Last 2 weeks, 5 Turkish startups received investment in the entrepreneurship ecosystem. The headquarters of the startups that received investment were distributed as Istanbul, Ankara, Delaware and London. 1 venture capital investment fund was established.
A startup, which one of the founding partners is Turkish, also received investment.
The vertical distribution of the startups receiving investment is as follows:
1 Marketing Services
1 Foodtech
1 Mobility
1 Sexual Health
1 Health/Fitness
1 Blockchain
Two of the startups that received investment use also Artificial Intelligence.
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, February 2nd; It was announced that 1 portfolio company received establishment permission for 1 venture capital investment fund.
Permitted Funds:
Rota Portföy Yönetimi AŞ TTGV Venture Capital Investment Fund
🎯 Email service platform Nureply raised funding.
Nureply, the platform that provides personalized e-mail service to its customers using artificial intelligence, received an investment of 200 thousand dollars from Boğaziçin Ventures.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investment Amount: $200.000
Valuation: –
Investors: Boğaziçi Ventures
Co-founders: Onur Geneş
🎯 Foodtech startup Yemece raised funding.
Yemece, the online platform that offering personalized catering, Health and fitness platform 20 million TL in its pre-seed round. The investment round led by Heaventures.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investment Amount: –
Valuation: 20.000.000 TL
Investors: Heaventures
Co-founders: Mustafa Ali Belek, Ömer Faruk Anuk, Charmy’s partners
🎯 Autonomous mobility startup Delivers.ai raised funding.
Delivers.ai, which makes contactless delivery of food and grocery shopping with electric autonomous robots, received investment from Ford Otosan’s corporate capital venture Driveventure.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investment Amount: –
Valuation: –
Investors: Ford Otosan
Co-founders: Ali Kutay Yaralı, Oral Yiğitkuş
🎯 Mindfulness platform Biyaku raised funding.
Biyaku, the platform that offers daily meditations on sexual health to its users, received an investment of 80 thousand dollars in the pre-seed investment round. The investment round was held with the participation of Özgün Özok, Levent Albayrak, Gizem Arer and Deniz Başaran.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investment Amount: $80.000
Valuation: –
Investors: Özgün Özok, Levent Albayrak, Gizem Arer, Deniz Başaran
Co-founders: Bora Öğünç, Gamze Kiremitçi
🎯 Health and fitness platform DeepSport raised funding.
Artificial intelligence-supported digital trainer DeepSport received an investment with a valuation of $3 million. The investment tour was held with the participation of Lima Ventures, FUT Ventures, Atakan Çetin, DOMİNO Ventures and Sinan Güler.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investment Amount: $270.000
Valuation: $3.000.000
Investors: Lima Ventures, FUT Ventures, Atakan Çetin, DOMİNO Ventures, Sinan Güler
Co-founders: Bedirhan Selvi, Kamil Canberk Atil
🎯 Web3 startup Sovereign Labs raised funding.
Sovereign Labs, the startup aims to enable scalability in blockchain networks, has raised $7.4 million in its seed investment round led by Haun Ventures.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investment Amount: $7.400.000
Valuation: –
Investors: Haun Ventures
Co-founders: Cem Özer, Preston Evans
Other News of the Week:
📌 The “StartupCentrum Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Awards” ceremony, organized by the digital entrepreneurship ecosystem StartupCentrum, was held at Hilton Istanbul Kozyatağı on Monday, January 30th.
📌 212, which invests in B2B startups targeting the international market, is establishing its third investment fund of €70 million.
📌 The Women in the Green Business Programme, organized by Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Eureko Sigorta, Garanti BBVA, Impact Hub Istanbul and Startup Amsterdam, was held with the participation of 10 women entrepreneurs who integrated climate change-focused innovative solutions and technologies into their businesses.
📌 The applications for “Blockchain Training”, organized by Paribu Hub and BÜYEM, aims to increase the awareness of blockchain in Turkey, have started.
📌 The Turkey Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Unity Call Project, organized by StartupCentrum, Habitat Association ve TÜSİAD Bu Gençlikte İŞ Var!, continues to bring startups together that can provide support for people affected by the earthquake.
📌 The applications for the Helpcube Acceleration Program, organized by Cube Incubation and Technopark Istanbul for entrepreneurs with projects about disasters and emergencies, have begun.
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