Aydin Senkut

Current

Board Member at Imageshack
President at Felicis Ventures

Past

Senior Manager, Websearch & Syndication at Google, Inc.
Sales Manager, Strategic Accounts at Google, Inc.
Product Manager at Google, Inc.

Product Manager at Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Business Development Manager at Silicon Graphics, Inc.

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Education

University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania / SAIS
Boston University

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Recommended

6 people have recommended Aydin

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Internet

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 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
President

Felicis Ventures

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

December 2005 — Present (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 2001 — October 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 2000 — June 2001 (1 year )

Responsible for International Business Development
Product Manager

Google, Inc.

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

November 1999 — June 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 1997 — November 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 1996 — November 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 , 1994 — 1996
University of Pennsylvania / SAIS

MA , International Studies, Portuguese , May 1994 — June 1996

Activities and Societies:

Lauder Program
Summer in Brazil (1994)
Boston University

BS , Business Administration, Finance , 1988 — 1992

Activities and Societies:

Dean's List, Graduated Cum Laude