Sahin Boydas
Distributed Teams, Bootcamp, App Eco at Gusto
Sahin Boydas
Distributed Teams, Bootcamp, App Eco at Gusto
Austin, Texas
Overview
Work Experience
Head of Turkiye. Distributed Teams, Bootcamp, App Eco
2021 - Current
Co-Founder
1999 - 2021
Co-Founded 8 companies with many unique amazing co-founders to build great products '21- Acquired by Gusto - RemoteTeam (Austin) '18 - Leo (Live) (San Francisco) '16 - MojiLaLa (Live) (San Francisco) '12 - Acquired by Gfycat - MovieLaLa (San Francisco) '10 - Beyazkutu (acquired) (Istanbul) '07 - Vitamin (exited) (Istanbul) '04 - Firely Mobile (exited) (Istanbul) '99 - CepDukkan (exited) (Istanbul) 👇 Learn more about each of them from below 👇👇
CEO & Founder
2019 - 2021
Angel Investor
2019 - 2019
Invested in 80+ startups 89 - HiFi Bridge 88 - Grok AI 87 - Odeko 86 - OpenAI 85 - Paladin - Enterprise SaaS for Legal Teams 84 - Biofire 83 - Aquaria - Securing access to clean water by harvesting the humidity in the air 82 - Ruli AI 81 - Beam Benefits 80 - Subject.com - Online Learning for this Generation 79 - Composer - Composer, the automated trading platform and investment app. 78 - Vector.co (YC W23) 77 - Ottopay 76 - Wild Microbes 75 - Heyday AI 74 - Shield.AI 73 - Rally 72 - Biofire 71 - Maverick Bioworks 70 - Terrex 69 - Mercury 68 - Postman 67 - Circle 66 - Workstream 65 - Pinecone 64 - Shield AI 63 - Rewind.ai 62 - Zipline 61 - Anthropic 60 - Capsule.video 59 - Cadre.com 58 - Colossal 57- Owner 56 - Cart.com 55 - Sunday 54 - Jupe 53 - Menten AI 52 - Formation Labs 51 - Firefly Health - fireflyhealth.com - A provider of primary care services 50 - Front - front.com - A provider of customer engagement software by Mathilde Collin 49 - Fundbox - fundbox.com - A provider of financial services for businesses by Eyal Shinar 48 - Clara - clara.com - A provider of financial services for businesses 47 - Exosonic - exosonic.com - A company that designs and manufactures supersonic aircraft 46 - US Bitcoin - usbitcoin.com - A provider of financial services for businesses 45 - Boom Supersonic - boomsupersonic.com - A company that designs and manufactures supersonic aircraft by Blake Scholl 44 - Little Otter - littleotter.com - A provider of online education programs 43 - Kabcash - kabcash.com - A platform for buying and selling digital assets
Angel Investor
2019 - 2019
42 - AlphaFlow - alphaflow.com - A platform for investing in real estate 41 - Mate Fertility - matefertility.com - A company that creates at-home fertility testing kits 40 - Passport - passport.com - A provider of travel management services 39 - Nanotronics - nanotronics.com - A company that creates advanced imaging technologies by Matthew Putman 38 - LEX Markets - lexmarkets.com - A platform for trading digital assets 37 - ZenBusiness - zenbusiness.com - A provider of business formation and compliance services by Ross Buhrdorf 36 - Republic - republic.com - A platform for investing in startups 35 - Brainbase - brainbase.com - A company that creates software for intellectual property 34 - Lawtrades - lawtrades.com - A legal services platform 33 - Nomagic - nomagic.com - A virtual design and collaboration platform 32 - Pipe - pipe.com - A provider of financial services for businesses 31 - Magic - magic.com - A virtual design and collaboration platform 30 - Minicircle - minicircle.com - A biotechnology company 29 - WHOOP - whoop.com - A fitness tracker and performance optimization platform by Will Ahmed 28 - Runa HR - runahr.com - A human resources management platform 27 - Solarmente ESP - solarmente.com - A provider of solar energy solutions 26 - Buoyant Aero - buoyantaero.com - A company that designs and manufactures electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft 25 - Canvas - canvas.com - A provider of construction management software 24 - Trestle Biotherapeutics - trestlebio.com - A biotechnology company 23 - Locomation - locomation.com - A company that develops autonomous truck technology 22 - Perch - perch.com - A provider of home buying and selling services by Drew Uher 21 - Firefly - firefly.com - A company that creates sustainable fashion by Sarah Paiji Yoo
Angel Investor
2019 - 2019
20 - Monarch Tractor - monarchtractor.com - A manufacturer of electric tractors by Praveen Penmetsa 19 - Jetty - jetty.com - A provider of home and renters insurance by Michael Rudoy 18 - Wonderschool - wonderschool.com - A provider of online education programs by Chris Bennett 17 - Haus - haus.com - sustainable homes - A company that creates modern 16 - Wild Earth - wildearth.com - A company that creates plant-based pet food by Ryan Bethencourt 15 - MUD\WTR - adaptogenic coffee and tea blends - A company that creates sustainable 14 - Odys Aviation - odysaviation.com - A company that designs and manufactures electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft by Matt Johnson 13 - Sendbird - sendbird.com - A customer engagement platform by John Kim 12 - Turing - Remote Software Jobs - turingjobs.com - A remote job platform for software developers by Ryan O'Neil 11 - Commsor - commsor.com - A communications platform for businesses by Alex Yoder 10 - Tripp - tripp.com - A vacation rental platform by J.R. Johnson 9 - Koniku - koniku.com - A neurotechnology company by Dr. Oshi Agabi 8 - Astranis - astranis.com - A satellite communications company by John Gedmark 7 - Alto IRA - altoira.com - A self-directed IRA provider by Nick Gavronsky 6 - StyleSeat - styleseat.com - An online booking platform for hair stylists and salons by Melody McCloskey 5 - KeyMe - keyme.com - A key duplication service by Greg Marsh 4 - Human Interest - humaninterest.com - A 401(k) provider by Matt Reynolds 3 - Eight Sleep - eightsleep.com - A company that creates smart beds by Matteo Franceschetti 2 - Remote - remote.com - A remote work platform 1 - Blueboard - blueboard.com - A company that offers employee rewards and incentives by Andrew Allison
Co-Founder and CTO
2017 - 2019
Welcome to the new world. #LeoApp wants to bring #AR to the masses :)
StartX P19 Entrepreneur
2019 - 2019
● We went to the accelerator program 3 times. (StartX P19, StartX S19, StartX F20) ● I frequently help StartX as a technical judge for admissions in technical interviews. ● I also ran the Growth neighborhood in 2020. StartX is a collection of serial entrepreneurs, industry experts, tenured Stanford professors, and well-funded growth-stage startups.
Co-Founder and CTO
2016 - 2019
MojiLaLa is one of the largest high-quality sticker marketplaces, with artists and designers from all over the world. Collectively, there are over 70k+ stickers to choose from. Accelerators: 500 Startups, Stanford StartX, Betaworks Vision Camp
Alumi
2012 - 2018
StartX S19(Leo), B20 (Leo), B21 (Remote Team) Quake Betaworks Vision Camp 500 Startups B19 Founder Institute
VisionCamp Accelerator - Entrepreneur
2018 - 2018
Batch 19 Accelerator - Entrepreneur
2016 - 2017