With the continued flow of capital in In an unprecedented time paceTurkish Startup System left behind that it best first quarter to date.
Momentum propelled Turkey into the “Premier League” in Europe when it comes to investments, while Istanbul has been spearheading way with The gaming industry.
Turkish startups are insured more From 1.27 billion dollars in 49 investment rounds From January to March, data from Startups.watch showed industry watch.
I got close to amount of completely of 2021, when over $1.58 billion invested through total of 321 tours.
The January-March number represents best first quarter Start for ecosystem, and will continue to be highest So far ($505 million) if the investment received by the express delivery company Getir is excluded.
Most of DC, ie 90% or over $1.14 billion, pumped into three startups alone. Getir earned $786 million, followed by Dream Games with 255 million dollars from the inside with Startups.watch data showed that $121 million.
This is what Turkey did on On a quarterly basis she managed to find herself in The league of one billion-dollar countriesnamed “Premier League”, consisting of of Countries such as the United Kingdom, France and Germany.
Istanbul champion
Turkey was a hero in gaming investments, said Startups.watch founder Serkan Unsal.
“Consider investments made in gaming Initiatives in The first quarter of In 2022, Turkey will become the most attractive country for investments in Europe and the Middle East regionwhile I became Istanbul city Bigger fee amount of investments,” Unsal said event to advertise first-quarter results.
And so the Turkish city left behind Notable cities such as London, Oslo and Helsinki, is added.
“Istanbul which also rank first in terms of the number of game studios, have made great progress in gamingstressed Unsal.
“Gaming startups set a record Like total amount of investments and in The first quarterSeven startups received investment of $326 million.”
Ünsal stressed performance of Spike Games That Raised A record 55 million dollars in seed round of financing. Represents the largest seed round to date for startup out of turkey.
he is also He mentioned another offer gaming The Dream Games Startup That Received $255 Million That Helped It join Unicorn projects in Turkey.
This ‘demonstrates the wealth of Turkey when it comes to gaming Startup”, number of That’s still growing, Unsall said.
he is also connect the success to the collective path record As co-founders and many employees have gained experience At Peak Games, Turkey first The rhinoceros acquired by the US giant Zynga for About 1.8 billion dollars in 2020.
“Acquisition of 80% of The gaming Alictus Foundation for $100 million was the largest acquisition of The first quarter of 2022, Unsall said.
“So, gaming Startups continue to shine in The first quarter. “
big company venture capital
According to Startups.watch data, companies venture Capital Funds (CVC) joined one out of All three investment deals in The first Three months of The year.
Among these, Esas Holding, Türk Telekom, Sabancı Holding and Eczacıbaşı came to the fore. with their recent investment.
When it comes to the number of deals, cloud-based software Startups software as a service (SaaS) and financial technology It was the projects that attracted the most interest.
Among other things, gaming, artificial intelligence and market projects were also also in the foreground.
foreign investors joined one out of The data showed all three investment deals.
On the other hand, about 44 boxes with measuring of Created 645 million dollars over The last Three years.
Women have an influence
Female Entrepreneurs Included in 35% of Investment deals from January through March.
Many of billion-dollar Startups in Turkey, including Trendyol, Hepsiburada and Insider, is led by female entrepreneurs.
In addition, women prominent in Engaging Impact-Making Initiatives in Industries such as education, health and artificial intelligence.
Hande Çilingir became an inspiration for The software Initiatives as Co-Founder and CEO of Inside, Turkey first one billion-dollar software venture.
different scales
Esas Holdings, which has attracted interest in The venture environmental system with its investment in Getir, is among the institutions that invest in Startups with a global growth goal who – which need doubleInvestment number.
“Different metrics are applied here. We are used to different criteria such as profitability in Areas we’ve been in for a long time -term investment negotiations. “The situation is completely different here,” said Esas Holding CEO Çağatay Ozdogro.
“you need To work quickly, check with Right investment committees. I’m involved in All investment committees. we first missed chance for investment in Geter. Then we acted more Ozdogro said.
He indicated that they would take it differently steps When it comes to Esas Ventures.
We will continue to evaluate global and local investment opportunities. we want Startups that want To take bigger steps to see it us as investors. In the coming period you will see us investment more in areas such as artificial intelligence and machine learning.”
Düşyeri: An educational and entertaining platform for children
One of projects that have attracted benefit in The first quarter Düşyeri, an edutainment platform focused on children.
based in Istanbul venture She managed to raise $3.7 million in seed funding round in The first quarter in the evaluation of $35 million.
