Startup Platform egirisim Receives $150 Thousand Investment

Digital platform egirişim (estartup in Turkish), which carries out journalism activities to support the startup ecosystem, went on an investment tour in via Turkish funding center fundbulucu. The platform, which has been producing news, videos and special content since 2012 in order to provide equal opportunities for entrepreneurs, has successfully completed a very important investment tour for the entrepreneurship ecosystem by collecting more than 3 million TL ($200 thousand) from more than 1,200 investors in just 24 hours.

egirişim reached a financing of 2.25 million TL ($150 thousand) by offering 6% of the company shares to investors. Leading names of the ecosystem such as İbrahim Akman, Zeynep Ensert, Sertaç Taşdelen, İlker Diker, Ömer Erkmen, Soner Canko, Ömer Süner and Cihan Demir participated in the share-based crowdfunding campaign in which more than 1,200 investors participated.

Digital Infrastructure to be Developed with the Funds

Within the scope of egirişim, which started as personal blog under the leadership of Hilmi Öğütcü in 2012, became a company in 2020 where active and up-to-date content from the startup ecosystem is shared. By developing a technology-based infrastructure that provides accurate and fast ecosystem data with the funds obtained as a result of the investment tour, egirişim plans to transform into an “all-in-one” structure where every information sought about the startup ecosystem is found.

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The Goal Is To Become A Global Media Platform

Expressing his views on the investment tour, egirişim Founder Hilmi Öğütcü said, “I wanted the masses to become partners of egirisim by making the shares of our company public. Entrepreneurship is developing very rapidly in our country. We undertake an important role in this development and strive to increase the visibility of initiatives. We want to develop our digital infrastructure with the investment we will receive at the end of the funding, and increase our effectiveness in our country with the power of more than 1,200 investors, while on the other hand, we want to become a global enterprise media platform.”

Hakan Yıldız, founder and CEO of fundbulucu, said, “egirişim is a powerful publishing platform that has been in close communication with both entrepreneurs and stakeholders of the entrepreneurship ecosystem since its establishment. Being at the center of the ecosystem with the special content it produces and acting as a bridge between all stakeholders, egirisim has the potential to become an effective player in the global sense. As a fundraiser, we are extremely happy and excited to see egirişim, which provides access to millions of people on a monthly basis, on the stage of share-based crowdfunding.”