Aydin Senkut Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Status
  • Active

  • Professionals
  • 1

Professionals

  • Investments
  • 57

  • Portfolio
  • 14

  • Exits
  • 45

Exits

Aydin Senkut General Information

Description

Mr. Aydin Senkut is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Felicis. Mr. Senkut serves as a Board Member at Wherobots. He also served as a Board Member at PredictSpring. He serves as an Advisor at ConductorOne. He serves as an Advisor and Board Member at Literati. An original super angel turned multi-stage investor, he has been named on the Forbes Midas List for the past eleven years (2014-2024) as well as the New York Times Top 20 Venture Capitalists list for four consecutive years (2016-2019). Before starting Felicis, he was the first product manager at Google and helped launch their first ten international sites. He received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration with Honors from Boston University, an MBA in Marketing from the Wharton School, and a master's degree in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. He currently sits on the Graduate Board of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Business Details

Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Corporate Office
  • Atherton, CA
  • United States

Aydin Senkut Investments (57)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
General Proximity 18-Dec-2024 Later Stage VC Biotechnology Generating Revenue
Operant 01-Jul-2024 Network Management Software Generating Revenue
Key (Palo Alto) 11-Mar-2024 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Yotascale 12-Oct-2020 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Notion 08-Jul-2019 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Gamalon 15-Sep-2016 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Delighted 07-Oct-2014 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
ShiwaForce 02-Sep-2014 IT Consulting and Outsourcing Generating Revenue
Azumio 08-Aug-2014 Early Stage VC Application Software Generating Revenue
MobileAction 23-Jul-2014 Seed Round Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue

Aydin Senkut Exits (45)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
Elevate Health 01-May-2024 Secondary Transaction - Private
ALOHA (Food Products) 22-Mar-2024
Erply 01-Feb-2024
Yamli 01-Aug-2023
Scopely 12-Jul-2023
Zaarly 21-May-2021
Breezy (California) 01-Mar-2021
Factual 06-Apr-2020
Counsyl 31-Jul-2018 Merger/Acquisition
Delighted 15-Mar-2018 Merger/Acquisition

Aydin Senkut Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

Investments by Industry

Investments by Year

Investments by Region

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Aydin Senkut Co-Investors (43)

Name With Exits Lead Partner Series Industry
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Aydin Senkut FAQs

  • Who is Aydin Senkut?

    Aydin Senkut is an angel Investor who has made 57 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Aydin Senkut?

    Aydin Senkut is an angel investor.

  • What does Aydin Senkut do?

    As an angel investor, Aydin Senkut invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.

  • What has Aydin Senkut invested in?

    Aydin Senkut has made numerous investments in companies like General Proximity, Operant, and Key (Palo Alto) within the Biotechnology, Network Management Software, and Business/Productivity Software industries.

  • What has Aydin Senkut invested in recently?

    Aydin Senkut's latest investment was on 18-Dec-2024 in General Proximity, a company within the Biotechnology industry.

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