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Comparison of Turkey and Brazil digital industries by numbers [Analysis]

One Comment by Ahmet Can Şit on September 17, 2012 Tweet

Turkey and Brazil are among the most highlighted growing digital markets, with considerable penetration rates of credit cards, internet, social Networks and e-commerce.

We will hold a session focused on Brazil and Turkey markets at Webrazzi Summit on October 4th 2012, with speakers including digital industry investors discussing the opportunities in both countries. But before that, we wanted to give you more insight on these countries, comparing their digital industries.

Here is the comparative analysis of Turkish and Brazil digital industries, with nearly all categories including population, internet and credit card penetration, ecommerce figures and digital advertising expenditures.

inploid.com receives investment from Galata Business Angels

No Comment by Fırat Demirel on September 17, 2012 Tweet

inploid became popular when it received investment from Dragons Den Turkey and got listed in Wired 100 list; and now it receives investment and mentorship support from Galata İş Melekleri (Galata Business Angels).

inploid, the knowledge and  experience sharing website included new features in April, and we have learned that it received 300.000 lira worth investment from Galata Business Angels for 30 percent.

This makes inploid’s valuation reach 1 million lira, while founders Serkan and Hakan Köse’s shares became 17.5 for each, and 35 in total. And first investor Nevzat Aydın holds 12.5 percent share now.

The Summit that Presents a New Frontier in Turkey’s Internet Industry: the Countdown for the Webrazzi Summit

No Comment by Arda Kutsal on August 31, 2012 Tweet

Only weeks are left for the giant meeting of Internet industry Webrazzi Summit, and there are 12 new speakers.

We have introduced you our speakers including many significant names such as Alexis Maybank, the founder of Gilt, the largest private shopping website in the US, Aydın Şenkut, the angel investor of many significant startups including Angry Birds creator Rovio, Aardvark, Chomp, Mint, Posterous, Socialcam, Wildfire, Tapulous, Shopify, SoundHound, and Zaarly, Philippe Botteri  from Facebook investor Accel Partners, Jason Kincaid, very popular former TechCrunch author, Jan Rezab, leading social media analysis services Socialbakers’ CEO and Gilles Storme, Vice President of King.com, referred to as Zynga of Europe.

And today, as the countdown for Webrazzi Summit has started, we want to introduce you more significant and inspiring names.

Turkish E-Commerce grows by 40 percent compared to last year’s Q2

No Comment by Ahmet Can Şit on August 31, 2012 Tweet

E-Commerce industry in Turkey continues to grow, in parallel with expectations. The Interbank Card Center (BKM) figures for 2012 Q2 show that the industry is approaching end year’s goals fast.

BKM data reveal that the volume of transaction in ecommerce for 2012 Q2 has been 7.3 billion lira. Nearly 36 million transactions took place in that period, while achieving 40.5 percent growth compared to the same period in 2011. A growth of 450 million lira took place compared to Q1 in 2012.

In the Q1 of 2012, ecommerce industry created a volume of 6.9 billion TL, with 37 million 434 thousand transactions.

Mackolik Internet Services majority shares sold to Perform

No Comment by Noyan Ayan on August 31, 2012 Tweet

Perform Group plc, the global leader in digital sports content and marketing, has acquired 51 percent of Mackolik İnternet Hizmetleri Ticaret A.Ş., which owns 10 sports websites, including two of the leading Turkish sports websites Mackolik.com and Sahadan.com. With this acquisition, Mackolik.com‘s total valuation was specified as 80 million lira.

Perform Group pls has paid 40.8 million lira for 51 percent shares, in cash. It has been stated that the company will acquire the remaining 49 percent shares in March, 2016.

Perform Group had announced that it aimed to enter into global growing markets during its IPO. Turkey is one of the most fast growing Internet markets in Europe.

Rocket Internet terminates operations in Turkey!

No Comment by Arda Kutsal on August 17, 2012 Tweet

We have been hearing about it, but haven’t shared it with you as we didn’t have any confirmed information so far. Today, as we got the news confirmed by quite a few employees, Rocket Internet is shutting down its operations in Turkey.

We have got in contact with many Rocket Internet employees, who confirmed today that some groups inside the company were notified about the decision to halt operations in Turkey and pull out of Turkish market. So, this news is quite true and reliable.

Registration started for Webrazzi Summit 2012!

No Comment by Arda Kutsal on July 30, 2012 Tweet

Webrazzi Summit, the largest event of Webrazzi meeting whole internet industry on the international level is awaited each year and the countdown has begun!

Before having a look at the details of the event, which will be held on October 4th 2012, you can visit Webrazzi Summit web site and enjoy early registration promotion.

The most influential conference for internet in Turkey!

A brief info about Webrazzi Summit for the few who don’t know about it: it is held only once a year and the date is October 4th 2012 this year, while last year it hosted 54 speakers, with 34 sessions in 4 halls.

Held in 2 floors of Point Hotel Barbaros, the event will be in Point Hotel Barbaros again, while occupying 4 floors this time. So, we have reserved nearly all conference rooms and facilities of the hotel

Hepsiburada.com is in investment process with global giants [EXCLUSIVE NEWS]

No Comment by Arda Kutsal on June 18, 2012 Tweet

Lately we had been receiving hearsay information that some global ecommerce companies and funds were interested in Hepsiburada.com, the largest ecommerce company in Turkey. Even global ecommerce giant Amazon was among the companies that we heard would be a partner of Hepsiburada.com.

We have sped up researching about this hearsay information, since our credible sources informed us that Hepsiburada is very busy devoting effort for reporting tasks, these days.

The company is also said to be spending long hours due to due diligence run by a large investment bank, and getting ready to come to the table with more than one parties.

GrupHediye.com receives 1.5m TL investment, changes its business model

No Comment by Fırat Demirel on May 28, 2012 Tweet

We have introduced you Gruphediye.com  as a startup that enables sending gifts to friends as a group before. Now the startup has adopted a new business model and gone international with the support of a loaded investment it has just received.

The service started by Cengiz Coşkun, Talat İçbilen and Melis Sadıkoğlu, has left sales behind with its new business model, switching to a new model that lets users send collected money to a specific person by paid cards. It means, you and your friends can collect some money, have it transferred to a pool account, post it to your friend on MasterCard by shipping, and your friend can use this money for any place that accepts MasterCard. This includes online shopping websites.

Ideasoft makes minority shares available for major partners

No Comment by Fırat Demirel on May 27, 2012 Tweet

There has been a new investment in Turkish etrading industry, but for software this time. IdeaSoft, meeting small businesses with etrading by its etrading software, has sold its minority shares.

Ideasoft, started by Seyhun Özkara, Fatih Çalışkan and Kerem Kaya in 2005, is planning to go international with the support of this investment. The startup opened the doors of etrading for more than 4000 companies in Turkey so far, and its software solutions have been used by many large and small organizations.

Ideasoft made partnership first with ÇİT Yatırım A.Ş. and Projectz. After the contract between parties that have cooperating for some time, minority shares of Ideasoft changed hands.