Mert Yucesoy
General Partner at ComposeVC
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2022 - Current
Thematic Venture Capital firm focused on investing in Climatetech, Fintech and Proptech startups globally
VC with 2 vehicles: 1) early-stage Proptech, Contech & Climatetech fund, 2) VC allocation (incl. LP positions) with Family Offices and CVCs
Investor
2020 - 2022
Venture Capital arm of OMERS Pension Fund with $2B AUM, investing in Series A startups across the US, Canada and Europe. Invested in Canada & US-based startups and worked on internal projects such as AI-based sourcing and investment process automation. Additional positions in portfolio companies and incubators: - Board Observer at Tehama, Solink, Fusebill, WRK - Mentor at Ryerson Cybersecure Catalyst
Strategy and Investment Associate
2018 - 2020
Growth equity firm with ~$6B AUM, investing in Series B+ SaaS companies with AI & Cybersecurity products across the US, Canada and Europe. Sourced and invested in various Series A-C companies in NA & EU with $20M+ checks. Internally, I built investment theses, ran thematic pipelines, co-led product development, and redesigned the investment process efforts
Summer Associate
2018 - 2018
Early-stage venture capital firm investing in pre-seed / seed B2B SaaS startups with AI and Cybersecurity solutions across North America
Glasswing Ventures is an early-stage VC firm investing in next gen AI and frontier technology startups enabling the intelligent enterprise.
Engagement Manager
2016 - 2017
After many years in Consulting & Strategy, I joined an early-stage SaaS startup to do business development, lead implementations, and customer success. Alterna CX is an AI-based customer experience engine that listens to customers across different channels, drives insights and actions. Target customers were large players in financial services, retail, and insurance in EMEA. I closed client deals worth ~$100K ARR, built a global pipeline of >$1M, and managed multiple accounts
AI-based solution to streamline customer experience signals and show what factors contribute most to experience quality and loyalty
Raised $250,000.00 from Teknoloji Yatirim.
Management Consulting & Strategy Roles
2013 - 2016
I started my career in Strategy; both as a management consultant and internal strategy at corporate. Worked at large and boutique organizations including Accenture (where I led cross-functional teams in large projects), Akbank (Direct Banking / Fintech Strategy), Maven Partners and Askbmm