Serhat Pala
President at NuFund Venture Group
Serhat Pala
President at NuFund Venture Group
San Diego, California
Overview
Work Experience
President
2024 - Current
NuFund Venture Group is a new wave of angel investors with a new fund model investing in new technology leaders. NuFund, formerly known as Tech Coast Angels – San Diego (TCA – SD), is one of the largest, most active and most successful early-stage investor groups over the past 20+ years. NuFund invests an average of $10-15M yearly to early-stage startups. We focus mainly on SaaS, Deeptech, IoT, E-commerce, Digital Health, DTX, Digital Health, Diagnostics, Medical Devices, Pharma, Genomics, Sustainability,Telecommunication.
Co-Founder General Partner
2022
The leading go to early-stage investor of choice for ambitious high growth technology company founders in Europe and Israel that plan to expand to the US market. We invest in: ɑ. high growth technology companies that get their start in Europe and Israel b. launching or expanding their footprint in the U.S. market c. and are on a feasible growth path to receive U.S. VC-led Series-A funding within the next 12-24 months. We find early-stage teams with product-market-fit validations and demonstrate that their solutions are answers to deep and frequently growing market pain. Then, we invest and help those companies expand to the U.S. market to increase their growth and prepare for Series A.
Co-Founder & Partner
2021
Provide investments, strategic support, mentorship and market launch/entry support, while providing Pre-Seed and Seed Round funding and advisory service. Operates in Europe, United States, Asia Pacific Region and Middle East. Breakaway Partners ' mission is to help talented entrepreneurs from around the globe change the world for the better by building good companies that grow to a large scale in a profitable way. Industries invested in SaaS, New Health, Medical Devices, Consumer Technology, Fintech, CyberSecurity, Software Development, Employee Screening, B2B Solutions, eCommerce and web applications
Mentor (Deep Tech and Digital Tech)
2022
Endless Frontier Labs is a nine-month program focused on maximizing the potential of massively-scalable, science and deep technology startups. Founded out of NYU Stern School of Business.
Angel Investor
2022
FFF.vc is an active group of former and current founders, technology executives turned into angel investors. We source, challenge, and invest in a methodologic way in founders from Baltics & Nordics. Our angels community invest and collectively advise founders from the Baltics & the Nordics. Supported by VNTRS and Estonian Founders Society. How do we work: 1- Sourcing. We pre-screen around 70+ startups monthly from Sweden, Finland, and the Baltics. 2- Qualification and workshops. We select 2–4 startups monthly and deep dive into their business. 3- Due diligence. We perform enhanced due diligence on 1–3 selected startups. Five people from FFF & VNTRS, including partners, CTO, legal, and HR, are involved in creating the documentation package. You can find our due diligence principles here and investment memos. We allocate up to 30 hours for each qualified startup before we showcase to Fund Fellow Founders members. 4- Present to FFF members. An investment opportunity vetted and presented to FFF members. We collect interest and invite best founders to investment committtee. 5- Investment committee. We invite founders for a Q/A session and members challenge them.
Angel Investor
2014
Invest in early stage companies in B2B SaaS, Digital Health, Cybersecurity, Diagnostics, Medical Device, IoT, Future of Work, HRtech, Adtech, AR/VR, Mental Health. Also invest as Limited Partner in Emerging Funds in the US.
Member
2009
Member
Mentor
2021 - 2023
500 Startups is a global venture capital seed fund with a network of startup programs headquartered in Silicon Valley. 500’s mission is to discover and back the world’s most talented entrepreneurs, help them create successful companies at scale, and build thriving global ecosystems.
Startup Mentor at Accelerator Program
2020 - 2023
Mentoring exciting and innovative companies in the Techstars accelerator program in Los Angeles. Techstars is an operational seed-level investor supporting entrepreneurs in their journey from idea to building the most successful business possible.
Investor | Deal Lead | Member Engagement Chair
2021 - 2023
NuFund Venture Group represents a new wave of angel investors, pioneering a novel fund model focused on emerging technology leaders. NuFund was formerly known as Tech Coast Angels – San Diego (TCA-SD), and the organization is one of the largest, most active, and most successful early-stage investor groups over the past 20+ years. We continually strive to foster a culture that is friendly, innovative, engaging, rewarding, and fun for all stakeholders. For more information, please visit https://www.nufund.com.