Nexus Ventures

Nexus Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2002 and headquartered in Ankara, Turkey. It specializes in seed-stage investments, primarily targeting sectors such as telecommunications and the Internet of Things. The firm aims to support transformative businesses by fostering meaningful partnerships with entrepreneurs. Nexus Ventures offers a combination of mentorship, business and technical expertise, a broad network, and financial backing to help these ventures grow and achieve scalability and profitability.

Burak Örücü

Founding Chairman

Past deals in Turkey

LOKI

Angel Round in 2018
LOKI Inc. is a technology company based in Izmir, Turkey, founded in 2017, specializing in cybersecurity solutions for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The company has developed a cloud-based platform that provides a secure software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) infrastructure, allowing users to manage and protect their networks without requiring technical expertise. LOKI's solution integrates various security features, including antivirus, anti-spam, web filtering, firewall, and intrusion prevention systems, all designed to detect and eliminate cyber threats. By offering a unified threat management system, LOKI enables clients to ensure safe and secure internet access while effectively managing their network traffic.

Istanbul Startup Angels

Funding Round in 2017
Established in 2012, Istanbul Startup Angels is Turkey's most active angel investment network, focusing on innovative and fast-growing technology startups. The company partners with corporations to identify promising startups through sector-focused accelerator programs.

11Sight

Angel Round in 2017
Founded in 2016, 11Sight specializes in AI-powered conversational agents that handle customer inquiries, book appointments, and close sales across various channels. Its platform offers features such as video connection, privacy protection, call recording, team management, CRM integration, and more. With offices globally, the company aims to exceed $2.5M ARR by 2025.

iyisahne.com

Seed Round in 2016
Founded in March of 2015 and based in Beyoğlu, İstanbul, iyisahne is a trusted community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book performance professionals for any kind of special events around Turkey online. With most preferred and experienced performers, iyisahne.com offers an easy way to book local entertainment and services for any type of event. Whether a wedding orchestra or photographer for a wedding, a clown or magician for a birthday, or trio, quartet and DJ for a corporate event, iyisahne connects people to the performers for unique experiences in their special events, at any price point, with more than 300 music professionals for the first time in Turkey.

11Sight

Angel Round in 2016
Founded in 2016, 11Sight specializes in AI-powered conversational agents that handle customer inquiries, book appointments, and close sales across various channels. Its platform offers features such as video connection, privacy protection, call recording, team management, CRM integration, and more. With offices globally, the company aims to exceed $2.5M ARR by 2025.
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