Yildiz Ventures Newsletter | 15-31 Jan’25
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???Let's take a look at the highlights of the 15-31 January 2025! ??
?? Online grocery / Food Delivery:?
?? "?lk defa bir Türk fikri yurt d???nda taklit edildi!" / Getir Kurucusu Naz?m Salur & Fatih Altayl? - ??
?UAE sovereign fund clashes with Turkish startup over ownership - ??
?? Naz?m Salur ile Mubadala aras?nda neler oluyor? - ??
? Mubadala, Getir Founders Clash in Renewed Fight Over Assets - ??
?? Naz?m Salur, Getir'deki anla?mazl??? Bloomberg HT'ye anlatt? - ??
?? Inside the bitter courtroom drama between Getir founders and lead investor Mubadala: ‘It’s a coup’ - ??
?? Zomato invests $57.7m in B??it amid quick commerce race – ???
?? Zomato rolls out in-app 10-minute food delivery service, Zomato Quick - ??
?? Turkish Startups / VC & CVC News :
?? Yerli giri?im Mega Fortuna, Aonic’ten 10 milyon dolar yat?r?m ald? – ???
? ?? Portf?y ile kurulan Webrazzi Startup-1 Giri?im Sermayesi Yat?r?m Fonu, SPK onay?n? ald? – ???
?? üniversite ??rencilerinin ücretsiz yemek yiyebildi?i sosyal giri?im: Odi - ??
?? Sürdürülebilirlik odakl? giri?imleri hedefleyen yeni GSYF: Cleantech Ventures - ??
?? Akbank, kurum i?i giri?imcilik program? kapsam?nda Voltla ve Fundero’ya yat?r?m yapt? - ??
?? Finansal yaz?l?m ve altyap? geli?tiren TeamSec, 7.6 milyon dolar yat?r?m ald? - ??
?? Y Combinator mezunu Türk giri?imcilerin San Francisco’da kurdu?u HockeyStack, Seri A turunda 20 milyon dolar yat?r?m ald? - ??
?? "Hedefimiz en ?ok kullan?lan yaz?l?m haline gelmek!" / Insider Hande ?ilingir & Fatih Altayl? - ??
?? ?n?aat sekt?rü i?in bulut tabanl? 3D tasar?m ara?lar? geli?tiren Motif, 46 milyon dolar yat?r?m ald? - ??
?? United Payment, Turan'?n ?o?unluk hissesini sat?n al?yor - ??
??? Yerli yaz?l?m ?irketi Netcad, yat?r?m ald? - ??
?? Global Startups / VC News :
?? Fleet tech firm becomes India’s first unicorn in 2025 – ??
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?? Perplexity acquires ??edIn’s competitor – ??
?? Google invests further $1bn in OpenAI rival Anthropic - ??
?? North American travel app Hopper eyes $10b IPO - ??
?? AI Text-to-Code Startup StackBlitz Is in Talks for a $700 Million Valuation - ??
?? Spotify’s educational courses could be coming to US - ??
?? 2025 will likely be another brutal year of failed startups, data suggests - ??
?? DeepSeek devrimi ve sonras? i?in tahminler - ??
? Yapay zeka destekli sa?l?k giri?imi Eleos, 60 milyon dolar yat?r?m ald? - ??
?? Siber güvenlik giri?imi Mitiga, 30 milyon dolar yat?r?m ald? - ??
?? Fintech giri?imi Qomodo, 13.9 milyon dolar yat?r?m ald? - ??
???? ?K odakl? yapay zeka giri?imi Borderless AI, 32 milyon dolar tohum yat?r?m ald? - ??
?? Yapay zeka destekli ak?ll? ara? Netradyne, 90 milyon dolar yat?r?m ald? - ??
?? Nesli tükenen hayvanlar? geri getirmeyi hedefleyen Colossal, 200 milyon dolar yat?r?m ald? - ??
?? Lazada, Peak3 launch digital insurance joint venture in SEA - ??
????? E-commerce / Grocery:
? Amazon suspends U.S. drone deliveries following crash at testing facility – ??
?? Best Buy to launch third-party marketplace this summer - ??
?? Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia vote to form Amazon-owned grocery store’s first union - ??
?? Lidl boosts sustainability credentials with fibre-rich product targets - ??
?? FTC sues PepsiCo, alleging price discrimination is raising costs for consumers - ??
