Koc Holding
VC Fund
Istanbul, Turkey
Koc Holding is a VC fund in Istanbul focused on Analytics and Information Technology. Koç Group is one of Turkey's largest industrial and services groups in terms of revenues, exports, research and development investments, patent portfolio, employees, taxes paid and market capitalization on the Borsa Istanbul. With consolidated revenues of $25.5 billion, it ranks among the world's Fortune 500 list. Koç Holding has leadingpositions with strong competitive advantages in various sectors, such as energy, automotive, consumer durables and finance. It has more than 97,000 employees and 10,000 dealers, agencies and after-sales service providers. Koç Group is celebrating its 90th anniversary.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 18%
Last updated:
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Industries Koc Holding invests in
Stages Koc Holding invests in
Countries Koc Holding invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1M–$3.5M
- Series A
- $2.2M–$15M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $5M–$6M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Analytics 3 (27%)
- Information Technology 3 (27%)
- Artificial Intelligence 3 (27%)
- Software 2 (18%)
- Health Care 2 (18%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (36%)
- Series A 2 (18%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (18%)
- Funding Round 1 (9%)
- Convertible Note 1 (9%)
Country
- United States 4 (36%)
- Turkey 3 (27%)
- France 1 (9%)
- United Kingdom 1 (9%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Levent Cakiroglu
CEO
|
CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Tamer Hasimoglu
President
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President | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| AdCreative.ai is a cutting-edge Paris-based startup that is revolutionizing the advertising industry by using cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence technology.AdCreative.ai allows businesses of all sizes to generate conversion-focused ad creatives for social media, search, and display ads, as well as social media post visuals and ad texts usingbattle-tested copywriting methodologies, in just a matter of seconds. | Seed / Oct 25, 2023 | ||
| Segmentify is an e-commerce personalization platform that helps online retailers to optimize conversion rates by allowing them to deliver a unique shopping experience for each visitor. The company's software provides powerful insights and real-time analytics for e-commerce managers to help them get better decisions for campaigns and discounts,enabling clients to satisfy their customer needs. | Jul 12, 2023 | ||
| Khenda is a SaaS platform that helps manufacturing plants increase their efficiency at production lines by automizing time study with AI-powered video analytics. AI technology automatically analyzes the process through video and highlights the parts that engineers should focus on to improve their efficiency. The patent-pending technology enables AItraining with very little data. Therefore, there is no need for hardware installation or extensive data gathering, which can take months to complete. This means that engineers can quickly and easily begin utilizing the platform to identify problems, reduce waste, and improve the efficiency of processes. | $1M / Seed / Dec 12, 2022 | ||
| PictorLabs is a digital pathology company advancing AI-powered virtual staining technology to revolutionize histopathology and accelerate clinical research with the goal of improving patient outcomes. Led by a team with deep expertise in bioengineering, artificial intelligence and health-tech product development, the Company is reimagining the ageold practice of histopathology. From a single unstained tissue sample, PictorLabs’ proprietary platform can sustainably produce an unlimited number of virtual stains that are indistinguishable from analogous chemical ones. PictorLabs' technology can replicate standard of care stains and perform specialized virtual biomarker stains for indications that require novel and accelerated diagnostic tests. To learn more, visit https://pictorlabs.ai/ and please follow PictorLabs on LinkedIn. | $15.2M / Series A / May 26, 2022 | ||
| Vispera is an image recognition and analytics company that runs its proprietary technology. With that, we provide retailers and suppliers with the missing insights they need for better performance at all points of sale. The image recognition based automation we provide helps our clients monitor the performance of their in-store execution and takecorrective actions.Our business technology solutions have been shaped into products that help boost productivity for field operations and improve in-store performance of display units. We provide real-time data and guidance on the field team performance, as well as key retail execution metrics such as on-shelf availability, planogram compliance, shelf share, price tag readings, branding material visibility, etc. Among these metrics, problems with on-shelf-availability alone cost the retail sector 1.75 Trillion USD each year. Delivering and commoditizing IR services require expert knowledge which we have. Due to our high performance in accuracy, reporting dashboard flexibility and customer satisfaction we are recently seeing competitors’ clients convert to Vispera services. We maintain our technological edge as well as a robust but flexible product strategy.We want to make image recognition a commodity service for the global retail sector and enable perfect store execution and experience for retailers, suppliers and consumers alike. As such, we progressively move from an IR vendor into retail data analytics provider supported by IR-based evidential reality. | $3.2M / Convertible Note / Jan 27, 2022 | ||
| Tarabios is developing a mobile device to monitor blood clot times (PT / INR) for Warfarin Therapy patients | $3.5M / Seed / Jul 02, 2021 | ||
| Agumency is a technology company based on augmented reality services and products which are using IoT, Industry 4.0 etc. | $1M / Seed / Jun 03, 2021 | ||
| CY Vision is a vision systems and applications company with offices in Mountain View and Istanbul focused on developing a new platform for AR & VR.Our revolutionary platform enables fully immersive and realistic VR and exceptionally high-quality AR. | $5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 23, 2020 | ||
| Vispera is an image recognition and analytics company that runs its proprietary technology. With that, we provide retailers and suppliers with the missing insights they need for better performance at all points of sale. The image recognition based automation we provide helps our clients monitor the performance of their in-store execution and takecorrective actions.Our business technology solutions have been shaped into products that help boost productivity for field operations and improve in-store performance of display units. We provide real-time data and guidance on the field team performance, as well as key retail execution metrics such as on-shelf availability, planogram compliance, shelf share, price tag readings, branding material visibility, etc. Among these metrics, problems with on-shelf-availability alone cost the retail sector 1.75 Trillion USD each year. Delivering and commoditizing IR services require expert knowledge which we have. Due to our high performance in accuracy, reporting dashboard flexibility and customer satisfaction we are recently seeing competitors’ clients convert to Vispera services. We maintain our technological edge as well as a robust but flexible product strategy.We want to make image recognition a commodity service for the global retail sector and enable perfect store execution and experience for retailers, suppliers and consumers alike. As such, we progressively move from an IR vendor into retail data analytics provider supported by IR-based evidential reality. | $2.2M / Series A / Apr 17, 2020 | ||
| NanoGriptech has developed a nature-inspired microfiber based adhesive that functions in the same way a gecko’s feet stick to surfaces. As a dry, durable, residue-free, and customizable adhesive, nanoGriptech’s product provides a superior alternative to reusable adhesives currently being used in a large variety of industries such as clothing,sports, automotive, product design, and medical devices.The company has successfully engaged in partnerships with several multinational corporations across these industries and just started its first small volume sale in high friction/grip clothing material market. | $6M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 12, 2020 | ||
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FAQ
What does Koc Holding invest in?
Koc Holding invests primarily in Analytics, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Koc Holding invest in?
Koc Holding typically joins rounds of $1M–$3.5M at Seed, $2.2M–$15M at Series A and $5M–$6M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Koc Holding's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Koc Holding took part in.
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Who are the partners at Koc Holding?
The team at Koc Holding includes Levent Cakiroglu (CEO) and Tamer Hasimoglu (President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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