Cagdas Yildiz

Cagdas has spent his career in software, technology, and entrepreneurship. Upon graduating from university, he joined the global ERP company IFS as an ERP Consultant. He then served as a Senior ERP Consultant at MTN Telecommunications Group, the largest GSM operator in the Nigeria and South Africa regions in continental Africa. After gaining substantial experience, he took on a new challenge in an international MBA program. In 2004, he founded his first startup, Logiwa WMS, a leading DTC fulfillment SaaS company in the US. Besides his role as a Venture Partner at 212, he is also leading the US expansion of Trio Mobil, a 212 portfolio company. While spending 17 years as an entrepreneur, he also founded several other startups in supply chain management technology and partnered with global software giants. Cagdas holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Istanbul Technical University and an MBA from John Molson School of Business at the Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Cagdas is the Managing Director in Simya VC.