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?? Amazon lays off ‘small number’ of employees in communications and sustainability units - ??
??? Amazon’s largest seller Cocoblu gets set for a quick commerce foray - ??
?? Zomato, Blinkit, Zepto & other e-comm cos turn to 3rd-party logistics players to cut costs - ??
?? FoodTech / Food Companies
?? Ferrero is acquiring protein snack brand Power Crunch for an undisclosed sum to expand its US footprint and better-for-you snack offerings, with the deal expected to close in the coming weeks - ??
?? Good read: AgFunder asks Is plant cell culture a scalable way to future-proof cocoa and coffee? - ??
?? Israeli startup Vanilla Vida announced the “world’s first” scaled harvest of indoor-farmed vanilla, using a system that halves growing time and boosts vanillin yields to address supply-demand imbalances - ??
?? What’s down? Nestlé has discontinued its vegan KitKat in all markets except the UK due to declining sales, dealing a setback to the plant-based chocolate industry - ??
?? Oatly and Nespresso have partnered to launch limited-edition oat milk coffee capsules for Nespresso Vertuo machines internationally - ??
?? The FDA is proposing mandatory front-of-pack nutrition labels for most packaged foods to highlight levels of saturated fat, sodium, and added sugars, aiming to combat chronic disease by providing clearer, readily visible nutritional information. It has also banned the use of Red No.3, a synthetic food dye used in candy, cakes, frozen desserts and cookies, which has been found to cause cancer in rats - ??
?? Natural energy bar brand Tribe secured ￡2.4 million to launch its adaptogen-infused 'Protein + Focus' bar and accelerate retail growth and product innovation beyond its core range - ??
?? German confectioner Katjes Fassin is in a legal battle with European rivals like Lindt and Nestlé to defend its patent for using hydrolysed oat flour in vegan chocolates, a method central to its Chocjes line - ??
?? Swiggy shares drop 11%, market cap falls to $11.4b - ??
?? Saudi agritech startup secures $2.55m for hydroponic farming - ??
?? Scaling the future of meat: Project Eaden raises €15M to launch ultra-realistic plant-based ham in Europe - ??
?? OneThird raises €3.5M Series A to reduce waste with freshness scanner - ??
?? The?Non-GMO Project?is introducing a?Non-UPF certification?to help consumers identify products that are free from ultra-processed foods - ??
?? ?? ?? AI / Web3 / Metaverse / Blockchain / Gaming:
?? KKR, UAE’s Gulf data hub to invest over $5b in data centers - ??
? US calls ChatGPT executive in Google antitrust case – ???
? OpenAI prepares to roll out o3 mini AI model – ???
?? Solana surges 12% on launch of Trump-themed memecoin, ether falls – ???
?? Tech giants are putting $500bn into 'Stargate' to build up AI in US - ??
?? DeepSeek hands European AI a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity - ??
? DeepSeek exposed internal database containing chat histories and sensitive data - ??
??? How DeepSeek changed Silicon Valley’s AI landscape - ??
? Pentagon bans DeepSeek due to security concerns - ??
?? Alibaba'dan DeepSeek'i geride b?rakt???n? s?yledi?i yapay zeka modeli: Qwen2.5-Max - ??
?? Sustainability:
?? Co-op launches ￡820k sustainability fund for British farmers - ??
?? Amazon leads in corporate renewable energy with 33gw projects – ???
?? Amazon bought more renewable power last year than any other company – ???
?? This startup plans to recycle aluminum from cars and keep it all in the U.S. – ???
?? Pil depolama sistemleri geli?tiren Green Flexibility, 1 milyar euro yat?r?m ald? - ??
?? How to solve world hunger - ??
?? Worth Reading ?
? TikTok yasa??n?n 48 saati - ??
?UK confirms no plans to ban TikTok – ??
? Google Maps is turning 20 — it's mapping three more countries and adding AI capabilities – ???
?? LVMH overtakes Novo Nordisk as Europe’s most valuable company – ???
?? Fintech firm Revolut launches robo-advisor in Singapore – ???
?? Trump says he’s open to TikTok sale to Elon Musk or Larry Ellison - ??
??? Meta will soon let you link your WhatsApp account with Instagram and Facebook - ??
?? Capital D acquires stake in Danish social commerce platform GoWish - ??
?? World’s largest sovereign wealth fund reports record $222 billion annual profit on tech rally - ??
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