Simya’s New Investment Khenda Leads the Digital Transformation in Manufacturing Efficiency
The Drive to Reinvent Manufacturing EfficiencyWe are excited to announce our last investment of the year! Post-pandemic, one of the most discussed topics in manufacturing has been the need to achieve efficiency. Inefficient manufacturing procedures, rising labor costs, and the challenges brought by manual data collection are leading to significant issues. Manufacturers seek innovative, efficient […]
New Investment Alert! Simya VC Has Invested in Blok-Z
We’re excited to share our new investment announcement, especially as this marks our transition to double digits in our portfolio. Renewable energy is at the heart of the global energy transition and is critical in achieving sustainability goals. Energy providers struggle to prove the origin of renewable energy sources transparently, making it difficult to meet […]
Newsletter : Sep’18
Newsletter : Sep’18 Turkey’s economy dominated global headlines for much of August. The country’s currency, the Turkish Lira, lost value, a lot of value, in the course of two weeks. It, along with Turkey’s economy, had been struggling all year. Inflation has become a beast in Turkey. Trump’s comments about raising steel and aluminum tariffs on Turkey […]
givin // Social Impact Startup
Social enterprises (SE) are spreading around the globe rapidly. A remarkable example for them in Turkey is a beautiful new-born ‘givin’ which combines growing online shopping with social impact trends. Through givin mobile app, users can sell any unused items and donate the proceedings to NGO projects that they choose, very easily. givin, a for-profit SE, […]
Tahterevalli bize ortaklık hakkında ne öğretebilir
Efendim, ben küçükken oldukça ‘gürbüz’ bir çocuktum. Hatta annemler övünerek (…) anlatır; çarşı pazarda benimle gezerken, insanlar durdurup hangi pehlivanın oğlu olduğumu sorarlarmış. O derece bir irilik. Çocukluğumdan hatırladığım tahterevalli sahneleri var. Hepiniz binmişsinizdir; iki çocuk karşı karşıya geçer, yukarı aşağı iner çıkarlar. Benim bindiğim durumlarda bu olmazdı; zira ben ağır olduğum için bir süre sonra […]
Warning To Digital Entrepreneurs: Regulated Industries Can Bite…
by Fevzi M. TOKSOY, PhD EU Law, Partner at ACTECON The suspension of Booking.com’s services in Turkey has been seen as an attack on individuals’ online freedom and digital entrepreneurship as a whole. Such claims seem to be inaccurate because undertakings, irrespective of their legal form, location and mode of operation (digital/ ‘traditional’), are equally subject […]
Looking Back — Part II : Resilience & Culture
Looking Back — Part II : Resilience & Culture Reflections of a Turkish VC, seven years on In my last post, I reflected on trust and the pioneers of the Turkish startup ecosystem. Here are a few more “lessons” I’ve taken away in my seven years as a Turkish VC. Resilience. When the unexpected is the norm, resilience becomes second nature. […]
Looking back — Part I: Trust & Pioneering
Looking back — Part I: Trust & Pioneering “Statue of Liberty, New York” by tom coe on Unsplash Seven years ago, I boarded a plane at JFK bound for Istanbul. In 2010, in the wake of the global financial crisis, moving to Turkey didn’t seem like the wisest decision. Emerging markets, most pundits predicted, would shrink. Imagine, then, trying […]
Egypt at an Inflection Point
The pounding heart of tech in the regionby Karim Hussein Egypt has been buzzing with entrepreneurial activity in recent years with ever expanding new businesses and a rich set of supporting institutions and communities. Egypt offers some unique opportunities within the region driven by a large online consumer population, a highly competitive core technology talent pool, […]
500 Startups invests in Insider
Insider, a digital experience delivery platform for marketers, secured investment from 500 Startups to fuel its global expansion. 500 Startups is a leading global Venture Capital and Start-up Accelerator with investments in more than 1,600 start-ups in more than 60 countries. As an innovative marketing platform at the junction of ad-tech and mar-tech, Insider provides […]