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Türkiye Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
INVESTMENT IN 2020
In 2020, 178 Million $ was invested in the Turkish entrepreneurship ecosystem
INVESTMENT IN 2021
By 2021, the total investment amount exceeded 1.3 Billion $ . The reason for this increase is the startups that received mega investments; RS Research, Servislet, Akinon, BluTV, Picus Security, Libra Softworks, Colendi, Tiko, Dream Games, Getir, Trendyol
2022 ECOSYSTEM RECORD
In the first 6 months of 2022, an ecosystem record was broken!
INVESTMENT IN 2022
In the first half of 2022, 1.39 Billion $ of investment was raised, completing the highest invested half of all time.
Türkiye Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
Istanbul, the highest ranked city in Türkiye, gained momentum and moved up 3 places this year (among European cities)
Istanbul ranks among Europe's top 5 technology capitals.
Türkiye has great potential as a country that is getting closer to realizing its ambitions. In particular, Istanbul's international ecosystem is expected to soon transform into the startup hub of the MENA region.
Source: startups.watch
Verticals Most Preferred (Established) by Entrepreneurs in Turkey
In the last 5 years, the verticals with the highest number of startups established were game and fintech. In terms of technology and infrastructure, SaaS and AI were hot topics for entrepreneurs.
Deeptech and healthtech will make a serious leap in the coming period with the newly established structures of technology parks.
In terms of deal size; grocery delivery, game, AI, SaaS and marketingtech were hot topics of first half of 2022. In terms of deal count; fintech, SaaS, AI, Game and eCommerce were hot topics of first half of 2022.
Source: startups.watch
The Most Funded Turkish Startups in 2022
Breakdown Of 1.39 Billion Dollars Of Funding Received In 2022
Local Investors
Global Investors
Investment Amount
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Initial Invesment
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Female Co- Founder
A total of 563 investments including angel investors
A total of 110 global investors, including angel investors have invested
Startups with at least one female cofounder received a total investment of 239 Million Dollars
61% (96 startups) of the startups that received investment this year received investment for the first time
27% of the startups that received investment this year have at least one female co-founder
Institutions and Organisations Investing in Turkish Startups
212 Ventures
500 Istanbul
ACT Venture Partners
Ak Portföy Yönetimi
Alesta Yatırım
Angel Effect
Animoca Brands
APY Ventures
Atempo Growth
Authority
Balderton Capital
Boğaziçi Ventures
Colendi
D4 Ventures
DEG
Earlybird Venture Capital
EBRD
EGİAD Melekleri
Endeavor Catalyst
Esas Ventures
Escort Teknoloji Yatırım
Esor Investments
Everyrealm
Finberg
Galata Business Angels
Garena
Geometri Melek Yatırım
Goldman Sachs
Griffin Gaming Partners
Growth Fund
HiVC
Index Ventures
JAM Fund
Kalyon VC
Keiretsu Forum Türkiye
Khaira Capital
KT Portföy Yönetimi
Kültepe Yatırım
LEAP Investment
Libertus Capital
Logo Ventures
Ludus VC
Makers Fund
Mindvest
Mubadala, Abu Dhabi
Öncü GSYO
Pantera Capital
Paribu Ventures
PlatformXIT
Qatar Investment
QIA
Re-Pie Portföy
Revo Capital
Riverwood Capital
Sabancı Ventures
Salt Pay
ScaleX Ventures
Sequoia
Solana Ventures
Spark Capital
StartersHUB
Startupfon
TechOne VC
Tiger Global Management
Twozero Ventures
Wamda Capital
Yıldız Ventures
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