Mert Yucesoy

Board Advisor

2025

Board Advisor

2025

Board Advisor to world-class teams building AI + cybersecurity products

General Partner

2022

VC firm focused on advising LPs on their venture fund creation / management and building / raising new thematic VC funds

Investor

2020 - 2022

Venture Capital arm of OMERS Pension Fund with $2B AUM, investing in Series A startups across the US, Canada and Europe. Invested in Canada & US-based startups and worked on internal projects such as AI-based sourcing and investment process automation. Additional positions in portfolio companies and incubators: - Board Observer at Tehama, Solink, Fusebill, WRK - Mentor at Ryerson Cybersecure Catalyst

Strategy and Investment Associate

2018 - 2020

Growth equity firm with ~$6B AUM, investing in Series B+ SaaS companies with AI & Cybersecurity products across the US, Canada and Europe. Sourced and invested in various Series A-C companies in NA & EU with $20M+ checks. Internally, I built investment theses, ran thematic pipelines, co-led product development, and redesigned the investment process efforts

Summer Associate

2018 - 2018

Early-stage venture capital firm investing in pre-seed / seed B2B SaaS startups with AI and Cybersecurity solutions across North America

Engagement Manager

2016 - 2017

After many years in Consulting & Strategy, I joined an early-stage SaaS startup to do business development, lead implementations, and customer success. Alterna CX is an AI-based customer experience engine that listens to customers across different channels, drives insights and actions. Target customers were large players in financial services, retail, and insurance in EMEA. I closed client deals worth ~$100K ARR, built a global pipeline of >$1M, and managed multiple accounts

Management Consulting & Strategy Roles

2013 - 2016

I started my career in Strategy; both as a management consultant and internal strategy at corporate. Worked at large and boutique organizations including Accenture (where I led cross-functional teams in large projects), Akbank (Direct Banking / Fintech Strategy), Maven Partners and Askbmm