Last week, 6 Turkish startups received investment in the entrepreneurship ecosystem. The headquarters of the startups that received investment were distributed as Istanbul.
The vertical distribution of the startups receiving investment is as follows:
1 Health
1 Financial Technology
1 Robotics / Artificial Intelligence
1 Green Energy Technologies
1 Biotechnology
1 Media
News of the Week
🟥 StartupCentrum Alpha Venture Capital Investment Fund has been established!
Digital startup platform StartupCentrum has launched the StartupCentrum Alpha Venture Capital Investment Fund with Arz Portföy, one of Turkey’s leading portfolio management companies.
You can check details here.
🎯 Personal health consultant Salus raised $4.7 million.
Salus, which operates as a personal health consultant for individuals, has raised $4.7 million in Seed funding round, led by Northzone. Names such as 500 Emerging Europe, Pitchdrive, İş Bank 100th Year Venture Capital, Collective Spark, Wamda Capital, Adam Anders, Can Yücaoğlu, Mehmet Yılmaz, Joshua Cornelius and Kıvanç Semen also participated in the investment tour.
Transaction Type: Investment
Valuation: –
Investors: Northzone, 500 Emerging Europe, Pitchdrive, İş Bankası 100. Yıl Girişim Sermayesi, Collective Spark, Wamda Capital, Adam Anders, Can Yücaoğlu, Mehmet Yılmaz, Joshua Cornelius, Kıvanç Semen
Co-founders: Alperen Adikti, Dinçer Karaduman
Headquarters: Istanbul
🎯 Sustainable financial technology startup igor raised funding with $8.5 million valuation.
Igor, which provides banking and payment infrastructure services, has raised funding with $8.5 million valuation. The investment round was led by DOMiNO Ventures, with participation from Aegean Ventures, Fikir Evi Araştırma Geliştirme ve Danışmanlık A.Ş and a group of angel investors.
Transaction Type: Investment
Valuation: $8.500.000
Investors: DOMiNO Ventures, Aegean Ventures, Fikir Evi Araştırma Geliştirme ve Danışmanlık A.Ş, angel investors
Co-founders: Kamil Güçlü
Headquarters: Istanbul
🎯 Robotic process automation developer QSoft raised funding with 100 million TL valuation.
QSoft, which develops robotic process automations and artificial intelligence-supported chatbot technologies, has raised funding with 100 million TL valuation from Destek Patent and Gençpa.
Transaction Type: Investment
Valuation: 100.000.000 TL
Investors: Destek Patent, Gençpa
Co-founders: Murat Çim
Headquarters: Istanbul
🎯 Clean energy technologies startup Ion Membranes raised $750.000.
Ion Membranes, which focuses on green energy technologies, has raised $750.000 in Seed funding round from Fark Labs and YEO Teknoloji.
Transaction Type: Investment
Valuation: –
Investors: Fark Labs, YEO Teknoloji
Co-founders: Dr. Seda Köksal Yeğin, Haluk Akçalı
Headquarters: Istanbul
🎯 Digital medicine developer Tesu Health raised funding with 70 million TL valuation.
Tesu Health, which develops non-chemical or biological, prescriptionable digital drugs to treat the root causes of chronic metabolic diseases, has raised funding with 70 million TL valuation.
Transaction Type: Investment
Valuation: 70.000.000 TL
Investors: –
Co-founders: Hasan Avcu, İlker Tosun
Headquarters: Istanbul
🎯 New-generation media company NomadVibe raised funding with $1 million valuation.
NomadVibe, a new generation media company focused on digital nomadism, has raised funding with $1 million valuation. The investment round was joined by Derya Özyuvalı, Emre Aşlakçı, Erhan Tezakar, Hakan Erşahin and Kamil Güçlü.
Transaction Type: Investment
Valuation: $1.000.000
Investors: Derya Özyuvalı, Emre Aşlakçı, Erhan Tezakar, Hakan Erşahin, Kamil Güçlü
Co-founders: Erdem Şentunalı
Headquarters: Istanbul
Other News of the Week:
📌 Co-Founder.Academy, which aims to contribute to the development of individuals, entrepreneurs and brands and to increase employment within the entrepreneurship ecosystem, has started its activities.
📌 Insha Ventures has created a new venture capital investment fund worth over 100 million TL. The venture building, implemented by Albaraka Turkish Participation Bank, was established under the leadership of Albaraka Portfolio Management.
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