2x founder

Baran Özkan

Co-founder & CEO at Flagright | AI OS for fincrime compliance

Co-founder

Flagright· Winter 2022 San Francisco Bay Area

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @bo_flagright

2024Board Advisor· Vavita

Founder · since 2018

Company

Vavita

Role

Board Advisor

current

Stage

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no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

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Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Flagright

AI-native AML compliance platform for fintechs & banks

Winter 2022

Experience

Career

Flagright
Co-founder
Co-Founder & CEO · San Francisco | Singapore · 2022 – Present
2022
Saturn AI
Angel Investor · 2024 – Present
2024
xPay
Angel Investor · 2024 – Present
2024
Vavita
Board Advisor · 2024 – Present
2024
Polo (YC W23)
Angel Investor · 2023 – Present
2023
Berry (YC W23)
Angel Investor · 2023 – Present
2023
Women Go Tech
Mentor · 2021 – 2023
2021
TransferGo
Director of Product - Financial Crime Compliance · Vilnius, Vilniaus, Lithuania · 2020 – 2021
2020
TransferGo
Senior Product Manager - Compliance & Fincrime · Vilnius, Vilniaus, Lithuania · 2020
2020
Forto
Senior Product Manager · Berlin Area, Germany · 2018 – 2020
2018
Audiotap
Co-founder
Co-Founder & CEO · Berlin Area, Germany · 2018 – 2019
2018
Zalando SE
Product Manager · Berlin Area, Germany · 2017 – 2018
2017
Florida Blue
Product Manager · Jacksonville, Florida, United States · 2015 – 2017
2015

Bio

Baran is co-founder and CEO of Flagright. He defines the product strategy at Flagright for making compliance & fraud prevention infrastructure more accessible for fintechs and banks. He has previously worked in various domains including healthcare, marketing, e-commerce, logistics, and most recently fintech. Baran is a Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).