Our management team ensures the successful progression of our company through their strategic guidance and decisions, backed by many years of experience in venture capital and investment fields. Each member possesses a deep understanding in their area of expertise and is committed to leveraging this knowledge to drive the success of the ventures in our portfolio.
Executive Board
Mustafa Duman
Chairman of the Board
Mustafa Duman has 30 years of experience with comprehensive knowledge in commercial banking, investment banking, and consulting. He is actively involved in company valuations, feasibility studies, IPO projects, and investment analyses across various sectors including energy, manufacturing, tobacco, technology, and mining.
He possesses a high level of experience in structuring, analyzing, sourcing, and negotiating financial transactions.
Duman holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Hacettepe University and a Master's degree in International Finance and Real Estate Finance from the University of Wyoming.
Kamil Kılıç
Vice President of the Executive Board
Kılıç has served as a professional manager in CRM and Digital Marketing for many years in national and international markets. The companies he has worked with include Metro Cash & Carry, Sif JCB Construction Machine, Sixth Street, Speak Group, Timaş Publishing Group, and Körfez GYO.
In most of his positions, Kılıç has focused on analysing customer needs, preparing value suggestions, establishing commercial models, and engaging in strategic business development activities.
With Kılıç’s knowledge and experience, he has served on the Board of Directors of many companies in the venture capital sector. He has also worked as a pioneer in the development of the sector in several non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
Kılıç served as a Board Member for MUSIAD, Letven Ventures, Venture Capital Fund GİSED Association, GPAS Global Finance Summit Participation, and several VENTURE IN TURKEY institutions.
Kılıç holds a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Işık University and a master’s degree in Management Information Systems from Marmara University. He undertook his doctoral studies in the field of Management Organisation at Gebze Institute of Technology.
Yusuf Kaya
Board Member
Yusuf Kaya has served as a Board Member, Vice Chairman, and Head of the Inspection Department at the Capital Markets Board of Türkiye. He also held the position of Chairman of the Board at the Capital Markets Licensing, Registry and Training Corporation (SPL). He has over 25 years of experience in capital markets, financial supervision and regulation, valuation, and intellectual capital.
At the international level, he served as a member of the Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), Vice Chair of its Growth and Emerging Markets Committee, and as a member of the IFRS Foundation Monitoring Board. Mr. Kaya holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Bilkent University, an MBA from Duke University – The Fuqua School of Business, and a PhD in Economics from Istanbul University.
Didem Eryar Ünlü
Board Member
Graduated from Lycée Français Pierre Loti in 1986 and from Boğaziçi University’s Department of English Language and Literature in 1994. Worked as a reporter at the Turkish Daily News, as an Editor at the European Union Luxembourg Official Publications Office (OPOCE), as the Luxembourg Representative for the CIDC (Center for International Dialogue and Cooperation) magazine, and as a Program Producer at NTV. In 1999, began working as the Foreign News Editor at Dünya newspaper. Currently serves as Coordinator & Columnist and Sustainability Editor at NB Ekonomi newspaper. Fluent in French and English. Has published translations with Kabalcı Kitabevi (Jacques Derrida / Georges Bataille). In 2022, published the book İyi Olan Kazansın - Sürdürülebilirliğin 5N1K’sı with Sia Publishing.
Bülent Sezgin
Board Member
Bülent Sezgin is a seasoned investment banking executive with over 20 years of experience in capital markets advisory, transactional advisory and strategic financial leadership. His career spans public and private equity, M&A, IPOs, SPOs, debt capital markets, Islamic capital markets instruments and cross-border transactions, with a strong focus on delivering tailored solutions across sectors such as real estate, energy, consumer products, agriculture, telecommunications, financial institutions, and IT.
Most recently, Bülent served as Managing Director at Halk Invest until June 2025, where he led the execution of key IPOs, SPOs, debt capital markets instruments, Islamic capital markets instruments, block sales, and M&A transactions. He played a pivotal role in some of Turkey’s most notable IPOs, SPOs, debt capital market issuances, sukuk issuances, securitizations, and project finance transactions.
Bülent holds a degree in Political Science and Public Administration from the Middle East Technical University in Ankara.