
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.
Contact Links
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