Düşyeri CEO, Ibrahim Koçoner, stressed the importance of finance like venture getting ready to go global.
“After we decided to leave banking and join of Düşyeri, we worked to achieve dream of To become a baby mode of phones in way stronger, said Kochkunner.
“We have highlighted ability To be a platform for educational applications in countries with a population of more from 50 million people. Unparalleled initiative for It’s fast growthshe has more from 60 special designed game And content Apps and ‘Child Mode’ feature we launched in December 2021 has arrived more From 350 thousand users.
“After this investment roundWe will focus on global growth. “
Kenan Colban who He was among the angel investors who invested in startup in 2018, they said they think in Dochery’s vision.
“I am very happy that they accepted me as an angel investor as a part of This is amazing dream. We think they will be global success story in next period “.
Midas wants to change the culture of investing
The first NewBroker of Turkey, Midas Focus on Changing the investment culture in The state seeks to be a transparent and reliable investment tool by eliminating technology roadblock.
“Shortly after we started, the epidemic broke out out. In these circumstances, we have tried to overcome the permission operations of official institutions. in less than a yearwe received over 11 million dollars in Investments from prominent domestic and foreign funds. We achieved 150% growth in The last Three months and they created engineering team of 70 people, said Egem Eraslan, Co-Founder and CEO of Midas.
Today, Midas accompanies the investment journey of tens of in thousands of Eraslan referred to its users.
“we first investment of Spark Capital in Turkey is among the investors of Twitter and Snapchat have investments in Fintech companies such as Coinbase, Plaid, Wealthfront, Alpaca and Marqueta” added.
“we want to create new Investment culture and be a pioneer in He. She. we completing our flaws in this connection.”
Irrsan said that Midas is first And a brokerage company licensed by the Capital Markets Board of Directors only in Turkey that shortens the investment process of users and that they produce the infrastructure and technology those speeds up All transactions such as account opening, money stock transfer purchase And selling from scratch.
“We offer the possibility of trading on US stock exchanges for individual investors with a trading Fees as low as $1.50, with no minimums. Midas users can also Become partners through investment in worldFamous companies such as Google, Apple, Starbucks, Facebook and Tesla, whose products almost everyone uses over The world Today, he explained.
established with the aim of To make equity investments affordable and fair, Midas does not offer any commission for Turkish stocks up To a certain size and low fixed Outlay for US stocks with without commission.
Like first mediation only house in Turkey, Midas also Offers a guaranteed insurance opportunity worth 500,000 dollars in that it overseas Free accounts live Broadcast data from US stock exchanges.
speak of The venture All international investment institutions already know them. “
“This is the first Once we have seen such a thing regarding financial technology start. We think they have too clear path Forward, “Bayraktar added.
Inside: billion-dollar software start
Female-led SaaS startup Insider owns also attracted great interest this year After becoming Turkey latest Rhino.
According to Arda Cotterin, one of Insiders, the most important teams of The insider is determined to keep the talent inside.
“It was important to take the right steps while we were building right team and expand organization. I think it is team who – which also Cotterin said.
“Like someone who Was a salesperson, you feel comfortable selling. but the next The month starts everything over again. at factWhen we became a billion-dollar Enterprise, we realized that we have more the responsibility. After all, we had no example in In front of me of us. We learned to do business in Far East geography ourselves. have made great Our efforts to do everything we promised. We have achieved the goals in terms of global growth. We used the relationship network we had for This is amazing in right way,” It is to explain.
Ali Karabi, co-founder of venture Capital Fund 212 said “we didn’t invest”. in Inside but “they’ve taken over the investment”
“at fact, we resisted not investing. They convinced us of This is amazing. With them teamthey were one of The Rare Startups That Fulfilled All Promises made. stick to them global growth plans And using The network They have it properly made for them first Rhino software start. It’s exciting to see unicorn startups in The venture Karabe said.
We were thinking ‘Can we go back?’ on investment.’ It’s exciting now to see that they are unicorns.”
The amount of investment in growth
Processing startups.watch eventMohamed Ozan general manager of TT Ventures, the company venture capital company of Talk Turk Telekom of The new reorganization.
according to on Ozan, Türk Telekom’s transformation visionary, said they are expanding TT Ventures’ investment portfolio and increasing support for Initiatives within scope of Turk Telekom startup acceleration programpilot.
Now we will increase our investment amount By including not only Türk Telekom resources, but also Domestic and foreign investors in our investment pool. “
With the continued flow of capital in In an unprecedented time paceTurkish Startup System left behind that it best first quarter to date.
