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
A Singapore-based firm specialized in venture building, advisory and social finance strategy
A Singapore-based firm specialized in venture building, advisory and social finance strategy
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
IN SOCIETY AND CORPORATIONS
Z-Force is a venture builder with a vast international network helping companies in Fund Raising & Business Development. Zingforce boasts venture partners in Singapore, Seoul, Jakarta, Manila, Dubai, Copenhagen, Milano and Istanbul.
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.
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'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.
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.
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.
Services for companies in fundraising activities
Services for companies in business development:
Services for the social finance ecosystem
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?
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/
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