Top 5 Local VC Funds in Turkey
A list of 5 VC funds that invest in Local startups based in Turkey. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Local companies from Turkey. We update this investor list every month.Top 5 Local VC Funds in Turkey
Investor | Local Turkey investments |
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Nexus Ventures | 1 |
Atanova Ventures | 1 |
Singtel Innov8 | 1 |
NUS Enterprise | 1 |
Istanbul Startup Angels | 1 |
Nexus Ventures is an investment firm that invests in transformational businesses and creates meaningful partnerships with entrepreneurs. They support these ventures through its mentorship, business and technical know-how, vast network, and capital. The firm was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Ankara, Turkey.
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, SaaS
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Turkey, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
- Rapido — Rapido bike taxi provides the best intra-city commuting services and is currently operating in 100+ cities. It is considered as the most affordable choice.
- Iambic Therapeutics — Iambic has created a cutting-edge AI-driven platform to tackle the most challenging design problems in drug discovery and address unmet patient need.
- Liminal — Create Multisig wallets for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple using hardware wallets. We make it extremely easy and secure for individuals and businesses to manage their digital assets without giving up control and ownership.
Atanova is an early stage investment company that discovers enterprises which will make high impact with their bright ideas while in their incubation phases.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Content
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
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- Textoni — Connect with 28,000 content creators from 58 different countries! With our artificial intelligence solutions, you can filter the most accurate writers for your brand and industry, and you can reach your quality content very quickly!
- RemoteTeam (acquired by Gusto) — Global Payroll, PEO and EOR Services, tax compliances, IC contracts, and HR apps. All designed for Remote First teams.
- Artifica.io — Artifica.io creates products for the requirements of industries by utilizing artificial intelligence technologies.
Singtel Innov8, the venture capital arm of the Singtel Group, invests in and partners with innovative tech start-ups worldwide. It has a fund size of US$250 million and its own set of decision making, approval and funding processes. Beyond funding, Singtel Innov8 is a gateway for start-ups to tap on the resources and expertise of the Singtel Group,while enabling the Group to gain access to emerging technologies. Singtel Innov8 focuses its investments on technologies and solutions that can lead to quantum changes in network capabilities, next generation devices, digital services and enablers to enhance customer experience. Headquartered in Singapore, Singtel Innov8 also has offices in San Francisco and Tel Aviv.
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Investment focus
- Software, Mobile, Cyber Security
- Series A, Series C, Series B
- United States, Singapore, China
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- AI-LINK — AI-LINK is a digital infrastructure provider focused on industrial sites.
- StrongDM — Manage access to any server, database, or Kubernetes instance in minutes. Fully auditable, replayable, secure, and drag-and-drop easy.
- Synadia Communications — Synadia | Secure, decentralized, secure global utility, powered by NATS for IoT, microservices and all digital systems.
NUS Enterprise provides an entrepreneurial and innovative dimension to the National University of Singapore’s core research and educational activities.By encouraging the entrepreneurial spirit, partnering for success, and nurturing future entrepreneurial leaders, NUS Enterprise aims to make a positive impact on Singapore’s economy and beyond.This is done through three key thrusts: entrepreneurship support, industry engagement and partnerships, and experiential education.NUS Enterprise was founded in 2001 and is based in Singapore.
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Investment focus
- Local, Sensor, Hardware
- Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Turkey, Singapore, United Kingdom
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- LOKI — LOKI is a cloud-based secure network platform that can be managed without any technical knowledge.The company enables companies to manage and secure their networks by changing how they interact with cybersecurity products. LOKI platform offers a cloud-based secure software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) infrastructure that automatically scansand protects all network traffic from threats.
- Kinexcs — Kinexcs is a data-driven digital health company enabling personalized health for fitness seekers and athletes & evidence-based recovery for musculoskeletal patients.
- Guardara — The most comprehensive negative testing / fuzz testing platform to hunt down bugs and zero-day vulnerabilities.
Istanbul Startup Angels is Turkey’s most active angel investment network with a focus on innovative and fast growing technology startups. Currently in the process of building a micro VC and starting Turkey’s first crowdfunding platform, ISA also partners with corporations to find the most promising and suitable startups for them, by running sectorfocused accelerator programs.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Mobile Apps, Digital Entertainment
- Angel, Seed
- Turkey, United States
Portfolio highlights
- LOKI — LOKI is a cloud-based secure network platform that can be managed without any technical knowledge.The company enables companies to manage and secure their networks by changing how they interact with cybersecurity products. LOKI platform offers a cloud-based secure software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) infrastructure that automatically scansand protects all network traffic from threats.
- MobilMed — Since 2015, we have been providing services in the field of mobile biomedical device design and application solutions. Our goal is to provide you with great customer experience and exceptional value services.
- Parkkolay — Parkolay mobile app enables users to make parking reservations and paying parking fee via mobile phone. It is a platform that helps drivers to find a parking spot in under 1 minute. The company aims to make every step of parking more simple and easier with other parking solutions. The mobile app is available for IOS and Android operating sytems.
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