Staff
Deniz Celebioglu
Senior Programs Lead
Helping startup founders by program design and 1:1 mentorship support.
Deniz is a design thinker and a professional specializing in human-centered research, idea acceleration, and innovative programs design & management.
As a Sr. Programs Lead, Deniz supports our startup founders with 1:1 mentorships and program designs and implementations to scale their tech businesses. In addition to her current role, she is available to offer connections with the Turkish startup ecosystem.
Deniz was born and raised in Ankara, Turkiye. Her master’s degree in social sciences broadened her perspective on human aspects and reason.
She started her professional journey 10 years ago in Istanbul at the Turkiye’s leading conglomerate; Sabanci Holding’s industrial manufacturing company; Kordsa and then electricity distribution company; Enerjisa Enerji. She built corporate intrapreneurship programs from scratch and designed tailor-made corporate-startup partnerships. During her professional life, she received Design Thinking training from the Hasso Plattner Institut in Potsdam, Germany.
As of 2021, she became a first-gen immigrant in Canada and currently lives in Toronto.