summit

Kolektif House, Levent · 12 June 2026

Where growth meets
in person.

Two hundred founders, investors and operators in one room. One day to skip a year of cold intros.

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On the floor

Fintech
AI
Gaming
Tech investment

A previous helo.land Growth Series session in İstanbul — Meleklerin Günü · İstanbul · 2023

What the day looks like

One room. One stage.
The cohort that turns up.

The energy on 12 June will look like this. A curated audience, a single panel in front of every seat, and the conversations that follow long after the lights come down.

Save your seat

The room

Two hundred seats.
Every one earned.

No open registration. No press pool. No filler. The list is curated by helo.land in collaboration with founder networks, fund partners and operator communities.

Growth-stage founders

CEOs and co-founders in active capital cycles, and the core of the room. Series A through C, ARR typically $2M to $50M.

Confirmed so far

Şeyhmus Ölker, Mega Fortuna · Koray Bahar, Figopara · and more confirmed founders

Investors

Partners and principals from independent VCs, corporate venture, family offices and angel networks deploying into the cohort.

Confirmed so far

Enis Hulli, e2VC · Özge Öz, QNBeyond Ventures · Dilek Dayınlarlı, ScaleX Ventures

Operators & advisors

C-suite operators from scaled portfolio companies, board members, senior advisors who shape Monday-morning calls.

Confirmed so far

Tuğrul Ağırbaş, Genwise · Behiç Uzel, BytePlus · Alpaslan Canlı, Core Finance

Two hundred seats. Free, limited access. Join them

What you walk out with

The day works on you
for months after.

Three things a Zoom can't give you, packed into seven hours on one stage. The reason most attendees are repeat applicants the next year.

/ 01 · Pipeline acceleration

A year of warm intros, in one room.

Curated lunch placements, structured coffee breaks, and a single-stage format that puts every conversation in front of the same people. The intros you would have chased for months happen across one lunch table.

/ 02 · A read on capital

Sit across from the funds writing this cycle.

e2vc · QNBeyond · Revo Capital · APY · TİBAŞ · ScaleX Ventures, under the same roof. Hear which thesis is getting funded, which is being repriced, and what's about to dry up. Directly from the GPs, not second-hand.

/ 03 · Operating playbooks

Lessons from founders one round ahead.

AI restructuring, secondary exits, global expansion, scaling without burning capital. The decisions you'll be making in twelve months, from operators making them right now. On the record, on a single stage.

Seven hours. One stage. 12 June 2026. Apply for a seat

Programme · 12.06.26

Seven panels.
One stage. Cover to cover.

No parallel tracks. No competing rooms. Every conversation in front of every attendee. Doors at 09:30, reception closes 17:00 İstanbul time. Detailed line-up below.

09:30Arrival

Arrival

Doors open. Registration and arrival networking on the floor.

10:15Welcome

Welcome and opening words

Programme framing and the season so far.

ModeratorOrhan Bayram, Founder, helo.land

10:20Lead Partner

Lead Partner address

The first partner voice the room hears.

BytePlus

10:35Associate

Associate Partner introductions

Each Associate Partner receives a dedicated five-minute slot before any panel begins.

Redington & AWS

10:45Panel 01

From corporate leadership to founder. How corporates and startups build together.

Tuğrul Ağırbaş left senior corporate management to found Genwise, a company built to help corporate talent create journeys of their own. What the move from the corner office to founder really takes.

Tuğrul Ağırbaş, Co-Founder, Genwise ModeratorTBD

11:05Panel 02

The future of money. Where fintech is heading, globally and in Turkey.

A vision conversation between a digital bank founder and a payments operator who has lived a global exit.

Deniz Devrim Cengiz, Co-Founder & CEO, Colendi Bank · Orkun Saitoğlu, CEO, iyzico ModeratorTBD

11:45Panel 03

Growth capital. Who is getting funded, and who is not.

The funding environment, with the GPs writing this cycle's cheques.

Enis Hulli, General Partner, e2VC · Özge Öz, Partner, QNBeyond Ventures · Dilek Dayınlarlı, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, ScaleX Ventures Moderator

Orhan Bayram, Founder, helo.land

12:30Lunch

Networking lunch · Curated table placements

Seated lunch with structured introductions facilitated by helo.land.

13:30Panel 04

Built for millions. The app studio playbook in the AI era.

How Turkey reaches a global user base. The companies that already have.

Murat Ödemiş, Founder, Univenn · Özgür Karayalçın, Fund Manager, Anka Ventures Moderator

Behiç Uzel, Head of AI Ecosystem, MEA & Country Manager, BytePlus (ByteDance Technology)

14:00Panel 05

The long game. Building a company to last, and putting the future into technology.

A founder who weathered the hard cycles, exited once, and built Figopara for the long term, with everything that comes next going into technology.

