Zeynep Yavuz-Willson

CEO

London, England, United Kingdom10 yrs 9 mos experience
Most Likely To Switch

Key Highlights

  • Partner at General Catalyst with extensive investment experience.
  • Board member for multiple innovative fintech companies.
  • Expertise in emerging market payments and crypto integration.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with a strong focus on investment and payments technology.

Contact

zyavuz@generalcatalyst.comLinkedIn

Experience

10 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 5 mos
Average Tenure
5 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

Moment

Board Member

Jan 2026 – Present · 4 mos

  • Building the most complete African payments platform to enable better lives for businesses and consumers.

Legora

Investor

May 2025 – Present · 1 yr

Afori

Investor

Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos

Talemonster games

Board Advisor

Nov 2024 – Present · 1 yr 6 mos

Stacks

Board Member

Oct 2024 – Present · 1 yr 7 mos

Integral

Investor

Oct 2024 – Present · 1 yr 7 mos

Autone

Board Member

Aug 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos

Finom

Board Advisor

Dec 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

Payrails

Investor

May 2023 – Present · 3 yrs

General catalyst

Partner

Aug 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 9 mos

Ramp network

Angel Investor

Mar 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 2 mos

  • Ramp offers an SDK/APIs suite that enables businesses to integrate seamless crypto purchasing (on-ramp) straight from their app.

Yoco

Angel Investor

Mar 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 2 mos · South Africa

Stitch

Angel Investor

Feb 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

Worldremit

Product

Aug 2020 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos · Greater London, England, United Kingdom

  • exploring emerging market payments and getting hands-on with stablecoins

Accel

Investor

Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 · 0 mo

List

Board Observer

Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 · 0 mo · Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Rldatix

Board Observer

Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 · 1 yr · London Area, United Kingdom

Itrs

Board Observer

Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 · 2 yrs · London Area, United Kingdom

Ta associates

Growth Equity Investor

Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 · 4 yrs · London Area, United Kingdom

  • Focused on investments in the technology sector across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Bank of america merrill lynch

Investment Banking

Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 · 1 yr · New York, United States

  • Technology, Media & Telecommunications Group

Education

Harvard Business School

Master of Business Administration - MBA

University of Chicago

Bachelor's degree — Economics

Heidelberg University

Goethe-Zertifikat B2 — Business German

Zeynep Yavuz-Willson - CEO | Stackforce