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500 Istanbul

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Total investments 24
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$606K
Portfolio companies 20
Rounds per year 1.85
Lead investments 3
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.17
Exits 2
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Information Technology
  • Software
  • SaaS
  • Waste Management
  • Food Delivery
Summary

The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Istanbul. The company was established in Asia in Turkey.

The top activity for fund was in 2019. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. Opposing the other organizations, this 500 Istanbul works on 21 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 30 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight BillionToOne. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Data Integration, Marketing Automation. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 participants. Despite the 500 Istanbul, startups are often financed by Larry Braitman, LAUNCHub Ventures, Adam Nash. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Y Combinator, Neotribe Ventures, LAUNCHub Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Galata Business Angels.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

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Internet
Publishing
18 May 2022 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Information Technology
Open Source
Software
$1M10 May 2022 -

Permify

Developer APIs
Information Technology
Software
27 Apr 2022 San Francisco, California, United States

Altogic

Consulting
Web Browsers
Web Design
WebOS
$1M12 Apr 2022 Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

Layer

08 Apr 2022 -

synnada.ai

Software
$2M28 Dec 2021 Leander, Texas, United States

Datapad

Developer Tools
Information Technology
Software
$840K25 Nov 2021 Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

Agave Games

$425K20 Oct 2021 Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

Agave Games

20 Sep 2021 Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

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Total investments 24
Average round size 606K
Rounds per year 1.85
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 3
Follow on index 0.17
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.50

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Freeflow Services

Internet
Publishing
18 May 2022 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Refine

Information Technology
Open Source
Software
$1M10 May 2022 -

Permify

Developer APIs
Information Technology
Software
27 Apr 2022 San Francisco, California, United States

Altogic

Consulting
Web Browsers
Web Design
WebOS
$1M12 Apr 2022 Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

Layer

08 Apr 2022 -

synnada.ai

Software
$2M28 Dec 2021 Leander, Texas, United States

Datapad

Developer Tools
Information Technology
Software
$840K25 Nov 2021 Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

Agave Games

$425K20 Oct 2021 Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

Agave Games

20 Sep 2021 Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
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