Baris Yesugey

Leading Google’s Accelerator & Startup programs in MENA, Turkey, Caucasus & C. Asia

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

About

At Google, my focus is empowering startups to leverage our cutting-edge AI technology and extensive network while facilitating innovative solutions to global challenges. With 20 years of experience in tech, my role involves guiding entrepreneurs through the complexities of product scaling and development.

Experience

  • Google (Full-time · 11 yrs 11 mos)
    • Sr. DevRel Engineering PgM
      May 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

      I empower AI focused startups to build and scale great products with the best of Google's - its people, network, thought leadership, and technology. My mission is to support entrepreneurs to solve world's biggest challenges through advanced technologies such as Google Cloud Platform, DeepMind and Gemini.

    • DevRel Engineering PgM III
      Sep 2018 - Apr 2024 · 5 yrs 8 mos

    • DevRel Engineering PgM II
      Aug 2014 - Aug 2018 · 4 yrs 1 mo

  • Private Investor at Self-employed
    2009 - Present · 17 yrs 6 mos

    Managing a self made portfolio with assets distributed across various classes, including direct investments to startups, venture capital, real estate and public equities. Below are some of the VC funds and startups that I'm an LP or investor of: @e2-vc Fund II is a €70 million fund that champions Pre-Seed and Seed startups in CEE, the Baltics, and Turkey. @212vc Fund II is a €70 million fund that backs bold, early-stage tech companies across Turkey, CEE, and MENA. @startup-wise-guys Fund II is a €20 million European fund with a network and brand recognition in overlooked markets allowing them to find the “diamonds in the rough”. @vela-partners Fund I is a $20 million fund based in San Francisco and an AI-native VC firm investing in mostly US based AI startups. Syndicate investment: @Uveye is a cutting-edge computer vision company specialized in automatic vehicle inspection; recognized by Hertz, GM, Amazon, Volvo, Carmax, and more.

  • Sales Engineer at PayPal
    2012 - 2014 · 2 yrs

    Integrated PayPal/Braintree payment solutions and enabled online payments in e-commerce platforms. This allowed key partners to accept, authorize and capture payments via various NVP/SOAP/Rest APIs and checkout plugins.

  • Dev Support Engineer at Meta
    2008 - 2012 · 4 yrs

    Helped startups grow and monetize via Meta developer platform (Graph/Ads APIs, social plugins, mobile SDKs). I've enabled key clients build marketing automation with Meta's advertising platform.

  • Junior Developer at Kaplan UK
    2006 - 2008 · 2 yrs

    Developed software simulations for large-scale training on business applications.