Bulent Tekmen
Bulent Tekmen[1]is a Turkish fintech[2] entrepreneur.[3][4]
Professional career
[edit]Tekmen is the Colendi's[5][6] co-founder and CEO.[7][8][9][10]
Bulent was chosen as the EY Entrepreneur of the Year - Accelerating Entrepreneurs program in Monte Carlo and the "Internet Entrepreneur of the Year" in Turkey.[11][12]
Among his honors was "Best FinTech Start-up." The top 100 firms in Europe for 2013 and 2014 were chosen by Wired UK magazine.[11][13]
Bulent Tekmen was initially unveiled at Webrazzi Fintech 2017.[14][15][16]
Early life
[edit]Bulent worked for more than 15 years as a software developer and financial technology consultant before joining Ininal. Bulent enrolled in Harvard Business School after earning a B.S. in Industrial Engineering.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ Habertürk. "Colendi, BDDK'dan dijital banka kuruluşu için izin aldı - Girişimcilik Haberleri". Habertürk (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Turkish Fintech Colendi Raises Funds at $700 Million Valuation". Bloomberg.com. 2024-05-22. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
- ^ "Fintech firm Colendi appoints Deniz Guven to its board of directors". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "COLENDİ YÖNETİM KURULU'NA YENİ ÜYE". ST Endüstri Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Colendi secures $150m credit facility from Fibabanka".
- ^ DigitalAge. "Dijital para girişimi Coiny 10 milyon liralık yatırım aldı". Digital Age (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Scaling up embedded fintech and establishing joint-ventures as a go-to-market strategy: A chat with Colendi CEO (and Tech.eu Summit speaker) Bulent Tekmen". Tech.eu. 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Colendi AI unveils new AI platform for finance and banking sectors". My Startup World - Everything About the World of Startups!. 2024-09-24. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Colendi Kurucu Ortağı ve Global Üst Yöneticisi Bülent Tekmen Haberleri". Haber 1 (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Scaling up embedded fintech and establishing joint-ventures as a go-to-market strategy: A chat with Colendi CEO (and Tech.eu Summit speaker) Bulent Tekmen". Tech.eu. 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
- ^ a b c "SFF 2024 Speaker: Bulent Tekmen Founder". www.fintechfestival.sg. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Bulent Tekmen".
- ^ "Bülent Tekmen". Istanbul Tech Week (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "Blockchain-based Credit Scoring Startup Colendi Introduced: Colendi Card". Webrazzi. 2018-09-13. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ Tarafından, Bankadunyasi (2023-08-08). "ColendiBank'ın hedefi küresel oyuncu olmak". Banka Dünyası (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ "ColendiBank küresel oyuncu olma yolunda". paradergi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-10-11.