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Saltukhan Gulsen

Chief of Staff at Atlas Space | Venture Capitalist | Gaming & Web3

Istanbul

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $500,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $250,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • Chief of Staff

    2024

    We are shaping the future by building immersive digital worlds and innovative solutions through our platform. Our mission is to seamlessly integrate virtual environments into everyday life, empowering businesses and individuals across industries such as education, entertainment, real estate, automotive, and retail. We leverage cutting-edge technologies like Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Digital Twin to deliver unique and impactful experiences on a global scale. I play a pivotal role in ensuring the seamless execution of our strategic initiatives and operations. My responsibilities include optimizing internal processes, managing cross-functional projects, and providing strategic support to the executive team. I work closely with our leadership to align company goals with actionable plans, driving organizational efficiency and innovation. My role also involves facilitating communication across departments, helping to maintain our company’s dynamic and collaborative culture. Together, we are paving the way for a world where virtual and physical realities converge, creating new opportunities and experiences for businesses and consumers alike.

2023

  • Advisory Board Member

    2023

    Hazmob is a rapidly growing game company, with top ranked games on mobile.We have over 100 million fans playing our game

2022 - 2024

  • Partner

    2022 - 2024

    We serve corporate and individual investors who want to build on their Venture Capital funds and help the founders who raise investment for their startups with our long-term experience across over 20 countries in Europe, also USA and Turkey. We have $125M in assets under management across multiple funds. We touched more than 80 startups and managed more than 210 investment rounds. We believe that today’s innovative technologies will be shape tomorrow and we support to all participations of this revolution with our sector agnostic know-how, global vision and international network.

2020 - 2024

  • Regional Director Europe and Central Asia

    2020 - 2024

    WePlay Ventures is a Gaming VC in Europe, Central Asia and Turkey that supports pre-seed and seed stage gaming studios to achieve their potential. Our longstanding relationships in the ecosystem has allowed us to bring our expertise on each of our investments. We have utilized our knowledge and partners to gain networks and shared them with our studios to ensure maximum growth. With our acceleration programs and smart money model, we want to share our expertise with not just our investments but also gaming studios that show promise!

  • Business Development Manager

    2020 - 2022

    Tarvenn Ventures and Advisors is an Istanbul-based international investment and advisory firm that specialized in investing in innovative startups in the seed and early stage, and providing strategic advisory services to the startups, investors, entrepreneurs, businesses and capital funds. Tarvenn has an exceptional knowledge and experience across over 40 countries in Turkey, Balkans, Central Asia, North Africa and CIS regions • Conduct analyses and search for investments and new business development opportunities in both domestic and foreign markets • Participate in all stages of transaction executions, from pitching to closing • Monitor the sectorial developments, competitor strategies, market opportunities and innovations • Coordinating and prioritizing the daily schedule of regular meetings with potential tech companies to invest • Work closely with internal and external top executives • Deal screening: call and/or meet with prospects, evaluate opportunities • Prepare the draft of the evaluations about new companies & projects • Manage client and subsidiary relationships with functional and executive levels • Plan, track, control and manage all aspects of the clients and subsidiaries • Negotiate contract terms with clients and communicate terms to stakeholders • Perform due dilligence and valuation • Source early stage tech startups and conduct due diligence • Help portfolio companies to grow and scale

2014 - 2019

  • Fundraising Manager

    2014 - 2019

    Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over 55 countries and an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.Greenpeace was founded in 1971 by Irving Stowe and Dorothy Stowe, Canadian and US ex-pat environmental activists. Fundraising Departmant - Istanbul Asia Side Region Manager • To monitor and present annual targets and KPI indicators • Performing and reporting individual evaluations of working persons • To follow the monthly performance of the teams and make the necessary interventions • Giving necessary trainings (sales marketing techniques, campaign information, etc.) • To train potential executive candidates and to deal with their personal development. • Establishing a team structure and increasing the number of teams by increasing the working area. • To follow the regular support and cancellation process and to minimize the cancellation rate. • Preparing training • To ensure coordination between the office and the site • to follow the statistical information obtained on site and to ensure its development. • Prepare monthly GROW report and present it to my managers. • Observing the field teams and identifying their deficiencies