Aydin Senkut

Founder & Angel Investor at Felicis Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
Past
Education
  • University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
  • University of Pennsylvania / SAIS
  • Boston University
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
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Websites

Aydin Senkut’s Summary

Felicis Ventures was founded by Aydin Senkut in late 2005 with the goal of becoming one of the leading seed stage investment funds in consumer internet and mobile. Aydin brings over a decade of experience in senior operational roles and scaling to promising start-ups. His current portfolio at Felicis Ventures encompasses over 50 companies including Brightroll, Disqus, Imageshack, Justin.tv, Meraki, Mint (acquired by Intuit), Mochi Media, Outright, Powerset (acquired by Microsoft), Plusmo (acquired by AT&T), Practice Fusion, RichRelevance, Sendori (acquired by IAC), Tapulous, and Yume Networks. Virtually all of his deals have been in close cooperation with other re-known seed investors and most of his portfolio companies have received funding from the top venture firms in Silicon Valley.

Aydin Senkut’s Specialties:

Angel Investing, Early Stage Funding Syndication, Product Management, International Sales & Business Development


Aydin Senkut’s Experience

  • Board Member

    Imageshack

    (Internet industry)

    June 2008Present (1 year 6 months)

  • President

    Felicis Ventures

    (Privately Held; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

    December 2005Present (4 years )

    Investing in & advising early stage consumer internet start-ups with excellent international growth potential.

  • Senior Manager, Websearch & Syndication

    Google, Inc.

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; GOOG; Internet industry)

    June 2001October 2005 (4 years 5 months)

    Responsible for Asia Pacific Syndication Sales and Account Management

  • Sales Manager, Strategic Accounts

    Google, Inc.

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; GOOG; Internet industry)

    July 2000June 2001 (1 year )

    Responsible for International Business Development

  • Product Manager

    Google, Inc.

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; GOOG; Internet industry)

    November 1999June 2000 (8 months)

    Launched Google's first 10 international sites
    Completed first product plan for all licensing products
    Negotiated key outsourcing contracts for Google’s translation service and adult content filter.
    Closed Google’s first wireless search contract with Omnisky

  • Product Manager

    Silicon Graphics, Inc.

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; SGI; Computer Hardware industry)

    December 1997November 1999 (2 years )

    Responsible for all product marketing, business development, public relations, and strategic development with respect to MineSet, Silicon Graphics’ flagship data mining and visualization solution

    Winner, Western Area Field Excellence Award

  • Business Development Manager

    Silicon Graphics, Inc.

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; SGI; Computer Hardware industry)

    July 1996November 1997 (1 year 5 months)

    Responsible for strategic alliances with key system integrators and application vendors in the electronic commerce and data mining areas focusing on the financial services market


Aydin Senkut’s Education

  • University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

    MBA , Marketing , 19941996

  • University of Pennsylvania / SAIS

    MA , International Studies, Portuguese , May 1994June 1996

    Activities and Societies:
    Lauder Program
    Summer in Brazil (1994)
  • Boston University

    BS , Business Administration, Finance , 19881992

    Activities and Societies:
    Dean's List, Graduated Cum Laude

Additional Information

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Aydin Senkut’s Interests:

Running, Biking, Skiing, Scuba-diving, Formula One, Antique Books, Military History, Ancient History

Aydin Senkut’s Groups:

Lead 21 Board

  •    Supernova
  •    Private Equity and Venture Capital Group
  •    Wharton School Alumni
  •    VENTURE CAPITAL ASIA
  •    Googlers & Xooglers
  •    Lauder Institute MBA / MA Alumni Network
  •    Silicon Valley comes to Japan
  •    Wharton MBA Class of 1996
  •    Montgomery Technology Conference

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