Yildiz Ventures Newsletter | 1-15 Sep’24
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???Let's take a look at the highlights of the 1-15 September 2024! ??
???? Y?ld?z’?n ?zinde Podcast Serisi:
??? ?? Y?ld?z Ventures, giri?imcilik ekosisteminden y?ld?z*lad??? konu ve konuklarla giri?imcilik serüvenlerini Arzu Aslan Kesimer’in moderat?rlü?ünde dinleyicilerle bulu?turuyor. ?ki haftada bir yay?mlanan bu seride, giri?imcilik dünyas?na dair ilham verici pek ?ok ?eyi ke?fetmek i?in takipte kal?n! ??
?? 12 Eylül b?lümünde Arzu Aslan Kesimer, konu?u DE?K Dijital Teknolojiler ?? Konseyi Ba?kan? ve Y?netim Kurulu üyesi Dr. Erdem Erkul ile Türkiye'nin teknoloji ve dijital d?nü?üm vizyonunu ele ald?. Dr. Erdem Erkul, dijital teknolojiler, teknoloji ihracat? ve giri?imcilik ekosisteminde Türkiye'nin globalle?me ad?mlar?n? ve DE?K’in bu süre?teki katk?lar?n? anlatt?- ??
?? Online grocery / Food Delivery:?
?? Mubadala set to take control of Getir. Formally applied to take full control of the startup’s grocery & food delivery businesses, a statement published by Turkish antitrust regulators- ??
??? Getir, e-ticaret alan?nda faaliyet g?steren?n11'i Boranc?l? Teknoloji'ye devretti- ??
?? Amazon has launched an own-brand budget-friendly food line called Amazon Saver in its latest grocery drive. The?online retailer?has so far only debuted this new range in the US, offering exclusive discounts over a selection of grocery essentials both in-store and online- ??
?? H Mart links with DoorDash. The e-commerce provider will offer grocery delivery from over 75 of the Asian supermarket chain’s stores- ??
?? Ocado has introduced a new retail media service. Ocado Ads will help brands “drive measurable growth” and deliver customer “relevant advertising and a personalised experience”- ??
?? Amazon is adding Morrisons More Points loyalty scheme to the supermarket’s?page on its online store?as the pair look to expand their partnership- ??
?? Instacart focuses on diversifying tech, brand partners to fuel growth- ??
?? ??? Tesco has introduced a new ecommerce initiative, Transcend Retail Solutions, to rival Ocado and assist global supermarket chains in growing their online operations- ??
?? Turkish Startups / VC & CVC News :
? GSYF'ler, yurt d???nda kurulmu? ve yat?r?mlar?n?n ?o?u Türkiye'de bulunan giri?imlere yat?r?m yapabilecek- ??
?? Big Bang Londra Demo Day i?in se?ilen 25 giri?im. ?Tü ARI Teknokent, 12 y?ld?r düzenledi?i Big Bang Startup Challenge’? da bu y?l Türkiye sahnesine ek olarak Londra’da düzenleyecek- ??
?? Telegram ve Discord gibi topluluklarda e? zamanl? reklam sunabilen Magfi, 1.1 milyon dolar yat?r?m ald?- ??
?? 212’nin yat?r?mlar?ndan, ?evrimi?i formlarla anketler arac?l???yla veri toplama ve otomatikle?tirme ??zümleri sunan 123FormBuilder, Silikon Vadisi merkezli Kiteworks taraf?ndan sat?n al?nd?- ??
?? Borusan Ventures, Almanya merkezli DC Connected'?n €2,1 milyonluk yat?r?m turuna kat?ld?- ??
?? Yerli mikromobilite giri?imi Hop, Yunanistan pazar?nda 1 y?l i?inde 1 milyon sürü?e ula?t?- ??
?? Yapay zeka destekli n?roteknoloji ürünü Auto Train Brain, 8.2 milyon dolar de?erleme üzerinden Pera Yat?r?m Holding A.?.'den yat?r?m ald?- ??
?? GetirAra?, otomobil sahiplerinin gelir elde edebilece?i yeni modeli GetirAra? ?? Orta??m’? duyurdu- ??
?? 100. Y?l Giri?im Sermayesi globalle?me hedefiyle TIBAS Ventures oldu- ??
???? Startup’lara y?nelik stratejik yat?r?m odakl? yeni ?irket: Pars Venture Studio- ??
?? Ses odakl? yapay zeka giri?imi Lucida AI, Neo Portf?y'den 500 bin dolar yat?r?m ald?- ??
?? Letven Capital, ACTIO Mobilite Teknolojileri’ne 120 milyon TL yat?r?m yapt?- ??
?? Disleksili ?ocuklar i?in geli?tirilen e?itim platformu OKUT, $1.5mn de?erleme ile yat?r?m ald?- ??
?? Afetlerde temiz su, hijyen gibi sorunlara odaklanan yerli giri?im Good Sanitation Company, 450 bin dolar yat?r?m ald?- ??
?? Global Startups / VC News :
?? Progress Software stated that, it would buy Cloud Software Group's unit ShareFile for about $875mn, as the AI-powered software firm looks to boost its enterprise product portfolio- ??
???? As remote working keeps rolling, Oyster raises $59M Series D at $1.2B valuation- ??
?? Datricks, an AI-powered financial integrity and compliance software startup headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel has raised?$15 million?in a Series A round- ??
?? Drip Capital, a fintech that provides working capital to SMBs, picks up $113M- ??
