Viveka
VC Fund
Ankara, Turkey
Viveka is a VC fund in Ankara focused on Smart Home and Real Estate. We are a full-service startup accelerator and mentorship in the heart of Turkey.Viveka, Turkey’s pioneer private accelerator, was founded to provide full accelerator services focused on early stage startups in 2010. It’s been 7 years as our startups started attracting investment, achieving rankings inglobal competitions, acquiring seedfunding.Viveka with its unique place in Ankara –having the highest rate of university graduates has become one of the best providers of entrepreneurship experience to the Turkish ecosystem. Viveka’s mission is to provide full accelerator services focused on the best possible return for our entrepreneurs & investors. Our goal is to help entrepreneurs to reach long-term sustainability by providing an early opportunity for funding, know-how(entrepreneurial education), know-who(mentoring) and perks. According to worldwide research, business guidance in early-stage startups causes a significant drop in the failure rate. Apart from technical and business mentorship, integration of coordination and coaching is key to success. Our entrepreneurship training program has been inspired by international programs but strictly adapted to Turkish cultural and economic conditions. Turkish startups need more attention on global thinking, collaborative approaches, market interviews, goal-setting and abiding set goals.Our success is formed with the pressure of speed of being independent and constant innovation in our methodology which is created from what we have learned out of experience and theory filtered over countless encounters.If you are looking for experienced entrepreneurial partners in the field of startup ecosystem in Turkey, you have reached the right team. Interested in Turkey’s Startup Ecosystem? We have been through that path and ready to do more! Let’s create next big thing together!
- Total investments:
- 1
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Viveka invests in
Stages Viveka invests in
Countries Viveka invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Investment Focus
Industry
- Smart Home 1 (100%)
- Real Estate 1 (100%)
- Smart Building 1 (100%)
- Internet of Things 1 (100%)
- Intelligent Systems 1 (100%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N. Baris Okur
Founder and Managing Partner
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Founder and Managing Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onlock Smart Lock is a smart lock ecosystem that adapted for the Europe and Turkey market and compatible most of the lock systems on the market. It allows users to lock/unlock their doors over its mobile application. Main advantage of Onlock is that it does not block your current lock system and allows that you can still use your regularphysical key without having an issue. Also, it does not require any additional tool nor drilling to install on your door. It is mounted inside of your house thus you can assure it is safe and its security is ensured by end-to-end encryption standard.Onlock is a solution for everyone that - frequently losing key - forgetting keys somewhere - losing time to search keys around - being afraid of security issues rising from cloning physical keys - suffering of changing lock system often - looking comfort of smart home system - sharing house with others - wanting to know who is in or out, when - and more...However, Onlock Smart Lock is best for people who - manages keys due to the short-term home rentals such as airbnb, homeaway - employs domestic workers like babysitter, nurse, housekeeper - runs Real-Estate Agency that has many houses in their portfolio to manage their keys and allow the people to enter and explore the house easily - has enterprise that may need to control the some rooms to be used as depot or cellar - has small offices that have to share keys with its employees - and so on...Onlock has a Smart Lock in its portfolio so far and wants to increase its product bundle with smart lock ecosystem that enables the comfort of people while enabling new business opportunities and unique user experiences through new smart home lifestyle. | $50K / Seed / Aug 01, 2018 |
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What does Viveka invest in?
Viveka invests primarily in Smart Home, Real Estate and Smart Building startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at Viveka includes N. Baris Okur (Founder and Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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