Speakers
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Speaker Name
Speaker Title
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Anton Levy
Ex-Chairman & Advisory Director at General Atlantic
Emmett Shear
Co-founder at Twitch & Softmax AI
Bryan Kim
Partner at a16z
Simon Schmincke
General Partner at Creandum
Tanay Tandon
Founder & CEO at Commure
Peter Hill
Chief Technology Officer at Synthesia
Tim Kohn
Technologist-in-Residence at Summit Partners
Keith Grossman
President at MoonPay
Dan Lupu
Venture Partner at Earlybird
Daniel Keiper Knorr
Founder at SpeedInvest
Zeynep Yavuz
Partner at General Catalyst
Walid Mansour
Co-founder & Co-CEO at MEVP
Kabir Gill
GTM Partnerships at ElevenLabs
Joe Schorge
Founder & Managing Partner at Isomer Capital
Hussein Kanji
Founding Partner at Hoxton Ventures
Lucanus Polagnoli
Founding Partner & CEO at Calm Storm
Abdallah Abu Sheikh
Founder at Astra Tech & ex-CEO at Botim
Stefan Klestil
General Partner at SpeedInvest
Melis Kahya Akar
Managing Director at General Atlantic
Egem Eraslan
Founder & CEO at Midas
Akin Babayigit
Co-founder at Tripledot Studios
Burak Vardal
Co-founder & CEO at Rollic
Rina Onur Sirinoglu
Co-founder & CEO at Spyke Games
Mustafa Namoglu
Co-founder & CEO at ikas
Barbaros Ozbugutu
Co-founder at iyzico
Anil Simsek
Co-founder & CEO at Codeway
Bugra Gunduz
Co-founder & CEO at HockeyStack
Ozgun Erdogan
Co-founder at Ubicloud
Ali Karabey
Founding Partner at 212
Asli Kurul Turkmen
Managing Director at Endeavor Turkey
Yahya Ulker
Founder at Yildiz Ventures
Magdalena Yesil
Board of Directors at Salesforce
Enis Hulli
General Partner at e2VC
Ozge Oz
Partner at QNBEYOND Ventures
Haluk Nisli
General Manager at Inveo Ventures
Dilek Dayinlarli
Co-founder at ScaleX
Gorkem Turk
Founding Partner at Laton Ventures
Yusuf Hilmi
Founder & CEO at Polymet
Berkay Adlim
Founder & CEO at Kamion
Emre Gucer
Co-founder & CEO at Fume
The lineup is growing — more speakers coming soon. Stay Tuned.
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