Founder and Managing Partner / Felicis Ventures
Aydin Senkut is the Founder and Managing Partner of Felicis Ventures, a venture capital firm he established in 2006. Prior to founding Felicis, he was Google's first Product Manager and international sales manager. Senkut is recognized as an original "super-angel" investor and has been named to Forbes' Midas List for twelve consecutive years (2014-2025). His portfolio includes early investments in iconic companies such as Adyen, Shopify, Credit Karma, and Rovio.
Founder and Managing Partner
Felicis Ventures is a leading boutique venture fund investing iconic companies reinventing core markets and creating frontier ones.
Investor (Lead Series A) & Board Member
Investor (Lead Series A) & Board Member
Investor (Lead Series B) & Board Observer
Investor (Lead Series B) & Board Observer
Investor (Lead Series B) & Board Observer
Investor (Lead Series B) & Board Observer
Investor (Series Seed Lead) & Board Observer
Investor (Series Seed Lead) & Board Observer
Investor (Series A)
Investor (Series A)
Investor (Lead Series B) & Board Observer
Investor (Lead Series B) & Board Observer
Investor (Lead Series A)
Investor (Lead Series A)
Investor (Lead Series C) @ Board Observer
Investor (Lead Series C) @ Board Observer
Investor (Lead Series B) & Board Member (Compensation & Audit Committee)
Investor (Lead Series B) & Board Member (Compensation & Audit Committee)
Investor (Co-lead Seed)
Investor (Co-lead Seed)
Investor & Seed Lead
Investor & Seed Lead
Investor & Board Member
Investor & Board Member
Investor
Investor
Investor
Investor
Investor & Board Observer
Investor & Board Observer
Investor (Lead Series B) & Board Member
Investor (Lead Series B) & Board Member
Early Investor & Board Observer
Early Investor & Board Observer
Investor
Investor
Senior Manager, Websearch & Syndication
Responsible for Asia Pacific Syndication Sales and Account Management
Sales Manager, Strategic Accounts
Responsible for International Business Development
Product Manager
Launched Google's first 10 international sites
Completed first product plan for all licensing products
Negotiated key outsourcing contracts for Googles translation service and first safesearch filter.
Closed Googles first wireless search contract with Omnisky
Product Manager
Responsible for all product marketing, business development, public relations, and strategic development with respect to MineSet, Silicon Graphics flagship data mining and visualization solution
Winner, Western Area Field Excellence Award
Business Development Manager
Responsible for strategic alliances with key system integrators and application vendors in the electronic commerce and data mining areas focusing on the financial services market
MA
MA - International Studies, Portuguese
MBA
MBA - Marketing
BS
BS - Business Administration, Finance
High School Diploma
High School Diploma
Venture Capital, Angel Investing, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Product Management, Business Development, Investments, SaaS, Analytics
Consumer Internet, E-commerce, Mobile Applications, Digital Media, Corporate Development
Mergers & Acquisitions, Mergers, Strategic Partnerships, New Business Development
As an original 'super-angel' and founding partner of Felicis Ventures, Aydin backed several iconic companies that achieved IPOs or significant acquisitions. His portfolio includes 11 companies that grew to valuations over $1 billion.
Adyen
Shopify
Credit Karma
Fitbit
Meraki
Guardant Health
Soundhound
Rovio Entertainment Ltd.
A day in the Miami bay amidst ominous clouds…
Our cat loves his new cat bed
The speed of NBA players always impresses
Alcaraz was sitting across from us receiving a Miami Heat jersey - was so fun to see him and his brother
Never gets old to see Miami Heat games - they’re definitely more fun than seeing local games in Bay Area
Miami sunset
LOVE @refikanadol work - was lucky enough to see his art in person… no wonder he’s getting recognized and honored by so many including Time AI 100
This is one of the coolest live art I’ve ever seen - AI Hallucinations and other mega data based AI live art by Refik Anadol Studio
Hail and snow in July - extreme weather !!!
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Venture Capital, Angel Investor, Product Management, Start-ups, Strategy
