Yildiz Ventures
Yahya Ulker serves as a Transformation Leader at pladis Global since May 2024 and holds multiple significant roles at Şok Marketler, including Board Member and Commercial Director, with additional responsibilities in ecommerce and sales operations. Concurrently, Yahya Ulker is an Ecommerce Leader at Godiva Chocolatier and a Transformation Leader & Board Member at Yıldız Holding, alongside roles as an Investment Committee Member at Yildiz Ventures and a Board Member at Yıldız Tech. Further, Yahya Ulker recently joined Bizim Toptan Satış Mağazaları as a Board Member and has extensive experience as Executive Chair at istegelsin, Turkey’s first Online Supermarket. Previous positions include Chief Executive Officer at eStar Global E-Ticaret and General Coordinator at Northstar Innovation. Academically, Yahya Ulker holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Koç University, with further education from Harvard Business School Online and UCLA.
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Yildiz Ventures
Established in 2019 to support the entrepreneurship ecosystem, Yıldız Ventures quickly became one of the leading investors in the region. Yıldız Ventures’ investment strategy relies on CVC and VC activities that target leading ventures operating within the conglomerate’s core areas of business such as food, consumer goods, retail, etc. and focus on incubation and financial investments. Yıldız Ventures invests in leading local and global early-stage technology VC funds under its venture capital activities. Yıldız Ventures that incubated Turkey's first online supermarket İsteGelsin, aims to continue supporting startups focusing on food and retail sectors. Girişimcilik ekosistemini desteklemek amacıyla 2019 yılında kurulan Yıldız Ventures, kısa sürede bölgenin önde gelen yatırımcıları arasında yer almıştır. Fonun yatırım stratejisi; holdingin ana iş kolları olan gıda, tüketim, perakende vb. alanlarda faaliyet gösteren başarılı girişimleri hedefleyerek, CVC ve VC aktiviteleri kapsamında, girişimlere sektör tecrübesi aktarımının yanı sıra, inkübasyon ve finansal yatırımları odağına almaktadır. Yıldız Ventures, girişim sermayesi faaliyetleri altında Türkiye ve globalde önde gelen, erken aşama teknoloji VC fonlarına yatırım yapmaktadır. Türkiye’nin ilk online süpermarketi İsteGelsin’i geliştiren ve sektöre kazandıran Yıldız Ventures, gıda ve perakende sektörlerini odağına alarak girişimlere desteğini sürdürmeyi hedeflemektedir.