Kaan Anit

About

Kaan Anit is a General Partner at First Degree Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies, primarily in pre-seed and seed rounds. The firm focuses on startups in Europe. He is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. **Background and Experience:** * Anit has extensive experience in the startup ecosystem, particularly in the seed and pre-seed stages. * He is the Co-founder and CEO of RocketX, a company that helps startups accelerate their growth. RocketX provides scaleups with financial and legal experts to help them overcome capital and revenue problems. * Prior to his involvement in early-stage companies, accelerators, and angel investments, Anit worked at PepsiCo and Yandex, where he was a digital marketing manager. * He has 20 years of entrepreneurial experience, including building teams of up to 100 people and raising millions in growth funding for a tech startup he founded. **First Degree Capital:** * First Degree Capital is a venture capital firm that backs ambitious founders at the earliest stages, sometimes before there is a product. * The firm focuses on early-stage investments, primarily targeting pre-seed and seed rounds. * They seek founding teams with grit and a proven track record and invest in innovative solutions that aim to change the way we work, specifically in areas like AI, collaboration tools, productivity solutions, remote work technologies, workforce management, and knowledge management platforms. * First Degree C