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Kaan Eren

Principal at 500 Emerging Europe

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Kaan Eren is currently a Principal at 500 Emerging Europe in San Francisco, California, with prior experience at 500 Global and ÜNLÜ & Co. He has a background in investment banking and corporate finance, with expertise in various sectors including Games, FinTech, and AI. Eren's career highlights include his roles as a Principal at two prominent investment firms, where he has demonstrated proficiency in market research and investment strategies across diverse sectors, along with experience in managing and developing investment portfolios.

Work Experience 

  • Principal

    2021 - Current

    500 Emerging Europe is an early-stage venture capital fund under the broader 500 Global network that invests in early stage technology companies from the region. Our aim is to back entrepreneurs with a global vision, be the first institutional money in and help them scale internationally by our network. Investor in Agave Games, Altogic, Ango, Arf, Axoflow, Cypher Games, Datapad, Daytona, Fal AI, Freeflow, Gesund AI, Ubicloud, Integrated Finance, Layer, Permify, Pine Games, Refine, Synnada AI, the Village, Kalder, Ddosify, The Swarm, Lonca, Kubeark, Frantic Games & Evidose.

500 Emerging Europe assists emerging European founders expand globally.

  • Principal

    2021

500 Global is a multi-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders building fast-growing technology companies.

Raised $2,271,999.00 from Abu Dhabi Financial Group.

  • Vice President Investment Banking

    2021 - 2021

    Advised landmark deals with total deal values exceeding $3B, including the largest IPO of the last decade of a Turkish asset.

  • Corporate Finance Associate

    2018 - 2021

  • Corporate Finance Analyst

    2016 - 2018

  • Management Trainee

    2015 - 2016

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