Zeynep Yavuz

Partner at General Catalyst

📍 United Kingdom, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 21 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2026
VC🌍 United Kingdom20+ investmentsInvested this year
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Board Member
Jan 2026
Dwelly is a UK-based lettings & property management AI-first platform. The company grows by acquiring and partnering with traditional letting agencies to elevate its level of service.  After a series of M&As, Dwelly aims to consolidate and dominate the £100 billion UK letting market. Using AI, Dwelly streamlines the entire letting lifecycle—from tenant finding to rent collection—while enhancing the user experience.
Board Member
Jan 2026
Africa is at the cusp of an economic revolution. 1.5 billion people are embracing electronic payments, mobile everything, and racing towards a digital transformation that will change the world for the next two decades. While Internet- and banking-penetration have come late to Africa, a youth-driven tidal wave of change is hitting the continent, and global businesses and local champions are in a race to unlock its potential. In partnership with Multichoice, the largest entertainment platform on the African continent, we are building a payment platform as ambitious as the customers we serve. This is truly the Moment for Africa.
Investor
May 2025
Our mission is to empower exceptional lawyers. We’re building the world’s first truly collaborative AI for legal professionals: a workspace for boundless collaboration between lawyer ingenuity and machine intelligence. Were serving 1000+ clients across the globe and are backed by Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, ICONIQ, General Catalyst, Benchmark, Redpoint, Y Combinator, and other top investors.
Investor
Mar 2025
Afori is an AI platform built specifically for insurance brokers, designed to automate back-office and administrative tasks, starting with the highest frequented tool - the email inbox. Afori AI understands insurance processes, transforms unstructured communications into structured workflows, and frees brokers to focus on customer relationships and growth. Seamlessly integrated into Outlook, Afori is pragmatic, service-driven, built with and for brokers.
early stageInsurance
Investor
Nov 2024
TaleMonster is a global mobile game company driven by a genuine desire to create unforgettable experiences for millions of players. We aim to redefine what is casual in mobile gaming by putting the passion within us at the heart of everything we create.
Investor
Oct 2024
We believe businesses should focus on what matters most – growing their business. We are the trusted partner for businesses when it comes to accounting, taxation & payroll services.
Investor
Oct 2024
Close your books faster, smarter, and risk-free with Stacks, the AI tool for accounting teams.
Board Member
Aug 2024
Most retail executives possess an innate ability to understand their businesses. They can instinctively weigh trade-offs when making inventory decisions, comprehend the causes and effects of various actions, and understand what external factors will impact their internal operations. However, their software stack is often limited to spreadsheets, which do not support their expertise. At autone, we envision a world without overproduction, defects, unnecessary transport, emissions, delays, and ill-informed decisions. It is a world that is now within reach, thanks to the recent advancements in AI and Machine Learning technology. We harness the potential of AI and our retail expertise to enable supply chains and human intelligence to work together with unparalleled efficiency. Our AI-driven systems of intelligence provide brands with accurate predictions to eliminate waste, save money, grow their business, and allow their teams to focus on what they do best: being amazing human beings.
Board Observer
Dec 2023
Finom is a European tech startup headquartered in Amsterdam—and we’re on a journey towards revolutionizing the financial landscape for entrepreneurs worldwide. Our mission is to develop an all-in-one financial B2B solution that integrates banking functions, accounting, financial management, and invoicing into a seamless, mobile-first platform. Over the past two years, our team has fueled exponential growth, securing $50 million in investments and propelling us into hyper-growth mode. We’re on track to become a unicorn startup by 2025, backed by global funds like General Catalyst (known for supporting Airbnb, HubSpot, KAYAK, and Stripe). Finom has expanded its reach across 10+ EU countries, with a strong presence in key markets like Germany and France. At Finom, we’re not just redefining the entrepreneurial experience—we’re empowering our employees to make a real difference. Your work matters, and your impact extends far beyond product metrics. We nurture innovation and an inspiring work environment where bold ideas thrive, prioritizing thorough research, swift implementation of solutions, and ensuring that every effort we make benefits our users, employees, partners, and our business as a whole.
Investor
May 2023
Payrails is a global payment software company helping leading enterprises to take control of their payment operations and maximize performance. Payrails’ all-in-one platform spans the entire payment lifecycle with a modular architecture that includes payment orchestration, payouts, tokenization, unified analytics, automated reconciliation, and in-person payments, all powered by advanced data capabilities. Founded in Berlin in 2021, Payrails has raised over $52 million from the world’s top investors including Andreessen Horowitz, HV Capital, EQT Ventures and General Catalyst.
