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Mentor Effect
Mentor Effect is a non-profit organization based in Turkey that focuses on providing high-impact mentoring to startups from the idea stage to the venture capital stage, aiming to enhance the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the region.
Overview
What Mentor Effect does
What Mentor Effect is
Mentor Effect is a non-profit organization based in Turkey that focuses on providing high-impact mentoring to startups from the idea stage to the venture capital stage, aiming to enhance the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the region.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports community capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 2017
- Approximate age
- About 9 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- March 31, 2026
Official channels
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Capability profile
Mentor Effect as a community
Community overview
Mentor Effect is an organization focused on enhancing Turkey's entrepreneurial ecosystem through a high-impact mentorship system. It was founded by a group of leaders and experienced members from the entrepreneurship community. The organization aims to create a leading team of mentors who have successfully built businesses in Turkey and are actively involved in the growth of startups.
Community focus
Mentor Effect invests in the entrepreneurial ecosystem by providing mentorship services. The organization focuses on matching experienced mentors with startups, training mentors to be effective, and facilitating collaboration to create value. The primary geographic focus is Turkey.
Member value
Members benefit from access to a diverse group of experienced mentors, training programs, and events aimed at enhancing mentorship skills and sharing best practices.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
- Next recorded event
- October 20, 2023
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Investors · Students
- Benefits
- mentorship and network-access
- Program types
- community and training
- Selection criteria
- open
Community activity
Events and activity
Mentor Effect organizes several events, including the High Impact Mentorship Seminar, Best Practices for High Impact Mentors, and Discovery Tours to entrepreneurial hubs like San Francisco.
Notable members
Notable mentors include Ersin Pamuksüzer (The LifeCo), Ömer Erkmen (Angel Investor), Ercüment İnanç (Borusan Makina), Dr. Yasemin Yücel Karasu, Ebru Dorman (MV Holding), Barış Özistek (Netmarble EMEA), and Canan Ersoy (IBM).
Common questions
What to know about Mentor Effect
Upseed classifies Mentor Effect under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
March 31, 2026
Known limits
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