# Garanti BBVA

> Garanti BBVA is a VC fund in Besiktas backing Energy, Finance and Oil and Gas. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Besiktas, Turkey
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/garanti-bbva 
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/garantibbva
- Website: https://www.garantibbva.com.tr/tr
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GarantiBBVA 

Garanti BBVA is a VC fund in Besiktas focused on Energy and Finance. Garanti BBVA provides credit card, cash management, insurance, and other banking services.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 2 | 67% |
| Finance | 1 | 33% |
| Oil and Gas | 1 | 33% |
| Renewable Energy | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 1 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| First Looks Solutions | First Looks Solutions | $312.5M | Debt Financing | Jun 13, 2024 |  |
| BB Energy | BB Energy expertise in trading, operations, chartering, logistics, storage, refining, and financing with energy trading services. | $580M | Debt Financing | Nov 14, 2022 |  |
| Polat Enerji | Polat Enerji generates approximately 1.6 billion kWh of electricity. | $100M | Debt Financing | Sep 05, 2022 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Garanti Bankasi](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/garanti-bankasi) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [European Bank for Reconstruction and Development](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/european-bank-for-reconstruction-and-development-ebrd) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bladex](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bladex) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Credit Agricole CIB](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/credit-agricole-cib) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Erste Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erste-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HSBC Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hsbc-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Garanti BBVA invest in?

Garanti BBVA invests primarily in Energy, Finance and Oil and Gas startups, most often at Debt Financing stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Garanti BBVA last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Garanti BBVA closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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