Lonca Girişimcilik Merkezi

Lonca Girişimcilik Merkezi is a venture capital investment firm focusing on technology startups and entrepreneurs. It aims to enable entrepreneurs with technology-oriented, scalable business ideas to turn their project ideas into commercial activities. The firm was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in İstanbul, Turkey.

Lokman Ökten

Founding Coordinator

4 past transactions

Turan

Seed Round in 2023
Turan is a fintech company that offers microloans and prepaid cards tailored to millennials' lifestyles, along with easy money transfers and a convenient transfer gateway. It operates across all Turkish states.

Ni-CAT Battery Materials and AI Company

Seed Round in 2023
Ni-CAT is working on AI-assisted research and development of next-generation battery materials, which is the key to the transition to battery electric vehicles. Ni-CAT believes that the speed of EV transition is still not enough to prevent global warming and replace carbon-based fuels in near future, and it is not related to money or resources. We believe that speeding up EV transition is possible with our novel methodology, which combines three approximation to the solution: our unique AI-assisted materials research, digitalized reactor farm and our novel surfactant-assisted synthesis. As the electrification of the automotive industry expands, we deliver state-of-the-art technologies to meet the industry’s high-quality standards. To help our customers to step up the EV transition, we will be working on our research and development of lower-cost/higher performance, ultra-high energy density battery materials to serve innovative solutions for a brighter future. With our expertise in the application of machine learning in material science, we are developing low cobalt/high nickel lithium cathode materials. Cathode determines the type of a lithium battery and is the limiting factor for nickel-based batteries. Further improvement in battery performance is possible through AI-assisted custom high nickel cathode materials with increased charge rate, charge to discharge ratio, tap density, or any other specifications. By our unique computer-controlled digital reactor farm, we numerize synthesis parameters and output specifications for the machine learning algorithm we have been developing.

Pooly

Grant in 2022
AI-based innovative carpooling platform, enabling social, sustainable and cost-efficient daily commute.

Clickatory

Grant in 2021
Clickatory is a digital marketplace that connects creators of web design products with users seeking ready-to-use digital assets. It offers a wide range of categories, including themes, templates, graphics, videos, audio, and 3D designs, all accessible through an online storefront. The platform's mission is to provide a secure and global space for both individual and corporate users to fulfill their web design needs.
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