500 Istanbul aims to help the talented entrepreneurs of the broader region and the diaspora in building explosive businesses. Our mission is to back seed-stage technology companies targeting sizeable markets and help them scale globally.
Location: United States, California, San Francisco
Employees: 11-50
Portfolio 49
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| - | Lifemote | lifemote.com | - | Turkey, Is... |
| - | Averon | averon.com | $21.6M | United Sta... |
| - | Kimola | kimola.com | - | United Sta... |
| - | StructionS... | structionsite.com | $11.5M | United Sta... |
| - | BuyBuddy | buybuddy.co | - | Turkey, Ma... |
| - | Ango AI | ango.ai | - | United Sta... |
| - | Massive Bi... | massbio.io | - | United Sta... |
| - | Cloudpipes | cloudpipes.com | - | United Kin... |
| - | Firefly | fireflyon.com | $51.5M | United Sta... |
| - | Freeflow | freeflow.dev | - | United Sta... |
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Persons 3
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Michael | Gorodisher | Sales Ment... | linkedin.c... | - | - | United Sta... |
| - | Patrick | Lor | - | linkedin.c... | - | c****a@500... | - |
| - | Scott | Hanford | Mentor | linkedin.c... | - | - | United Sta... |
Mentions in press and media 5
| Date | Title | Description |
| 24.11.2022 | Турция: берег для стартапов | Больше про налоги в Турции вы можете почитать в нашем материале Содержание: Деловой климат Экосистема Акселераторы и инкубаторы Плюсы, минусы, особенности Личный опыт Популярные ниши и инвестсреда Сообщества, мероприятия и медиа Резюме Росс... |
| 14.09.2022 | 500 Emerging Europe rolls out €70 million fund for central and eastern European startups | Istanbul-based VC firm 500 Emerging Europe has launched €70 million for early-stage startups in Turkey, Central Emerging Europe (CEE) and the Baltics (Emerging Europe). The company’s second fund has already raised more than €50 million for ... |
| 19.01.2022 | Women-Centered Gaming Startup Raises $55 Million To Scale And Grow Istanbul Into A Tech Hub | Spyke Game Founding Team: (L-R) Remi Onur (COO), Mithat Madra (CMO), Rina Onur Sirinoglu (CEO), Fuat ... [+] Coskun (CTO) and Barkin Basaran (CPO). Spyke Games |
| 13.07.2021 | Turkey’s food surplus startup Fazla Gıda closes €2.5 million funding round | I don’t know about you, but as a child, if I didn’t finish my dinner plate, there was certainly no pudding on the menu for me. And while the same principle might not apply exactly here, Istanbul’s Fazla Gida (or Whole Surplus) is out to acc... |
| - | Turkey’s food surplus startup Fazla Gıda closes €2.5 million funding round | I don’t know about you, but as a child, if I didn’t finish my dinner plate, there was certainly no pudding on the menu for me. And while the same principle might not apply exactly here, Istanbul's Fazla Gida (or Whole Surplus) is out to acc... |