Akin Babayigit
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Akin Babayigit is a serial entrepreneur, active investor, and Managing Director of Arcadia Interactive Partners, one of the most active investment firms in gaming. He is also co-founder and board director of Tripledot Studios, one of the largest gaming companies in the world.
Under his leadership, Tripledot grew to $2bn in revenues, 2,500+ employees, and 25M daily active users, earning the #1 fastest-growing European company title from the Financial Times. In 2025, it acquired AppLovin’s games portfolio for ~$800M.
Akin was recently recognized with the “Lifetime Achievement Award in Mobile Gaming” in the 2025 Mobile Gaming Awards, honoring his significant contributions and leadership in the industry.
Previously, Akin co-founded Luna Labs, a B2B SaaS business acquired by IronSource in 2021 for a nine-figure sum, and held senior roles at Facebook, Activision Blizzard, Skype, and McKinsey.
He has invested in ~50 companies, advising and backing several of gaming’s biggest successes, including Dream Games ($5B valuation), Peak Games (sold to Zynga for $1.8B), Gram Games (sold to Zynga for ~$500M), Masomo (sold to Miniclip), and many others.
Akin holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MSc in Electrical Engineering from Yale University, and a BS in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Orkun Kilic
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Orkun Kilic is the founder & Chief Investment Officer of Berry Street Capital, an event-driven hedge fund. Orkun was previously the sole Portfolio Manager of the Paulson European Opportunities Fund.
He joined Paulson in 2011, and within 4 years, was made the Head of Paulson’s European investments in 2015 before being appointed Managing Partner of Paulson Europe LLP in January 2017.
Prior to Paulson, Orkun worked at Morgan Stanley, focusing on mergers and acquisitions. Before that, he worked for FIBA Holdings, one of the largest investment firms in Turkey, as an investment analyst covering private and public investment opportunities.
He has served in numerous public and private company boards pursuing transformational and shareholder value enhancing initiatives, including Premier Foods PLC.
Orkun holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. He graduated magna cum laude in Business Administration and Economics from Koc University, Turkey. He also received his MSc. in Financial Engineering from Bogazici University, Turkey.
Nimika Karadia
Chief Financial Officer
Nimika Karadia has served as Chief Financial Officer of Daedalus Special Acquisition Corp. since September 2025. Ms. Karadia has served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Berry Street Capital Management LLP since February 2025.
Prior to Berry Street, Ms. Karadia was the COO of Kanou Capital LLP from July 2024 to December 2024, and the CFO and COO of Andromeda Capital Management (UK) LLP from September 2022 to April 2024, where she coordinated fund launches and managed non-investment aspects of the business. From November 2010 to August 2022, Ms. Karadia was the COO and CFO of Numen Capital LLP.
With a background in both credit and equity, Ms. Karadia has over 19 years of financial experience holding key roles such as CFO, CRO, CCO and MLRO and being responsible for all business accounting and audit processes.
Nimika is an active CIMA-registered fund director and a long-time Director on several private company boards undertaking all financial and operational functions. Ms. Karadia holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Politics with Economics from University of Bath, United Kingdom.
Bedii Can Yücaoğlu
Independent Director
Bedii Can Yücaoğlu is the Managing Director at MAP Investments based in Istanbul. He focuses on investments in consumer products, real estate, chemicals and technology.
Bedii Can currently leads teams driving the transformation of Burda Bebek into the leading regional player in juvenile products as well as providing real estate development and asset management services to BioCity on behalf of institutional investors led by Blackrock as well as to Anadolu on behalf of Immofinanz AG. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Burda Bebek (baby products), Turkuaz Turizm (real estate), Silahtarağa Gayrimenkul (real estate), Tarimsal Kimya (chemicals) and Map Elektronik (technology).
Bedii Can is a Member of the Board of TUSIAD (Turkish Business Round Table) serving as the Leader of Global Relations & EU, a Board Member of the HBS Club Istanbul, and serves on the Board of Trustees of GIRVAK (Turkish Entrepreneurship Foundation) and on the Asset Management Committee of TEV (Turkish Education Foundation).
Prior to starting MAP, he worked as a Director at Turkven Real Estate and as a Senior Associate for McKinsey & Company with project work in finance, logistics and private equity.
He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University.
Debra Schwartz
Independent Director
Debra Schwartz is a seasoned financial leader skilled at enabling companies to innovate, grow and scale.
She has served as the Chief Financial Officer of several innovative technology companies including H1, a leading healthcare data technology company whose mission is to connect the world to the right doctors, Cameo, the celebrity video shoutout pioneer, and Bustle Digital Group, the digital media provider.
Ms. Schwartz spent more than a decade as an equity analyst with Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse, is on the Board of Lemonade, and holds an MBA from Harvard University, and a BA/BS from the University of Pennsylvania.
Sean Ryan
Independent Director
Sean Ryan is a senior technology operator and business executive with extensive global experience in Online Payments, Stable Coins & Blockchain, Video Games & Real Money Gaming, E-commerce & Marketplaces, Ad Networks, Developer Ecosystems, and SAAS platforms.
He is the CEO and co-founder of GetZOOT which offers a sweepstakes gaming platform and B2B iGaming developer. He was formerly the VP of Business Platform Partnerships at Meta, where he oversaw the Gaming, Commerce, Ad Network and Payments business teams. Earlier, he led Games Partnerships at News Corp and created Twofish in 2009, a virtual goods and services company for game developers.
Sean has an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School and has a BA from Columbia University.
