Investor profile
Emir Dereli
Corporate VC, Venture capital & Limited Partner at Fort Partners, Managing Partner at Pentas Ventures
Emir Dereli is a Managing Partner at Pentas Ventures, whose known portfolio counts 12 companies.
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Affiliated funds' portfolios
Limited Partner at Fort Partners, whose known portfolio counts 10 companies
- Bolt
- Voro
- WattBuy
- Cora
- Backdrop
- IRL
- EarBuds Music
- PumpJack Dataworks
- Misapplied Sciences
- Ysplit
Managing Partner at Pentas Ventures, whose known portfolio counts 12 companies
- Sequence
- Partake Foods
- Telly
- Karat Financial
- Moment House
- Skinny Dipped Almonds
- Chamberlain Coffee
- The Expert
- Deeptune
- Flash Protocol
- klikit
- Bounty
Investor Profile
Emir Dereli is listed against sectors Climate, Commerce, Consumer and FinTech, and focus areas CPG, Clean Energy, Creator Economy and Crypto in the database.
Pentas Ventures appears in Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds across its known deals.
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Who is Emir Dereli?
Emir Dereli is a corporate venture investor and venture capital investor based in New York, United States, listed as Managing Partner at Pentas Ventures. The known portfolio of that firm counts 12 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Emir Dereli personally.
What does Emir Dereli invest in?
Listed sectors include Climate, Commerce, Consumer and FinTech; listed focus areas include CPG, Clean Energy, Creator Economy and Crypto. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Emir Dereli invest at?
Pentas Ventures appears in Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds across its known deals, and Emir Dereli is listed there as Managing Partner. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Emir Dereli listed at?
Emir Dereli is listed as Managing Partner at Pentas Ventures. 2 other people in the database share a firm with Emir Dereli.
How do I contact Emir Dereli?
An email address and a LinkedIn page are on file for Emir Dereli. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The database holds no phone number for this profile.
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