Prior to Gradient, Eylul was an investor with NEA and Softbank, where she backed a number of category-defining companies including Brex, Cato, Chime, Claroty, Digits, Eargo (NASDAQ: EAR), Ethos, Flexport, Material Bank, Neotract (acquired by Teleflex) and Revelle Aesthetics (incubation).

Eylul started her career at Morgan Stanley and has a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Mathematics from Columbia University.

Outside of work, Eylul can be found mastering the slopes on her skis, experimenting with Mediterranean cooking or reading an arcane book about the Ottoman Empire.