With the developments in recent years, internet startups in Turkey are becoming in demand investment companies. Each year hundreds of new startups join the new economy. Turkey has become an important market attracting attention with its young population and young entrepreneurs.
About Startup Turkey
40 startups are selected each year from among thousands of new entrepreneurs with the support of the leading players in this market. Following the selection process by angel investors, the number of startups on ecommerce, mobile, game, software is reduced to 15. These selected high potential entrepreneurs of Turkey attend a 3 day camp in February. The leading internet companies of Turkey along with investors attend Turkey’s Internet Startups – Etohum Camp, the fourth of which will be held this year.
Our Story
Etohum is the most important market place consisting of Turkey’s leading investors, entrepreneurs and internet professionals that both invests in and supports the new economy companies. Since 2008 it has selected hundreds of internet startups and in an effort to help these new startups succeed it has either made investments or brought them together with investors. The advisory and selection board consists of the founders of the leading internet companies in Turkey.
Each year Etohum continues to make one-to-one interviews with entrepreneurs chosen from among 1000s of applications to select the startups that are most suited for investment (see 2008, 2009, 2010). To this end, Etohum organizes over 50 meetings, activities and conferences each year to help form the internet ecosystem. Etohum also plays a leading role in the development of new entrepreneurs by cooperating with universities, techno parks, university clubs and all other relevant companies.
Until today Etohum has broadcast over 500 videos (vimeo, etohumtv) and organized almost 150 meetings. It has organized entrepreneurship activities at various cities in Turkey. The activity that will take place at Antalya during February 17 – 18 – 19, 2012 will once again bring together the leading and developing internet companies of Turkey with investors.
Company Participants
- Intel Capital
- Accel Partners
- Hummingbird VC
- Pond Ventures
- Mangrove Capital Partners
- European Investment Fund
- 3TS Partners
- WSJ Europe
- Speedinvest
- Zad Capital
- Qualcomm
- Comscore
- Endeavor
- Nokia
- Turkcell
- Vodafone
- TTNET
- Bilyoner
- JPA – Arkan & Ergin
- TEPAV
- Microsoft
- Mynet.com
- Doğan Online
- 212VC
- Metutech BAN
- ODTÜ Teknokent
- Markafoni.com
- ipara.com
- Payolution
- Payu
- Magnet
- Marjinal Porter Novelli
- Mackolik.com
- Yemeksepeti.com
- Nokta.com
- Reklamz
- Sahibinden.com
- Gittigidiyor.com
- Enuygun.com
- Tasit.com
- Pozitron
- Put.io
- Eksisozluk.com
- Inventram
- Innovent
- Startosphere
- Girişim Fabrikası
- Webrazzi
- Sadecehosting
- Peak Games
- Nokia
- Sporx.com
- Uzmantv
- Gelirortaklari
- Sendloop
- Reklamstore
- Tatilsepeti.com
- Yonja
- Medianova
- Dakick.com
- Selected early stage startups
- Etohum seed startups
Participants
- Feroz Sanaulla – Intel Capital
- Adam Valkin – Accel Partners
- Ben Rooney – WSJ
- Amina Belghiti – Facebook
- Charles Irving – Pond Ventures
- Frank Maene – Hummingbird VC
- Pamir Gelenbe – Hummingbird VC
- Hans-Jürgen Schmitz – Mangrove Capital Partners
- Jozsef Kover – 3TS Partners
- Oliver Holle – Speedinvest
- Khaldoon Tabaza – Zad Capital
- Omar J. Sati – Dashventures
- Abdul Malik Al Jaber – MENA Apps
- Ozgur Altan – European Investment Fund
- Fırat Ozpınar – European Investment Fund
- Sait Kayahan – Bilyoner
- Burak Şimşek – Bilyoner
- Ussal Şahbaz – TEPAV
- Orhan Göksal – DOL
- A.Yenal Gökyıldırım – DOL
- Cenk Bayrakdar – Turkcell
- Bülent Yılmaz – Turkcell
- Arda Özgün – Vodafone
- Metin Barut – Vodafone
- Murat Eren – TTNET
- Stefan Kalteis – Payolution
- Melek Pulatkonak – Microsoft
- Doğan Taşkent – JPA / Arkan & Ergin
- Sinan Erözlü – JPA / Arkan & Ergin
- Ahmet Damgacioğlu – Comscore
- Asuman Bayrak – Marjinal Porter Novelli
- Emre Kurttepeli – Mynet.com
- Cem Sertoğlu – Young Turk Ventures
- Dilawar Syed – Yonja Media Group
- Burak Ertaş – Sahibinden.com
- Kazim Yalcinoglu – ODTU Teknokent YK
- Mustafa Ihsan Kiziltas – ODTU Teknokent GM
- Sinem Uluturk – Communication Coordinator.
