Yildiz Ventures Newsletter | Jun’23
?? Hi there!
Welcome to Y?ld?z Ventures Newsletter, your monthly roundup of news from the ever-changing world of start-ups!
Get access to the latest trends, insights, and innovations from the start-up ecosystem so that you can stay ahead of the curve.
Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur or just a passionate individual about innovation, disruption, and entrepreneurship, we hope you'll find something valuable in our newsletter. ??
???Let's take a look at the highlights of the month! ??
?? Online grocery / Food Delivery:?
? 1,560 jobs at risk as Getir grocery app to quit Spain: Union
? Quick commerce startup Getir plans to exit France amid regulatory issues – ?? / Getir, Fransa’daki faaliyetlerini sonland?raca??n? a??klad?.
?? DoorDash offers delivery workers hourly rate, but there’s a catch - ?? / DoorDash introduces a slew of new features, including an ‘Earn by Time’ option for delivery people - ??
?? European Uber rival Bolt will deliver food to your door via self-driving robots - ??
?? Getir, online al??veri? platformu n11’in tüm hisselerini sat?n ald? - ??
?? Yemeksepeti, ChatGPT destekli menü sistemini hayata ge?irdi - ??
?? Yemeksepeti Club, ilk 3 ayda 2.5 milyon kullan?c?ya ula?t? - ??
?? Migros Yemek ?imdi ?ehrinde, 81 ilde! Ac?kt???n her yerde! - ??
?? Turkish Startups / VC & CVC News :
?? Teknik bilgi gerektirmeden uygulama olu?turabilece?iniz Easyapp, 19.6 milyon TL yat?r?m ald? - ??
?? DeepMind'?n kurucusu Mustafa Süleyman'?n yapay zeka giri?imi Inflection AI, Microsoft, Reid Hoffman, Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt ve Nvidia'n?n kat?ld??? yat?r?m turunda 1.3 milyar dolar yat?r?m ald? / Microsoft and Nvidia join $1.3bn fundraising for Inflection AI, a year-old start-up created by DeepMind - ?? ?
?Uluslararas? para transferi ?irketi Wise, ülkemizdeki hizmetlerinde de?i?ikli?e gidiyor - ??
?? Türkiye’nin ilk ü? boyutlu yapay zekas? Cere’ye en ?ok sorulan sorular a??kland? - ??
?? Alternatif SuperApp, ilk turda 62.5 milyon dolar de?erleme üzerinden 4.7 milyon dolar yat?r?m ald? - ??
?? Teslimat kutusu teknolojileri geli?tiren yerli giri?im MOBIQU, 3.5 milyon dolar de?erleme üzerinden yat?r?m ald?
?? Metaverse odakl? yerli giri?im Teleporter VR, 20 milyon dolar de?erleme üzerinden yat?r?m ald? - ??
?? 1.5 milyon dolar yat?r?m alan Paket Mutfak’?n toplam yat?r?m miktar? 5.8 milyon dolara yükseldi - ??
?? Kurucular? aras?nda Emre Talay'?n da yer ald??? ?deme deneyimlerini ve finansal hizmetlerini geli?tirmelerini sa?layan Berlin merkezli Payrails, 14.4 milyon dolar yat?r?m ald? - ??
?? Turkey’s Fazla raises $6 million at $43 million valuation priming European expansion of its waste reduction company / Fazla, 43 milyon dolar de?erleme ile 6 milyon dolar yat?r?m ald? - ??
?? Giesecke+Devrient, E-Kart'? Eczac?ba??'ndan yakla??k 4.5 milyon euro de?erleme ile sat?n al?yor
?? Robotik giri?imi Milvus Robotics, APY Ventures’tan 600 bin dolar yat?r?m ald? - ??
?? Yerli mobil oyun stüdyosu Spektra Games, 1.25 milyon dolar yat?r?m ald? - ??
? Kahve at?klar?ndan biyoplastik üreten Wastespresso, 3 milyon dolar de?erleme üzerinden yat?r?m ald? - ??
?? Do?an Holding’in giri?im sermayesi yat?r?m fonu Sermaye art?r?m? ger?ekle?tiren ?ncü GSYO'nun yeni sermayesi 5,3 milyar TL oldu - ??
?? Pazar yeri odakl? reklam platformu sunan GoWit, 1 milyon dolar yat?r?m ald? - ??
?? Türk kurucular? da bulunan e?yal? daire kiralama platformu Nestpick, Blueground taraf?ndan sat?n al?nd? - ??
?? Yapay zeka giri?imi Artiwise, Bo?azi?i Ventures’tan 600 bin dolar yat?r?m ald? - ??
?? Global Startups / VC News :
?? Cart.com has $1.2B valuation after $60M Series C - ??
?? ?? Estonia's Starship Technologies and Bolt have finally gotten it together
?? Robinhood acquires credit card startup X1 for $95M
?? Pigment secures $88 million for its business planning tool that will make you forget about Excel - ?? / ?? / The family office for Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey backs French rival to Microsoft Excel
?? L’Oréal’s VC firm invests in biotech company Debut - ??
?? GetYourGuide books $194M at a $2B valuation with travel experiences back in business - ?? / Seyahat giri?imi olarak ?n plana ??kan GetYourGuide 194 milyon dolar yat?r?m alarak de?erlemesi 2 milyar dolara ula?t? - ??
