# Emre Berkin > Emre Berkin is a seed investor at Thomas Cook backing Advertising. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: Thomas Cook - Location: Istanbul, Turkey - Total investments: 3 - Last investment: Nov 2016 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Sep 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emreberkin Emre Berkin is a seed investor at Thomas Cook in Istanbul focused on Advertising and Information Technology. Emre Berkin currently serves as the Vice President of Europe Middle East & Africa at Microsoft Corp.Berkin has a strong background in managing and developing company strategies in the IT sector and has overall responsibility of 79 countries. Mr. Berkin is credited with accelerating the growth and expansion of Microsoft’s operations inMiddle East and Africa (MEA) operations. Besides his commitment to the development and deployment of IT, Mr. Berkin has a strong passion for education in the developing markets. He is personally leading Touch Group Plc’s community affairs efforts through which Microsoft has contributed to various community activities improving education and helping under privileged people in the region over the years. Mr. Berkin serves as the Chairman of Microsoft’s Middle East and Africa (MEA) operations. He has been an Independent Non-Executive Director at Thomas Cook Group plc since November 1, 2012. He served as a Non-Executive Director of Touch Group Plc from October 20, 2005 to November 2006. ## Contacts 5 contacts available for Emre Berkin: work email, personal email, work phone, personal phone and socials. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-email/emre-berkin?utm_source=investor_profile ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Advertising | 1 | 33% | | Information Technology | 1 | 33% | | Location Based Services | 1 | 33% | ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 1 | 33% | | Angel | 1 | 33% | | Series A | 1 | 33% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Blesh | Managing a wide network of 300+ apps and 66 million downloads with the integration of Blesh SDK, Blesh provides hyper-local targeting and smart messaging services for enterprises, advertisers and apps. Blesh has a strong angel investor network with high-net-worth individuals such as Ali Sabancı, Turgut Gürsoy and many others. | $4M | Series A | Nov 14, 2016 | | | Blesh | Managing a wide network of 300+ apps and 66 million downloads with the integration of Blesh SDK, Blesh provides hyper-local targeting and smart messaging services for enterprises, advertisers and apps. Blesh has a strong angel investor network with high-net-worth individuals such as Ali Sabancı, Turgut Gürsoy and many others. | | Angel | Aug 19, 2014 | | | Blesh | Managing a wide network of 300+ apps and 66 million downloads with the integration of Blesh SDK, Blesh provides hyper-local targeting and smart messaging services for enterprises, advertisers and apps. Blesh has a strong angel investor network with high-net-worth individuals such as Ali Sabancı, Turgut Gürsoy and many others. | | Seed | | | 3 of 3 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Inventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inventures-turkey) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [TR.PE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trpecapital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Thomas Cook VC Fund 1 contacts available at Thomas Cook. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Emre Berkin | Non Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emre-berkin | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [Alesta Yatırım](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alesta-girisim) — VC Fund - [APY Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apy-ventures) — VC Fund - [Boğaziçi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bo%C4%9Fazi%C3%A7i-ventures) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Internet Angel Investors in Middle East](https://shizune.co/investors/internet-angel-investors-middle-east) - [Internet Angel Investors in Turkey](https://shizune.co/investors/internet-angel-investors-turkey) - [SaaS Angel Investors in Turkey](https://shizune.co/investors/saas-angel-investors-turkey) ## FAQ ### What does Emre Berkin invest in? Emre Berkin invests primarily in Advertising, Information Technology and Location Based Services startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### How do I contact Emre Berkin? Public channels for Emre Berkin include LinkedIn. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox. ### When did Emre Berkin last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Emre Berkin closed in Nov 2016. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly. ### Is Shizune's investor data accurate? 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