Momentum propelled Turkey into the “Premier League” in Europe when it comes to investments, while Istanbul has been spearheading way with The gaming industry.
Turkish startups are insured more From 1.27 billion dollars in 49 investment rounds From January to March, data from Startups.watch showed industry watch.
I got close to amount of completely of 2021, when over $1.58 billion invested through total of 321 tours.
The January-March number represents best first quarter Start for ecosystem, and will continue to be highest So far ($505 million) if the investment received by the express delivery company Getir is excluded.
Most of DC, ie 90% or over $1.14 billion, pumped into three startups alone. Getir earned $786 million, followed by Dream Games with 255 million dollars from the inside with Startups.watch data showed that $121 million.
This is what Turkey did on On a quarterly basis she managed to find herself in The league of one billion-dollar countriesnamed “Premier League”, consisting of of Countries such as the United Kingdom, France and Germany.
Istanbul champion
Turkey was a hero in gaming investments, said Startups.watch founder Serkan Unsal.
“Consider investments made in gaming Initiatives in The first quarter of In 2022, Turkey will become the most attractive country for investments in Europe and the Middle East regionwhile I became Istanbul city Bigger fee amount of investments,” Unsal said event to advertise first-quarter results.
And so the Turkish city left behind Notable cities such as London, Oslo and Helsinki, is added.
“Istanbul which also rank first in terms of the number of game studios, have made great progress in gamingstressed Unsal.
“Gaming startups set a record Like total amount of investments and in The first quarterSeven startups received investment of $326 million.”
Ünsal stressed performance of Spike Games That Raised A record 55 million dollars in seed round of financing. Represents the largest seed round to date for startup out of turkey.
he is also He mentioned another offer gaming The Dream Games Startup That Received $255 Million That Helped It join Unicorn projects in Turkey.
This ‘demonstrates the wealth of Turkey when it comes to gaming Startup”, number of That’s still growing, Unsall said.
he is also connect the success to the collective path record As co-founders and many employees have gained experience At Peak Games, Turkey first The rhinoceros acquired by the US giant Zynga for About 1.8 billion dollars in 2020.
“Acquisition of 80% of The gaming Alictus Foundation for $100 million was the largest acquisition of The first quarter of 2022, Unsall said.
“So, gaming Startups continue to shine in The first quarter. “
big company venture capital
According to Startups.watch data, companies venture Capital Funds (CVC) joined one out of All three investment deals in The first Three months of The year.
Among these, Esas Holding, Türk Telekom, Sabancı Holding and Eczacıbaşı came to the fore. with their recent investment.
When it comes to the number of deals, cloud-based software Startups software as a service (SaaS) and financial technology It was the projects that attracted the most interest.
Among other things, gaming, artificial intelligence and market projects were also also in the foreground.
foreign investors joined one out of The data showed all three investment deals.
On the other hand, about 44 boxes with measuring of Created 645 million dollars over The last Three years.
Women have an influence
Female Entrepreneurs Included in 35% of Investment deals from January through March.
Many of billion-dollar Startups in Turkey, including Trendyol, Hepsiburada and Insider, is led by female entrepreneurs.
In addition, women prominent in Engaging Impact-Making Initiatives in Industries such as education, health and artificial intelligence.
Hande Çilingir became an inspiration for The software Initiatives as Co-Founder and CEO of Inside, Turkey first one billion-dollar software venture.
different scales
Esas Holdings, which has attracted interest in The venture environmental system with its investment in Getir, is among the institutions that invest in Startups with a global growth goal who – which need doubleInvestment number.
“Different metrics are applied here. We are used to different criteria such as profitability in Areas we’ve been in for a long time -term investment negotiations. “The situation is completely different here,” said Esas Holding CEO Çağatay Ozdogro.
“you need To work quickly, check with Right investment committees. I’m involved in All investment committees. we first missed chance for investment in Geter. Then we acted more Ozdogro said.
He indicated that they would take it differently steps When it comes to Esas Ventures.
We will continue to evaluate global and local investment opportunities. we want Startups that want To take bigger steps to see it us as investors. In the coming period you will see us investment more in areas such as artificial intelligence and machine learning.”
Düşyeri: An educational and entertaining platform for children
One of projects that have attracted benefit in The first quarter Düşyeri, an edutainment platform focused on children.
based in Istanbul venture She managed to raise $3.7 million in seed funding round in The first quarter in the evaluation of $35 million.
