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Z-Force: A Force for Good

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 A Singapore-based firm specialized in venture building, advisory and social finance strategy 

Z-Force: A Force for Good

Z-Force: A Force for Good Z-Force: A Force for Good Z-Force: A Force for Good

 A Singapore-based firm specialized in venture building, advisory and social finance strategy 

ABOUT US

MAKING A DIFFERENCE 

IN SOCIETY AND CORPORATIONS

How Z-Force Connects Globally

Z-Force is a venture builder with a vast international network  in Fund Raising & Business Development. Zingforce originates new deals and advises founders though business and venture partners in Singapore, Seoul, Jakarta, Manila, Dubai, Copenhagen, Milano, Rome, Shanghai, London and Istanbul.

What Z-Force Believes In

Z-Force derives its inspiration from the Z-Generation and their quest to mobilize the world for good.  Z-Force thrives on helping corporate and non-profit organizations achieve results while maximizing social and environmental impact. Our services include venture building for innovative and creative companies, launching socially responsible funds and advisory for superlative team performance. 

How Z-Force Works

Z-Force believes in the  power of the collective mind to define complex problems, analyse issues and create solutions. Z-Force has a vast network of co-creators and partners to achieve results: social finance experts, financial analysts, philanthropists, impact investors, VC/PE specialists, asset managers, innovation designers, academic researchers, branding strategists, technology experts and communication consultants.

SERTAC YELTEKIN, FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR

GLOBAL APPROACH

GLOBAL APPROACH

GLOBAL APPROACH

Sertac's international experience spans a wide array of managerial and functional roles in the corporate and consulting universe: Banking, Management Consulting, Asset Management, Executive Education and Venture Capital with an Impact Investing focus. 


Sertac has always crossed geographical and thematic boundaries with ease in Asia, Europe and the United States. Raised in Turkey, trained in the US, lived and worked in Italy for decades and now based in Singapore, he is  a facilitator, integrator and seeker of common denominators between cultures, functions and disciplines.  


Sertac is an investor in early stage companies in Turkey, Europe and Asia; a keynote speaker on asset management, alternative investments and impact investing globally; a contributor to numerous articles, blogs and training programs; and a moderator and commentator on TV and podcasts covering Asian and Global markets.  

VAST EXPERIENCE

GLOBAL APPROACH

GLOBAL APPROACH

Sertac has 27 years of experience in the financial sector as a senior manager and consultant. 


He is the Co-Founder of Etkiyap, the first impact investing platform in Turkey, dedicated to advocacy, training, impact measurement and fund-raising in Turkey and in the surrounding region. 


He has been Chief Operating Officer for Insitor Partners, a Singapore-based Venture Capital firm, active in impact investing to support social entrepreneurship in South and Southeast Asia since 2017.


Prior to Insitor, Sertac was Senior Vice President at Unicredit Banking Group from 2002 to 2017 in Italy with numerous C-suite and Board membership roles in asset management, banking, finance & planning and human capital management divisions. 


Before joining Unicredit in 2002, Sertac worked as a management consultant in Turkey, Israel and Italy at Bain & Company between 1998 and 2002.  

ADVISORY ROLES

GLOBAL APPROACH

ADVISORY ROLES

Sertac holds many prestigious institutional roles in business education. He is currently an Executive-in-Residence in IMD Business School, Lausanne and Singapore; a Member of the Advisory Board for Bocconi University. SDA Business School, Milano, Italy.


He is a member of the Advisory Committee of Cottino Social Impact Campus, Torino, Italy;


He is a board member and a strategic advisor in many companies in Asia and Europe.


After attending Robert College in Istanbul, Sertac graduated from Swarthmore College, PA, USA with a B.A. degree in Economics and Political Science. Sertac also holds a graduate degree from the Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies in International Economic Relations at its European Center, Italy.


Sertac is fluent in Turkish, Italian and English. He has a working knowledge of German and French.

Our Services

Venture Building

Services for companies to enable access to capital, talents and advisory

  • ·Conduct interviews with the Client’s senior management, investors, clients and other stakeholders to define strategy and create alignment
  •  Coordinate the preparation of a business plan by the Client with evidences and arguments to back the plan’s numbers detailing clients, markets, products, services and another key factors
  •  Define and identify a target investor profile through a structured discussion with the Client’s senior management
  •  Prepare a pitch deck by the Client that presents the potential of the sector and company
  • Help the Client seek investors such as preparation of target investor lists and planning of pitching activities.

