Kıvılcım Pınar
Kocabıyık
President
Yuvam Dünya
Kıvılcım Pınar Kocabıyık is the founding president of Yuvam Dünya, a non-profit organization dedicated to tackling the climate crisis. As an entrepreneur and impact investor, she invests in national and international ventures that provide solutions to social and environmental problems. She serves as a member of the investment committee at TechOne Venture Capital. Kocabıyık is also the co-founder of AkkoMarka Group, a company focused on sustainability with operations in the food and beverage, technology, and green energy sectors across six countries.
Kocabıyık actively supports various civil society organizations, serving as a Board Member of KAGİDER (Women Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey) and Darüşşafaka, as well as a mentee in the 5th term of Women on Board Association Turkey. She is also a member of the executive boards of WEF Chapter Zero Turkey and the Turquoise Coast Environment Fund.
She holds degrees in Statistics from Yıldız Technical University and Geography from Istanbul University. She completed the Chief Sustainability Officer Program at MIT and Climate Change Expertise at Yale University. Currently, she is pursuing an Executive MBA at IAE Paris Sorbonne University.
Kocabıyık is married and a mother of two. She is an amateur birdwatcher and nature enthusiast, living a life close to nature and the arts. Her work focuses on sustainability and climate crisis communication, climate justice, inequality in education, and building impact networks.