Last week, 8 Turkish startups received investment in the entrepreneurship ecosystem and 2 secondary transaction has been made. The headquarters of the startups that received investment were distributed as Istanbul, Boston, France and Izmir. 3 venture capital investment fund was also established.
The vertical distribution of the startups receiving investment is as follows:
1 Research Services
1 Software / Artificial Intelligence
1 Financial Services
1 Information Technologies
1 Marketing / Artificial Intelligence
1 Mental Health
1 Roommate App
1 Agriculture / Food
News of the Week
Last week, 3 Venture Capital Investment Fund (GSYF) received establishment permission.
In the Turkish Capital Markets Board (CBM) newsletter published on Friday, October 27th; It was announced that 3 portfolio company received establishment permission for 3 venture capital investment fund.
Permitted Funds:
Arz Gayrimenkul ve Girişim Sermayesi Portföy Yönetimi AŞ StartupCentrum Alpha Venture Capital Investment Fund
Qinvest Portföy Yönetimi AŞ Pragma Capital Partners Industrial Companies Venture Capital Investment Fund
Tera Portföy Yönetimi AŞ Ludus Ventures Venture Capital Investment Fund
🎯 Product content evaluator Ecomercek raised $125.000.
Ecomercek, which evaluates the contents of cosmetics, skin care, personal hygiene and home care products, has raised $125.000 from Eczacıbaşı Momentum.
Transaction Type: Investment
Valuation: –
Investors: Eczacıbaşı Momentum
Co-founders: – (Corporate entrepreneurship program)
Headquarters: Istanbul
🎯 Content and analysis solutions provider Novus raised $500.000.
Novus, which provides content analysis and solutions to corporate companies, has raised $500.000. The investment round was led by Inveo Ventures, with participation from Startup Wise Guys, Venture Lane and Aegan Ventures.
Transaction Type: Investment
Valuation: –
Investors: Inveo Ventures, Startup Wise Guys, Venture Lane, Aegan Ventures
Co-founders: Rıza Egehan Asad, Vorga Can
Headquarters: Boston / Istanbul
🎯 Financial technology startup Agra Fintech raised funding with $18 million valuation.
Agra Fintech, which operates in the field of financial technologies, has raised funding with $18 million valuation from Re-Pie Katılım Karma Venture Capital Investment Fund.
Valuation: $18.000.000
Investors: Re-Pie Katılım Karma Venture Capital Investment Fund
Co-founders: Taner Toraman, Muharrem Uğurelli
Headquarters: Istanbul
🎯 Tech solutions provider Bestcloudfor.me raised funding.
Bestcloudfor.me, which provides cloud, DevOps, SysOps and automation solutions, has raised funding from Eclit.
Transaction Type: Investment
Valuation: –
Investors: Eclit
Co-founders: Berkay Özuygur
Headquarters: Istanbul
🎯 Artificial intelligence and marketing technologies startup AdCreative raised funding.
AdCreative, which enables brands and agencies to create artificial intelligence-supported advertising materials and social media content, has raised funding from İnventram and and 11 investors.
Valuation: –
Investors: İnventram, other investors
Co-founders: Tarık İnce, Tufan Gök, Yusuf Kaya
Headquarters: France
🎯 Self therapy application Selfweller raised funding with 16.6 million TL valuation.
Selfweller, a self-therapy application that prepares personalized “audio self-therapy” sessions and interactive activities to solve psychological and emotional problems, has raised funding with 16.6 million TL valuation. The investment round was led by ŞirketOrtağım.
Transaction Type: Investment
Valuation: 16.600.000 TL
Investors: ŞirketOrtağım, other investors
Co-founders: Hüseyin Eleman
Headquarters: Izmir
🎯 Roommate finding platform Roombadi raised funding with $2 million valuation.
Roombadi, a platform that helps find a roommate or a house, has raised funding with $2 million valuation from Nevzat Aydın, Atanova Ventures and Yusuf Soysal.
Valuation: $2.000.000
Investors: Nevzat Aydın, Atanova Ventures, Yusuf Soysal
Co-founders: Bahattin Öktemer
Headquarters: Istanbul
🎯 Agricultural technologies startup Doktar raised funding.
Doktar, which develops end-to-end technologies for the agriculture and food industry, has completed its Series A investment round led by Diffusion Capital Partners. Credia Ventures and individual investors also participated in the investment round.
Transaction Type: Investment
Valuation: –
Investors: Diffusion Capital Partners, Credia Ventures, individual investors
Co-founders: Tanzer Bilgen, Selim Uçer
Headquarters: Istanbul
🛒 Mynet, acquired by Mediazone.
Mediazone, which hosts the media, sports and entertainment company, has acquired Mynet.
Transaction Type: Acquisition
Investors: Mediazone
Co-founders: –
Headquarters: Istanbul
🛒 Patika.dev acquires US-based startup BlockBeam.
Educational technologies startup Patika.dev has acquired US-based startup BlockBeam.
Transaction Type: Acquisition
Investors: Patika.dev
Co-founders: Drew Cousin
Headquarters: Boston
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