Tugce Ergul

Founding Partner

2022 - Current

Co-founder & Executive Director

2013

Angel Labs is a Silicon Valley based investment firm representing 600+ family offices and corporations. We work with family offices, HNWs and Fortune 500 companies to build their venture capital portfolio strategies and manage their allocations into technology companies and funds. Angel Labs has advised the deployment of more than $250m in investments in 40+ countries.

Speaker (Venture Capital / Sustainability / Blue Economy)

2012

Speaking engagements include: TechCrunch Disrupt (US & Germany); SLUSH (Finland); The Web Summit (Ireland); The Europas (UK); LeWeb (France), Leade.rs (France); The World Forum for Foreign Direct Investment (US); The Next Web (Netherlands)[ SWITCH (Mexico); TechChill (Latvia); MENA Angel Investment Forum (Bahrain); 36|86 Entrepreneurship and Technology Conference (US); Asia Pacific Media Forum (Indonesia); DigitalK (Bulgaria); Techsylvania (Romania); TOA (Germany); Creative Business Cup (Denmark) and many others.

Advisor, Mentor and Judge

2014 - 2016

Judge

2013 - 2015

Startup Chile is an innovative program of the Chilean Government to attract world-class early stage entrepreneurs to start up operations in Chile for a few months in return for $40K of seed funding (no equity). Over the past 3 years, the program has impacted 160,000 Chileans. The initiative is created by the Ministry of Economy and executed by CORFO via InnovaChile. Startup Chile seeks to attract foreign, high-potential entrepreneurs to convert Chile into the innovation and entrepreneurial hub of Latin America.

Founder

2011 - 2013

TurkBridge is an Istanbul based non-profit dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship and building a high-impact startup ecosystem in Turkey through its direct connections with global startup scenes. Its objective is to become a center of resources for entrepreneurs, investors, and thought leaders in the Turkish tech space and also promote a global interest in Turkish technology startups and entrepreneurs.

Managing Director

2010 - 2013

‘Girls in Tech’ (GIT) is a social network enterprise focused on the engagement, education and empowerment of like-minded, professional, intelligent and influential women in technology. Girls in Tech is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and supports over 13,000 members spread between 32 active chapters worldwide. GiT aims to offer a variety of resources and tools for women to supplement and further enhance their professional careers and aspirations in technology.

Investor Relations

2011 - 2012

Startup Labs (affiliate of Prostor Capital, Russia) is a "pop-up accelerator" with a focus on emerging markets. Startup Labs co-invests with the top local investors in respective markets. We help companies succeed in ways other venture firms do not by building a global platform for all of our teams and investors. Startup Labs has visited 20 countries in 2010 - 2013 with the goal of discovering the local talent in every startup ecosystem.

Director for Southern Europe

2010 - 2012

Startup Weekend is a 54 hour where developers, designers, marketers, product managers and startup enthusiasts come together to share ideas, form teams, build products, and launch startups. SW events take place in more than 300 cities spanning nearly 40 countries and provide the networking, resources, and incentives for individuals and teams to go from idea to launch. Startup Weekend has quickly become a key element in startup ecosystems around the world and is supported by the Kauffman Foundation.

Venture Capital Analyst

2010 - 2010

Turkey's leading venture investment firm, focused on early stage internet ventures in the Turkish and EMEA markets.