Spring 2016
Week1 Eray Erdoğan Founder of LALA - Class Alumni
Week2 Cemil Türün Founder of Yogurtistan
Week3 Utku Tuncay Founder of Case Campus in Endeavor
Week4 Başak Taşpınar Founder of Armut
Week5 Tolga Güreş & Zeynep Zorlu Investors from TRPE Captial - Wesley Clover & Netaş
Week6 Berk Baydur - Founder of Iven - Class Alumni
Week7 Kemal Inan - Founding Dean of Engineering in Sabancı University and Author of Teknolojik İş(lev)sizlik
Week8 Cem Sertoğlu - Managing Partner - EarlyBird Venture Capital
Week9 Metin Salt - Investor from Vestel Ventures
Doğan Taşkent and Akın Rota - JPA International
Week12 Midterm April 22
Week15 Final May 13 Juri
Zehra Öney - CEO of Blippar
Tolga Güreş - VC in TRPE Wesley Clover & Netaş
Özlem Dalga - Director in Philips Morris
Zehra Zorlu - VC in TRPE Wesley Clover & Netaş
Tunç Dalga - Head of New Generation Power
Kübra Altın - TA
Yeşim Kaya - TA
Week2 Cemil Türün Founder of Yogurtistan
Week3 Utku Tuncay Founder of Case Campus in Endeavor
Week4 Başak Taşpınar Founder of Armut
Week5 Tolga Güreş & Zeynep Zorlu Investors from TRPE Captial - Wesley Clover & Netaş
Week6 Berk Baydur - Founder of Iven - Class Alumni
Week7 Kemal Inan - Founding Dean of Engineering in Sabancı University and Author of Teknolojik İş(lev)sizlik
Week8 Cem Sertoğlu - Managing Partner - EarlyBird Venture Capital
Week9 Metin Salt - Investor from Vestel Ventures
Doğan Taşkent and Akın Rota - JPA International
Week12 Midterm April 22
Week15 Final May 13 Juri
Zehra Öney - CEO of Blippar
Tolga Güreş - VC in TRPE Wesley Clover & Netaş
Özlem Dalga - Director in Philips Morris
Zehra Zorlu - VC in TRPE Wesley Clover & Netaş
Tunç Dalga - Head of New Generation Power
Kübra Altın - TA
Yeşim Kaya - TA
Spring 2015
- Cemil Türün - Founder of Yogurtistan
- Elena Pallotta - Founder of Miu
- Fırat İşbecer - Founder of Positron
- Sean Yu - Founder of Parasut
- Atakan Peker - Inventor of Liquid Metal
- Cem Sertoğlu - Partner of Early Bird Ventures
- Mehmet Bostan - CEO of Vakıf Emeklilik, Board Member of Turkcell
- Tolga Güreş- Partner at Wesley Clover Netaş Fund - TRPE Capital
- Final Juri
- Bülent Kaytaz, Founder of Argela
- Tayfun Uğur, Ex Cisco and BT CEO
- Zehra Öney, CEO of Blippar
- Tolga Güreş, Partner TRPE Capital
- Zeynep Zorlu, Partner TRPE Capital
Spring 2014
- Jason Lau - Koç Incubation Center Feb 7
- Elena Pallotta - Entrepreneur Feb 14
- Memet Yazıcı - Tolga Güreş - Partners TRPE Capital & Netaş-Wesley Fund Feb 21
- Erdoğan Çeşmeli - Partner General Electric Ventures Feb 28
- Sean Yu - Founder Edefter - March 7
- Hasan Aslanoba - Founder Aslanoba Capital March 14
- Sir Terry Matthews - March 19
- Savaş Ünsal - Founder Crowdfon & Superonline March 21
- Serkan Sevim - Founder MediaNova - March 28
- April 4 - Midterm
- April 11 - Spring Break
- Cem Sertoglu - Partner Earlybird Capital - April 18
- Arden Agopyan - Founder, CloudArena AND Güçlü Gökozan - Founder & CEO, Buldumbuldum.com - Cihan Köseoğlu, Can Poyrazoğlu, Yiğit Ersu, - PeopleApps April 25
- Tunc Berkman - CMO, Vestel Pazarlama and Entrepreneur May 2
- May 16 - Final Jury Committee:
Tolga Gures - VC @ TRPE Capital
Savas Unsal - Crowdfounding @ CrowdFON
Aycan Avci - Angel @ PeopleApps - Koç University Incubation Center
Ömer Akarca - Angel @ Galata Business Angels
Mehmet Atici- VC @ Earlybird Ventures
Yigit Ersu - Angel @ PeopleApps - Koç University Incubation Center
Elena Pallotta - Entrepreneur @ MIA
Tayfun Ugur - Mentor @ Koç University Incubation Center
Bora Yilmaz - VC @ Revo Capital
Spring 2013
- Emre Berkin - Investor - Feb 15th
- Sidar Şahin - Co-founder & CEO PeakGames - February 22nd
- Cemil Türün - CEO Yogurtistan - March 1st
- Damla Kilicarslan - Alumni Entrepreneur - March 8th
- Bora Eliacik - Elance Expert - March 8th
- Emin Hitay - Founder Hitay Holding - March 15th
- Elena Pallotta - Founder MUA' Gelatieri d'Italia - March 22nd
- Cem Sertoğlu - Partner at EarlyBird Ventures - March 29th
- Dr. Sükrü Bozluolcay - Founder Bozlu Holding - April 5th
- Talip Ozturk - Founder Hazelcast - April 26th
- Kemal Inan - Prof at Sabanci, Author Teknolojik Islevsizlik - May 3rd
- Melih Odemis - Co-founder Yemeksepeti.com - May 10th
- Mustafa Kayer- Founder Hayat Bilisim - May 17th
- Final Jury: May 23th --- 3-6pm ENG 129
- Bulent Kaytaz, Founder & CEO Turk Telekom ARGELA
- Piraye Antika - ENKUBA Incubation
- Aycan Avci - Investor & Aya Danismanlik
Spring 2012
- Ari Bencuya, Ventures Manager, Inventures. Feb 24th. Intro to Venture Capital.pdf
- Numan Numan, Venture Partner, 212VC, March 16th.
- Mustafa Acet, Founder, Indirdik.Com, March 22nd.
- Ali Arikan, Arikan Law, March 30th. Koc 300312.ppt
- Ayse Erinc, EgeSea, First VC Review, May 11th.
- Bulent Kaytaz, Co-Founder, Argela, Final Jury
Spring 2011
- Cemil Turun, CEO & Founder of Yogurtistan.
- Bulent Kaytaz, CEO & Founder of Argela
- Tugrul Tekbulut, Founder & Chairman of LOGO
- Selcuk Atli, Founder & CEO of Iletken
- Mehtap Mae Ozkan, Founder and Managing Partner of Golden Horn and TIMAR Venture
- Cem Sertoglu, Founder and Managing Partner of Young Turk Ventures
- Tumay Asena, Co-founder and CEO of Nokta Technology
- Ziya Boyacigiller, Investor, Entrepreneur and Mentor ( Maxim Semiconductor, Airties, etc.)
- Cem Soysal, CEO of Inventram -- Koc University Incubator.
- Final
- Ayse Erinc, founder EgeSea,
- Numan Numan founder 212vc.
