Hi there 👋🏻

I'm Onur Ay

welcome to my personal website...
























The mandatory quote:

Nothing happens until something moves.....

-Albert Einstein


Before you dive in...

Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival

This website reflects parts of my contenious learning journey from exploring and documenting things that I genuinely find interesting


The old school way of blogging #nofilter

I'm writing about a broad range of topics covering sports, enabling tech, books, investments, mental models and personal wealth ⚽️ 👨‍💻 📚 📈 🧠💰


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For those who are interested in enriching their daily life/work/hobby with short pieces of content, feel free to follow, subscribe or even reach out


And do not look for patterns or rationale as it will be a mishmash of random and cool stuff that excites me... Happy reading and ENJOY! <^_^>




It all started in Bursa...

Born 1989 in Bursa - Turkey four years after my sister on the exact same day and hospital room. She considers me being the best birthday gift of her life - I'm also still puzzled ^^

We moved to Denmark in the late 90's and despite the short summers and long/cold/dark winters we haven't been scared away... yet






In a nutshell

Middle one of three siblings. A cosy family. Married and father to Atlas and Ada.

Ay originates from Turkish and means moon or month

Live in Copenhagen where parks & cafes are never more than one stone throw away

2000 Happiness

Love eating/preparing practical food and travelling to new countries

Travel the world, eat good food and be happy...

Engineer with project mngmnt, strategy, startup & investment experience

Not all heros wear capes. I'm a quick learner and almost a swiss army knife

Curious, creative & data informed approach to things in general

Love design and cool visuals

Passion-ate about tech, books (reading/listening) and ball sports in general

A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away

Played professional youth football in FC Nordsjælland while attending high school

Still try do a lot of sports to stay in physical and mental shape.. Hit me up!

Learned Danish and English in 6 months after moving to Denmark around 2000

Used an analog/offline method called mingling. Understand/speak six languages


Academic & Professional path


Co-founder & COO of Molecular Quantum Solutions and have an independent advisory and investment setup in Moon Ventures, where I advise startups and scaleups 🌙 💡

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Previously held strategy, (technical) consulting and investment positions in places including Maersk Growth, KPMG Advisory, SWECO and Danish Energy Agency 💼

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I've co-founded three startups within EdTech and proff services that did not really take off 🚀

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Have a technical masters degree in electrical engineering and IT combined with business and finance skills from DTU, CBS and Beijing University + numerous MOOCs🤘🏻📚

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Privileged to serve as investor and advisor for cool startups like Gamingbuddy, CanopyLAB, PlatoScience and SuperB.

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Other activities counts roles as advisor and judge in meaningful initiatives like Venture Cup, USWC, GoGrow and DTU Skylab.

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Serve as the chairman of the board for our beloved building in Frederiksberg where the average age is 59 years old. Old is gold :-)

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Check out more on LinkedIn or reach out with questions!





Startup Focus

If you have a startup or know one who could benefit from a hands-on advisor & investor, there are great chances that I can get involved with resources (⌛ + 💰)

I'm genuinely interested in Future of Work, DeepTech, SportsTech, IoT/Robotics and Gaming.

There is a great match if the startup meets following criterias:

Early Stage PreSeed-Seed


B2Business and B2Proffessionals

Persistent team with tech edge

(Deep) Tech & AI focus/angle

Powerful storytelling




Organisations I have worked with, advised, mentored and/or invested in:

Advisor & Investor: Connecting like-minded gamers worldwide for a better social experience and less toxicity while playing
Advisor: Bulding the future e-learning platform - research based, social, individualized & adaptive.
Advisor: First ever all-in-one Guest Experience Management platform (GXM) for high-end restaurants.
Advisor: Plug'n play tDCS headset for boosting cognition through neurostimulation & training.
Project Engagement: Sorting technology for the plastics industry. Don't waste your waste plastic.
Advisor: Global community and movement of protein innovators.
Project Engagement: Building a Tech DD tool for the ecosystem

Blogposts & Projects

Don't hesitate to reach out by clicking HERE