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• Teknoloji Yatirim A.S. Launches New Website

  Posted on Monday June 16th, 2008 at 03:12 in fundraising, teknoloji yatirim a.s., ttgv, venture capital

  From what I understand, TTGV, the Turkish Technology Entrepreneur Fund has spun out Teknoloji Yatirim A.S. and has been operating for some time now, although TTGV still exists. With that Teknoloji Ya...

• CFK Partners Launches with Turkish Focus

  Posted on Sunday April 27th, 2008 at 14:08 in cfk partners, fundraising, vakıf girişim

  In my correspondance with CFK Partners and the post in regards to their acquiring a stake in Vakif Girisim, I was able to secure some information regarding their plans and focus for Turkey. I do not ...

• Turkey Launches iVCi - The Istanbul Venture Capital Initiative - a €200M Fund-of-Funds Aided by the EIF

  Posted on Sunday January 6th, 2008 at 13:58 in fund closings, fund of funds, fundraising, ivci, venture capital

  Well, I finally get to break the news on this one since I only received the press release a few weeks ago. It is also fitting as it is Grandstanding Traction's first post of 2008. It should be a gre...

• Actera Group Closes Actera Partners Fund at $475 Million

  Posted on Sunday December 23rd, 2007 at 14:47 in actera, fund closings, fundraising, private equity

  The Actera Group has finally closed their Actera Partners fund at over $475 million according to an AltAssets report. This would be a new Turkish fund record, and would most likely bring 2007 to a c...

• Interview: Mehtap Özkan - GoldenHorn Ventures Part II

  Posted on Sunday December 16th, 2007 at 13:18 in emerging markets, entrepreneurship, fund closings, fundraising, golden horn ventures, venture capital

  Last week, I presented part one of an interview with Mehtap (Mae) Özkan, founder of GoldenHorn Ventures, concerning her fund, and about venture capital and entrepreneurship in Turkey. Here is part ...

• Interview: Mae Özkan - GoldenHorn Ventures - Part I

  Posted on Sunday December 9th, 2007 at 13:26 in emerging markets, entrepreneurship, fund closings, fundraising, golden horn ventures, venture capital

  Mehtap (Mae) Özkan, founder of GoldenHorn Ventures, was kind enough to be interviewed via email concerning her fund, and about venture capital and entrepreneurship in Turkey. I am not suprised that...

• Turkven Closes Second Fund - TPEF II

  Posted on Sunday November 18th, 2007 at 12:03 in fund closings, fundraising, private equity, turkven, venture capital

  Although there is not a lot of information out there, it can be confirmed that Turkven has closed its second fund. Posted in October in the WSJ (for subscibers), the TPEF II buyout fund is predicted...

• EVCA Releases Quarterly Report: Median Venture Investment Surpasses €3 million

  Posted on Monday September 17th, 2007 at 01:27 in evca, funding gap, fundraising, incubators, investment reports, median investments, private equity, private equity research, tvca

  At the end of August, the European Venture Capital Association produced its quarterly report with the help of Dow Jones, VentureOne, and Ernst & Young. The highlight of the report, published her...

• Is Turkey's IPO Window Open on the Istanbul Stock Exchange (IMKB)? Here are the 2007 IPOs!

  Posted on Sunday July 29th, 2007 at 04:36 in exits, fundraising, imkb, ipos, reit

  2007 has been a very busy year, indeed. In the first half of the year, there were 8 IPO's (including Albaraka Turk Bank) totaling $2.820 billion. This breaks a record set in 2000, when 36 companies ...