Last week, 4 Turkish startups received investment in the entrepreneurship ecosystem. The headquarters of the startups that received investment were distributed as London and Istanbul.
The vertical distribution of the startups receiving investment is as follows:
1 Podcast
1 Mobile Gaming
1 Aviation
1 Agricultural Technologies
News of the Week
🎯 Social podcast platform Poddy raised funding with 85 million TL.
Poddy, a social podcast platform that enables podcast producers to interact with their listeners, has raised funding with 85 million TL valuation in the bridge investment round that will be connected to the pre-seed investment round. The investment round was joined by a group of angel investors including Nurettin Şendoğan, Deniz Dülgeroğlu and Özbeyen Atalay.
Transaction Type: Investment
Valuation: 5.000.000 TL
Investors: Nurettin Şendoğan, Deniz Dülgeroğlu, Özbeyen Atalay, other angel investors
Co-founders: Cem Dinçay, Erman Darıcı
Headquarters: London / Istanbul
🎯 Mobile gaming startup SuperGears Games raised funding with $10 million valuation.
Mobile gaming studio SuperGears Games, has raised funding with $10 million valuation. The investment round was led by TMRW Foundation, with participation from Ulaş Karademir, İbrahim Akman, Genco Alp, Emre Yıldız, Murat Alagöz and Yıldız Tekno GYSO.
Transaction Type: Investment
Valuation: $10.000.000
Investors: TMRW Foundation, Ulaş Karademir, İbrahim Akman, Genco Alp, Emre Yıldız, Murat Alagöz, Yıldız Tekno GYSO
Co-founders: Yasin Demirden, Yakup Demirden
Headquarters: Istanbul
🎯 Autonomous drones and software developer Hummingdrone raised funding with $1.5 million.
Hummingdrone, which provides analysis solutions for the solar energy industry using autonomous drones and software, has raised funding with $1.5 million valuation from Keiretsu From Turkiye‘s angel investors.
Transaction Type: Investment
Valuation: $1.500.000
Investors: Keiretsu From Turkiye’s angel investors
Co-founders: Orkun Aşa, İpek Görgeç
Headquarters: Istanbul
🎯 Vertical agricultural technologies startup Tarlam raised $100.000.
Tarlam, which enables individuals to do vertical farming using soilless farming technologies, has raised $100.000 from Founder One.
Transaction Type: Investment
Valuation: –
Investors: Founder One
Co-founders: Melih Dökmeci
Headquarters: Istanbul
Other News of the Week:
📌 Getir has announced that it is acquiring the entire online grocery company FreshDirect, which is based in the United States, from Ahold Delhaize USA.
📌 Aktif Portföy, in cooperation with Startupfon, is preparing to introduce the new GSYF named Startupfon Opportunity Fund.
📌 Tera Portföy and Ludus Ventures has announced that they have established a new fund for gaming startups.
📌 Yapı Kredi Portföy has established the FRWRD First Venture Capital Investment Fund for investors who want to invest in startups.
📌 The winners of the “Gelecek Vadeden Girişimler” Competition, organized every year by in4startups to support local and foreign investors in finding startups to invest in, have been announced.
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