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Sahin Boydas

Product at Gusto. | Prev: Founder/CEO RemoteTeam.com (acquired by Gusto), co-founder/CTO of MovieLaLa (acquired by Gfycat), MojiLaLa, Leo AR (Stanford StartX S19) | Author, Angel Investor, Public Speaker

Austin, Texas

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $5,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $50,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $25,000.00

Work Experience

2021

  • Head of Turkiye. Distributed Teams, Bootcamp, App Eco

    2021

1999 - 2021

  • Co-Founder

    1999 - 2021

    Co-Founded 8 companies with many unique amazing co-founders to build great products '21- Acquired by Gusto - RemoteTeam (Austin) '18 - Leo (Live) (San Francisco) '16 - MojiLaLa (Live) (San Francisco) '12 - Acquired by Gfycat - MovieLaLa (San Francisco) '10 - Beyazkutu (acquired) (Istanbul) '07 - Vitamin (exited) (Istanbul) '04 - Firely Mobile (exited) (Istanbul) '99 - CepDukkan (exited) (Istanbul) 👇 Learn more about each of them from below 👇👇

  • CEO & Founder

    2019 - 2021

2019 - 2019

  • Angel Investor

    2019 - 2019

    Invested in 80+ startups 89 - HiFi Bridge 88 - Grok AI 87 - Odeko 86 - OpenAI 85 - Paladin - Enterprise SaaS for Legal Teams 84 - Biofire 83 - Aquaria - Securing access to clean water by harvesting the humidity in the air 82 - Ruli AI 81 - Beam Benefits 80 - Subject.com - Online Learning for this Generation 79 - Composer - Composer, the automated trading platform and investment app. 78 - Vector.co (YC W23) 77 - Ottopay 76 - Wild Microbes 75 - Heyday AI 74 - Shield.AI 73 - Rally 72 - Biofire 71 - Maverick Bioworks 70 - Terrex 69 - Mercury 68 - Postman 67 - Circle 66 - Workstream 65 - Pinecone 64 - Shield AI 63 - Rewind.ai 62 - Zipline 61 - Anthropic 60 - Capsule.video 59 - Cadre.com 58 - Colossal 57- Owner 56 - Cart.com 55 - Sunday 54 - Jupe 53 - Menten AI 52 - Formation Labs 51 - Firefly Health - fireflyhealth.com - A provider of primary care services 50 - Front - front.com - A provider of customer engagement software by Mathilde Collin 49 - Fundbox - fundbox.com - A provider of financial services for businesses by Eyal Shinar 48 - Clara - clara.com - A provider of financial services for businesses 47 - Exosonic - exosonic.com - A company that designs and manufactures supersonic aircraft 46 - US Bitcoin - usbitcoin.com - A provider of financial services for businesses 45 - Boom Supersonic - boomsupersonic.com - A company that designs and manufactures supersonic aircraft by Blake Scholl 44 - Little Otter - littleotter.com - A provider of online education programs 43 - Kabcash - kabcash.com - A platform for buying and selling digital assets

  • Angel Investor

    2019 - 2019

    42 - AlphaFlow - alphaflow.com - A platform for investing in real estate 41 - Mate Fertility - matefertility.com - A company that creates at-home fertility testing kits 40 - Passport - passport.com - A provider of travel management services 39 - Nanotronics - nanotronics.com - A company that creates advanced imaging technologies by Matthew Putman 38 - LEX Markets - lexmarkets.com - A platform for trading digital assets 37 - ZenBusiness - zenbusiness.com - A provider of business formation and compliance services by Ross Buhrdorf 36 - Republic - republic.com - A platform for investing in startups 35 - Brainbase - brainbase.com - A company that creates software for intellectual property 34 - Lawtrades - lawtrades.com - A legal services platform 33 - Nomagic - nomagic.com - A virtual design and collaboration platform 32 - Pipe - pipe.com - A provider of financial services for businesses 31 - Magic - magic.com - A virtual design and collaboration platform 30 - Minicircle - minicircle.com - A biotechnology company 29 - WHOOP - whoop.com - A fitness tracker and performance optimization platform by Will Ahmed 28 - Runa HR - runahr.com - A human resources management platform 27 - Solarmente ESP - solarmente.com - A provider of solar energy solutions 26 - Buoyant Aero - buoyantaero.com - A company that designs and manufactures electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft 25 - Canvas - canvas.com - A provider of construction management software 24 - Trestle Biotherapeutics - trestlebio.com - A biotechnology company 23 - Locomation - locomation.com - A company that develops autonomous truck technology 22 - Perch - perch.com - A provider of home buying and selling services by Drew Uher 21 - Firefly - firefly.com - A company that creates sustainable fashion by Sarah Paiji Yoo

