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Serhat Aydogdu

Investor at Seaya

London, England

Overview 

Serhat Aydogdu is a Climate Investor specializing in Growth Capital at Seaya and Just Climate, with previous experience as an Investment Director at Centricus and Vice President at Goldman Sachs in Renewables and Infrastructure. He holds an impressive educational background with an MBA from Columbia Business School and London Business School, and has invested in companies like Craftgate at the seed stage. Serhat Aydogdu has excelled in the finance industry, particularly focusing on sustainable energy investments, and has demonstrated a strong track record in private equity and growth equity. His expertise in negotiating deals and leading investments in the climate sector has been recognized through his roles at reputable firms like Seaya and Goldman Sachs.

Work Experience 

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Seaya

  • Head of Growth Investments | Private Equity and Growth Equity

    2024 - 2025

    Launched the London office for Seaya Leads Growth Investments for Seaya Andromeda Investment Committee member

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Just Climate

  • Investment Director | Private Equity and Growth Equity

    2023 - 2024

    Energy transition and climate investments Led research in data centers, electricity grid modernisation, buildings decarbonisation, and green hydrogen

DV

D4 Ventures

  • Founding Investor | Advisor | VC and Growth Equity

    2021 - 2023

    Launched and led D4 Ventures, the direct investment platform of the Dogan Family Office. Developed and executed the fund’s investment strategy across sustainability-tech, fintech, and digital assets. • Led both direct and fund investments across climate and financial innovation sectors • Represented the fund on the boards of portfolio companies, supporting value creation initiatives • Advised the parent group on investment strategy and executed several strategic direct investments • Conducted thematic research across the energy transition, financial services, and consumer sectors Select companies Abhi Banxware Craftgate Helius Navro Vinter (exited) Advisor - Since March 2023

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Centricus

  • Investment Director | Private Equity and Growth Equity

    2019 - 2021

    Led investment processes in fintech, infrastructure and media investments. Structured and executed transactions with a total potential deal value exceeding $30 billion, including equity, debt, mezzanine financing, and structured finance. Raised capital for individual deal SPVs and structured unique joint venture partnerships.

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Goldman Sachs

  • Vice President | Renewables and Infrastructure

    2013 - 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 June - August 2013: Summer Associate July 2014 - Dec 2017: Associate Jan 2018 - 2019: Vice President

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Fiba Renewables

  • 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.

Education 

Investments 

Craftgate

Seed

Total funding: $1M

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