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Are you looking to raise funding for your startup or planning to raise in the future? Join our exclusive Ask Me Anything (AMA) event featuring Cenk Bayrakdar? Founding Partner & Managing Director at Revo Capital. In this session, you'll get insider insights on how funding works, how investors evaluate pitches, and what they're really looking for in founders. Whether you're preparing for your first round or still refining your business idea, this AMA is your chance to ask real investors your burning questions. Come ready to learn and engage! Our investors are here to help you take your startup to the next level.

❯ 🎙 Featured Speaker

Cenk Bayrakda - Founding Partner & Managing Director, Revo Capital

Cenk Bayrakdar is the Founding Partner and Managing Director of Revo Capital, Türkiye’s first institutional venture capital firm. With 25+ years of experience across technology, innovation, and venture investing, he has played a pivotal role in connecting Turkish founders with global capital markets.

Before founding Revo Capital in 2013, Cenk spent 13 years at Turkcell in senior leadership roles, where he led major digital and fintech initiatives, including the launch of the world’s first SIM-based mobile wallet and Turkcell TV+. Under his leadership, Revo Capital has raised $250M+ across three funds, completed 50 investments and 18 exits, and backed many of Türkiye’s most successful global technology companies.

Cenk works closely with founders on product strategy, global scale-up, and cross-border fundraising, and regularly serves on boards and advisory councils across Türkiye’s business and technology ecosystem.

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❯ 📌 Who Should Attend

Founders planning to scale into international markets

  • Startups seeking cross-border fundraising or investor readiness
  • Early-stage teams considering HQ relocation or global GTM strategy
  • Entrepreneurs from emerging markets aiming to build global products
  • Operators, ecosystem builders, and innovation leaders following regional → global startup models
  • Anyone who wants to understand how Revo Capital evaluates and supports globally ambitious founders

❯ 📌 What You Will Learn

How Revo Capital evaluates a startup’s global expansion potential

  • The cross-border scaling model that helped 80%+ of their portfolio relocate HQs to strong-currency markets
  • How Fund I, II, and III investment patterns reveal what global VCs look for today
  • The difference between “regional traction” and “globally scalable traction”
  • Practical steps to prepare your startup for cross-border fundraising
  • How founders can manage operations locally while expanding commercially abroad
  • Real case patterns from Revo’s 40+ investments, 17+ exits, and two unicorns

❯❯ This is a live, interactive online event, so be sure to RSVP at https://fi.co/e/386105/meetup to receive the Zoom URL to join us live!

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