Silicon Valley AI Forum

​We’d like to invite all of you to the Silicon Valley AI Forum on April 18. AI Forum will feature insightful panels, a networking reception, and opportunities for collaboration.

• ​We are proud to have Magdalena Yeşil, a prominent VC and advisor join us. Magdalena is the founding board member and first investor of Salesforce, and currently on the boards of public companies such as SoFi and Smartsheet.

• ​Mehmet Atici, Managing Partner at Bek Ventures, will be sharing his insights on AI investment opportunities. Mehmet has invested in iconic companies like UiPath and Payhawk. Cagla Kaymaz from Citi Ventures will moderate the investor panel.

• ​Önder Polat from Glean, Sercan Arık from Google, Yusuf Ozuysal from Snowflake and Nil Gürel from Meta will be joining us to share their AI research and product expertise.

• ​We will hear from Argmax's co-founder Atila Orhon (backed by General Catalyst and Salesforce Ventures), DraftWise's cofounder Emre Özen (Backed by Index and Bek Ventures), and Hazelcast and Vectroid founder Talip Ozturk on entrepreneurship opportunities in AI.

​We’d love to see you there!

​P.S. The event will primarily be held in Turkish

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​About Bek Ventures (ex-Earlybird Digital East)

Bek is a global early-stage VC firm with over $600m in assets under management. Backing the most exceptional founders from Dynamic Europe to capture large global markets as category leaders.

Bek has been recognized as the top-performing VC firm globally since 2010. The Bek team were early backers of multi-billion dollar outcomes including UiPath, Payhawk, and Peak; with more than 50% of our portfolio building from the US. It has offices in London, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, and Istanbul.

Find out more about Bek via our rebrand video, and check out our website to learn more about our unique ethos when it comes to Venture Capital.