?? Salesforce to acquire Own, a startup specializing in tools for backing up data in cloud-based applications, for $1.9 billion in cash- ??
?? ‘Hospital at home’ startup Doccla raises $46 million for its European expansion- ??
?? Australia based workplace safety company?SafetyCulture is now valued at $2.5 billion after a $165mn capital raise, led by Airtree & joined by Blackbird & Morpheus Ventures- ??
?? Qualifyze swallows $54mn to improve pharmaceutical supply chains- ??
?? French embedded insurance startup Neat secures $55 million- ??
???? Form3, a UK Fintech startup connecting financial players with each other to enable account payments, raises $60mn at a $570mn valuation- ??
????? E-commerce / Grocery:
?? Tesco has launched a 2nd cohort of products for its 2024 Accelerator Programme, which aims to introduce trend-led brands into?the supermarket,?w/16 innovative new brands set to launch- ??
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?? Investment in local UK shops hit record highs over the last year; convenience retailers spent a combined ￡1bn, up from ￡646m in the previous 12 months- ??
?? 7-Eleven owner taps Nomura to advise on takeover battle after rejecting $39bn offer. A merger between Couche-Tard, which operates the Circle K brand, and Seven & i would result in the creation of one of the largest retail chains in the US- ??
?? Tesco is expanding its range of healthy, convenient snacks and meals in more prominent store positions with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology- ??
?? Aldi is to invest ￡800m – its largest ever package of annual investment – in accelerating its expansion across Britain as?the discounter?reported record sales and profits last year- ??
?? Morrisons has launched scan and go at six stores as part of a nationwide trial of the new technology- ??
?? Co-op has tripled its number of member deals with over 100 new offers rolling out across branded and own-brand products each month until the end of 2024- ??
?? FoodTech / Food Companies
?? The reasons behind the Mars-Kellanova deal- ??
?? Ferrero has launched a new 100% vegan alternative of Nutella in a bid to embrace the growing demand for plant-based products- ??
?? Germany’s Formo secured $61mn Series B funding for its animal-free cheeses made via microbial fermentation, which it just launched into more than 2k Rewe, Billa & Metro stores- ??
?? Mondelez announced 10 companies selected for its second CoLab Tech program, an accelerator led by the global snack company’s R&D team- ??
? Unilever has decided to ditch its Russian arm in a deal understood to be worth ￡300m and ￡334m, 50% less than the division’s value- ??
?? Dutch startup Stroop Club debuted what it describes as Europe’s first vegan, organic, and palm oil-free stroopwafel- ??
?? Belgian startup Soil Capital secured €15mn Series B, to help farmers improve soil health with its agronomic support for regenerative agriculture practices- ??
???? Gil Horsky of FLORA Ventures highlights the latest trend amongst big food to focus on profit > purpose- ??
?? Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce has developed a roadmap to transform the country into a hub for the global plant-based market, as it aims to become a world leader in producing high-protein plant-based ingredients- ??
?? US biotech Switch Bioworks raised $17 million seed funding for its low-cost and sustainable fertilisers, made by engineering symbiotic, nitrogen-fixing microbes that live on plant roots- ??
?? Barcelona’s Novameat, a B2B company specializing in different cuts of plant-based chicken, beef & turkey, announces it has raised €17.4 million in an oversubscribed Series A- ??
?? Unilever has teamed up with digital solutions company Accenture to introduce generative AI, in a bid to reduce costs and drive efficiency- ??
?? ?? ?? AI / Web3 / Metaverse / Blockchain / Gaming:
?? OpenAI releases o1, its first model with ‘reasoning’ abilities- ??
?? OpenAI?is in talks to raise $6.5?billion?from investors at?a?valuation of?$150 billion- ??
?? AI-powered search startup Glean has raised $260mn in a Series E funding round that values the tech company at $4.6 billion. Glean doubles its valuation in new funding round led by Altimeter- ??
?? A new tech startup Safe Superintelligence, co-founded by OpenAI’s former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, has raised $1 billion in cash to help fund the development of a safe AI systems- ??
??? Xbox owner Microsoft is to cut about 650 staff from its gaming division in a new round of job losses after its $69bn merger deal- ??
?? Sustainability:
?? Reonic raises €13mn to help small installers of green tech like heat pumps and solar panels- ??
?? M&S has removed a further two million units of plastic by introducing new widely recyclable packaging for mushrooms and organic blueberries- ??
?? Worth Reading ?
? Confusion persists with food traceability rule as compliance date nears- ??
???? New Report, released by Food tech accelerator Eatable Adventures, “The Future of Dairy” Advocates for Disruptive Technologies & Partnerships to Address Industry Challenges- ??- ??
?? As Morrisons scales back on self-checkouts, is the tide beginning to turn?- ??
?? Data from Purdue University reveals that around 71% of consumers are unfamiliar with regenerative agriculture, and those who are aware may be unwilling to pay higher food prices to support it- ??
?? Pressures mount in India’s delivery market for anything, anytime- ??
?? What will it take to unlock in-store retail media?- ??
? News from Y?ld?z Ventures’ Portfolio Companies?
?? 500 Emerging Europe Portf?y ?irketi Arf ve Huma, ?deme finansman? a??n? büyütmek i?in 38 milyon dolar yat?r?m ald?- ??
?? 500 Emerging Europe Portf?y ?irketi, Yerli mobil oyun stüdyosu, Cypher Games, Raine Group liderli?inde ger?ekle?en tohum yat?r?m turunda 10 milyon dolar yat?r?m ald?- ??
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