Inanc Balci is a co-founder and founding partner at Crestone Venture Capital. See contact routes.
Inanc Balci is a co-founder and founding partner at Crestone Venture Capital, where he serves as the Head of Investments for Asia Pacific and leads the firm’s Asia operations from Manila. Crestone focuses on early-stage fintech companies in emerging markets, targeting sectors such as digital payments, lending infrastructure, open banking, embedded finance, and insurtech in Southeast Asia and Latin America. The firm’s typical initial investment ranges from $100,000 to $3 million, and Balci invests only in fintech verticals where he or co-founder Kai Schmitz have deep expertise. Notable portfolio companies include Colendi, for which Balci was appointed to the board, and he previously played a key role in scaling Lazada Group across Southeast Asia as its regional co-founder and local CEO. Balci has shared insights on his investor journey, discussing parallels between Latin America and Asia, the scaling of Lazada, and the launch of an emerging markets fintech VC. His background includes engineering and economics studies in the U.S., early career work in London’s investment banking sector on M&A, and co-founding a multi-country e-commerce platform before
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