Last week, 3 Turkish startups received investment in the entrepreneurship ecosystem. The headquarters of the startups that received investment were distributed as Istanbul and Ankara. 1 venture capital investment fund was also established.
The vertical distribution of the startups receiving investment is as follows:
1 Carpooling
1 Automotive
1 Gaming
News of the Week
Last week, 1 Venture Capital Investment Fund (GSYF) received establishment permission.
In the Turkish Capital Markets Board (CBM) newsletter published on Thursday, August 31st; It was announced that 1 portfolio company received establishment permission for 1 venture capital investment fund.
Permitted Funds:
Arz Gayrimenkul ve Private Equity Portfolio Management Inc. Ninth Venture Capital Investment Fund
🎯 Carpooling platform Pooly raised funding.
Pooly, a platform that offers innovative artificial intelligence-based carpooling solutions, has completed its first investment round and received investment from Startupbootcamp.
Transaction Type: Investment
Valuation: –
Investors: Startupbootcamp
Co-founders: Berat Ufukcan Temel, Onur Çelik
🎯 Automotive-class smart camera systems developer Büyütech raised $4.23 million.
Automotive-class smart camera systems developer Büyütech, has raised $4.23 million, with a valuation of 28 million 230 thousand dollar. The invesment round was joined by Kros Automotive, Maxis Private Equity Portfolio Management, Albaraka Portfolio Management Bilişim Vadisi Venture Capital, Farplas, Ziraat Portfolio Second Investment Venture Capital, Albaraka Portfolio Management, Ostim Venture Capital, Ziraat Portfolio Management First Venture Capital and ARI Teknokent Project Development.
Transaction Type: Investment
Valuation: $28.230.000
Investors: Kros Automotive, Maxis Private Equity Portfolio Management, Albaraka Portfolio Management Bilişim Vadisi Venture Capital, Farplas, Ziraat Portfolio Second Investment Venture Capital, Albaraka Portfolio Management, Ostim Venture Capital, Ziraat Portfolio Management First Venture Capital, ARI Teknokent Project Development
Co-founders: Ömer Orkun Düztaş, Alparslan Işıklı
🎯 Gaming studio One Percent received investment with $2.5 million valuation.
Multiplayer action games developer One Percent, received an investment with a valuation of $2.5 million. The investment round was joined by WePlay Ventures and Startgate.
Transaction Type: Investment
Valuation: $2.500.000
Investors: WePlay Ventures, Startgate
Co-founders: Burak Bozkurt, Emir Alp, Batu Erbilgin, Emre Tandar, Can Yıldızlı, Alper Rende
Other News of the Week:
📌 The startups that graduated from the Eksim Pulse Startup Acceleration Program, organized with the support of Eksim Holding group company Dicle Elektrik, have been announced. Startups that have graduated from the program include: Hummingdrone, PowerDev, BatteryINTELLIGENCE, Geodo, Bee Battery, Massive Energy and Virmode.
📌 The startups selected for the second term of the Sabancı ARF Almost Ready to Fly Startup Acceleration Program have been announced. 13 startups selected for the program: Bomensoft, Casper, DATASCOPE.AI, Farm in Globe, Myconom, NANOTerial, Rumitech, Smellive, Smyrna Sensor, U Look So Good and Uptechlabs Smart Garden.
📌 The applications for the Global Entrepreneurship Events Call, which is organized with the cooperation of 5 development agencies and working under the coordination of the Ministry of Industry and Technology, have started.
📌 SDR Bootcamp applications, organized by SDRwise for newly graduated talents who want to shape their career in sales in the world of technology, have started.
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