  • Angel Investor

    2019 - 2019

    20 - Monarch Tractor - monarchtractor.com - A manufacturer of electric tractors by Praveen Penmetsa 19 - Jetty - jetty.com - A provider of home and renters insurance by Michael Rudoy 18 - Wonderschool - wonderschool.com - A provider of online education programs by Chris Bennett 17 - Haus - haus.com - sustainable homes - A company that creates modern 16 - Wild Earth - wildearth.com - A company that creates plant-based pet food by Ryan Bethencourt 15 - MUD\WTR - adaptogenic coffee and tea blends - A company that creates sustainable 14 - Odys Aviation - odysaviation.com - A company that designs and manufactures electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft by Matt Johnson 13 - Sendbird - sendbird.com - A customer engagement platform by John Kim 12 - Turing - Remote Software Jobs - turingjobs.com - A remote job platform for software developers by Ryan O'Neil 11 - Commsor - commsor.com - A communications platform for businesses by Alex Yoder 10 - Tripp - tripp.com - A vacation rental platform by J.R. Johnson 9 - Koniku - koniku.com - A neurotechnology company by Dr. Oshi Agabi 8 - Astranis - astranis.com - A satellite communications company by John Gedmark 7 - Alto IRA - altoira.com - A self-directed IRA provider by Nick Gavronsky 6 - StyleSeat - styleseat.com - An online booking platform for hair stylists and salons by Melody McCloskey 5 - KeyMe - keyme.com - A key duplication service by Greg Marsh 4 - Human Interest - humaninterest.com - A 401(k) provider by Matt Reynolds 3 - Eight Sleep - eightsleep.com - A company that creates smart beds by Matteo Franceschetti 2 - Remote - remote.com - A remote work platform 1 - Blueboard - blueboard.com - A company that offers employee rewards and incentives by Andrew Allison

2017 - 2019

  • Co-Founder and CTO

    2017 - 2019

    Welcome to the new world. #LeoApp wants to bring #AR to the masses :)

2019 - 2019

  • StartX P19 Entrepreneur

    2019 - 2019

    ● We went to the accelerator program 3 times. (StartX P19, StartX S19, StartX F20) ● I frequently help StartX as a technical judge for admissions in technical interviews. ● I also ran the Growth neighborhood in 2020. StartX is a collection of serial entrepreneurs, industry experts, tenured Stanford professors, and well-funded growth-stage startups.

2016 - 2019

  • Co-Founder and CTO

    2016 - 2019

    MojiLaLa is one of the largest high-quality sticker marketplaces, with artists and designers from all over the world. Collectively, there are over 70k+ stickers to choose from. Accelerators: 500 Startups, Stanford StartX, Betaworks Vision Camp

2012 - 2018

  • Alumi

    2012 - 2018

    StartX S19(Leo), B20 (Leo), B21 (Remote Team) Quake Betaworks Vision Camp 500 Startups B19 Founder Institute

2018 - 2018

  • VisionCamp Accelerator - Entrepreneur

    2018 - 2018

2016 - 2017

  • Batch 19 Accelerator - Entrepreneur

    2016 - 2017