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Kaan Eren
Principal at 500 Emerging Europe
San Francisco, California
Overview
Kaan Eren is currently a Principal at 500 Emerging Europe in San Francisco, California, with prior experience at 500 Global and ÜNLÜ & Co. He has a background in investment banking and corporate finance, with expertise in various sectors including Games, FinTech, and AI.
Eren's career highlights include his roles as a Principal at two prominent investment firms, where he has demonstrated proficiency in market research and investment strategies across diverse sectors, along with experience in managing and developing investment portfolios.
Work Experience
Partner
2021 - Current
500 Emerging Europe Fund I portfolio includes Carbon Health, Billiontoone, Insider, Firefly, Plum, DroneDeploy, Vivoo, Massive Bio, Lifemote and +15 other rockstars. Launched €70M Fund II in 2021 Pre-seed and seed investments from Fund II include Agave Games, Axoflow, Cypher Games, Daytona, Fal AI, Gesund AI, Pythagora, Kalder, Layer, Lonca, Refine, Intryc, Swarm, Synnada, Ubicloud, Vidoc Security
Partner
2021
500 Emerging Europe assists emerging European founders expand globally.
Vice President Investment Banking
2021 - 2021
Advised landmark deals with total deal values exceeding $3B, including the largest IPO of the last decade of a Turkish asset.
Corporate Finance Associate
2018 - 2021
Corporate Finance Analyst
2016 - 2018
Management Trainee
2015 - 2016