Ugur Samut is the CEO and Co-Founder of MEDIGO.com, a Berlin-based startup founded with the mission to improve access to healthcare. He has raised more than $9 million in investment from leading VCs (Accel Partners, LVMH) to build a curated hospital marketplace and service that simplifies the process of medical travel.

Ugur holds a bachelor degree in Business Administration from Sabanci University in Istanbul and holds a masters degree in Marketing from ESADE Business School in Barcelona.

Previously, Ugur has worked for the foundation of “Competitiveness Forum”, an NGO that analyzes innovation potentials in different industries. He has also led operational duties at Rocket Internet, the largest European-based startup incubator. Ugur led the marketing department at Wimdu, a peer-to-peer accommodation rental website which received $90 Million in funding. He regularly consults several Berlin-based startups in the field of online marketing.