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 [...]
2011-2012 Evaluation Article Serie [Infograph]
No Comment by Serkan Ünsal on January 30, 2012
As you know, we had started an article series towards the end of 2011. We have created an infograph to sum up with the article series and give hints on the year 2012 for entreprenuers. To do this, we have talked to 19 people who can make investments. There are very valuable people on the [...]
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 [...]
Hazinem Pırlanta: Major Investors Invest in Diamond
One Comment by Arda Kutsal on December 27, 2011
Emre Kurttepeli mentioned about his interest in vertical e-trading in this year’s Webrazzi Agenda E-commerce Meeting, and he confirmed this interest once again. A fresh startup, Hazinem Pırlanta A.Ş., is the new vertical e-trading investment with its experienced management team and major investors, including Emre Kurttepeli. The startup will be offering diamond ring, necklace, bracelet, [...]
Germany Based Ballroom International Network Acquires Reklamz, Linkz and SEM A.Ş.
No Comment by Arda Kutsal on December 23, 2011
Reklamz, one of the leading Turkish advertising networks, has been acquired by Germany-based Ballroom International Network. The acquisition a contract included its sister companies Linkz and SEM A.Ş. Ballroom International included Reklamz, Vidyoda, SEM and Linkz to its network after acquiring all sister companies, which offer advertising and digital services, and updated its website as necessary. You [...]
CubeCDN: Owners of Mackolik Invest in CDN Technology
No Comment by Ümit Öncel on December 23, 2011
Content Distribution Network (CDN) technology is one of the major steps to address the needs of today’s web hosting industry. Particularly large web sites’ contents are hosted in servers that are in various physical locations and connected using CDN, gaining advantage in terms of security, traffic managements and speed. CDN technology bears a major importance [...]
Amazon Takes the First Step Into the Turkish Market with CicekSepeti.com!
No Comment by Arda Kutsal on December 20, 2011
We are sharing one of the most important news about Turkish internet market in 2011 with you now! World’s e-commerce giant Amazon has finally taken its position in Turkish market as expected and took its first step into Turkish market as the minority shareholder of CicekSepeti.com. As we have learned, contract process that was being [...]
Luxybox.com: Çağlar Erol Invests in Birchbox “Box” Model
No Comment by Fırat Demirel on December 15, 2011
Personal care product, cosmetics and perfume industries bear very big opportunities in e-trading world, which is dominated by women and attract both users and investors as a result. Lately the industry has inspired e-trading start-ups as the investment Balerin.com has received, and took it a step further with Markafoni’s sister company MissPera. As the driving [...]
Germany Based Ballroom International Network Acquires Reklamz, Linkz and SEM A.Ş.
No Comment by Arda Kutsal on December 13, 2011
One of the leading advertising networks in Turkey, Reklamz, was acquired by Germany-based Ballroom International Network with a contract that included its sister companies Linkz and SEM A.Ş. Ballroom International bought the entire sister companies offering advertising and digital services, and included Reklamz, Vidyoda, SEM and Linkz to its network, while updating its website as necessary. You [...]
eCift.com Gets 3 M Euros from 3TS Capital
No Comment by Fırat Demirel on December 9, 2011
eÇift is a “serious relationship website” which was founded by sevenload founders Tamer and Akgün Kulmaç and Janset Çelik, and it has received a new investment. 3TS Capital is the 2009 December-born service’s 2. investor, following BrainsToVentures. 3TS Capital Partners invests in companies based in Central and Eastern Europe, and the company has made an investment [...]