212 Capital Partners Makes First Investment in Butigo.com
No Comment by Ali Altuğ KOCA on February 8, 2012
We had 212 Capital Partners into our radar first with its founders’s individual investments in Hazinem.com. The partnership just announced they have made their first investment as a company in Butigo.com. Started by Gizem Yasa, Harun Güner and Berk Alevi, Butigo.com is a e-commerce site selling shoes, bags and accessories to fashion enthusiasts. Press release contained no data on the amount of investment or [...]
Mikro Ödeme receives investment from Mediterra Capital
No Comment by Ali Altuğ KOCA on January 25, 2012
One of the major Turkish mobile payment services, Mikro Ödeme, has received investment from Mediterra Capital. Information on the amount has not been shared with us yet, but it was announced that Mediterra Capital has acquired majority shares of Mikro Ödeme. The management of the company will be the same after the acquisition, while Alper Akcan [...]
Webrazzi Almanac 2011
No Comment by Ali Altuğ KOCA on January 18, 2012
2011 has been a year with major advances for Turkish internet industry. Apart from foreign investors’ great interest in Turkish market, Gittigidiyor acquisition by eBay and Markafoni acquisition by Naspers as majority shareholder have been significant milestones for the industry. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers investment of 26 million dollars in Trendyol and Amazon investment in ÇiçekSepeti [...]
Webrazzi 2011 results are in!
No Comment by Ali Altuğ KOCA on January 11, 2012
Webrazzi 2011 process started with your nominees on the first days of December, and it was finalized last Friday. Webrazzi 2011 ended with a large participation as last year, while a more than 200 thousand votes were used in total. Below is the full list of Webrazzi 2011 results with the bests of 2011 selected by your [...]
Turkcell’s gnctrkcll is the First Turkish Brand to Use Twitter Advertising
No Comment by Ali Altuğ KOCA on November 30, 2011
If you log in on Twitter via Web, you will see that gnctrkcll, the youth platform of Turkcell, is now a sponsored account under Who To Follow on Twitter. Promoted Accounts is one of the advertising models of Twitter still in Beta and Turkcell is the first Turkish company to use Twitter ads. This campaign [...]
Zynga Game Cards Are in Turkey via Mikro Odeme: Zynga.com.tr
No Comment by Ali Altuğ KOCA on October 4, 2011
Mikro Odeme, the micro payment platform, is continuing to expand its works on payment systems with its new brand, 3Pay. As a result of these studies, the game cards Zynga has offered all around the world are in Turkey now. The cards are sold at Zynga.com.tr with prices 4.50, 12.00, 23.00 and 46.00 TL and can [...]
Russian Search Giant Yandex is in Turkey
No Comment by Ali Altuğ KOCA on October 3, 2011
Yandex has finally announced that it is in Turkish market with a pres meeting held today. Founded in 1993, Russian search engine Yandex has the largest market share by 64% in Russia. Yandex has been continuing its work in Turkey for a few months and made a relatively large team, while the company had been meeting [...]
Webrazzi Summit Registration Started! Facebook, Twitter, Yossi Vardi and Many Major Names in Istanbul!
No Comment by Ali Altuğ KOCA on August 19, 2011
Count down for Webrazzi Summit to be held in Point Hotel Barbaros on October 19, 2011 has started! You can register for Turkey’s most influential internet conference and enjoy early registration promotion with limited quota. You can register using ticketing service amiando, the choice of largest conferences in Europe. Click here to register in Webrazzi [...]
Turkey Internet Usage Data from TTNET for 21 June
No Comment by Ali Altuğ KOCA on July 25, 2011
TTNET‘s official blog published a striking article with data for June 21, the longest day of the year, written by Şahin Şen, Vice President of Operations. The article shows that TTNET ADSL subscribers reached a speed of 500,00 Gbps on June 21 and total Internet use has reached an amount of 3458 Terabyte. While Internet [...]
Naspers’s Allegro Group Acquired Markafoni
3 Comments by Ali Altuğ KOCA on July 12, 2011
We heard of the investment from Allegro, one of Naspers’ group companies, for Markafoni about two months ago and shared this news with you last week. Now the investment has been confirmed by a news bulletin we just received. The bulleting says that an approximate of 70 percent of Markafoni stakes have been bought by [...]