BV Portföy Yönetimi A.Ş. Boğaziçi Ventures Venture Capital Investment Fund (BVG), BV Growth

A dynamically managed venture capital fund targeting high returns by investing early in startups with high growth potential!

Why Should I Invest?

BV Growth I Fund’s Unique Investment Strategy

It is a venture capital investment fund established to support early-stage Turkish startups on their journey to global expansion while creating lasting value within the technology ecosystem and aiming to provide financial returns to its investors. The fund invests in startups with promising teams and proven business models that have the potential to expand into international markets, gain market share, and require strategic and financial support for rapid growth. To solidify the steps taken by the startups we invest in, we activate support mechanisms that provide entrepreneurs with enhanced access to business connections and financial resources, in addition to financial funding. Our experienced management and advisory board contribute to strengthening their ideas. We view every challenge as an opportunity, and in the pursuit of solutions, we support talented teams in the growth phase by investing in projects where societal benefit will always be the top priority.

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Why Should You Invest in the Boğaziçi Ventures Venture Capital Investment Fund (BVG), BV Growth?

Opportunity to invest early in companies shaping the future in the technology ecosystem with Boğaziçi Ventures' expertise.

Investments aiming for high returns while creating measurable positive economic, social, and environmental impact.

Opportunity to invest at the right value at the right time, leveraging our team's knowledge and experience.

Highlighted Companies in Our Fund Portfolio

Hiwell is an online psychological counseling platform that enables psychologists and clients to conduct sessions through a web platform and mobile application. The team is made up of individuals who believe in the value of their work and are motivated by the impact it creates. In society, there are physical, economic, and social barriers to accessing psychological support. Providing services through an online platform helps remove many of these barriers, making mental health support more accessible to a wider audience.

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Craftgate is a “one-stop shop” payment gateway that enables businesses to centrally manage their banks’ virtual POS systems, payment and electronic money institutions, alternative payment methods, and international payment solutions.

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Gulliver’s Games is a studio that delivers unique and immersive mobile games to players around the world.

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Artiwise provides companies with actionable insights to enhance customer satisfaction.

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Toon Metal Games is a game studio that develops fun mobile games in the hybrid-casual and casual genres. Their title *"Hamster Escapes"*, published in collaboration with Joygame, is an engaging hybrid-casual puzzle game where players help hamsters escape from a laboratory by solving various puzzles. Currently, the studio is actively working on a new casual puzzle game—still unannounced—with a strong narrative and meta-game structure.

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Cerebrum Tech is an entrepreneurship studio founded in 2021 that develops sustainable solutions in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), Game Development, and Web3. With a team of experts in their respective domains, Cerebrum Tech offers effective digital transformation solutions and develops innovative, globally standard applications in areas such as smart cities, sustainability, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, data security, and consulting.

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Constructor’s mission is to enable all educational institutions to deliver high-quality digital education to 10 times more people with 10 times greater efficiency. Backed by strong expertise in machine intelligence and data science, Constructor’s all-in-one platform for education and research addresses today’s most pressing educational challenges—such as unequal access, technological complexity, and low student engagement.

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OneNewOne is a leading AI-powered platform that transforms recruitment processes. Designed to address the time and cost inefficiencies of traditional hiring methods, it integrates diverse candidate pools in seconds and uses “Smart Classification” and “Smart Matching” features to connect thousands of candidates with the most suitable positions. Its R&D team develops innovative solutions to optimize hiring processes, while its UX-focused teams aim to create faster, more effective, and fair connections between employers and candidates. OneNewOne delivers a next-generation recruitment experience that shapes the future of hiring.

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Invest in Technology Companies Shaping the Future!

Our fund, which has invested in a total of 38 technology-driven startups after evaluating over 10,000 startups, is composed of dynamic companies poised for creative disruption. Over the next two years, we aim to complete our investments and focus on adding value to these companies, ultimately delivering high returns to all our investors. With a mission to support our country’s tech entrepreneurs focused on sustainable development, our fund brings this to life through a commitment to “transparent information sharing” and “regular reporting.” By backing entrepreneurs who are set to write success stories, we aim to achieve the return targets we offer to our investors.


Hakan Çınar

Portfolio Manager | Deputy General Manager

BV Portföy Yönetimi A.Ş. Boğaziçi Ventures Venture Capital Investment Fund (BVG), BV Growth

Global Journey of Local Ventures: BVG

Our focus is investing in early-growth technology startups established in Turkey, with talented teams and high scalability potential in international markets.


30%+ IRR Target
Thanks to the strategy we have maintained for years with our BV Growth fund, we aim to provide our investors with an Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of over 30%.
41 Portfolio Companies
We lead innovation with our extensive and powerful ecosystem consisting of more than 40 dynamic portfolio companies across different verticals shaping the future of technology.
Fast Scaling Verticals
We nurture our gaming, fintech, digital health, HR technologies, and artificial intelligence startups, which scale by exceeding even our internal rate of return (IRR) expectations, as the giants of the future.
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Investment Committee


Barış Özistek

Barış Özistek

Managing Partner & CEO | Boğaziçi Ventures

Kenan Çolpan

Kenan Çolpan

Managing Partner | Boğaziçi Ventures

Burak Balık

Burak Balık

Managing Partner | Boğaziçi Ventures


Frequently Asked Questions

It is suitable for institutional investors, R&D and Technology Companies, Pension Funds, Investment Funds, and Qualified Investors.
The investment period is planned between 2021-2025, and the exit period is set between 2025-2027.

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Fund Price
8.794757
Fund Size (TRY)
₺2.386.452.819,46
Benchmark
USD/TRY and TRY-Based – the higher value is taken. (CBRT 15:30 exchange rates + BIST-KYD Deposit Index)
Withholding Tax
Venture capital investment funds and real estate investment funds are subject to a 0% tax rate if held for more than two years, and a 17.5% tax rate if disposed of before two years.

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Fon Girişim Sermayesi Yatırımları 95.84%
Mutual Fund Units 4.16%

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