Z-Force: A Force for Good

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

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

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.

Our Services

Venture Building

Services for companies in fundraising activities

·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

SERTAC YELTEKIN, FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR

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

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; and a Senior Advisor for European Foundation for Management Development, Brussels, Belgium.

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.

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 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

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

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

Alliance For Good

AFG provides a wide range of donor advisory services that help donors of all types to leverage the scale of their intended impact and the variable returns of their social investment
Share: AFG has strong expertise in helping businesses create effective NGO-Business partnerships that bring returns in both social and economic terms.
Innovate: AFG provides advisory services to the nonprofit organizations to better work with the donors of all types to sustain and grow their funding bases.
Develop: AFG understands the needs of donors and can help individuals and business leaders balance their intent of doing good and their needs of fulfilling personal aspirations.