Cem has over 15 years of PE/VC and over 20 years of entrepreneurial experience. Since 2003, He took managing director and lead investment manager roles in Turkey in investment funds where he made several PE/VC investments at different sizes (250k-100m USD), have worked on different asset classes and financial structures (Growth PE, VC, LBO, MBO, ABS, IPO and M&A) and concentrated on different industries (telecommunication, internet enabled services, financial services, supply chain logistics, health-care, agriculture and cleantech). He also worked at CXO levels in several of investments, taking on post investment management responsibilities. He is managing partner of idacapital, investing early stage innovative and impacfull startups in Turkey through idacapital innovation fund.