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.
Live in Copenhagen where parks & cafes are never more than one stone throw away
Love eating/preparing practical food and travelling to new countries
Engineer with project mngmnt, strategy, startup & investment experience
Curious, creative & data informed approach to things in general
Passion-ate about tech, books (reading/listening) and ball sports in general
Played professional youth football in FC Nordsjælland while attending high school
Learned Danish and English in 6 months after moving to Denmark around 2000
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
Impact & Product Zeitgeist Fit
Powerful storytelling
Startups I have advised, mentored and/or invested in:
