Duygu Clark

Duygu Clark

DO Venture Partners

About

Role

General Partner

Type

Solo capitalist

Bio

Duygu Clark invests in early stage technology startups. Duygu also serves as an Expert Evaluator for the European Commission’s $5 billion fund for startups. She is also the Founder of Turkish Collective, a non-profit that aims to advance Turkish startups. Prior to that, Duygu worked for Turkish Telecom, the largest technology group in Turkey, as a Founding R&D Manager where she founded Turkey’s first startup accelerator and managed $250 million R&D projects. Prior to that, she worked for the National Science Foundation of Turkey where Duygu represented Turkey at European Commission and facilitated $150 million R&D projects between Turkish and European organizations. Duygu is a Computer Engineer with Master Degree in Information Systems. She is currently pursuing her executive MBA degree at MIT. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and 3 year old son.

About Investments

Duygu invests in ambitious founders who are bold enough to change the world. Her focus domains are fintech, crypto/DeFi, B2B SaaS, AI, climatetech and spacetech.

Investments

Stages

Pre-seed, Seed

Check Range

$50K-$100K

Geography

Europe, US/Canada

Leads Rounds

No

Investment Highlights

Cloosiv, Kernal Bio, Kilobaser

Get in touch

How they work

Thanks to my work experience in Europe, I can help startups expand to Europe. I make my decision in 48h.

Please review this investor’s areas of interest, check size, and geographic constraints before making contact: you will have a much higher chance of success if your outreach is targeted.

Disclaimers and footnotes

    Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC. Deposit insurance covers the failure of an insured bank.