Co-founder and managing partner at Bek Ventures, leading one of the top-performing venture firms globally. With over 15 years in venture capital, Cem has backed some of the biggest breakout tech stories hailing from CEE and Dynamic Europe, including UiPath, Payhawk, Minit, Hazelcast, oBilet and YemekSepeti.
Before stepping into venture capital, Cem was a founder himself. He launched and built NYC-based SelectMinds into a global leader in social talent software before its acquisition by Oracle in 2012. Splitting his time between Istanbul and the US East Coast, he brings a battle-tested founder perspective to investing, putting high conviction behind an elite group of early-stage teams.