Last week, 8 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, Ankara and San Francisco. 1 venture capital investment fund was established.
Turkey-based venture capital fund also invested in a New York-based startup.
The vertical distribution of the startups receiving investment is as follows:
2 Game
1 Mobility
1 Service / Customer Management
1 Health
1 SaaS
1 Media / Social Blog
1 Logistics
1 Financial Technologies
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, January 12th; It was announced that 1 portfolio company received establishment permission for 1 venture capital investment fund.
Permitted Funds:
Oyak Portföy Yönetimi A.Ş. Ninth Venture Capital Investment Fund
🎯 Mobile gaming startup BlockGate raised funding.
Mobile game and technology startup BlockGate received an investment with a valuation of 5 million dollars under the leadership of Yıldız Tekno GSYO and with the participation of Kalyon Venture Capital.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investment Amount: –
Valuation: $5.000.000
Investors: Yıldız Teknik GSYO, Kalyon Venture Capital
Co-founders: Fatih Yıldırım, Nihat Yılmaz
🎯 Game studio Apphic Games raised funding.
Apphic Games, the startup that develops mobile and PC games, received an investment from Lima Ventures in its seed investment round.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investment Amount: –
Valuation: –
Investors: Lima Ventures
Co-founders: Gazi Akyüz, Erdinç Gürbüz, Yavuz Erdem
🎯 Ankara-based startup Parabol raised funding.
Parabol, which works in the field of mobility, received an investment from EIT Urban Mobility (European Institute of Innovation and Technology).
Transaction Type: Investment
Investment Amount: –
Valuation: –
Investors: EIT Urban Mobility
Co-founders: Metin Barış
🎯 Customer management platform Leadport raised funding.
Leadport, which aims to help companies increase their sales and grow, received an investment with a valuation of 25 million TL. ŞirketOrtağım and angel investors participated in the investment tour.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investment Amount: –
Valuation: 25.000.000 TL
Investors: ŞirketOrtağım, angel investors
Co-founders: Alper Barut
🎯 Hybrid health startup Carbon Health raised funding.
San Francisco-based hybrid healthcare platform Carbon Health received a $100 million investment from CVS Health Ventures in its Series D investment round.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investment Amount: $100.000.000
Valuation: –
Investors: CVS Health Ventures
Co-founders: Eren Bali, Greg Burrell, Tom Berry
🎯 Technology startup Monday Hero raised funding.
Low-code SaaS startup Monday Hero successfully completed The Amazon Web Services’ Impact Accelerator program and received an investment of 225 thousand dollars.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investment Amount: $225.000
Valuation: –
Investors: AWS Impact Accelerator
Co-founders: Nazlı Temurtaş, Burcu Geneci
🎯 Social blogging platform kooplog raised funding.
Social blogging platform kooplog received an investment with a valuation of 2 million TL from an unnamed angel investors.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investment Amount: –
Valuation: 2.000.000 TL
Investors: Angel Investor
Co-founders: Kaan Olcay, Mustafa Yasin Akmaz, Tuğberk S.
🎯 Digital transportation platform Diginak raised funding.
Land logistics and fintech startup Diginak received an investment of 1 million dollars from idacapital.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investment Amount: $1.000.000
Valuation: –
Investors: idacapital
Co-founders: –
🎯 Fintech startup Hedge raised funding.
Hedge, the startup that allows users to invest collectively, received investment from Startupfon.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investment Amount: –
Valuation: –
Investors: Startupfon
Co-founders: Kyle Al-Rawi, Yash Khandelwal
🛒 Mindbehind, acquired by Insider.
Insider has acquired the conversational messaging platform Mindbehind.
Transaction Type: Acquisition
Investors: Insider
Co-founders: Oğuzhan Başeğmez, Anıl Kiper
Other News of the Week:
📌 BV Portfolio Gaming and Technology Variable Fund of BV Portföy Yönetimi A.Ş., an organization of Boğaziçi Ventures, received establishment permission from the Turkish Capital Markets Board.
📌 The applications for the “Entrepreneurial Women Adding Value” program with the content of mentoring and training, initiated by ANKAmall AVM, have started.
📌 ÜNLÜ & Co Women Technology Entrepreneurs Academy started its activities, organized by Turkey’s investment services and asset management group ÜNLÜ & Co, in collaboration with Girvak.
📌 The applications for the Up Tel Aviv acceleration program, specially prepared for Turkish technology entrepreneurs, have begun.
📌 Lonca Entrepreneurship Center, which was established by Kuveyt Türk Bank in order to support technology-oriented and innovative business ideas, has started the 8th batch BIGG Program applications.
📌The applications for the “Terminal Startup Acceleration Program”, which created by Turkish Airlines to support the entrepreneurship ecosystem, continue.
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