About
Managing Partner at Hummingbird Ventures since 2012. Previously worked at J.P. Morgan in Emerging Markets Structuring and Solutions. Holds B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Management Science from MIT, plus a Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Invests in
BiotechDeep TechFintechHardwareHealthtechSaaS
Experience
- Hummingbird VenturesManaging Partnercurrent2012 β presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
Skills & more
Start-ups99Venture Capital99Emerging Markets93Entrepreneurship49E-commerce39Investments31Fixed Income28Finance19Mobile Devices18Business Strategy19Financial Modeling15Hedge Funds16
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Portfolio ManagementStructured FinanceFinancial AnalysisPrivate EquityValuationTradingBondsInvestment BankingBloombergStrategyStrategy DevelopmentBusiness DevelopmentFrom Firat's professional profile.
Deals Β· 2
Mending HealthBoard seat
via Hummingbird Ventures Β· filed Jul 2025 Β· $29.5M raise
Anima GroupBoard seat
via Hummingbird Ventures Β· filed Nov 2023 Β· $14.6M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Colleagues at Hummingbird Ventures
Alejandra Orozco
Chief of Staff at Hummingbird Ventures
Aleksandra Livinskaia
Finance Manager at Hummingbird Ventures
Alptug
Investment Team at Hummingbird Ventures
Ani
Talent Team at Hummingbird Ventures
Barend Van den Brande
Founding Partner at Hummingbird Ventures
Caitlin Dennis
Chief of Staff at Hummingbird Ventures
Carolina Monck
Analyst at Hummingbird Ventures
Diala Erekat
Developer at Hummingbird Ventures
Network11
Stewart ButterfieldScout
Co-founder of Slack and Flickr
Job van der VoortScout
Co-founder & CEO of Remote
Ben BlumenroseScout
Co-founder, Managing Partner at Designer Fund
Zhenya LoginovScout
Investor at Accel
Akshay Mehra
Investor at Hummingbird Ventures
Andreas Ehn
Independent IC Member at Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)
Bryan Frist
Founder and Managing Partner at Friale
Carolina Monck
Analyst at Hummingbird Ventures
Mihir Parekh
Investor at Hummingbird Ventures
Nelli Morgulchik
Investor at Hummingbird Ventures
Nikita Andersson
Investor at Hummingbird Ventures
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Firat?
- Managing Partner at Hummingbird Ventures since 2012. Previously worked at J.P. Morgan in Emerging Markets Structuring and Solutions. Holds B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Management Science from MIT, plus a Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
- Where does Firat work?
- Firat is Managing Partner at Hummingbird Ventures.
- What does Firat invest in?
- Firat invests in Biotech, Deep Tech, Fintech, Hardware, Healthtech, SaaS.
- What boards does Firat sit on?
- Firat holds tracked board seats at Anima Group, Mending Health.
- Where did Firat go to school?
- Firat studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.Eng, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., Management Science).
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