Sidar Global Ventures invests in start-ups focused on solving real-world problems and introducing new value to an industry, or displace and disrupt the traditional models. We help passionate teams build great companies by investing seed-stage capital, time, experience and relationships and expand the companies globally. Between the years of 2009 and 2017, Sidar Global offered its advisory clients unique insights into the economic, security, political and regulatory risks of doing business in high-risk markets. Led by its CEO Cenk Sidar, the firm specialized in political risk analysis, market-entry strategy and commercial intelligence in the EMEA region. The client portfolio included firms such as Kinross Gold Corporation, Microsoft, Statoil, Merck and Hilton Worldwide. As of March 2017, Sidar Global has been focusing on technology investments in the areas of financial technology, education technology, B2B and marketing.