Services for companies in business development:

  • Help define strategy and roadmap to expand into new products and market
  • Connect the Client to new partners for product and market development
  • Monitor business development activities to achieve goals

Social Finance Strategy

 Services for the social finance ecosystem 

  • Analyze and identify impact investing and philanthropic ventures strategy for investors such as home/family offices, foundations and other institutional investors
  •  Connect investors to investment managers and investee companies
  • Organize events, conferences and meetings between investors and other players in the market
  • Conduct academic research to measure social impact of investments
  • Establish family office investment special purpose vehicles and  to deploy social investments
  • Carry out outsourcing of operational activities on behalf of investment managers 
  • Help investment managers in fundraising activities
  • Conduct impact metrics studies and prepare impact reporting based on best practices in the industry

Our Venture Partners

DIEGO NANNICINI

DIEGO NANNICINI

DIEGO NANNICINI

Venture Partner, Shanghai

GORKEM COKCETIN

DIEGO NANNICINI

DIEGO NANNICINI

Venture Partner, Dubai

Our Team

AKIN DENIZ HEPER

LEONARDO SALVATORI

LEONARDO SALVATORI

Investor Intelligence Services, Singapore 

LEONARDO SALVATORI

LEONARDO SALVATORI

LEONARDO SALVATORI

 Research and Development, Milano

OMER BILGIN

OMER BILGIN

OMER BILGIN

 Research and Development, London 

JAEHO LEE

OMER BILGIN

OMER BILGIN

Research and Development, Singapore 

Social Footprint

This webinar, led by Professor Vanina Farber, elea Chair of Social Innovation and Sertac Yeltekin, COO of Insitor Partners Venture Capital, appeared live on Wednesday, 29th April at 11am CEST.

What’s the role of private equity and venture capital in impact investment in Asia? What does the impact investment landscape look like in the region today? What are the key learnings from impact investing, where financial return is as important as social impact?  

https://www.imd.org/research-knowledge/videos/asian-markets-the-role-of-venture-capital-and-private-equity/ 

 Zingforce Ventures Founder and Managing Director Sertac Yeltekin says "Venture builders need to have contacts with the start-up ecosystem, build alliances with like-minded venture builders, make people know that you are there for them" in the article "The conditions for success in Singapore – and beyond" by Michael Netzley, Ph.D. in Dialogue Review, the official leadership and management journal of
Duke Corporate Education. 


https://dialoguereview.com/the-conditions-for-success-in-singapore-and-beyond/

Zingforce founder Sertac Yeltekin's opinion piece posted at Tech For Impact Asia affiliated with Asian Development Bank (ADB). How do we make impact investing mainstream while preserving its essence – that is to generate intentional social and environmental impact as well as financial gain? I emphasize that due to lack of local investors and loose connection to traditional finance, impact investing risks becoming a niche activity generating limited impact. Embedding impact into mainstream finance is an exponential opportunity 


https://techforimpact.asia/its-time-for-big-finance-to-fully-commit-to-impact-investing-heres-how/

Our Partners

Purpose Venture Capital

  • Purpose Venture Capital supports founders to build sustainable and profitable tech businesses through purpose-aligned capital. 
  • Its goal is to enable founders to align their values and mission with their ownership and financing structures and mobilize more capital towards purpose-driven companies delivering strong financial returns and positive impact for people and the planet. 
  • Purpose Venture Capital is actively growing its portfolio as the team has invested in fintech, food/agri tech, health-tech and edutech sectors globally

Entrepreneur Hub

 

  • Being part of Entrepreneur Hub’s global investor network you get access to qualified investment opportunities. You get a qualified deal-flow.
  • Investor gets access to high-quality and verified companies with global potential. You save time and resources in your decision making.
  • Investor is guaranteed to be presented with a robust and scalable business case that has been through the Quest for Capital and quality control conducted by Entrepreneur Hub.
  • Investor will have first choice in respect of bringing the company to his territory

Tectona Ventures

 

  • Tectona is an Indonesia-focused boutique investment advisory firm specialized in  Direct Investments and Financial Advisory of Early-Stage Indonesian Company
  • Capital Raising is its core business. The company provides advisory service from early to growth-stage companies in raising private capital including capital structuring and assisting in long-term capital planning.
  • Deal Origination: Tectona provides unique and investment-worthy deal origination service to help the global financial institution to explore the capital investment opportunities in Indonesia.
  • Due Diligence: Tectona partners with the best-in-class due diligence providers. The company delivers appropriate support for the investors that require extensive local input and expertise. Its services include deal sourcing, due diligence, negotiation support and transaction structuring.


Creative Stories

  • Ideation/Design Thinking Creative campaigns ideas and storyboards for advertising films (copy writing) arts background skill-set for visual look and emotion of brand portrayal
  • Messaging/Strategy Expertise in institutional communications what should executives be saying (or not saying) as Industry leaders. Tell your corporate story more effectively , unconventional news hooks tailored for tier 1 business publications
  • Writing (Op-eds, blogs, website content (sharpen, re- haul content) includes placing Op-eds in the largest national newspapers
  • Content ideation for brands Marketing, creative design for Digital Social campaigns across channels online and offline , Animation Videos, Ad-tech global campaigns

OUR INVESTEES


Do you want to know more about our services?  Contact us at info@zingforce.com

 30 Petain Road, Singapore 208099  



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