Turkish startups are now at a level to show up in the world. As in the rest of the world, the entrepreneurship sector has reached a very successful level in Turkey. The investments made by enterprises in Turkey, especially in the gaming industry, are undeniable this year.
Especially young entrepreneurs in Turkey want to expand abroad and continue their business there. These initiatives, which are supported by the state, show up in many sectors. In this article, we will examine 10 Turkish startups established abroad.
Blueground
Blueground, which operates in both the real estate and accommodation sectors with its innovative business model, carries digital transformation to these areas. Founded in April 2013 by 5 entrepreneurs (Alexis Maragkos, Kurtuluş Korkmaz, Alexandros Chatzieleftheriou, Penny Papakonstantinou, and Andreas Nezeritis), one of whom is Turkish, Blueground is based in Athens but has global growth goals.
The feature that distinguishes Blueground from other companies is that it is a “paperless” company. All transactions are recorded in cloud-based systems. The company, which received an investment of 50 million dollars in 2019, is promising for the future.
Marvel
The Marvel was created by Murat Mutlu, who set out with 2 partners. Mutlu enabled the creation of easy mobile application prototypes without any coding knowledge with this application. With this project, Mutlu received an investment of 3 million dollars. In addition, Mutlu’s project can be converted into android applications.
Plentific
Emre Kazan and Cem Savaş, two Turkish entrepreneurs, make it easy for the British to buy a house. There are many real estate agents and real estate sites in the UK, but there is no site that offers all services. Recognizing this gap, entrepreneurs founded Plentific.com. The duo, which has been working since 2012, is on the list of successful Turkish startups.
wanelo
Wanelo hits the road with the launch of “Pinterest of shopping”. The name of the company was formed by combining the first syllables of the words Want, Need, and Love. Atasay Kökkata, one of the founding partners, is a software engineer. The project, which received an investment of 14 million dollars, was established in 2012. This project serves more than 300 thousand users.
Carbon Health
Eren Bali is on the list of successful Turkish startups. Founded by Eren Bali, whom we know as the founder of Udemy, the initiative allows you to be examined by doctors without going to the hospital. In addition, while keeping track of your medication and data through the application, it also delivers the medications your doctor prescribes to your door. Like many Turkish startups, Carbon Healt provides worldwide service.
Kobil
Founded by İsmet Koyun in 1978, Kobil is a German and Turkish startup project. İsmet Koyun, who found himself in the IT sector when he went to Germany to study German engineering and Turkish entrepreneurship at the age of 18, did it. Serving in 16 different countries, the company offers security solutions for internet technologies. The brand, which has enlarged its work, has recently taken its place in Silicon Valley.
Firefly
Firefly was founded by Kaan Günay and Onur Kardeşler in 2018 in San Francisco. Currently serving in San Francisco and Los Angeles, Firefly; Uber, lift, taxi, etc. It is a hardware and software-oriented B2B technology initiative that puts billboards on vehicles and displays advertisements at the location of the vehicle. Having invested 50 million dollars in 2019, the startup is among the fastest-growing Turkish startups.
Koding
Run by two brothers, Koding was founded in 2011. Founded by Sinan Yaşar and Devrim Yaşar, the brand has been serving since 2009. But it was officially created in 2011. The company, which was established purely for fun, was among the important names of software companies. The brand, which stepped into Silicon Valley in 2011, managed to attract million-dollar investments. It is at a successful point in Turkish startups.
Hazelcast
It is a Turkish startup founded by Enes Akar, Mehmet Doğan and Talip Öztürk. It is also referred to as Hazelcast in-memory Datagrid. It is a structure that allows applications running on more than one machine to communicate easily with each other and works in memory. In Hazelcast, structures such as Queue, Map, List, Set can work in a distributed manner and can be used shared between multiple different instances.
Medigo
Medigo, a Berlin-based project, provides services in the field of health tourism. The project, carried out by Uğur Samut and 2 valuable partners, was implemented in 2013. The project provides you with information on searching for a doctor on the internet, choosing a hospital, accommodation, and transportation around the hospital. With this project, you can book the hospital where you will stay. The project, which provides services in 6 languages.
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