YO

Yusuf Ozdalga

Partner at QED Investors

London, England

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $30,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $3,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Emerging Payments
Investment Banking
Private Equity
Valuation
Capital Markets
Financial Modeling
Corporate Finance
Financial Structuring
Equities
Mergers
Fixed Income
Securitization
Emerging Markets
Due Diligence
Asset Managment
Derivatives
Structured Finance
Equity Capital Markets
Private Placements
Deal Execution

Education

Work Experience

  • Partner, Head of UK & Europe

    2017

    Board member at Payhawk, Wayflyer, RemoFirst, Shop Circle, Carmoola, Swap Commerce, Weavr, GetGround, Fidel API, and RestLess. Board observer and founding partner at Wagestream. Former board member at GAIN Credit, Future Finance, Capitalise. Leading QED’s investments in the UK & Europe. Primary vertical focus on fintech and proptech.

2011 - 2017

  • Investment Director

    2011 - 2017

    Head of private equity and member of the investment committee at Eastgate Capital Group, the Dubai based private equity arm of NCB Capital. Set up and led the fund's Turkish office and served as board & executive committee member of portfolio companies across several countries. Promoted to head office in Dubai to lead and restructure the global private equity team.

  • Director, Private Equity

    2010 - 2011

    Headed up Unicorn's Turkish Private Equity team with responsibility for sourcing and executing growth focused private equity deals. Originated and closed one of the fund's largest and highest IRR deals.

2009 - 2010

  • Co-Founder & Managing Director

    2009 - 2010

    Cofounder and General Manager of Frukton, an agri-business logistics company focused on trading, real estate, and cold chain storage in the agri-food industry. Took the business to operational profitability in first year of operations, establishing a presence in five international markets. Successful exit to partners in second year of operations.

2006 - 2008

  • Director, Principal Finance

    2006 - 2008

    Executed investments in financial institutions across the capital spectrum including equity, mezzanine debt, senior debt, and warehouse facilities with a focus on the specialty finance and NPL industries. Deals include investing in and funding the largest non conforming online mortgage originator in Sweden as well as the set up of a de novo mortgage bank in the Netherlands.

  • Associate, Mergers & Acquisitions

    2003 - 2006

    M&A advisory with the Financial Institutions Group, primarily covering specialty finance companies such as credit card originators, mortgage banks, NPL servicers, as well as regional banks. Based in New York and London.

1997 - 2001

  • Business Manager

    1997 - 2001

    Redesigned the credit policy for the sub-prime credit card portfolio; extended $3 billion in unsecured credit lines, resulting in an incremental $100 million P&L contribution. Responsible for credit policy, retention, and risk based pricing programs.