Akin Deniz Heper

Operations Associate

Singapore, Singapore3 yrs 11 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in Private Credit and Investment Management.
Led protocol design for a DeFi startup.
Experienced in conducting financial analysis for fintech.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech professional with expertise in private credit and investment management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Private CreditInvestment ManagementCredit Risk ManagementDue DiligenceFinancial StructuringProtocol DesignFinancial AnalysisMarket ResearchVenture CapitalInvestment Advisory ServicesImpact InvestingCopywritingInterviewingTeam LeadershipDna SequencingBehavioral BiologyDna ExtractionPcrLaboratory SkillsElisa

Other Skills

Team ManagementNew Business DevelopmentTerm SheetsPortfolio ManagementWhite PapersContractual AgreementsFundamental AnalysisDecentralized Applications (DApps)Credit AnalysisFinancial ModelingWeb Content WritingMinIONRecombinant DNASample CollectionRNA Isolation

Experience

3 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 11 mos

Current Experience

Helicap

4 roles

Manager, Investments

Promoted

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos

Team ManagementPrivate CreditInvestment ManagementNew Business DevelopmentFinancial Structuring

Senior Associate Investments

Jul 2023 – Jun 2024 · 11 mos

Term SheetsTeam LeadershipCredit Risk ManagementDue DiligencePortfolio Management

Investments Associate

Promoted

Jul 2022 – Jun 2023 · 11 mos

Leading and assisting in the sourcing, evaluation, due diligence, structuring, and post-investment monitoring of private debt opportunities for Helicap Income Opportunities Fund. Primary focus in FinTechs and NBFIs in Southeast Asia. Led market research and monitoring efforts with a primary focus on the Alternative Lending sector in Southeast Asia, including from perspectives of impact outcomes, web3, and macroeconomic factors.
Trained and led a revolving batch of 3-5 interns through 3-6 month programs.
Led the initial protocol design, product design, and white paper stages of incubated DeFi start-up, Helix.

White PapersProtocol DesignPrivate CreditFinancial StructuringContractual Agreements

Investment and Management Analyst

Mar 2022 – Jun 2022 · 3 mos

Private Credit and DeFi. Conducted financial and market analysis on FinTechs and NBFIs in SEA, as part of wider due diligence. Created fund and firm materials for fundraising purposes. Led initial research and ideation of the firm's internally incubated DeFi startup, Helix.

Fundamental AnalysisFinancial AnalysisMarket ResearchDecentralized Applications (DApps)Credit Analysis

Zingforce ventures

Analyst (Investor Intelligence Services)

Sep 2020 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos · Singapore

Fundraising Advisory and VC, focused on APAC startups with tech and impact angles. Advised and prepared pitch documents for client companies (executive summaries, Q&As, decks, financial models). Led investor outreach, on the back of a self-built contact database of VC, PE, AM, WM, DFI, and CVCs with active mandates for SEA. Worked with companies across Advanced Materials, B2B eCommerce, D2C products, Cross-Border E-Commerce, Augmented Reality (AR), Aquaculture, Digital Marketing, InsureTech, among others. Markets included Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China.
Led copywriting and white paper drafting for EtkiYap, Turkey's first impact investment platform. Led a team of 2-4 interns in 2-6 month programs in remote positions.

Financial ModelingVenture CapitalInvestment Advisory ServicesCopywritingImpact Investing

Yale-nus college

Researcher

Jun 2019 – May 2020 · 11 mos · Singapore

DNA/RNA sequencing and field work on otter and stalk-eyed fly species.
Developed of a protocol to identify otter species from environmental DNA samples. using the MinION Sequencer. Participated in the field work, data analysis, and drafting stages of a paper on the aggressive behaviours and sexual dimorphism in stalk-eyed flies. This included the capture, acclimation, and testing on several diopsid species, the subsequent isolation of RNA samples, and analysis of the captured data using BORIS.

DNA SequencingMinIONRecombinant DNASample CollectionBehavioral Biology

Longitude.site

Senior Fellow

Jan 2019 – Sep 2020 · 1 yr 8 mos

Conducted career-related interviews with mid-career professionals for an audience of university students, ranging from professionals in consulting to cancer research. Trained new associates and advised through their first interview processes.

InterviewingWeb Content WritingTeam Leadership

Intergen genetik hastalıklar tanı merkezi

Genetics Lab Tech

Oct 2017 – Oct 2017 · 0 mo · Ankara, Turkey

During my time in Intergen Diagnostics Center, I participated in the diagnostic process for genetic diseases.
These incuded PCR electrophoresis, DNA isolation from peripheral blood samples with EDTA, RNA isolation from chorionic villus and amnion samples. I also contributed, with a lab lead, to observation of FISH, cell cultures, pre-PCR sample preparation, and karyotyping.

DNA ExtractionRNA IsolationPolymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)Cell CultureKaryotypingPCR

Uludag university hospital immunology laboratory

Immunology Lab Tech

Jun 2017 – Jul 2017 · 1 mo · Bursa, Turkey

Uludağ University's Immunology department, I was focused on lab and surgical processes.
Implementing ELISA, Flow Cytometry, Immunofixation Electrophoresis, NBT, and Lymphocyte Cross-test lab tests, primarily for autoimmune and immunodeficiency illnesses, as well as organ transplants.

Gel ElectrophoresisLaboratory SkillsELISAMulti-color Flow CytometrySerology