Boğaziçi Ventures

Boğaziçi Ventures, established in 2013 and based in Istanbul, Turkey, is a venture capital firm focused on supporting technology startups at the growth stage. The firm seeks to elevate entrepreneurial success by investing in talented teams and providing essential resources such as business model development, funding, and mentoring. Boğaziçi Ventures operates several funds, including the BV Growth fund, which targets a minimum size of $30 million for technology startups in Turkey aiming for global market entry. Additionally, the BV Crypto fund, with a target of $50 million, focuses on investments in cryptocurrency and blockchain projects, leveraging a dedicated team that conducts thorough analyses of initial coin offerings. The BV MENA fund aims for a minimum of $100 million to invest in growth-stage technology startups in the Middle East and Africa, further expanding the firm's investment footprint in emerging markets.

Kenan Colpan

Managing Partner

25 past transactions

Gulliver's Games

Seed Round in 2023
Operator of a gaming studio intended to create unique experiences for players of all ages worldwide. The company's platform uses the existing game technologies to test and iterate without needing a new build and release, enabling players to get an optimal gaming experience.

Enhencer

Seed Round in 2022
Enhencer operates an automated machine learning platform designed to predict website visitors and customer purchase decisions. By leveraging sophisticated AI algorithms, the platform collects and analyzes website visitor data, automatically segmenting users based on their behavior and likelihood to make purchases. This functionality allows e-commerce businesses to optimize their marketing campaigns by targeting relevant audiences effectively. Enhencer's user-friendly interface enables any business unit with prepared data to easily build and deploy machine learning models, including popular algorithms such as Decision Tree, Random Forest, and Artificial Neural Networks, without the need for extensive programming knowledge. This approach makes machine learning accessible and practical for organizations seeking to enhance their marketing strategies.

Malty

Seed Round in 2022
Malty is a manufacturer of malt-based healthy snacks with the goal of providing new food products made from sustainable components. The company uses sustainable and repurposed raw materials, and its products are natural and vegan, with no added sugar, preservatives, or flavor, allowing consumers to enjoy a snack with high nutritional value, dietary fiber, and non-additive content.

Craftgate

Seed Round in 2022
Craftgate is a payment orchestration platform that enables businesses to manage their virtual point-of-sale systems from a single location. By integrating various banks and payment institutions, Craftgate streamlines payment processes, offering features such as central integration, card storage, one-click payments, closed-circuit wallets, payment via links, and quick response codes. This comprehensive approach allows clients to save time and reduce operational costs, enabling them to concentrate on expanding their core business.

Producter

Seed Round in 2022
Producter is super tool for product companies who want to manage everything “all in one place” remotely.

NAG Studios

Seed Round in 2022
NAG Studios AB, based in Stockholm, Sweden, develops innovative games and streaming platforms tailored for players, broadcasters, and spectators. Founded by industry veterans Peter Stahl and Johan Skott, the company aims to enhance competitive gaming and esports by creating immersive experiences akin to a Superbowl format. Since its incorporation in 2015, NAG Studios has focused on integrating community engagement into its offerings, positioning itself as a key player in the gaming and esports landscape.

Eyedius

Seed Round in 2021
Eyedius Technology, founded in 2013 and based in Istanbul, Turkey, specializes in developing advanced image-processing technologies aimed at enhancing security across various environments. The company offers security software tailored for building complexes, residential areas, offices, hotels, and business centers. Its innovative solutions provide comprehensive 360-degree security, addressing the diverse safety needs of different sectors and ensuring protection in all aspects of life.

Gulliver's Games

Seed Round in 2021
Operator of a gaming studio intended to create unique experiences for players of all ages worldwide. The company's platform uses the existing game technologies to test and iterate without needing a new build and release, enabling players to get an optimal gaming experience.

Funrika

Seed Round in 2021
Funrika is a developer of casual puzzle games that focuses on creating high-quality interactive gaming experiences. The company utilizes advanced 3D technology to enable users to engage with their games in a unique way, allowing players to assume the role of characters through 3D avatars. This innovative approach incorporates video, picture, and special production content, providing players with immersive gameplay. Additionally, Funrika’s platform facilitates social sharing, enabling users to connect and share their gaming experiences on social networks. Through these offerings, Funrika aims to enhance the casual gaming landscape for a broad audience.

Veloxia

Venture Round in 2021
Veloxia Technology is focused on developing innovative mobile games, particularly idle games, for mobile devices. The company aims to create engaging multiplayer strategy and simulation games that provide entertaining experiences for users. By integrating behavioral economics into its products, Veloxia seeks to enhance product-market fit and disrupt the gaming industry. The company emphasizes the importance of assembling a team with strong capabilities and values, which it believes is essential for creating revolutionary gaming products.