?? Revolut alums raise millions for Vault, a startup offering banking services to Canadian SMBs - ??
?? Character.AI, the a16z-backed chatbot startup, tops 1.7M installs in first week - ??
????? E-commerce / Grocery:?
?? Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba expands number of physical grocery stores ahead of the unit’s IPO
领英推荐
? Walgreens to close 150 stores in the US - ??
??? Korea’s Alwayz aims to make online shopping fun again with $46M in funding - ??
?? Agnelli-backed fund increases Ocado stake - ??
?? Amazon wants to turn small shops into delivery partners
?? Costco cracks down on membership card sharing - ??
?? How Amazon beat Walmart — and who might beat Amazon - ??
? 5 takeaways on digital innovation from top Walmart execs - ??
?? Ocado shares jump more than 30% on speculation of Amazon takeover / Ocado shares surge over Amazon bid speculation - ?? / Ocado: Amazon bid rumours provide food for thought – ?? ?
?Amazon Go closures continue - ??
?? Alibaba to launch local versions of its China e-commerce site in Europe
?? Walmart launches accelerator program for Web3 startups - ??
?? Walmart Connect expands in-store ad formats as shoppers return en masse - ??
?? Migros Sanal Market'ten Türkiye'nin ?lk Yapay Zekal? ürün-Fiyat Reklam? - ??
???10 grafik ile Türkiye’de e-ticaret ve e-ihracat - ??
?? Instacart begins nationwide rollout of ChatGPT search tool - ??
?? Baidu’s $145M AI fund signals China’s push for AI self-reliance - ?? / ?inli teknoloji ?irketi Baidu, 145 milyon dolarl?k yapay zeka odakl? giri?im fonu kuruyor - ??
?? Walmart to drop plastic mailers, let customers bring their own bags to order pickup - ??
??FoodTech / Food Companies
?? Foodomarket raises ￡9.5 million as it officially launches its B2B digital food marketplace in the UK and casts its net over the Atlantic
?? Starbucks is set to develop a sustainability learning and innovation laboratory at its global agronomy headquarters in Costa Rica, which will serve as a hub for hands-on and virtual learning opportunities involving environmental and social issues. - ??
?? UK supermarket Iceland is trialling what it says is the “world’s first” supermarket aisle dedicated to food designed to be cooked in air fryers, thanks to booming sales of the kitchen gadget.
?? Sainsbury’s is launching a ‘Dinspiration’ pop-up next week at London’s Kings Cross station offering commuters grab-and-go meal kits, with options such as teriyaki stir fry and harissa chicken traybake, for just 50p, with all proceeds donated to charity. - ??
?? ?? ?? AI / Web3 / Metaverse / Blockchain / Gaming:
?? Nike launches virtual gaming experience ‘Airphoria’ in Fortnite - ??
?? Oyun ve DeFi gibi sekt?rler, istikrarl? bir ?ekilde büyümeye devam ediyor
?? EY’?n, Azure OpenAI ile ChatGPT destekli bordro y?netimi ??zümü: EY Ak?ll? Bordro Sohbet Botu - ??
?? ChatGPT comes to iPad, adds support for Siri and Shortcuts
?? A New Crypto Banking System Arises Under the Shadow of a Regulatory Crackdown - ??
?? AI startup Cohere, now valued at over $2.1B, raises $270M – ?? / üretimsel yapay zeka giri?imi Cohere, 270 milyon dolar yat?r?m ald? - ??
?? A closer look at Apple’s $3,499 Vision Pro headset - ?? / Apple: Vision Pro headset looks good but offers no new ideas for VR - ?? / Apple’s Vision Pro headset seems too good to be real — because it basically is - ?? / Apple'?n karma ger?eklik g?zlü?ü Vision Pro'nun ?zellikleri ve fiyat? - ??
?? SEC sues Binance and CEO Changpeng Zhao for rule violations - ?? / SEC, Binance ve CEO'su Changpeng Zhao'ya dava a?t? - ??
?? Meta’s $499 Quest 3 headset arrives this fall - ?? / Meta'dan 499 dolarl?k yeni sanal ger?eklik g?zlü?ü: Quest 3 tan?t?ld? - ??
?? Worth Reading ?
?Silicon Valley braces for the worst as funding dries up - ?? ?
?? GIC boosts investments in US tech firms, VC funds
?Warming public markets are boosting the secondary market for startup shares - ??
?? European startup funding to drop a further 39% this year as tech rout continues
?? Big Tech, narrow market and the power of a well-connected board – ?? ?
? News from Y?ld?z Ventures’ Portfolio Companies
?? Kolay ?K ve Talentics, ?irketlerin zaman ve maliyet tasarrufu noktas?nda i? birli?i yapt? - ??
?? Dosya y?netim platformu FileOrbis, Revo Capital'dan 2 milyon dolar yat?r?m ald? - ??
?? Türk kuruculara sahip yapay zeka giri?imi DraftWise, Earlybird liderli?inde 5 milyon dolar yat?r?m ald?
?? Y?ld?z Ventures & Y?ld?z Tech teams attended Viva Technology, Europe's biggest #startup and #technology event held on 14-17 June - ??