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Omer Kucukdere

Investor

Vice President at blueground

New York, New York

Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K

About

Omer Kucukdere is the founder and CEO of a stealth-stage startup. Previously, he founded and led Nestpick, a platform aggregating furnished short-term rental accommodations across multiple providers and cities globally, which was acquired by Blueground in 2023. Following the acquisition, Kucukdere joined Blueground to develop its partner network initiative.

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Experience

  1. Stealth StartupFounder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  2. BluegroundVP Partner Network2023 — 2024New York City Metropolitan Area
  3. NestpickFounder & CEO2016 — 2024New York, New York, United States
  4. German Accelerator TechGerman Accelerator Tech - Class of Winter 2018 - Nestpick2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Clickbus Turkey - ClickBus.com.tr / NeredenNereye.comFounder & CEO2014 — 2016Istanbul
  6. Score BeyondBusiness Development Lead2013 — 2014Istanbul, Turkey
  7. Minoa Design RadiatorsCo-Founder & Sales Manager2011 — 2012İstanbul
  8. DanoneAssistant Brand Manager2010 — 2011Istanbul, Turkey

Education

  1. Boğaziçi UniversityBachelor's degree, Industrial Engineering2005 — 2010
  2. Adana Anatolian High School

Skills & more

Management4Strategy3Business Development86Market Analysis81Marketing Management68Competitive Analysis17Marketing Strategy23Marketing14Product Management6Brand Management4Customer Insight6Market Research12
+9 moreMarketing ResearchSegmentationShopper MarketingEntrepreneurshipFMCGTrade MarketingFast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)Business StrategyStrategy Execution

Languages English

From Omer's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Boğaziçi University47

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

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Shared employers

Also worked at Stealth Startup184

Andrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzErica VanInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesHamish GarnettAssociate at Manta Ray VenturesFranz KoflerInvestor at Next Frontier CapitalGüimar Vaca SitticVenture Partner at FJ Labs

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Also worked at Blueground5

Apostolos ApostolakisFounding Partner at VentureFriendsAlex AlexakisPartner at Marathon Venture CapitalGeorge ChaldaiakisInvestment Manager at Halcyon Equity Advisors SARLMargaret PerchikPartner at Prime VenturesJoshua DartPartner at WestCap

Also worked at Nestpick1

Ohad GiladCo-founder and Managing Partner at Keadyn

Also worked at German Accelerator Tech13

Amarit CharoenphanInvestor at NZVCHanna VillaInvestment Manager at Vorwerk VenturesJohn Kojiro MoriwakaInvestor at Crimson Investment FundKeshia Theobald-van GentPartner at BDev VenturesTina Di CiccoVenture Partner at Investible Climate Tech FundArtem MikhlinVenture Partner | Advisor, Stealth Mobile Smell Sensor Startup at Remarkable Ventures

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