Arzu Tekir

Arzu Tekir is a business strategist working with the leaders of the cities and organizations to create a positive change. She has eighteen years of work experience in strategic planning, business development, strategic partnership development, and record of raising millions of funding dollars for large-scale public and private sector projects.

She founded Urbanite Venture to help urbantech companies creating urban solutions that will make cities smarter, livable and lovable cities for all. Arzu has been featured in various media outlets including, The Guardian, National Geographic Energy Challenge Blog, Jazeera Magazine, Bloomberg HT TV and NTV-MSNBC. As a sought-after speaker, she gives talks and moderates discussions on urban innovations, smart and sustainable cities. For more information, click the link