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.”
Perjalanan Kewirausahaan
Jalur Sahin Boydas dari Turki ke Silicon Valley adalah kisah ambisi tanpa henti dan pengambilan risiko yang terukur. Setelah pindah ke Amerika Serikat, ia membenamkan dirinya dalam ekosistem startup San Francisco, mempelajari secara langsung apa yang diperlukan untuk membangun, menskalakan, dan melakukan exit perusahaan teknologi di salah satu lingkungan paling kompetitif di dunia.
Usaha besar pertamanya, MovieLaLa, adalah platform pemasaran film yang menjangkau lebih dari 360 juta orang sebelum diakuisisi oleh Gfycat. Akuisisi awal ini memvalidasi pendekatannya dalam membangun produk yang melayani audiens besar sambil mempertahankan operasi yang ramping. Pengalaman tersebut mengajarkannya pentingnya waktu, posisi pasar, dan seni proses akuisisi.
Setelah MovieLaLa, Sahin turut mendirikan MojiLaLa, yang berkembang menjadi pasar stiker terbesar kedua setelah Line, dengan stiker yang digunakan lebih dari 1,3 miliar kali. Dia kemudian meluncurkan Leo AR, salah satu aplikasi augmented reality konsumen paling sukses, yang ditampilkan lebih dari 100 kali oleh Apple dan dipilih sebagai App of the Day puluhan kali. Pengguna membuat lebih dari 10 juta video AR di platform tersebut.
Startup terbarunya, RemoteTeam, adalah platform HR yang dibangun khusus untuk tim terdistribusi. Dalam pencapaian yang luar biasa, RemoteTeam diakuisisi oleh Gusto hanya 580 hari setelah didirikan — dengan seluruh proses mulai dari presentasi investor hingga M&A dilakukan sepenuhnya melalui Zoom tanpa pertemuan tatap muka, sebuah bukti masa depan yang mengutamakan kerja jarak jauh yang telah dibangun Sahin.
Dari Pendiri ke Investor
Transisi dari pendiri menjadi investor malaikat adalah evolusi alami bagi Sahin. Setelah melewati tantangan penggalangan dana, product-market fit, dan exit berkali-kali, ia mengembangkan kepekaan intuitif untuk mengidentifikasi pendiri yang menjanjikan dan teknologi terobosan. Portofolio investasinya yang berjumlah 222+ — termasuk Anthropic, OpenAI, Scale AI, Hugging Face, Postman, WHOOP, Pika, dan Eight Sleep — mencerminkan tesis yang berpusat pada perusahaan AI dan teknologi transformatif.
Pada tahun 2024, Newsletter Lenny Rachitsky menobatkan Sahin sebagai Investor Angel Paling Aktif #1, menyatakan bahwa '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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2x exited founder. Angel investor in 222+ cos.
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Serial entrepreneur with 2 exits. Angel investor in 222+ startups including Anthropic and OpenAI.
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Sahin Boydas is a serial entrepreneur with 2 successful exits. He co-founded RemoteTeam (acquired by Gusto), Leo AR, MojiLaLa, and MovieLaLa. Active angel investor in 222+ startups including Anthropic, OpenAI, and Scale AI.
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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 222+ 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 222+ 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.