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Caglar Urcan

Investor

General Partner, 212 NexT at 212

Istanbul, Türkiye

About

Caglar Urcan is a General Partner at 212 NexT, Türkiye's first vertically focused deep tech fund, with more than ten years of experience spanning corporate banking, private credit, private equity, and early-stage technology investing. He is a graduate of Robert College and holds a BA in International Trade from Boğaziçi University, and previously worked at ABN AMRO Bank, RBS (Energy & Resources M&A), Gulf Capital in Dubai, the Abraaj Group's Türkiye private equity fund, and Collective Spark. He has served on the boards of fintech, B2B SaaS, and marketplace startups and supported portfolio companies with growth, operations, and fundraising.

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Invests in

Deep TechE-commerceFintechSaaS

Experience

  1. 212 NexT FundGeneral Partnercurrent2023 — presentIstanbul, Türkiye
  2. Collective SparkVice President2019 — 2023
  3. The Abraaj GroupAssociate Director2017 — 2019Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye
  4. The Abraaj GroupAssociate2017Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye
  5. Gulf CapitalAssociate2012 — 2017Dubai
  6. Royal Bank of Scotland GroupAssociate2011 — 2012London Area, United Kingdom
  7. Royal Bank of Scotland GroupAssociate2008 — 2011Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye
  8. Royal Bank of Scotland GroupAnalyst2007 — 2008Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye

Education

  1. Boğaziçi UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.), International Trade2003 — 2007
  2. Robert College1996 — 2003

Skills & more

English3Turkish3Mezzanine5Private Equity5Valuation5Financial Modeling8Corporate Finance12Investment Banking7Credit Risk12Due Diligence4Credit5Portfolio Management2

From Caglar's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Boğaziçi University52

Santo PolitiInvestor at Spark CapitalElçinTalent Team at Hummingbird VenturesAnıl Gökçen KörpınarManaging Partner at IdacapitalSecil BaysalOperator in Residence at QED InvestorsGülenay ÖzbekInvestment Director at IdacapitalSercan OzcanPartner, Finance & Operations at AlleyCorp

+ 46 more

Also attended Robert College28

ElçinTalent Team at Hummingbird VenturesMelike Abacioglu GunesVP of Marketing at Asymmetric Capital PartnersKaan HotanOperations | Venture Fellow at 212Onur TuranOperations | Finance at 212Burak CendekManaging Director at Autotech VenturesDikmen EdguPartner at Axon Partners Group

+ 22 more

Shared employers

Also worked at 212 NexT Fund3

Ali Naci TemelOperations & Investment | 212 NexT at 212Gizem YagizInvestment | 212 NexT at 212Semra Naz OzalInvestment | 212 NexT at 212

Also worked at Collective Spark1

Firat OzpinarPartner at Diffusion Capital Partners

Also worked at The Abraaj Group15

Faisal KawarVenture Partner at FinTech CollectiveTarek KabritVenture Partner at Nuwa CapitalTemi Marcella AwogboroInvestor at E3 CapitalMurat KilicogluPartner at Cota CapitalTarun MehtaPartner at Aavishkaar Venture Management Services Private LimitedDiego Gálvez de YturbePartner at Mouro Capital

+ 9 more

Also worked at Gulf Capital3

Dany BidarInvestment Director at Edenred VenturesAhmad El JurdiInvestment Team, Partner at LightrockSharaf SharafPartner, Fund Head, Private Debt at Ajeej Capital

Colleagues at 212

Ali H. Karabey
Investment | Growth Funds at 212
Ali Naci Temel
Operations & Investment | 212 NexT at 212
Ali Pandir
Experts | Venture Partner at 212
Barbaros Ozbugutu
Experts | Leadership Management at 212
Beliz Gunel
Experts | Advisor at 212
Cagdas Yildiz
Investment | Simya VC at 212
Can Abacigil
Experts | Product Development at 212
Can Deniz Tokman
Investment | Growth Funds at 212