Selinay Parlak
FounderFounder at Bluedot
Palo Alto, California, United States
FoundedBluedot · YCBluedot
Founder at BluedotYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Selinay went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Bluedot's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Selinay can intro founders to Bluedot's investors below.
Bluedot's investors · 6
Co-founders at Bluedot
FB
Ferhat BabacanFounder
Experience
- BluedotAdvisorcurrent2026 — present
- BluedotCo-Founder & COO2021 — 2026Palo Alto, CA
- Moxxie VenturesScoutcurrent2026 — present
- Leaders In TechFellowcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- TOKTUTFounding Member & Co-Creator2020 — 2021Istanbul, Türkiye
- C40 CitiesWomen4Climate Leader2020 — 2021Lisbon, Portugal
- Renault GroupTwizy Contest 20192019Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Stage-CoIntern2017 — 2019
- Turkish Entrepreneurship FoundationFellow2018 — 2019
- Boğaziçi Üniversitesi İşletme ve Ekonomi KulübüCoordinator2017 — 2018
- Ne CozsemCo-Founder2016 — 2018
Skills & more
Presentation Skills63Project Planning65Student Counseling10Entrepreneurship8Social Media4Video Editing3PowerPoint8Microsoft Word8HTML6CSS6MailChimp1Communication74
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Creative Problem SolvingCreativity SkillsSosyal MedyaEkip ÇalışmasıLiderlikProje PlanlamaEkip YönetimiKâr Amacı Gütmeyen KuruluşlarEkip LiderliğiGirişimcilikEtkinlik PlanlamaMultitasking- Post-It Note Certified Applicator — PostHog
- Growth Circuit Accelerator — Innovation Acceleration Group
From Selinay's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Selinay Parlak?
- Founder at Bluedot
- Where does Selinay Parlak work?
- Selinay Parlak is Founder of Bluedot.
- What companies did Selinay Parlak found?
- Selinay Parlak founded Bluedot, Bluedot.
- Where did Selinay Parlak go to school?
- Selinay Parlak studied at Boğaziçi University (Business Administration & Psychology); Y Combinator; Nova School of Business and Economics (Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Business Administration and Management).
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