventures. Burak worked for Accenture in Austria and Germany as a consultant and as a Strategic Planning Manager in Siemens Business Systems. In July 2011 he became the General Manager of Intel Turkey. As of August 2018, he is the General Manager of SabanciDX.


Burak has a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Middle East Technical University followed by an MBA degree. In 2015, he has attended Executive Management training program in Harvard Business School.

CEYDA KEÇELİ
Portfolio Manager
Ceyda Keçeli is a Portfolio Manager at Esas Ventures. Ceyda has over a decade of experience in the Turkish start-up and venture capital industry and has served on the boards of the Global Entrepreneurship Week and the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Istanbul.

Ceyda Keçeli has a B.A degree in Political Science and International Relations from Marmara University and a M.A. degree in Media and Communications from City University in London.
BURAK KARAHASAN
Senior Associate

Burak is a Senior Associate at Esas Ventures. Previously, he was part of PwC’s deals team, where he participated in the financial due diligence process of over 20 deals, involving Private Equity/Venture Capital firms and Strategic Investors across the globe.

Burak has a B.A. degree in Economics from the University of Victoria, where he graduated with distinction. He also completed a 1 year exchange program at Bocconi University.