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StartersHub is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs, mainly but not limited to, Turkey & CEEs founders who work to distrup the system for good. The firm invests as first/second check investor, and support startups in strategic decisions from their go-to-market to the scaling of their businesses. Thanks to its previous accelerators carried out with StartupBootCamp and Netmarble (2014 - 2016) and its own accelerator program named StartersHubXO (2017 - 2019), the fund acts as a proactive team member to startups that taken under its wings with its experience. Now as a VC investor, the firm makes long-term commitments with all the startups that it takes in, where they hustle succeed and grow together. StartersHub has previously invested in the pre-seed/seed stages of over 80 companies mostly from Turkey, CEE, UK and US, including Zeplin, Meditopia, Segmentify, Thread in Motion, Paymes, Wisboo, Flixier, Firstbase, Knowt and Quin Audience Engine. The fund is sector-agnostic (has invested around 20 different sectors) but preferably focused on B2B SaaS and Enterprise startups solving issues with scalable solutions and making real impact.

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.

HUGENT Human Resources and Consulting provides recruitment services and career opportunities on a local, regional and global level. Established its first office in 2011 in Istanbul on the Asian continent, then expanded with the opening of its first branch in 2013 in Bursa and in 2015 in Izmir to bring a fresh approach and flexible solutions to recruitment needs of organisations along with being a trusted professional partner for candidates. Specialized recruitment of middle to senior and Executive Management level and setting up of HR systems in companies. Hugent Consulting has 10 areas of expertise including Sales & Marketing, Engineering, IT, Finance& Accouting, HR and Support & Operational Functions roles. Hugent provides customizable HR consulting solutions that helps the organization to gain cost reduction and recover valuable time & helps get work done more effectively as well. This also helps in the management & standardization of HR process. Our expert consultants provide solutions for organizations in: -Create and develop customized employee handbooks, -HR Forms set up and compliance, -Audit of HR policies, procedures, forms, systems, -Orientation, Training & Development, -Wage & Salary Review, -Employee Relations, -Job description process, -Coaching System, -Performance management systems, -Termination process, -Employee Satisfaction & Retention.

TÜBİSAD; Bilgi Teknolojileri, Telekomünikasyon ve Yeni Medya alanlarında faaliyet gösteren şirketlerin en güçlü ortak sesini temsil ediyor. TÜBİSADın 200den fazla aktif üyesi, Türkiyede yıllık 30 milyar dolarlık ticaret hacmini yönetiyor. TÜBİSAD olarak temel misyonumuz, Bilgi teknolojileri ve telekomünikasyon sektörlerini ülkemizin büyümesinin temel bileşeni olarak konumlandırırken, tüm üye şirketlerimizin ortak çıkarlarını evrensel değerlere bağlı kalarak en üst düzeyde temsil etmektir.

StartersHub is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs, mainly but not limited to, Turkey & CEEs founders who work to distrup the system for good. The firm invests as first/second check investor, and support startups in strategic decisions from their go-to-market to the scaling of their businesses. Thanks to its previous accelerators carried out with StartupBootCamp and Netmarble (2014 - 2016) and its own accelerator program named StartersHubXO (2017 - 2019), the fund acts as a proactive team member to startups that taken under its wings with its experience. Now as a VC investor, the firm makes long-term commitments with all the startups that it takes in, where they hustle succeed and grow together. StartersHub has previously invested in the pre-seed/seed stages of over 80 companies mostly from Turkey, CEE, UK and US, including Zeplin, Meditopia, Segmentify, Thread in Motion, Paymes, Wisboo, Flixier, Firstbase, Knowt and Quin Audience Engine. The fund is sector-agnostic (has invested around 20 different sectors) but preferably focused on B2B SaaS and Enterprise startups solving issues with scalable solutions and making real impact.

Turkish Informatics Foundation has been founded in April 1995. Aiming at “a Turkey that is transformed to information society”, Turkish Informatics Foundation - TIF, continuously works for accelerating the process of transforming Turkey into an information society. TIF also continues informing and making all the sections of the public conscious for disseminating the ICT culture to everyone, for increasing the computer literacy, and for providing the necessary infrastructure for information to be freely moved and shared. It is also aimed that the share of ICT investments in the general economy will reach the average EU member countries’ and needed information and communication technologies support will be provided for restructuring the government. Working for promoting usage of international quality standards and software development methodologies and tools aong software producing companies, TIF also supports the establishment of technoparks in order to encourage R&D activities in the ICT sector besides creating models for academy-industry cooperation.

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.

HUGENT Human Resources and Consulting provides recruitment services and career opportunities on a local, regional and global level. Established its first office in 2011 in Istanbul on the Asian continent, then expanded with the opening of its first branch in 2013 in Bursa and in 2015 in Izmir to bring a fresh approach and flexible solutions to recruitment needs of organisations along with being a trusted professional partner for candidates. Specialized recruitment of middle to senior and Executive Management level and setting up of HR systems in companies. Hugent Consulting has 10 areas of expertise including Sales & Marketing, Engineering, IT, Finance& Accouting, HR and Support & Operational Functions roles. Hugent provides customizable HR consulting solutions that helps the organization to gain cost reduction and recover valuable time & helps get work done more effectively as well. This also helps in the management & standardization of HR process. Our expert consultants provide solutions for organizations in: -Create and develop customized employee handbooks, -HR Forms set up and compliance, -Audit of HR policies, procedures, forms, systems, -Orientation, Training & Development, -Wage & Salary Review, -Employee Relations, -Job description process, -Coaching System, -Performance management systems, -Termination process, -Employee Satisfaction & Retention.