Düşyeri CEO, Ibrahim Koçoner, stressed the importance of finance like venture getting ready to go global.
“After we decided to leave banking and join of Düşyeri, we worked to achieve dream of To become a baby mode of phones in way stronger, said Kochkunner.
“We have highlighted ability To be a platform for educational applications in countries with a population of more from 50 million people. Unparalleled initiative for It’s fast growthshe has more from 60 special designed game And content Apps and ‘Child Mode’ feature we launched in December 2021 has arrived more From 350 thousand users.
“After this investment roundWe will focus on global growth. “
Kenan Colban who He was among the angel investors who invested in startup in 2018, they said they think in Dochery’s vision.
“I am very happy that they accepted me as an angel investor as a part of This is amazing dream. We think they will be global success story in next period “.
Midas wants to change the culture of investing
The first NewBroker of Turkey, Midas Focus on Changing the investment culture in The state seeks to be a transparent and reliable investment tool by eliminating technology roadblock.
“Shortly after we started, the epidemic broke out out. In these circumstances, we have tried to overcome the permission operations of official institutions. in less than a yearwe received over 11 million dollars in Investments from prominent domestic and foreign funds. We achieved 150% growth in The last Three months and they created engineering team of 70 people, said Egem Eraslan, Co-Founder and CEO of Midas.
Today, Midas accompanies the investment journey of tens of in thousands of Eraslan referred to its users.
“we first investment of Spark Capital in Turkey is among the investors of Twitter and Snapchat have investments in Fintech companies such as Coinbase, Plaid, Wealthfront, Alpaca and Marqueta” added.
“we want to create new Investment culture and be a pioneer in He. She. we completing our flaws in this connection.”
Irrsan said that Midas is first And a brokerage company licensed by the Capital Markets Board of Directors only in Turkey that shortens the investment process of users and that they produce the infrastructure and technology those speeds up All transactions such as account opening, money stock transfer purchase And selling from scratch.
“We offer the possibility of trading on US stock exchanges for individual investors with a trading Fees as low as $1.50, with no minimums. Midas users can also Become partners through investment in worldFamous companies such as Google, Apple, Starbucks, Facebook and Tesla, whose products almost everyone uses over The world Today, he explained.
established with the aim of To make equity investments affordable and fair, Midas does not offer any commission for Turkish stocks up To a certain size and low fixed Outlay for US stocks with without commission.
Like first mediation only house in Turkey, Midas also Offers a guaranteed insurance opportunity worth 500,000 dollars in that it overseas Free accounts live Broadcast data from US stock exchanges.
speak of The venture All international investment institutions already know them. “
“This is the first Once we have seen such a thing regarding financial technology start. We think they have too clear path Forward, “Bayraktar added.
Inside: billion-dollar software start
Female-led SaaS startup Insider owns also attracted great interest this year After becoming Turkey latest Rhino.
According to Arda Cotterin, one of Insiders, the most important teams of The insider is determined to keep the talent inside.
“It was important to take the right steps while we were building right team and expand organization. I think it is team who – which also Cotterin said.
“Like someone who Was a salesperson, you feel comfortable selling. but the next The month starts everything over again. at factWhen we became a billion-dollar Enterprise, we realized that we have more the responsibility. After all, we had no example in In front of me of us. We learned to do business in Far East geography ourselves. have made great Our efforts to do everything we promised. We have achieved the goals in terms of global growth. We used the relationship network we had for This is amazing in right way,” It is to explain.
Ali Karabi, co-founder of venture Capital Fund 212 said “we didn’t invest”. in Inside but “they’ve taken over the investment”
“at fact, we resisted not investing. They convinced us of This is amazing. With them teamthey were one of The Rare Startups That Fulfilled All Promises made. stick to them global growth plans And using The network They have it properly made for them first Rhino software start. It’s exciting to see unicorn startups in The venture Karabe said.
We were thinking ‘Can we go back?’ on investment.’ It’s exciting now to see that they are unicorns.”
The amount of investment in growth
Processing startups.watch eventMohamed Ozan general manager of TT Ventures, the company venture capital company of Talk Turk Telekom of The new reorganization.
according to on Ozan, Türk Telekom’s transformation visionary, said they are expanding TT Ventures’ investment portfolio and increasing support for Initiatives within scope of Turk Telekom startup acceleration programpilot.
Now we will increase our investment amount By including not only Türk Telekom resources, but also Domestic and foreign investors in our investment pool. “