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.