About
Cem Baytok is Managing Partner at idacapital, a venture capital and alternative assets fund manager with offices in London and Istanbul that invests in early-stage startups in fintech and digitally-transformed verticals across MENA, EuroCentralAsia, CEE, and Turkey. He is also cofounder of WorqCompany, a revenue-based financing company serving e-commerce merchants. Baytok has over 30 years of business experience and 20 years in venture capital and private equity, with prior background in business consulting and founding a technology startup focused on optimization and logistics solutions.
Experience
- idacapitalManaging Partnercurrent2013 — presentIstanbul, Turkey
- WorqCompanyPartner / Board Membercurrent2019 — present
- KuikInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- QDeliveryInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- MentalUPInvestor / Board Membercurrent2019 — present
- NAVLUNGOInvestorcurrent2020 — present
- Agrio FinansInvestorcurrent2021 — presentTürkiye
- Organo-IDInvestorcurrent2020 — present
- REENGENInvestorcurrent2017 — present
- DIGINAKInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- PayWallInvestorcurrent2024 — presentTürkiye
- FintegreInvestor2021 — 2024Türkiye
- Etkiyap (Impact Investing Turkey)Member of Executive Committee2020 — 2022
- ParkpaletInvestor2021 — 2022
- PulpoARInvestor2020 — 2022
- Egeli & Co. Financial Services GroupInvestment Manager2011 — 2013
- Centeurea CapitalManaging Director/Advisor2010 — 2011Türkiye
- RHEA Portföy Yönetimi AŞ.Managing Director2008 — 2010
- Ticaret Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş.As a post-investment responsibility : Vise President2006 — 2007
- BBF PartnersSenior Associate, principal2003 — 2007
Education
- Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical UniversityBS, Management Science1989 — 1993
Skills & more
Quantitative Analytics6Venture Capital73Private Equity68Corporate Finance22Deal Structuring3Investment Banking11Alternative Investments14Fundraising8Supply Chain Management7Business Strategy26Venture Financing7Project Finance12
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Financial StructuringClosing DealsOptimizationLogisticsDeal SourcingInvestment Advisory ServicesValuationDeal ClosureNegotiationMentoringInvestment ConsultingInvestmentsFrom Cem's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University20
Gülce KoçInvestment Manager at IdacapitalMurat BicerGeneral Partner at CRV (Charles River Ventures)Umut EserVenture Partner at Magnetic VenturesAniqua BokhariLegal Counsel at Red Cell IncubationGizem YagizInvestment | 212 NexT at 212Oguzhan AygorenExperts | Venture Partner at 212
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