Firat Ileri

Managing Partner at Hummingbird Ventures · Joined 2012

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Biography

Firat Ileri is the Managing Partner at Hummingbird Ventures and started at the firm in 2012. He previously worked at J.P. Morgan in the Emerging Markets Structuring and Solutions group, and holds B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and in Management Science plus a Master of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT. He introduced the co-founders of Gram Games, led Hummingbird's first investment in the company and helped exit it to Zynga, and led the sale process of Peak Games in 2020. He also led the firm's first investments in Latin America and South East Asia and its first investment in engineering biology, in BillionToOne.

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Notable Investments

Gram GamesPeak GamesBillionToOneLovable

Career Timeline

2012
Started at Hummingbird Ventures.
2020
Led the sale process of Peak Games, which exited at 1.8 billion dollars.
2021
Became managing partner of Hummingbird Ventures, taking over management of the team from founding partner Barend Van den Brande.

Sources & References

Hummingbird Ventures - Team (Firat Ileri) ↗TechCrunch - Firat Ileri becomes Hummingbird VC's new managing partner ↗