On 24 October 2026 our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu took part in the e-Founder conference at Boğaziçi University, in a panel titled “Content, Investment and AI in the Startup Ecosystem” (Girişimcilik Ekosisteminde İçerik, Yatırım ve Yapay Zeka). He shared the stage with Hüseyin Oğuz, founder of Opus Partners and his co-host on the Çıtayı Yükseltenler podcast. The panel was moderated by Bahadır Dinger and closed the conference’s seminar programme in the 15:30-16:10 slot.
The panel
The panel’s three themes come together in the work behind the podcast. Çıtayı Yükseltenler is a content project in which founders and investors from Türkiye talk about how they built their companies and funds; Opus Partners works on the investment side; Vircon Legal works with startups and investors on the legal side of the same rounds. The conversation moved between these three angles: how content shapes the visibility of founders and of the ecosystem, how investment decisions are made, and what AI changes in both.
The seminar programme
The conference ran seven seminar sessions during the day. According to the published agenda, the speakers were:
- 10:00-10:40: Mishel Mammadov and Sergen Deveci
- 10:50-11:30: Deniz Aslandoğan and Balam Bingül (organisations on the agenda: Revo, Midas)
- 11:40-12:20: Şevval Koçak and Gözde Büyükakarcalıoğlu (organisations on the agenda: İTÜ ARI Teknokent, Vivoo)
- 12:30-13:10: Başak Zorlutuna, Hasan Burak Demir and Mert Kaan (organisations on the agenda: Feraset, luron.ai, e2VC)
- 13:50-14:30: Can Deniz Tokman, Tunga Bayrak and Mert Küçük (organisations on the agenda: 212, Qrambo, Freya)
- 14:40-15:20: Volkan Özen and Kutay Özer (organisations on the agenda: Laton, Craft)
- 15:30-16:10: Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu and Hüseyin Oğuz (organisations on the agenda: Vircon Legal, Çıtayı Yükseltenler, Opus Partners)
We thank the e-Founder team for the invitation and the organisation, and all speakers for their sessions.
Çıtayı Yükseltenler
Çıtayı Yükseltenler is the podcast hosted by Hüseyin Oğuz and Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu, in which founders and investors from the Turkish startup ecosystem talk about building companies and funds. The latest episode is #94 with İpek Çeliksöz on Slush’D Istanbul; all episodes are on the YouTube channel.
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