HiBoost is a venture development studio founded by veterans in the venture ecosystem, the studio recently invested in the social astrology network called Karma. As a company owned by hiVC, hiBoost identifies the needs of startups that are still in their early stages. Along with these, hiBoost also provides guidance on business networking, development, finding investment, incorporation and strategy development for startups. Thanks to these, the startups are moved to the level where hiVC and hiVC-like funds can be invested by hiBoost. Also see: TeklifimGelsin Gets $1.4 Dollar Investment Through Keiretsu Forum Turkey Explanations on HiBoost Karma Investment Miraç Mutlu…
Author: Işıl Akpınar
Şerafettin Özsoy and Ahmet Sefa Bir, who are well known in the Turkish entrepreneurship ecosystem, founded the in4startups to bring entrepreneurs and investors together. The digital infrastructure preparations of the investment network of the in4startups startup still continue. According to the plans in the first stage, in4startups will receive startup applications and investor registrations with the start of May. In4startups is a global startup and continues to work globally. The Turkish leg of this startup will operate with an angel investment network license to be obtained from the CMB (Turkish Central Bank). Likewise, in4startups has a startup reflex and is…
Getir introduced its new service, Getirİş, for job seekers and employees. Thanks to its location-based service, Getirİş will enable job seekers and employees to find each other more easily, and will shorten the time spent on the road by enabling them to find a job nearby. Getir, which launched the first 10-minute grocery delivery model in the world for the first time in 2015, added Getirİş, a new generation business platform that brings together job and employee seekers with location-based live map feature, among its services. Getir created the Getirİş brand by acquiring the majority shares of Hemenİş, the business…
Providing the opportunity to establish your own bank in Europe, Rackle became one of the 15 companies that made it to the finals in the startup competition to be held as part of the EU-Startups Summit. Rackle, which makes it easy to use by adding a layer to the BaaS services it receives from banks, became one of the startups that made it to the finals in the Start-up competition of the EU-Startups Summit, which will take place in Barcelona, Spain, on 12-13 May this year. Offering the first service banking service from Turkey to Europe, Rackle enables fintech companies,…
Navlungo, which provides logistics services to those who sell products to markets such as Amazon and Etsy abroad, became a partner with Carrtell, which provides end-point delivery service. The domestic startup Navlungo, which started out with field research in 2019, is a technology-centered logistics platform that received an investment of 250 thousand dollars in 2020. Carrtell, again a Turkish startup, is a platform that offers digital delivery solutions to e-commerce brands and provides end-point delivery services. Carrtell has increased its value to over 2 million dollars with the investments it has received. Navlungo, which develops day by day with the…
Paymes and PayTabs are collaborating to empower millions of merchants in the Middle East and North Africa region with social commerce solutions. Paymes, the payment platform with the highest number of users in Turkey, attracting attention with the investments and awards it has received, joins forces with PayTabs, the leading payment and electronic money institution of the MENA Region, which covers the Middle East and North Africa. Within the scope of the merger, Paymes Turkey office became the management center of Eurasia operations of PayTabs. It will also serve PayTabs’ offices in the MENA region with its products for social…
Gleam Games, a Turkish game studio, received an investment of 1 million dollars in the bridge investment tour led by Ludus Ventures. Fatih and Fırat İşbecer also took part in this tour. The company’s first games, Fruit Match, were announced in the past months. The Istanbul-based company was founded in 2020 by Eser Yoğurtçu, Berkay Bekil and Furkan Bekil. With this investment tour, the company aims to develop the marketing methods and strategies of its games in the global arena. Gleam Games has completed the marketing work of Fruit Match – Sweet Journey in the 4 months since December. With…
Podbee Media, the producer of the podcast series, received its first investment with an evaluation of over 1.4 million Dollars (20 million TL) in its first investment round. Podbee Media is the producer of TV series such as Kefe, Dark Zone and Denge’m, as well as podcast content such as Entellik with Foulard, 111 Hz with Barış Özcan, No Time to Allocate to Deniz Göktaş. Podbee was founded in 2020 by Candost Bayraktar, Tansu Biçer and Tülin Özen. Later, Kerem Tokcan and Fırat İşbecer joined as individual investors. The company aims to create a podcast culture and produce high-production works…
Turkish startup ikas, which offers e-commerce and e-export solutions to SMEs, announced today that it has received an investment with a content published on its website. ikas, a new generation e-commerce infrastructure platform, received a seed investment of 3.5 million dollars with the participation of 500 Global, Revo Capital, OYAK Investment, Finberg and other important global investors. QNBEYOND Ventures, which are among the current investors of the company, and İlker Sözdinler, CEO of Joint Payments, were also among the investors. We would like to thank all our teammates, investors and, of course, our customers who believed in us and walked…
TeklifimGelsin, the personalized financial marketplace established in January 2021 as part of the ITU Çekirdek Pre-Incubation Program, received an investment of 1.4 million Dollars (20 million TL) from Keiretsu Forum Turkey angel investors. Keiretsu Forum Turkey angel investors participated in the investment tour led by Ideal Financial Technologies, one of the affiliates of Hedef Venture Capital Investment Trust. Having closed its second investment round in 8 months, TeklifimGelsin focused on the global market with this investment. TeklifimGelsin, the personalized financial marketplace founded by İhsan Cem Haramsız and Ertuğrul Hakan Biri, allows end users to complete financial solutions in less than…