Evren Ballı is a Co-Founder at Promake, an Istanbul-based AI platform that empowers small and medium-sized businesses to build and run their entire digital operations through a single chat interface. He is recognized as a seasoned operator and board member with deep experience building and scaling category-leading companies.

Evren studied at Marmara University and went on to accumulate over 20 years of experience as a serial technology entrepreneur across Turkey's startup ecosystem. His career spans technology entrepreneurship, AI integration, and company scaling, positioning him as a veteran builder in the Turkish tech landscape.

Evren brings rare cross-functional expertise as both an operator and board member, having helped build category-defining companies throughout his career. His involvement with Promake reflects a broader conviction that AI can democratize access to digital infrastructure for the world's 500 million-plus SMBs.

Promake was co-founded in 2025 alongside Emre Tekin, Eren Nil, Dincer Karaduman, Alper Karaer, Elvan Suzen, and Sina Afra, uniting backgrounds spanning McKinsey, private equity, and AI. The company launched globally in February 2026 and was selected for the Google for Startups Accelerator MENAT 2026 cohort.

Just four months after its global launch, Promake raised a $4M seed round led by 212, Turkey's first VC fund, with participation from JIMCO, Ak Portfoy, Arya VC, and others. The platform targets a market of over 500 million SMBs worldwide, aiming to become their AI-powered operating system.