About · Our mission

Institutional standards, entrepreneurial spirit.

We build and invest in the fields we know and love, with care for the people we serve and craft in everything we make.

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Our story

How one name came to cover five practices.

Siir & Rui Ventures is the shared vision of its founders, Siir and Rui. Both have been building since their early teens, writing code, tinkering and exploring long before studying computer science. Their early careers in finance set the standard; building things themselves shaped the rest.

Every practice began as an interest and grew into expertise: software, ventures, fashion, property and research. One name connects them. Diverse ventures. Diverse minds. One standard.

Our values

What we hold to.

Care

We care deeply about the people we serve.

Insight

We ask the right questions and see the real need.

Curiosity

We follow good problems into new fields.

Creativity

We imagine new ways to design and build.

Excellence

Craft and quality in every detail.

Trust

Honest, kind and humble with everyone. Trust, earned and kept.

Our principles

Ten principles, one standard.

  1. 01

    We build with our users in mind.

  2. 02

    We build things ourselves, with creativity and craft, from the ground up.

  3. 03

    We are precise, consistent and organised in thought, word and work.

  4. 04

    In every field we enter, we pursue mastery.

  5. 05

    We bring many perspectives, weigh every option and decide fast.

  6. 06

    We think and invest for the long term.

  7. 07

    We hire for character and drive, then teach the rest.

  8. 08

    We stay humble and treat everyone with respect.

  9. 09

    We choose our clients as carefully as they choose us.

  10. 10

    When we succeed, we give back.

How we work

Progress in the open.

Milestones as checkpoints, visible deliverables at every important point, and clear communication throughout: weekly updates, demos and check-ins. Every decision is recorded, progress is always in the open, and every practice runs on the same organised structure.

Leadership

Our founders.

Siir Tecirlioglu

Co-Founder & CEO

Siir is a full-stack engineer and team lead who has built trading systems at a tier-1 investment bank and a crypto market maker, and most recently trader tooling and AI capabilities for a trading firm. Throughout, she has worked directly with portfolio managers, traders and operations teams. She holds a First Class BSc in Computer Science from the University of Manchester.

Rui Jorge Clara Teixeira

Co-Founder

Rui is a senior full-stack developer in front-office and post-trade technology, at a tier-1 investment bank and a multi-strategy hedge fund, working directly with portfolio managers, quants and risk managers on pricing, risk and market data. He holds a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Manchester.

Care, insight and craft in every practice.