Heltia Co-Founder and CEO Alperen Adikti graduated from Boğaziçi University's Department of Computer Engineering in 2013. After graduating, he worked at McKinsey & Company for nearly 10 years as a consultant to global and local companies. Adikti completed his MBA at INSEAD between 2016 and 2017. He recognized the shortcomings in digital health in Turkey through projects he conducted with financial institutions and healthcare companies, leading him to found Heltia, a preventative healthcare app, in 2022. Heltia is the first investment in Turkey by Northzone, the renowned investment fund behind iconic startups like Spotify, Spring Health, Personio, and Klarna.