Kemal Ciliz
Board Member of the Yale Alumni Fund at ALUMNI FUND ASSOCIATION OF YALE UNIVERSITY
Istanbul, Turkey
Kemal Ciliz, Board Member of the Yale Alumni Fund at ALUMNI FUND ASSOCIATION OF YALE UNIVERSITY is an active investor based in Istanbul, Turkey. This profile covers what Kemal Ciliz backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.
Dr. Kemal Ciliz serves as Founding Partner & Chairman of the Board at InfoNet. Dr. Ciliz is the Owner of Elmer Yazılım. He is also an Angel Investor. He served as a Trustee at Yale University. He is educated in Turkey and the U.S.A., is an active entrepreneur in the Turkish IT market and is the founder/investor of various IT start-ups in Internet-related technologies in Turkey and the USA. He also holds an MA (Master of Arts) in International Economics from Yale University. He also holds a Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University. He also holds a BS (Bachelor of Science) in Electrical Engineering from Middle East Technical University (METU).
- Investor type
- Angel
- Stages
- Early Stage Venture
- Invests in
- SaaS & EnterpriseFintech
- Location
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Typical check
- $500K
- Past investments
- 1
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