Investor
Mar 2021
Ramp Network is a fiat <> crypto, non-custodial, full-stack infrastructure. We’re solving real-world problems in a fast-moving industry to make Web3 a reality and to bring about the internet of value. What we deliver to our partners; Wider Blockchain Ecosystem Coverage, Transparent Competitive Pricing and World-Class Compliance. We help businesses implement a solution that removes complexity, increases trust, and reduces friction for customers moving between crypto and fiat.
Investor
Mar 2021
Yoco is the all-in-one digital commerce platform for small businesses. As one of Africa’s largest fintech companies, we make it easy to sell anywhere, manage your business from anywhere, and grow with smart insights—all under one Yoco profile. Founded in 2015, weve helped over 200,000 small businesses across South Africa accept card payments and access capital—often for the first time. Our ecosystem of payments, software, and tools works seamlessly under one Yoco account. Behind it all is a global team of 350+ people across South Africa and the Netherlands, building world-class solutions for small business growth. Awards and Accolades: CNBC: Top 250 innovative fintech companies (2024) Brand Africa Award: Top 3 Inspirational Youth-Founded Companies (2024) Financial Times Africa: Fastest Growing Companies (2022) Fast Company: Best Workplaces for Innovators (2020 + 2021)
Investor
Feb 2021
Stitch payments solutions help businesses seamlessly connect to the financial system, enabling them to deliver a better user experience and to optimize operations. We’re modernising and improving financial infrastructure with a mission to build a financial system that works for all.
Investor
Jan 2021
Two is a modern B2B payments platform designed to simplify and secure business transactions across all sales channels— e-commerce, in-store, and supplier portals. Our suite of solutions includes buyer-initiated and merchant-initiated payment options, automated invoicing, and flexible net terms, empowering businesses to scale confidently and efficiently. At the heart of Two are our AI-driven engines, Frida and Delphi, which power fraud prevention and credit underwriting. These cutting-edge technologies ensure instant, accurate decisions and real-time security, so businesses can offer flexible payment terms with peace of mind. With Two, companies benefit from boosted sales conversions, reduced operational risks, and seamless transactions, all while streamlining their processes. Operating in key markets like the UK, Norway, Sweden and Netherlands, Two is transforming B2B commerce for the future. Partner with us to drive your business forward with secure, flexible, and intelligent payment solutions. 🤝
Investor
Nov 2020
Taxdoo is a fast and sustainably growing company based in Hamburg, Germany. Since our foundation in 2016 we consider ourselves to be translators of the agile world of e-commerce and tax compliance, translating complex regulations into simple processes. Our cloud-based solution enables online merchants, tax consultants and marketplaces within Europe to focus on what matters most: the success of their company in global competition. Among other features, Taxdoo handles the VAT processes in foreign EU countries and the UK automatically and securely via a single platform. Through the automated collecting, monitoring and evaluation of the transaction data, our system recognizes the respective VAT liabilities in Europe and prepares them clearly, incl. who is liable for VAT, VAT amount and country of taxation.
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2026
Board Member
Jan 2026
Dwelly is a UK-based lettings & property management AI-first platform. The company grows by acquiring and partnering with traditional letting agencies to elevate its level of service.  After a series of M&As, Dwelly aims to consolidate and dominate the £100 billion UK letting market. Using AI, Dwelly streamlines the entire letting lifecycle—from tenant finding to rent collection—while enhancing the user experience.
Board Member
Jan 2026
Africa is at the cusp of an economic revolution. 1.5 billion people are embracing electronic payments, mobile everything, and racing towards a digital transformation that will change the world for the next two decades. While Internet- and banking-penetration have come late to Africa, a youth-driven tidal wave of change is hitting the continent, and global businesses and local champions are in a race to unlock its potential. In partnership with Multichoice, the largest entertainment platform on the African continent, we are building a payment platform as ambitious as the customers we serve. This is truly the Moment for Africa.
2025
Investor
May 2025
Our mission is to empower exceptional lawyers. We’re building the world’s first truly collaborative AI for legal professionals: a workspace for boundless collaboration between lawyer ingenuity and machine intelligence. Were serving 1000+ clients across the globe and are backed by Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, ICONIQ, General Catalyst, Benchmark, Redpoint, Y Combinator, and other top investors.
Investor
Mar 2025
Afori is an AI platform built specifically for insurance brokers, designed to automate back-office and administrative tasks, starting with the highest frequented tool - the email inbox. Afori AI understands insurance processes, transforms unstructured communications into structured workflows, and frees brokers to focus on customer relationships and growth. Seamlessly integrated into Outlook, Afori is pragmatic, service-driven, built with and for brokers.
early stageInsurance
2024
Investor
Nov 2024
TaleMonster is a global mobile game company driven by a genuine desire to create unforgettable experiences for millions of players. We aim to redefine what is casual in mobile gaming by putting the passion within us at the heart of everything we create.
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