Our careers have been built as technology entrepreneurs. After successfully building and selling our companies, we decided to invest in technology ventures and help them to reach their ultimate dream. We do financial investment and provide top-level support for international growth through our investment funds.
Our aim is combine the power and experience of traditional capital with the disruptive and talented technology ventures. Both sides need each other and Boğaziçi Ventures plays a key role to moderate the long-term relationship.
Each of our fund has its own target focused technology vertical, investment strategy and dedicated management team. Investors can build bridges with technology companies through Boğaziçi Ventures while enjoying the benefit of high financial return of the tech industry.
Boğaziçi Ventures aims at investing in tech-ventures which are willing to bring down the traditional industries and capable of developing evolutionary technologies, and engaging investors into these fields to make the ecosystem in our region grow sturdily and survive.
We believe that Eastern Europe, Turkey and the MENA region are ideal geographies to develop the technology. Accordingly, we aspire the talents and capabilities in these regions to set good examples similar to our previous global success stories with proper financial and in-kind support, contribute to this geography and provide superior returns to our investors by enhancing these examples. By investing in disruptive future technologies such as blockchain, machine learning, artificial intelligence, internet of things in the fields from health to security, digital games etc.
Our aim is combine the power and experience of traditional capital with the disruptive and talented technology ventures. Both sides need each other and Boğaziçi Ventures plays a key role to moderate the long-term relationship.
Each of our fund has its own target focused technology vertical, investment strategy and dedicated management team. Investors can build bridges with technology companies through Boğaziçi Ventures while enjoying the benefit of high financial return of the tech industry.
Boğaziçi Ventures aims at investing in tech-ventures which are willing to bring down the traditional industries and capable of developing evolutionary technologies, and engaging investors into these fields to make the ecosystem in our region grow sturdily and survive.
We believe that Eastern Europe, Turkey and the MENA region are ideal geographies to develop the technology. Accordingly, we aspire the talents and capabilities in these regions to set good examples similar to our previous global success stories with proper financial and in-kind support, contribute to this geography and provide superior returns to our investors by enhancing these examples. By investing in disruptive future technologies such as blockchain, machine learning, artificial intelligence, internet of things in the fields from health to security, digital games etc.
Location: Turkey, Marmara Region, Istanbul
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2015
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Portfolio 13
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 30.06.2026 | Lucida | lucida.ai | $7M | United Sta... |
| - | SetAction | setaction.com | - | Turkey, Ma... |
| - | eSpor Aren... | esporarena.com | - | - |
| - | HUGENT HİZ... | hugent.com | - | Turkey, Is... |
| - | MenaPay | menapay.io | - | United Ara... |
| - | Eyedius Te... | eyedius.com | - | Turkey, Ma... |
| - | Peer Guess | peerguess.com | - | - |
| - | DNC Pharma | dncpharma.com | - | - |
| - | ProTransla... | protranslate.net | - | Turkey, Ma... |
| - | CC Media H... | ccmediahouse.com | - | Turkey, Bl... |
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| - | TR/ENG Yeni Dönem | TR “YENİ DÖNEM” Türkiye’nin önde gelen gruplarından Borusan’da harika bir 30 yıl geçirdikten sonra 2018 sonunda emekli oldum. Emekliliğin bana etkisi, azaldığını hiç düşünmediğim içimdeki başarma azminin yanına paylaşma ve geri verme duyg... |
| - | MenaPay, the blockchain-based mobile payment system | MenaPay aims to serve as the primary payment method for 18 countries and over 350 million people who do not use banks in the Middle East and North Africa and offer a completely transparent, secure, and fast product with the perfect use of b... |
| - | Azerbaijan Representative Office Opening | For the first time in Azerbaijan, with the initiative of Innovation Agency, a representative office of Bogazici Ventures is starting its activities in Azerbaijan. According to the assessment of Bogazici Ventures, Turkey’s one of the larges... |
| - | TR/ENG Boğaziçi Ventures Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı Agah Uğur Oldu/Agah Uğur has become the Chairman of Boğaziçi Ventures | TR Deneyimli üst düzey yönetici Agah Uğur, Boğaziçi Ventures ortakları arasına katıldı. Başarılı şirket satışları gerçekleştiren girişimciler tarafından teknoloji girişimlerini desteklemek, yerli teknoloji şirketlerine yatırımlar yapmak ü... |
| - | Protranslate, the leading online language service provider | Protranslate, the leading online language service provider in Turkey and the MENA Region, offers high-quality human translation and localization services for more than 70 languages via the web site and mobile platforms. Protranslate operate... |
| - | CC Media House, tech driven new media company | CC Media House is positioned as one of the new leading media companies of Turkey and the MENA Region. The company focuses on content producers and engages in marketing efforts that provide rapid results to brands and influencers through int... |
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| 30.06.2026 | Lucida AI closes $7M seed round for speech-to-speech AI | Lucida AI, a speech-to-speech AI platform for global communication, has secured an additional $1.6 million in funding, bringing its seed round to $7 million. The seed round was led by UK-based Velocity Capital, with participation from Next ... |
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