About
Yakup Sezer is the CEO of Pionr, where he leads the acquisition, transformation, and scaling of fintech ventures while advising major corporations on fintech operating models. His work fuels the growth of Pionr’s wholly-owned platforms, including Norma—an SME banking experience—and Tahsildar, a payments and collections platform that powers B2B payment flows. Before Pionr, he served as Managing Partner at Skyalp (BIST: SYKLP), guiding its evolution from consultancy to technology company and investing in 18 tech startups. He was previously CEO of Aktif Ventures, helping establish the Mindvest corporate venture fund and Apilion, Türkiye’s largest API banking platform, and also served as Executive Vice President at Aktif Bank. Earlier, he was CEO and Board Member at insha Ventures and Founder & Managing Director of insha in Berlin, delivering ethical digital banking services across SEPA. He started at Albaraka Türk, leading business excellence and innovation programs spanning intrapreneur
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- • 1,349 investors hold the Founder and CEO role in VCSift. Yakup Sezer is one of them.
- • 805 investors are based in Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey.
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