About
Mustafa Ay is an Executive in Residence at ACT Venture Partners who brings experience from TUBITAK in evaluating, funding, and commercializing large-scale deep-tech projects across energy, health, transportation, defense, security, environment, agriculture, and information technologies. He has developed an ecosystem network spanning startups, SMEs, industrial companies, universities, research centers, and public institutions. Ay currently advises early-stage companies and spin-offs on technology development, team building, funding strategies, commercialization, and international expansion.
Experience
- ACT Venture PartnersExecutive in Residencecurrent2025 — present
- FreelanceVenture Builder | R&D & Innovationcurrent2021 — present
- MIPMAP TechnologiesBoard Member2021 — 2025Ankara, Turkey
- TUBITAKDirector2006 — 2021Ankara, Turkey
- TUBITAKExpert2000 — 2006Ankara, Turkey
- Prime Minister's Office - TurkeyAdvisor1997 — 1999Ankara, Turkey
- TÜBİTAKExpert1989 — 1997Ankara, Turkey
Education
- Gazi UniversityMaster's degree, Mechanical Engineering1990 — 1993
Skills & more
Technology Development1Organization Management1Venture BuildingStartup Investment1R&D and Innovation Management1Technology Foresight1
From Mustafa's professional profile.
Colleagues at ACT Venture Partners
Aleksandar Terziyski
Venture Partner at ACT Venture Partners
Alper Alsan
Executive in Residence at ACT Venture Partners
Berrak Selek
Executive in Residence at ACT Venture Partners
Erhan Ercan
Executive in Residence at ACT Venture Partners
Erhan Kılıçözlü
Managing Partner at ACT Venture Partners
Evren Ucok
Strategy Advisor at ACT Venture Partners
Gökhan Güner
Managing Partner at ACT Venture Partners
Gürcan Ozan
Partner at ACT Venture Partners
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Mustafa Ay work?
- Mustafa Ay is Executive in Residence at ACT Venture Partners.
