TechFire Fireside Chat: Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), in discussion with Michael Platner (Lewis Brisbois)
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Fireside Chat with Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures),
in discussion with moderator Michael Platner, Chair of the Corporate Practice and Co-Chair of the Securities & Corporate Finance Practice, Lewis Brisbois
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Biographies:
Aydin Senkut, Founder and Managing Partner, Felicis Ventures
Aydin Senkut is the Founder and Managing Partner of Felicis Ventures. An original super angel turned multi-stage investor, he has been named on the Forbes Midas List for the past seven years (2014-2020) as well as the New York Times Top 20 Venture Capitalists list for the past four years (2016-2019). His recent focus areas include consumerization of enterprise, security, AI, mental health, and longevity.
He is well-known as an early backer of a number of iconic companies including Shopify (NYSE:SHOP), Fitbit (NYSE:FIT), Rovio (HEL:ROVIO), Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), Pluralsight (NASDAQ:PS), Guardant Health (NASDAQ:GH), Credit Karma, SoundHound and Vicarious.
Prior to starting Felicis Ventures, Aydin was a Senior Manager at Google responsible for strategic partner development and account management in Asia Pacific, including Japan. Aydin joined Google in 1999 as its first Product Manager to launch Google’s first 10 international sites, its first online search licensing products, and its first Safe Search. He then became the first International Sales Manager at Google, responsible for worldwide licensing deals. Before joining Google, Aydin was the Product Manager for Data Visualization and Data Mining software MineSet at SGI.
He received a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with Honors from Boston University. He also earned an MBA in Marketing from the Wharton School and a master’s degree in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. He is an avid pilot, loves playing tennis, and speaks five languages: English, German, French, Portuguese, and Turkish.
Aydin and his wife Sonia have backed biotech research at UCSF, and sponsored various scholarships at the University of Pennsylvania.
Moderator: Michael Platner, Chair of the Corporate Practice and Co-Chair of the Securities & Corporate Finance Practice, Lewis Brisbois
Michael Platner is chair of the Corporate Practice and co-chair of the Securities & Corporate Finance Practice, and the managing partner of the Fort Lauderdale office of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP. Michael works with clients to develop and execute business savvy legal strategies for businesses from early stage through maturity and sale or merger, with a view towards maximizing benefit to their owners and investors.
As an experienced corporate and finance “deals” lawyer and strategist, often Michael acts as primary outside counsel to middle market companies, and manages litigation matters strategically with the client’s ultimate business goals in mind to achieve the best financial impacts and business solutions. His practice is focused on helping companies and their owners build value and manage risk.
Michael has personally founded or been an early stage investor in several businesses, particularly in software, internet infrastructure, new media and cloud computing, providing significant additional understanding important to entrepreneurs and venture capital investors.
Michael’s specific industry experience includes software, e-business, manufacturing, restaurant and hotel management and operating agreements, computer systems acquisition, internet strategies, including deals involving collocation, hosting, API licensing, trademark, copyright and URL disputes, terms of service and abuse, hospitality, joint venture and other corporate finance structuring, new ventures and emerging companies and other strategic business consulting, insurance, funeral homes and cemeteries, litigation and risk mitigation strategies, mediation and alternative dispute resolution.
He has negotiated and closed several hundred transactions including partnerships, business sales and acquisitions, and corporate finance in technology, distribution, manufacturing, and real estate development. View Michael's contact information here.
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