Koray Bahar, Co-Founder & CEO, Figopara Moderator

Alpaslan Canlı, Director, Core Finance

14:20Panel 06

The exit conversation. A secondary, a game sale, a full company sale.

Three different ways out, anchored by a founder who has been through all of them.

Şeyhmus Ölker, Co-Founder & CEO, Mega Fortuna Moderator

Selma Bahçıvanoğlu, Managing Partner, Simya VC

14:40Panel 07

Turkey's gaming decade. From local hits to global studios.

The category that quietly became the region's largest export. The note the day closes on.

Efe Baysal, Co-Founder & CEO, Moment Games Moderator

Volkan Özen, Principal, Laton VC

15:10Reception

Closing reception · Closes 17:00

Structured networking with curated introductions.

Lineup

On stage. The operators
and allocators writing this cycle.

Sixteen confirmed speakers and moderators. Every person listed is a sitting operator, founder, investor, or ecosystem lead.

Deniz Devrim Cengiz

Co-Founder & CEO, Colendi Bank

CEO, iyzico

General Partner, e2VC

SpeakerP03

Özge Öz

Partner, QNBeyond Ventures

SpeakerP03

Dilek Dayınlarlı

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, ScaleX Ventures

SpeakerP03

Özgür Karayalçın

Fund Manager, Anka Ventures

SpeakerP04

Efe Baysal

Co-Founder & CEO, Moment Games

SpeakerP07

Volkan Özen

Principal, Laton Ventures

ModeratorP07

Koray Bahar

Co-Founder & CEO, Figopara

Co-Founder, Genwise

SpeakerP01

Şeyhmus Ölker

Co-Founder & CEO, Mega Fortuna

SpeakerP06

Orhan Bayram

Founder, helo.land

ModeratorP03

Behiç Uzel

Head of AI Ecosystem, BytePlus

ModeratorP04

Alpaslan Canlı

Director, Core Finance

ModeratorP05

Selma Bahçıvanoğlu

Managing Partner, Simya VC

ModeratorP06

The speaker and moderator list is now confirmed from the current programme. Suggest a speaker

Voices from the Series

The conversations
that fill the room.

A glimpse of the operators and founders helo.land Growth has put on stage across Season 01. The same caliber, in person on 12 June.

Don't make moves because an investor wants it. Do it because the market and the customer demand it.

Mehmet Uygun

CEO & Co-Founder, Getmobil

Listen to the episode

Ask the same question forty times until you truly understand the customer's pain. In enterprise B2B, trust is your most valuable currency.

Kıvanç Harputlu

CEO & Co-Founder, Onlayer

Listen to the episode

See what the market doesn't want, kill it quickly, move on to the next solution. Build, kill, build.

Ferhat Babacan

Co-Founder & CEO, Bluedot

Listen to the episode

Capital partners in the room

The funds writing
this cycle's cheques.

Independent VCs, corporate venture and family offices. Confirmed on the floor on 12 June. You'll sit across from them at lunch, on coffee breaks, and on stage.

Join as capital partner

Raising in the next twelve months? Be where these cheques are sitting. Apply for a seat

Summit partners · 2026

The partners in the room.

Lead, Associate and Support Partners make the day possible. Confirmed partners are listed below.

Lead Partner

BytePlus

Co-host alongside helo.land
Lead Partner address · 12 June 2026

Associate Partners

Partner inquiries open

Support Partners

Partner

findphoto

Partner

nilky

Partner

Saf

Be a partner

More categories open

Partner inquiries for the 2026 room are open. Become a 2026 partner

Get in touch · 12 June 2026

Anything to ask?

Seat applications happen on Luma. Use this form for anything else: questions about the day, press, partnership inquiries, or speaker suggestions. We reply within five business days.

First edition · Limited press · Recordings published only after the day

When

12 June 2026

Where

Kolektif House, Levent

Capacity

200 seats

Access

Free, limited

Growth Summit · İstanbul

Drop us a line.

Message received.

We'll reply within five business days. If it's urgent, write to hey@helo.land directly.

One room. One stage.The cohort that turns up.

Two hundred seats.Every one earned.

The day works on youfor months after.

A year of warm intros, in one room.

Sit across from the funds writing this cycle.

Lessons from founders one round ahead.

Seven panels.One stage. Cover to cover.

On stage. The operatorsand allocators writing this cycle.

The conversationsthat fill the room.

The funds writingthis cycle's cheques.

The partners in the room.

Anything to ask?

Drop us a line.

Message received.

One room. One stage.
The cohort that turns up.

Two hundred seats.
Every one earned.

The day works on you
for months after.

Seven panels.
One stage. Cover to cover.

On stage. The operators
and allocators writing this cycle.

The conversations
that fill the room.

The funds writing
this cycle's cheques.