Tarentum

Seed Round in 2021
Tarentum is a company based in Istanbul, Turkey, specializing in machine learning and artificial intelligence solutions. It offers a range of products designed to address critical business needs, including time series forecasting, predictive analytics, clustering and segmentation, natural language processing, demand prediction, probabilistic modeling, and behavior analysis. Through its innovative technologies, Tarentum aims to enhance decision-making and operational efficiency for its clients.

Hiwell

Venture Round in 2021
Operator of a digital health platform designed to provide online psychological counseling. The company's platform allows users to fill out detailed information about them in a form and compares that data to match with psychologists, enabling users to get online psychological counseling from clinical psychologists of choice without leaving the house.

Mafia Games

Seed Round in 2021
Operator of a gaming company intended to create fun games for mass appeal. The company develops chance and skill-based hybrid casual games for mobile devices on a global scale, enabling users to enjoy social mobile games on their mobile devices.

BARAKATECH

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of mobile and web applications intended to transform ideas into market-ready software remedies. The company's platform designs and delivers mobile and web application development, blockchain, and big data technologies, enabling startups and mid-size companies to introduce a level of transparency, automation, and efficiency in their business.

Fiber Games

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a gaming platform designed to provide digital content for various games in the market. The company's platform develops different games for every business-specific need and provides investment opportunities for gaming companies, enabling organizations to launch casual and hyper-casual games to meet the expectations of the gaming community.

Colendi

Venture Round in 2018
Colendi GmbH, founded in 2016 and based in Zug, Switzerland, offers blockchain-based decentralized credit evaluation and microcredit scoring services. The company aims to provide a democratized method for credit scoring, which includes a unique identification system that acts as a global financial passport. Colendi's primary focus is to empower unbanked individuals by facilitating access to micro-financing solutions. The platform serves both businesses and individuals, creating a reliable credit scoring mechanism that fosters trust between lenders and borrowers. By utilizing advanced scoring algorithms and artificial intelligence, Colendi seeks to optimize the delivery of financial services, ensuring inclusivity and financial freedom for users regardless of their financial background.

Peerguess

Seed Round in 2018
Peerguess is a Turkish company that designs and develops a cryptocurrency price ticker application, which facilitates trading by offering price analysis and charts. Users can engage in guess analysis to better understand market trends and can set price alerts for specific cryptocurrencies. The platform incorporates gamification elements, allowing users to predict the value of cryptocurrencies over a 24-hour period and earn rewards in the form of Gems. Additionally, users can create and manage their portfolios, track various exchanges, and gain insights into the overall cryptocurrency market, enhancing their trading experience.

MenaPay

Seed Round in 2018
MenaPay is a blockchain-based payment gateway based in Turkey, designed to provide a secure and transparent method for financial transactions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. As the first fully backed cryptocurrency of its kind in the area, MenaPay aims to replace traditional payment methods, facilitating everyday transactions for a population of 441 million people. The platform features an Arabic user-friendly interface to cater to the needs of its diverse user base, making it accessible and practical for daily financial activities.

Eyedius

Seed Round in 2018
Eyedius Technology, founded in 2013 and based in Istanbul, Turkey, specializes in developing advanced image-processing technologies aimed at enhancing security across various environments. The company offers security software tailored for building complexes, residential areas, offices, hotels, and business centers. Its innovative solutions provide comprehensive 360-degree security, addressing the diverse safety needs of different sectors and ensuring protection in all aspects of life.

CC Media House

Series A in 2017
CC Media House, established in 2015 and headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey, operates as a leading digital agency specializing in influencer marketing and video content production. The company creates native advertising, digital public relations, channel management, and brand-integrated video content by collaborating with internet influencers who have substantial social media followings. By leveraging these connections, CC Media House connects brands with the social-first generation, offering effective online market influence and comprehensive channel management services. The company has positioned itself as a prominent player in the New Media sector within Turkey and the broader MENA region.

Genz Biotech

Seed Round in 2017
Genz is a biotech research & development company, developing novel diagnostic solutions for complex diseases, like cancer, coronavirus pandemic. Genz provides solutions for medical centers and/or end-users in cooperation with genetic disease and diagnostic centers. To date, Genz received 4 R&D grants and approval by Turkish Ministry of Health for 3 genetic tests.

CC Media House

Seed Round in 2016
CC Media House, established in 2015 and headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey, operates as a leading digital agency specializing in influencer marketing and video content production. The company creates native advertising, digital public relations, channel management, and brand-integrated video content by collaborating with internet influencers who have substantial social media followings. By leveraging these connections, CC Media House connects brands with the social-first generation, offering effective online market influence and comprehensive channel management services. The company has positioned itself as a prominent player in the New Media sector within Turkey and the broader MENA region.

Sadeceon

Seed Round in 2015
Operator of an online marketplace intended to offer digital services. The company's marketplace offers freelance services such as logo designing, digital marketing, and translation services, enabling businesses and individuals to access a range of services on a common platform.

Protranslate

Seed Round in 2014
Protranslate offers professional translation, localization, subtitling and content creation services to enterprise customers and individuals in 120+ languages through its web-based and mobile platform.
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