Last week, 3 Turkish startups received investment in the entrepreneurship ecosystem and 1 secondary transaction has been made. The headquarters of the startups that received investment were distributed as Istanbul, Delaware and Izmir. 6 venture capital investment fund was also established.
The vertical distribution of the startups receiving investment is as follows:
1 Energy Efficiency
1 Music
1 Mobile Gaming
News of the Week
Last week 6 Venture Capital Investment Fund (GSYF) received establishment permission.
In the Turkish Capital Markets Board (CBM) newsletter published on Thursday, September 14th ; It was announced that 4 portfolio company received establishment permission for 6 venture capital investment fund.
Permitted Funds:
Inveo Portföy Yönetimi AŞ Third Fintech Venture Capital Investment Fund
İstanbul Portföy Yönetimi AŞ Repkon Ventures Venture Capital Investment Fund
Neo Portföy Yönetimi AŞ Eighth Venture Capital Investment Fund
Neo Portföy Yönetimi AŞ Seventh Venture Capital Investment Fund
Rota Portföy Yönetimi AŞ Simya Simya Venture Capital Investment Fund
Rota Portföy Yönetimi AŞ Green Energy Technologies Venture Capital Investment Fund
🎯 Smart energy management solutions provider Lumian Energy raised $400.000.
Lumian Technology, which develops artificial intelligence-based SaaS solutions in the field of energy efficiency and management, has raised $400.000 in pre-Seed funding round from DOMiNO Ventures, Startup Wise Guys, StartupFon and angel investor İsmail Ferhat Özlü.
Transaction Type: Investment
Valuation: –
Investors: DOMiNO Ventures, Startup Wise Guys, StartupFon, İsmail Ferhat Özlü
Co-founders: Batu Balkır, Emre Birol, Levent Şahiner
Headquarters: Istanbul
Makromusic, which matches people with similar tastes in music and offers musicians a promotional tool for their songs on Spotify, has raised funding with $15 million valuation from qAngels, İlker Diker, Ufuk Sarı, Volkan Biçer, Kaya Diker and Sercan Alıcı.
Transaction Type: Investment
Valuation: $15.000.000
Investors: qAngels, İlker Diker, Ufuk Sarı, Volkan Biçer, Kaya Diker, Sercan Alıcı
Co-founders: Ataberk Özaydın
Headquarters: Delaware (United States)
🎯 Mobile gaming studio Joinco Games raised funding with $3.3 million valuation.
Mobile gaming studio Joinco Games, has raised an investment with $3.3 million valuation in pre-Seed funding round from Taylan Tanyer, Feyyaz Uçar, Alp Koru, Can Çakmakoğlu, Orhun Tenker and Melis Tenker.
Transaction Type: Investment
Valuation: $3.300.000
Investors: Taylan Tanyer, Feyyaz Uçar, Alp Koru, Can Çakmakoğlu, Orhun Tenker, Melis Tenker
Co-founders: Çağdaş Arbay, Ertaç Arbay
Headquarters: Izmir
🛒 Cool Digital Solutions acquires 40 percent stake in Rely Labs.
Cool Digital Solutions has acquired 40 percent stake in marketing agency Rely Labs.
Transaction Type: Acquisition
Investors: Cool Digital Solutions
Co-founders: Alperen Ceyhun Mecit
Headquarters: Istanbul
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