Şahin Utar

Software Builder, Entrepreneur | Founder of ThingsHappen

📍 İçerenköy, Istanbul, Turkey🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2019
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Jan 2019
Hesapkurdu.com is the leading financial product and services broker/aggregator in Turkey. We currently operate in mortgage, cash loan, car loan and insurance verticals. We work with most of the lenders and insurers in Turkey and serve millions of visitors each month. Among our investors are owners of the largest price comparison company in Italy, Grouppo MutuiOnline (BIT: MOL), international insurance and asset management conglomerate, NN Group NV (AMS: NN) and the owner of largest price comparison company in the UK, BHL Group.
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2024
Co-Founder
Sep 2024
Insurance doesnt feel like a burden than a benefit. Policies are complicated, filled with legal jargon, and can be difficult to understand and utilize. At ThingsHappen, we believe that insurance should work for you, not the other way around. What We Do: ThingsHappen transforms the way you interact with your insurance policies. We take complicated, confusing, passive insurance documents and turn them into active, understandable, and actionable tools that protect you in real-time. By seamlessly integrating your policies into our platform, we allow you to manage, adapt, and optimize your coverage based on your unique needs and life events. How We Help: Clarity from Complexity: We simplify your policies, breaking down confusing terms and conditions into clear, easy-to-understand language. No more sifting through pages of fine print—get the information you need when you need it. Active Protection: ThingsHappen is more than just a storage place for your policies. It’s an active partner that monitors your coverage, senses life events, and triggers the necessary actions to ensure you’re always protected. Personalized Coverage: Your life changes, and so should your insurance. Our platform adapts to your evolving needs, ensuring you only pay for what you truly need and nothing more. Streamlined Processes: From filing claims to managing renewals, ThingsHappen automates and simplifies your insurance processes, saving you time and stress. Our Vision: We envision a world where insurance is no longer a source of frustration but a source of empowerment where every policyholder has a clear understanding of their coverage, maximizes their benefits, and feels secure knowing they are actively protected against life’s uncertainties. Insurance doesn’t have to be complicated. With ThingsHappen, it’s time to take control, simplify your insurance experience, and live with the peace of mind that comes from knowing you’re truly covered.
2021
Co-Owner & Co-CTO
Sep 2021
FYK Technology established in Dokuz Eylul University thematic health R&D technopark in Izmir, Turkey to develop innovative solutions to contribute to well-being of humans, animals and all living things with the motto "Technology for Nature and People" In addition to projects being developed in healtcare and insurance fields, FYK provides Eğitlence (https://abc.egitlence.xyz) mobile platform to provide values education for toddlers and preschool kids and BenDostum (https://bendostum.com) a mobile support platform for stray cats and dogs, to help animal activists.
2020
Co-Founder
Jan 2020
Insursight.ai is a special interest group focusing on artificial intelligence solutions tailored for insurance and finance problems, gathered under KUIS-AI Lab, a Koc University and Isbank joint initiative. The group brings together key expertise from academia and industry with the goal of developing problem-driven solutions utilizing state-of-art AI techniques.
2019
Member of the Board
Jan 2019
Hesapkurdu.com is the leading financial product and services broker/aggregator in Turkey. We currently operate in mortgage, cash loan, car loan and insurance verticals. We work with most of the lenders and insurers in Turkey and serve millions of visitors each month. Among our investors are owners of the largest price comparison company in Italy, Grouppo MutuiOnline (BIT: MOL), international insurance and asset management conglomerate, NN Group NV (AMS: NN) and the owner of largest price comparison company in the UK, BHL Group.
2016
Koalay.com
Member Of The Board
May 2016
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