StartupHukuku Joins İTÜ Magnet to Talk Founder-Stage Legal Architecture

On July 12, 2023, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu joined a session at İTÜ Magnet — Istanbul Technical University’s well-known entrepreneurship and innovation hub — where the conversation focused on the legal structures founders need to put in place as they move from idea to incorporated company. The central thesis of the session was […]

Show Me the Money — Hypergames Summit Gaming Investment Panel

Hypergames Summit

In June 2023, at the Hypergames Summit, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu joined the panel “Show me the money — Let’s talk about investing in games” alongside leading figures in gaming investment. The central thesis of the panel was clear: investing in game ventures is a discipline that — unlike classical tech investing — […]

Speaking at the N Kolay – Biruni Teknopark On Kuluçka Training Program

Our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu spoke at the training program of N Kolay – Biruni Teknopark On Kuluçka, a pre-incubation program run by Biruni Teknopark in partnership with N Kolay for early-stage founders preparing to incorporate and step into their first formal fundraising conversations. The central thesis of the talk was clear: a pre-incubation […]

Speaking at the N Kolay – Biruni Teknopark On Kuluçka Training Program

Our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu spoke at the training program of N Kolay – Biruni Teknopark On Kuluçka, a pre-incubation program run by Biruni Teknopark in partnership with N Kolay for early-stage founders preparing to incorporate and step into their first formal fundraising conversations. The central thesis of the talk was clear: a pre-incubation […]

Focus #Legaltech B.02 — Cem Şanap and Legaling

Focus Legaltech Legaling

On October 10, 2022, in the second episode of Focus #Legaltech, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu, as host, welcomed Cem Şanap, founder of Legaling. The central thesis of the episode was clear: legaltech products in Turkey do not scale when they are designed on paper without understanding the lawyer-user’s real workflow; Legaling is an […]

Focus #Legaltech B.01 — Lexpera and Erol Öz

Focus Legaltech Lexpera

In August 2022, in the first episode of the Focus #Legaltech program — produced in collaboration with Chambers.Legal and Startup Hukuku — our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu, as host, welcomed Erol Öz, General Manager of On İki Levha Yayıncılık and Lexpera. The central thesis of the episode was clear: legal publishing in Turkey is […]

Speaking on “Emerging Technologies and Law” — AI and Technology Association Webinar

Our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu spoke at the “Emerging Technologies and Law” webinar hosted by the Artificial Intelligence and Technology Association, joining a conversation on how rapidly evolving technologies — from artificial intelligence and blockchain to digital identity — are reshaping the legal profession and the regulatory canvas around them. The central thesis was […]

Speaking on “Emerging Technologies and Law” — AI and Technology Association Webinar

Our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu spoke at the “Emerging Technologies and Law” webinar hosted by the Artificial Intelligence and Technology Association, joining a conversation on how rapidly evolving technologies — from artificial intelligence and blockchain to digital identity — are reshaping the legal profession and the regulatory canvas around them. The central thesis was […]

Different Areas of Law with Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu

Çıtayı Yükseltenler — Vircon Legal Podcast

On June 13, 2022, in the interview “Different Areas of Law with Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu,” our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu delivered a 34-minute session, drawing on his perspective from Vircon Legal, Startup Hukuku and Clemta, at the intersection of blockchain, AI, U.S. incorporation, and startup investments. The central thesis of the interview was clear: while […]

ILSA Istanbul IT Law Commission — Startup Law and the Lawyer’s New Role

On Friday, April 29, 2022, at 2:00 PM, our Managing Partner and CIPM-credentialed practitioner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu joined the ILSA Istanbul IT Law Commission for a Zoom session dedicated to one of the fastest-emerging frontiers in legal practice: Web 3.0 and its legal dimensions. The central thesis of the session was clear: Web 3.0 is […]