Serhat Aydogdu

Climate Investor | Growth Capital

2024 - Current

Started the London office Head of Growth Climate Investments Investment Committee Member

Climate Investor | Growth Capital

2023 - 2024

Energy transition and climate investments Led research in battery recycling, next generation batteries, electricity grid, buildings decarbonisation, data centres and green hydrogen Led Just Climate's investment in Ascend Elements (Series D)

Founding Investor | Growth Equity and VC

2021 - 2023

Set up D4 Ventures as the VC arm of Dogan Family office. Led climate-tech, energy transition, fintech and digital assets investments.

Investment Director | Private Equity and Growth Equity

2019 - 2021

Venture capital, private equity and special situations investments with a global mandate. Led / worked on transactions with a total potential deal value of over $30bn Represented Centricus on the boards of portfolio companies Built financial models for investments across capital structure (equity, debt, mezzanine) and asset classes (companies, funds, management companies of funds) Structured unique JV partnerships and deal mechanisms (incl. options, warrants, etc.) Raised funds for individual deal SPVs

Vice President | Renewables and Infrastructure

2014 - 2019

Corporate finance, capital markets and principal investing transactions in renewables and infrastructure sectors. Covered the whole of EMEA region Led / worked on transactions with a total deal value of over $50bn Built complex financial / operational models for renewable assets, regulated / unregulated infrastructure companies, and ports Great understanding of power markets across Europe, including demand / supply dynamics, load duration curve, carbon markets, spark / dark spreads Sustainable energy transition

Summer Associate | Renewables and Infrastructure

2013 - 2013

Strategy, Operations and Commercial Lead

2009 - 2012

Growth Practitioner: Together with a team of three, built retail electricity sales division from the ground up and scaled to several thousands end-customers. Designed and built customer management tool, implemented several projects on operational improvement, workforce optimization and ERP implementation Quantitative Trading: Performed daily quantitative analyses on the day-ahead and intra-day power markets to exploit short-term arbitrage opportunities and to participate in cross-border trading. Conducted fundamental research on the supply-demand dynamics and their implications on long-term pricing in the Turkish power market to review company's pricing policy and appraise its risk profile. Investment Management: Performed detailed investment analyses on potential investment opportunities. Directly reporting to the CEO, performed detailed analyses on the competitive landscape of license applications for WPPs (wind power plants) in Turkey. Conducted thorough feasibility studies and developed bidding strategies for company's 42 WPP license applications. In close contact with the Regulator, ran the necessary application procedure and prepared the paperwork for the projects at hand.

Engineering Intern

2007 - 2007

Worked on assisting the management in choosing a new internet browser platform to improve page design, enhance mobile compatibility and increase connection speed. Presented study's results in form of a comparison report to the team leader in charge.

Engineering Intern

2005 - 2005

Reporting to the contracts manager, assisted the team in preparing tender documents for a series of live projects and reviewed electrical and technical specifications to identify suitable vendors.