Cem Sertoglu is a venture capital investor at Bek Ventures known for writing the first institutional check into UiPath and turning $16.5M invested across several rounds into about $2.1B of returns, frequently cited as one of the greatest venture outcomes in European history for a single seed deal. He advocates that price does not matter in early-stage VC relative to potential outcomes and deliberately sets aside reserves to support companies that may be misunderstood by the market, maintaining a portfolio model where roughly 90% of companies receive a second check from Bek Ventures.
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Bek Ventures
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SaaS, Enterprise, AI, Fintech, Consumer
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Bek Ventures is the rebranded successor to Earlybird Digital East Fund, recognized by HEC–Dow Jones rankings as the top-performing VC globally since 2010 with over 10x investment multiple and $2.4B+ in realized returns, focusing on early-stage investments in Emerging/Dynamic Europe with global ambitions for founders. The firm runs a deliberately concentrated strategy of roughly 20 companies per fund with over 90% of portfolio companies receiving follow-on support, emphasizing hands-on company building through a small investment team that has run companies from seed to IPO and maintains one of Europe's first dedicated talent teams that has helped portfolio companies hire dozens of VP/C-level executives.
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