Silicon Valley · Istanbul · Since 2011

Turkey, without
the guesswork.

Ground-truth intelligence and vetted deal flow for US investors in Turkey's tech ecosystem.

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$1.4B
Turkish startup investments, 2025
KPMG / startups.watch
$12.9B
Istanbul ecosystem valuation
Startup Genome, 2025
11,700+
Active ICT companies
Invest in Türkiye, 2024
15YRS
Network depth on the ground
Since 2011
What We Do

Three things, done well.

We don't run a fund. We work alongside US investors who want a defensible read on Turkey and a way into the deals that matter.

01 / Signal
Intelligence
Read the market clearly.

Quarterly intelligence briefs, sector deep-dives, and live deal-flow notes from the ground. The kind of read CB Insights and Crunchbase miss because they don't have anyone in Levent.

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02 / Access
Deal Flow
Meet founders who matter.

Curated introductions to Turkey-Nexus founders at the seed-to-Series-A stage — before the round closes, before they relocate, while valuations still reflect TR pricing and trajectories already go global.

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03 / Execution
Advisory
Close the deal cleanly.

Diligence, structuring, regulatory navigation, and post-investment support across both jurisdictions. Currency hedging, Delaware flips, board logistics — we've seen the failure modes.

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The 2026 Thesis

The mega-deals fade.
The pipeline grows.

2024 and 2025 both ran the same play: two or three mega-deals carried headline volume; 300+ founders raised in the background. The pipeline is the story. The mega-deals just decorate it.

"Every mega-deal in Turkish tech has been an exit. The entries are one layer below."

— from the 2026 Ottoman Ventures Turkey Thesis

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Turkish startup deal volume — $USD
The five-year arc.
$1.4B '21
$1.84B '22
$722M '23
$2.6B '24
$1.4B '25

Total annual transaction volume per KPMG. 2024's $2.6B was carried by two M&A/growth deals (Hepsiburada/Kaspi ~$1.1B; Insider/General Atlantic $500M). 2025 includes Trendyol Go/Uber ($700M). Separately, CVC's $5B buyout of Dream Games (2025) is the largest TR tech transaction since 2020; excluded here as a secondary buyout. Sources: KPMG; startups.watch.

Insights

Latest analysis.

Sharp, source-cited, short. Written for US investors who want to know what's actually happening — not what the press release says.

Macro May 12, 2026

Every mega-deal in Turkish tech has been an exit. The entries are one layer below.

Two mega-deals carried 2024. Two carried 2025. The story isn't deal volume — it's that every headline transaction has been a liquidity event for the prior cycle, while 360 founders raised in the background.

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Sector · AI May 5, 2026

$715M and counting: what Turkey's AI deals tell us about the next round.

Insider's $500M round set the ceiling. The interesting question is what's happening one tier below — at seed and Series A — where the asymmetry lives.

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Thesis April 28, 2026

The seed-to-Series-A gap: where US capital wins in Turkey.

Turkish seed sizes are half the European average. Founders relocate by Series B. The gap in between is where outside capital captures full upside.

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