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Burak Cendek

Investor

Partner at Autotech Ventures

Menlo Park, California, United States

Writes $1M – $8M checks · typically $4M

About

Managing director with broad business and technical experience helping founders on growth strategy, modeling, and fundraising. Previously a junior partner at Revo Capital and COO of Sente, with a Caltech BS and Chicago Booth MBA.

Experience

  1. Autotech VenturesManaging Directorcurrent2025 — present
  2. Autotech VenturesPartner2021 — 2025
  3. Autotech VenturesPrincipal2019 — 2021Menlo Park, CA
  4. Revo CapitalPartner2016 — 2019
  5. FigoparaInvestor2018 — 2019
  6. Logiwa WMSSeed Investor2017 — 2019
  7. CaptureFastInvestor2016 — 2019
  8. İTÜ ARI TeknokentStart-up Mentor & Judge2014 — 2019Istanbul, Turkey
  9. VCIC (Venture Capital Investment Competition)Judge2014 — 2016
  10. Sente FoundryCOO2013 — 2016
  11. ODTÜ TEKNOKENT YÖNETİM A.Ş.Start-up Mentor2013 — 2016Ankara, Turkey
  12. ZS AssociatesConsultant2012 — 2014
  13. ZS AssociatesAssociate Consultant2009 — 2011
  14. ZS AssociatesAssociate2007 — 2008
  15. CravzyCo-founder2014Chicago
  16. ServisimoCo-founder2011
  17. BUZSHOTSCo-Founder2008
  18. Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD)Project Manager2004 — 2007

Education

  1. CaltechBS, Electrical Engineering2000 — 2004
  2. The University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessMBA, Entrepreneurship2010 — 2013
  3. Robert CollegeHigh School1993 — 2000

Skills & more

Management Consulting68Entrepreneurship63Marketing Strategy41Strategy30Analysis24Business Strategy21Consulting12Project Management11Six Sigma9Mergers & Acquisitions8Start-ups8Segmentation6
+12 moreAnalyticsOperations ResearchSEOOperational ExcellenceFinancial ModelingSocial MediaOnline AdvertisingOnline MarketingGo-to-market StrategyBusiness DevelopmentDigital MarketingStrategic Planning

Languages English · Turkish

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newtrulBoard seat

via Autotech Ventures · filed May 2024 · $44.6M raise

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