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 [...]
Founders of Markafoni Partners with MarkMost
One Comment by Ümit Öncel on December 6, 2011
MarkMost is a service that offers a new structure of group shopping, and we have received a new development on the service, following the new revenue partnership system. It was today confirmed that Markafoni’s founders Ahmet Emre Sarı, Sina Afra and Tolga Tatari have become partners with MarkMost. We know these three names for their [...]
Majority Sale of Grupfoni Confirmed
4 Comments by Arda Kutsal on December 5, 2011
We had written about the news of Grupfoni, whose 55 percent was sold to a disguised company on 11th November. Today, NOAH Advisors, the negotiator for the acquisition, made an announcement on the issue. NOAH Advisors did not mention about the percentage, but confirmed that majority of shares were sold, while announcing that the group [...]
BeyazKutu.com: A New, Private E-trading Site Joins iLab Family
One Comment by Fırat Demirel on December 1, 2011
The number of private shopping sites was on a big rise until lately. When the big players came to the front stage, this increase stopped and now we only get to talk about the big players. Beyazkutu.com got noticed more and more at this point and became known in the market with iLab investment. Hamdi [...]
Yemeksepeti.com Sells 10% Stake
No Comment by Arda Kutsal on November 29, 2011
Yemeksepeti.com recently welcomed new stakeholders, thus selling 10% stake. In fact, we heard about it months ago that the company had been thinking about selling a group of stakes. We even heard about some figures and the names of some potential buyers. We have talked with some of our important resources about the stakeholder exchange [...]
New Round Investment for Tasit.com Completed – There are Familiar Names among Partners!
One Comment by Arda Kutsal on November 24, 2011
We have learned that auto classifieds service Tasit.com has received a new round investment. The amount is not certain yet, but we have some hearsay that have yet to be confirmed. Tasit.com has guaranteed to be on the safe side for the next period with the new round of investment that has been finalized with [...]
Peak Games Gets 11,5 Million Dolar Investment
No Comment by Arda Kutsal on October 5, 2011
We have earlier written about Turkey’s popular social gaming company Peak Games received investment from Hummingbird Ventures and Earlybird Venture Capital. Peak Games came to the fore again with its partnership with RockYou. Today we have heard that the company has received a new investment. The company does not want to make an official statement on the [...]