Can Digital Bosphorus Compete with Silicon Valley?
No Comment by Sami Eyidilli on March 22, 2012
DLD conference held in Munich last week included a session for Turkey called Digital Bosphorus and it created huge sensation; as we are now witnessing the times when Turkish internet industry has taken its first steps a long time ago, and it has begin to run. Let me tell you shortly about what happened in DLD [...]
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 [...]
Sina Afra: Our aim is to reach a valuation of 1 Billion Dollars within 3 Years’ Time
One Comment by Ümit Öncel on November 15, 2011
It was quite an interesting moment when it was mentioned during the interview with Arda Kutsal and Hanzade Doğan Boyner at Webrazzi Summit that Doğan Online has been recently interested in Grupfoni but could not reach an agreement with them. As a coincidence, Ms. Boyner was followed by Sina Afra and as you may guess [...]
Last Lap for Markafoni’s New Round Investment
No Comment by Arda Kutsal on June 2, 2011
We have been hearing that there are negotiations going on for Turkey’s most popular private shopping club Markafoni‘s new round investment, even a sale as a whole or in lots, among leading companies worldwide. Recently, we have been hearing about this more and more. We have also heard that Markafoni has been in touch with Otto [...]
Markafoni’s New Start-Up Zizigo Gets Online
3 Comments by Arda Kutsal on April 19, 2011
Following the success of Markafoni, Sina Afra started his new e-commerce website, Zizigo, as of today. Sina had been long talking about this startup, which is focused on shoes world. The website is ready to bring difference to the market with features including free shipping, 365 days return, 7/24 customer service and it is aiming [...]
Angel Investment in Turkey in 2010
One Comment by Guest Author on February 17, 2011
I guess every entrepreneur knows the methods to begin a start-up: – Make it with their own capital – Getting capital from family and friends – Working with incubation companies – Support from Angel Investors – Contests and prizes – Support from VC companies which make investment directly within early period. The year 2010 was [...]
The First Incubation Center for Turkish Internet Entrepreneurs Opens!
One Comment by Hasan Başusta on December 9, 2009
Today I want to share news I have known for a long time and been eagerly waiting to give you. Turkey’s first incubation center for internet entrepreneurs is opening in Istanbul. First let me explain what an incubation center for those who do not know. We see examples to incubation centers in the United States and [...]
Interview: Nurettin Ozdogan on KariyerGENC
No Comment by Hasan Başusta on September 28, 2009
KariyerGENC is an initiative that was brought to life to support newly graduated or still studying young people in their career development as we have mentioned before. The company’s aim is to build a bridge between young talents and companies. They work with almost 90 worldly known and leader Turkish companies, some of whose are [...]