- Numan Numanbayraktaroğlu – 212VC
- Ali H. Karabey – 212VC
- Emre Ekmekçi – Doğan Online
- Barış Ruacan – Qualcomm
- Mustafa İçil – Google
- Burak Divanlıoğlu – ipara.com, founder of Gittigidiyor.com
- Serkan Borançlı – ipara.com, founder of Gittigidiyor.com
- Aydonat Atasever – ipara.com, founder of Gittigidiyor.com,
- Tolga Kabataş – ipara.com, founder of Gittigidiyor.com,
- Ersan Özer – Uzmantv, İstanbul.net, Magnet
- Melih Ödemiş – Yemeksepeti.com
- Nevzat Aydın – Yemeksepeti.com
- Erdem Yurdanur – Maçkolik.com
- Tarkan Onar – Maçkolik.com
- Fatih İşbecer – Pozitron
- Fırat İşbecer – Pozitron
- Burçin Didinedin – Nokta.com
- Tümay Asena – Nokta.com
- Sina Afra – Markafoni.com
- Tolga Tatari – Markafoni.com
- Ahmet Sarı – Markafoni.com
- Burak Hatipoğlu – Grupfoni
- Y. Emre Güzer – Payu
- Orkun Tekin – Reklamz
- Dr. Haluk Elçi – Yatırımcı
- Kerim Türe – Youthrepublic
- Sidar Şahin – Peak Games
- Arda Kutsal – Webrazzi.com
- Birol Kabakoğlu – Tasit.com
- Hasan Yalçınkaya – Put.io
- Yunus Güvenen – Gelirortaklari
- Bülent Tekmen – Startosphere
- Ömer Yücel – Startosphere
- Cem Soysal – Inventram – Koç Holding
- Kerim Baran – Turkish Spark
- Ertuğrul Belen – Business Networking Akademi
- Çağlar Erol – Enuygun.com
- Tuna Orbay – Nokta.com
- İlkan Gökyılmaz – Sporx
- Serkan Sevim – Medianova
- Salih Özkan – Nokia
- A. Selim Aytuna – Nokia
- Cem Hurturk – Sendloop
- Yusuf Esenkal
- Serkan Ünsal – Dakick.com
- and more …
Being a participant of StartupTurkey – Etohum Camp
- Includes the participation to the conference program that is open to all and attending lunch and dinners along with other participants.
- Being an investor participant of StartupTurkey – Etohum Camp
- Includes the participation to the conference program that is open to all and attending lunch and dinners along with other participants.
- Includes the participation to presentations that are exclusive to investors and arranging one-to-one meetings with entrepreneurs.
- The executive summary documentation of all presenting and participating entrepreneurs
- Participants will rapidly meet each other at the Speednetworking event
Venue: Rixos, Antalya
Etohum Rixos Camp February Program
February 17, 2012 Friday – Meeting- Conference –
7:00 – 9:00 Welcome Breakfast
9:00 – 11:15 Opening – Speednetworking
11:15 – 11:30 Tea & Coffee break
11:30 – 12:30 Conference
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 Conference
14:30 – 15:00 Tea & Coffee break
15:00 – 16:00 Conference
16:00 – 16:30 Tea & Coffee break
16:30 – 17:30 Conference
17:30 – 19:00 Free Time
19:00 – 21:00 Dinner with Entrepreneurs
21:00 – 00:00 Networking
February 18, 2012 Saturday – Entrepreneur – Investor
7:00 – 9:00 Breakfast
9:00 – 10:00 Entrepreneur – Investor Presentations
10:00 – 10:15 Tea & Coffee break
10:15 – 11:15 Entrepreneur – Investor Presentations
11:15 – 11:30 Tea & Coffee break
11:30 – 12:30 Entrepreneur – Investor Presentations
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 Entrepreneur – Investor Presentations
14:30 – 15:00 Tea & Coffee break
15:00 – 16:00 Entrepreneur – Investor Presentations
16:00 – 16:30 Tea & Coffee break
16:30 – 17:30 Entrepreneur – Investor one-to-one meetings
17:30 – 19:00 Free Time
19:00 – 22:00 Closing Dinner
22:00 – 00:00 Networking
February 19, 2012 Sunday – Entrepreneur – Investor
07:00 – 9:00 Breakfast
08:00 – 09:45 Etohum Investment Co. Meeting
09:45 – 10:00 Tea & Coffee break
10:00 – 11:45 Etohum Camp Evaluation
11:45 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 Entrepreneur – Investor one-to-one meetings
14:00 – 16:00 Networking – Check out
16:00 – 18:00 Airport Transfer – Hotel checkout
18:00 – 22:30 Plane departures
Participation: Invitation only
