Bulent is a Serial Entrepreneur. 
 
His prior Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency Licensed e-money company ininal.com has reached more than 5 Million accounts, and 2 Million active digital wallet users monthly, and still growing fast. Cheque-Dejeuner Group acquired in May 2016 a majority stake at ininal and signed for one of the biggest deals in the Turkish Startup ecosystem. 
 
He is working for years to transform the banking industry, micro credits and credibility world into digital and has started Colendi as the right solution for this vision. 

Colendi stands out as a pioneering fintech platform, equipped with a digital banking license in CEE / EMEA. The company is licensed across the full spectrum of financial services including deposits, lending, asset management, capital markets, and insurance in Turkey.
Since 2021, the company’s proprietary AI-driven credit scoring engine covers 36M unique customers through its JV enterprise partnerships actively leveraging 17M registered users on the platform and 1.5M users accessing its credit lines.
 
Bulent is also an active investor and invests in earlystage FinTech start-ups through NextVentures.
 
Bulent has been elected as the “Internet Entrepreneur of the Year” in Turkey and EY Entrepreneur Of The Year - Accelerating Entrepreneurs program in Monte Carlo. 
 
He won several awards: “Best FinTech Start-up”. The Wired UK magazin elected in 2013 and 2014 ininal as the hottest 100 companies in Europe.
 
Prior to ininal, Bulent spent more than 15 years in Financial Technology Consultancy and Software development. Bulent holds B.S. Industrial Engineering degree and joined Harvard Business School later.