About Derya
Derya is the AI-native logistics office: the one-stop shop that startups, SMEs, and enterprises outsource their entire logistics function to, from booking and coordination through to financing the freight itself.
Our mission is to rebuild the supply chain from the ground up, turning one of the world’s hardest coordination problems into an AI native system that moves global trade faster, more reliably, and with working capital that no longer sits trapped in transit.
Company details
Funding
Total raised
$1.1M
Last stage
Pre-seed
Investors
Founders
Mert Turna
Building the first full-stack AI freight forwarding office @ Derya (YC S26). CS @ UCLA, built a ship operations software used in 30+ vessels ($200M Fleet Value). Past experience: - Co-Founder, CTO @ Hemut (YC P25), truck management operations. - Several VC and IB internships - UCLA Debate Team Ops & Highest Speaker in the team - National Debating Team
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Oguzhan Karaca
Law at Oxford; previously CEO at Ivy Consultants (6-figure ARR education business on AI autopilot); Legal at Ceva/CMA CGM; Editor at Oxford Law Journal; Treasurer of Pembroke (Oxford) Student Union.
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