Aydin Senkut

Felicis Ventures

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• http://www.felicis.com/

Overview

Aydin Senkut is the Founder and Managing Director of the venture capital firm Felicis Ventures. An original “super-angel” investor, he was named to Forbes’ 2014 Midas List and previously appeared as one of the top 25 tech angels by Businessweek. Aydin is well-known as an early backer of a number of iconic portfolio companies including Adyen, Clearslide, Counsyl, Inkling, Practice Fusion, Rovio, and Shopify. Felicis has a strong track record of 49 exits such as Climate Corp, Dropcam, Liveramp, Mint, and Meraki. Currently, his focus areas include re-invention of core markets like intelligent SaaS and financial services as well as development of frontier technologies including deep learning and robotics. Prior to starting Felicis Ventures, Aydin was Google’s first product manager and launched its first 10 international sites in 2000. He speaks five languages: English, German, French, Portuguese and Turkish.