Tentative Agenda

09:00

  • Registration & Networking

10:00

  • Intro and Welcome Remarks - Overview of the Private Capital Scenery

  • Barış Öney - Globalturk Capital & GPCA

10:20

  • The New FDI Strategy of Turkiye

  • Ahmet Burak Dağlıoğlu, President, Presidency Investment Office

10:30

  • Overview of the Private Capital Scenery

  • Cevdet Yılmaz, Vice President of The Republic of Türkiye (Confirmed)

10:55

  • GPCA Key Research Highlights

  • Jeff Schlapinski, GPCA

11:10

  • Keynote Interview

  • Barış Öney - Globalturk Capital & GPCA

  • Dirk Werner, EBRD

11:25

  • Growing Venture Tech Investments and Corporate Venture Capital Investments in Türkiye and Abroad

  • Moderator: İsmail Esin, Esin Attorney Partnership

  • • İhsan Elgin, Finberg

  • • Göktürk Işıkpınar, Ak Portföy

  • • Barış Karakullukçu, İşbank, 100th Year Venture Capital Fund

  • • Baturay Kaya, Digital East Fund

  • • Bernard-Louis Roque, Truffle Capital

  • • Ozan Sönmez, Molten Ventures

12:10

  • Venture Tech Success Stories

  • Moderator: Agah Uğur, Boğaziçi Ventures

  • • Nevzat Aydın, Gen Türkiye

  • • Koray Bahar, Figopara

  • • Volkan Biçer, Ludus Ventures

  • • Bülent Tekmen, Colendi

12:40

  • Quick Lunch

13:45

  • M&A Transaction Landscape in Türkiye, CEE and MENA Regions, Current Pipeline and Trends

  • Merlin Piscitelli, Datasite

14:00

  • MENA – Türkiye Cross-border Investment and Exit Opportunities

  • Moderator: Serkan Kızıl, Taxim Capital / Astra Capital

  • • Hassan Al-Jeshi, Malaz Capital

  • • Suhaib Al Mabrouk, QFB, Leshabank

  • • Laurent Demey, Amethis

  • • Yaser Moustafa, Janus Henderson - NBK Capital

14:40

  • Eurasia – Türkiye Cross-border Investment and Exit Opportunities

  • Moderator: Jeff Schlapinski, GPCA

  • • Yasemin Bedir, Mastercard

  • • Didem Ilgaz Anıl, CEECAT Capital

  • • Krzysztof Kulig, Innova Capital

  • • Alex von Sponeck, Kirkoswald

  • • Denys Sychkov, Horizon Capital

15:20

  • Coffee Break

15:40

  • Survey Results

15:45

  • New Global Investment Strategies of DFIs/LPs and Themes for Türkiye and Environs

  • Moderator: Barış Öney, Globalturk Capital & GPCA

  • • Anne Fossemalle, EBRD

  • • Oliver Polednick, DEG

  • • Jaap Reinking, FMO

  • • Nicholas Vickery, IFC

16:20

  • Managing Portfolios, Exits and Fund Raisings for Türkiye Focused GPs

  • Moderator: Barış Gen, IFC

  • • Cenk Coşkuntürk, Mediterra Capital

  • • Koray Doğançay, Maxis Private Equity

  • • Mehmet Özkaya, Esas Holding

  • • Seymur Tarı, Turkven

  • • Selahattin Zoralioğlu, Alkima Partners & Taxim Capital

17:00

  • Fireside Chat

  • • Yiğit Dula, EBRD

  • • Erman Kalkandelen, Franklin Templeton

17:15

  • Exit Opportunities for Private Capital Through IPOs in Borsa Istanbul and LSE

  • Moderator: Emre Karter, Citibank Türkiye

  • • Gökhan Arıkoç, Lycian Capital - Azimut

  • • Güzhan Gülay, Borsa Istanbul

  • • Axel Kalinowski, The London Stock Exchange Group

  • • Onur Topaç, Gedik Invest

17:50

  • Türkiye's Industry and Technology Strategy and Policies

  • Fatih Kacır, Minister of Industry and Technology (Confirmed)

18:15

  • Closing