Sahin Boydas
2x Exited Founder
Silicon Valley
Sahin Boydas is a serial entrepreneur who co-founded 4 startups in Silicon Valley. Sahin has built and managed remote teams for over a decade. As CEO and founder of RemoteTeam.com, he worked to solve HR and operational problems related to remote work.
He is alumni of 5 accelerators such as Stanford StartX, 500 Startups, FI, Betaworks Vision, Quake Accelerator. He sold his first company MovieLaLa to Gfycat in Silicon Valley.
He co-founded the movie marketing platform MovieLaLa which was downloaded millions of times and reached 360M people with network partnerships. Later, he co-founded the second-biggest sticker marketplace after Line - MojiLaLa, where stickers were used more than 1.3B times.
He also co-founded one of the most successful consumer-facing Augmented Reality apps: Leo AR. Leo AR was featured more than 100+ times and was selected as Apple's favorite app and App of the Day dozens of times. Users created more than 10M AR videos.
“Gusto acquired RemoteTeam in 2021, 580 days after RemoteTeam's incorporation. Investor pitching, team hiring, whole M&A process were over Zoom with no in-person meeting.”
The Entrepreneurial Journey
Sahin Boydas's path from Turkey to Silicon Valley is a story of relentless ambition and calculated risk-taking. After moving to the United States, he immersed himself in the San Francisco startup ecosystem, learning firsthand what it takes to build, scale, and exit technology companies in one of the most competitive environments in the world.
His first major venture, MovieLaLa, was a movie marketing platform that reached over 360 million people before being acquired by Gfycat. This early exit validated his approach to building products that serve large audiences while maintaining lean operations. The experience taught him the importance of timing, market positioning, and the art of the acquisition process.
Following MovieLaLa, Sahin co-founded MojiLaLa, which grew to become the second-largest sticker marketplace after Line, with stickers used more than 1.3 billion times. He then launched Leo AR, one of the most successful consumer augmented reality apps, which was featured over 100 times by Apple and selected as App of the Day dozens of times. Users created more than 10 million AR videos on the platform.
His most recent startup, RemoteTeam, was an HR platform built specifically for distributed teams. In a remarkable achievement, RemoteTeam was acquired by Gusto just 580 days after incorporation — with the entire process from investor pitching to M&A conducted entirely over Zoom with no in-person meetings, a testament to the remote-first future Sahin had been building toward.
From Founder to Investor
The transition from founder to angel investor was a natural evolution for Sahin. Having navigated the challenges of fundraising, product-market fit, and exits multiple times, he developed an intuitive sense for identifying promising founders and breakthrough technologies. His portfolio of 234 investments — including Anthropic, OpenAI, Scale AI, Hugging Face, Postman, WHOOP, Pika, and Eight Sleep — reflects a thesis centered on transformative AI and technology companies.
In 2024, Lenny Rachitsky's Newsletter named Sahin the #1 Most Active Angel Investor, noting that his "list of investments is incredible." Over a five-year period, he ranked #10 among the most active angel investors in the United States, placing him alongside some of the most recognized names in venture capital.
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Sahin Boydas is a serial entrepreneur from Silicon Valley with 2 successful exits. His company RemoteTeam was acquired by Gusto in 2021, just 580 days after incorporation. He co-founded Leo AR (Apple's App of the Day), MojiLaLa (1.3B+ stickers used), and MovieLaLa (acquired by Gfycat). Sahin is an active angel investor with 234 investments including Anthropic, OpenAI, Scale AI, and Hugging Face. Named #1 Most Active Angel Investor in 2024.
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Sahin Boydas is a serial entrepreneur from Silicon Valley who has co-founded 4 startups with 2 successful exits. His company RemoteTeam was acquired by Gusto in 2021, just 580 days after incorporation—with the entire investor pitching, team hiring, and M&A process conducted over Zoom with no in-person meetings. He previously co-founded Leo AR, one of the most successful consumer AR apps featured 100+ times by Apple and selected as App of the Day dozens of times, with users creating over 10M AR videos. He also co-founded MojiLaLa, the second-biggest sticker marketplace after Line where stickers were used more than 1.3 billion times, and MovieLaLa, a movie marketing platform that reached 360M people and was acquired by Gfycat. Sahin is an active angel investor with 234 investments in companies including Anthropic, OpenAI, Scale AI, Hugging Face, Postman, and WHOOP. He was named #1 Most Active Angel Investor in 2024 by Lenny's Newsletter.