Ottoman Ventures is a venture capital enabler and management consultancy company based in Palo Alto, CA with offices in Istanbul, Turkey. Its aim is to collect, evaluate, filter and invest in the leading innovative ideas generated in Turkey and beyond. Its mission is to create a breeding ground for technology companies in the region by creating an ecosystem of investors, entrepreneurs and industry partners and to help create wealth for all the participants in this ecosystem. Ottoman Ventures also provides management consultancy in relation to technology evaluation, due-diligence, investor relations management, technological trends and strategic planning, system development life cycle processes, sales and marketing and intellectual property rights management.

OV focuses on investment opportunities in information and telecommunication technologies, attracting local entrepreneurs, partnering with local and global investors, investing in selected business opportunities and providing executive consultancy for both entrepreneurs, investors and other partners.

Why Turkey?

Turkey provides a great opportunity for venture capital investors looking for diversification and new opportunities in a big market. Both the world-wide economic crisis and the “almost-non-existent” venture capital investment practices in Turkey provide an opportunity gap for all the investors interested in venture capital investments in the region. With a very young population of over 70 Million people, significant competition for good university positions every year, success-hungry well educated and motivated professionals, nearly 100% mobile penetration with increasing Internet and broadband users and a market that represents the 15th largest economy in the world and 6th largest economy compared to 27 EU countries in 2007, Turkey represents a great opportunity for venture capital investors.