Last week, 5 Turkish startups received investment in the entrepreneurship ecosystem and 1 startup purchase has been made. The headquarters of the startups that received investment were distributed as Istanbul, Tallinn, United Kingdom and California. 1 venture capital investment fund was also established.
The vertical distribution of the startups receiving investment is as follows:
1 Health Technologies
1 Blockchain / Web3
1 Service Banking (BaaS)
1 Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
1 Real Estate
News of the Week
Last week, 1 Venture Capital Investment Fund (GSYF) received establishment permission.
In the Turkish Capital Markets Board (CBM) bulletin published on Thursday, Marh 2; It was announced that 1 portfolio company received establishment permission for 1 venture capital investment fund.
Permitted Funds:
Gri Portföy Yönetimi AŞ Second Venture Capital Investment Fund
🎯 Health technology startup Ciel Laboratories raised funding.
Ciel Laboratories, the startup that develops high technology on liposomes, received an investment with a valuation of 5.64 million TL. The investment tour led by Alesta Yatırım.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investment Amount: –
Valuation: 5.640.000 TL
Investors: Alesta Yatırım
Co-founders: Sezi Kaya
🎯 Web3 startup GAMI Techonology raised funding.
Technology startup GAMI Technology, which continues its activities in the field of Web3 and blockchain, received an investment of 3.5 million TL from Bulls Girişim.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investment Amount: 3.500.000 TL
Valuation: –
Investors: Bulls Girişim
Co-founders: –
🎯 Service banking platform Rackle raised funding.
Rackle, which develops banking solutions for companies that want to provide banking services in their country or abroad, received an investment of 500 thousand Euros in its Seed round. The investment round was held with the participation of Arz Portföy and Deniz Türkkan.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investment Amount: €500.000
Valuation: –
Investors: Arz Portföy, Deniz Türkkan
Co-founders: Doğukan Gözeten, Kayhan Gözeten
🎯 Delivery robots manifacturer Robeff raised funding.
Robeff, the startup that designs electric and driverless delivery vehicles, received an investment with a valuation of $1.5 million. The investment round was co-led by Yıldız Tekno GSYO and Adventures Girişim Sermayesi Yatırım Fonu.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investment Amount: –
Valuation: $1.500.000
Investors: Yıldız Tekno GSYO, Adventures Girişim Sermayesi Yatırım Fonu
Co-founders: Özkan Köroğlu, Coşkun Arslan, Yunus Emre Elaydın, Ahmet Can Kara, Hüseyin Baki İnan
🎯 Decoration service platform Homster raised funding.
Homster, which provides a cloud-based, fully automatic and real-time customizable interior design service to its customers, received an investment with a valuation of $4 million. The investment round was held with the participation of Keiretsu Forum Türkiye, Aegean Ventures and Ben Esplin.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investment Amount: –
Valuation: $4.000.000
Investors: Keiretsu Forum Türkiye, Aegean Ventures, Ben Esplin
Co-founders: Arda Kaya
🛒 Production platform Xometry acquires Tridi.
Tridi, which makes special production on demand in Turkey, has acquired by its US-based rival Xometry.
Transaction Type: Acquisition
Investors: Xometry
Co-founders: Sultan Nur Bulut, Çınar Topaloğlu, Onur Keskin
Other News of the Week:
📌 Q Charge, the first project of Meta Mobility Energy, which produces solutions for the electricity and energy needs of the mobility sector, went on a crowdfunding tour with the target of 37.5 million TL, financing through the fonbulucu.
📌 Banking and rewards platform Bluedot, which aims to improve the after-sales experience for electric vehicles, has joined the startup acceleration program Y Combinator.
📌 BV Portfolio Gaming and Technology Variable Fund has launched. The fund contains at least 80 percent shares of games and related technologies.
📌 The applications for the Startup Mockup Entrepreneurship and Idea Contest, organized by Yıldız Technical University Entrepreneurship Club, have started.
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