#51 Aydin Senkut

Aydin Senkut on Forbes

Aydin Senkut is the Founder and Managing Director of Felicis Ventures. An original “super-angel” investor, he was named to Forbes’ 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 Midas Lists, and previously appeared as one of the top 15 tech angels by Businessweek. He was also named among the New York Times’ Top 20 Venture Capital Investors Worldwide in 2016 and 2017. Aydin is well-known as an early backer of a number of iconic companies including Shopify (NYSE:SHOP), Fitbit (NYSE:FIT), Adyen, Diffbot, Greenhouse, Credit Karma, Rovio and Vicarious. Over 60 Felicis companies such as Brightroll, Climate Corp, Cruise, Dropcam, Twitch, and Meraki, have been acquired by industry leaders such as Google, Amazon, Cisco, Apple, Microsoft, General Motors, AT&T, Disney, Yahoo and Ebay.

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Over the past 10 years, Aydin and the Felicis Ventures team have helped 11 companies grow to over $1 billion each. They also assisted 36 portfolio companies surpass the $100 million mark. Out of their 180 investments, 60 have turned into notable exits. That would be considered quite a great track record.

Founder & MD of @Felicis Ventures. 1st PM @Google. Investor in @Rovio, @Shopify, @Inkling, @Practice Fusion, @ClearSlide Investing in iconic companies since '06

Aydin Senkut (Photo credit: Joi) Aydin Senkut was born in Istanbul to parents who were entrepreneurs (mom in executive recruiting and dad in textiles). His journey from there to Google (GOOG) and beyond provides a novel perspective on the Silicon Valley Start-up Common (SVSC). The idea of the Common in economics originated in [...]

Aydin Senkut on Forbes

Founder (Felicis Ventures), Investor in Iconic Companies, Always Learning