Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ozan is a serial entrepreneur and investor with over 25 years of international experience within the angel investment, venture capital and private equity sectors. Based out of Silicon Valley during the first dotcom boom in the 1990’s, Ozan worked closely with Fortune 1000 companies in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, New York, Toronto, Hamburg, Stockholm, London and Istanbul. Ozan later acted as General Partner in various angel investment and private equity practices. He is currently the President of Keiretsu Forum Canada, the world’s largest angel investment network operating on four continents. The global network specializes in syndication of deals and invested over $84 million USD into 168 early stage companies in 2018 alone. Ozan also holds a Managing Partner position in Trendwell Ventures Inc., a Toronto based boutique M&A practice. He actively participates in portfolio investment decisions and helps technology enabled companies scale through hands-on management toward exit transactions. Ozan received his MBA in Finance from the University of San Francisco – McLaren School of Business in 1998 and holds a double major in Economics & Political Science from the University of Western Ontario (1994). He speaks English, Turkish and French. Specialties: Strategic planning, management consulting, project management, digital strategy consulting, digital engagement manager, interactive media, valuation models, due diligence, presentation development, business development, primary & secondary research, focus groups, financial forecasting, business plan development, product development, marketing strategy, technology, venture capital, VC / Private Equity / Angel Investor, networking, fund raising, acquisition leads, M&A, acquisition negotiations.
Keiretsu Forum is the world’s largest invitation-only angel investor network with over 3000 accredited investor members throughout 53 chapters on four continents. Members allocated $110+ million CAD into 200 companies during 2020 alone. We realize multiple exit transactions each year.
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