Go4Venture Bulletin - Venture & Growth Equity Market Report Europe, July 2014CAR FOR YOU
Go4Ventures Bulletin provides a summary of corporate finance activity among emerging European TMT companies:
- Investments, i.e. Venture Capital and Private Equity financings, including growth equity, financing rounds with single secondaries components (recapitalisations)
- M&A Transactions where the sellers are VC and PE-backed European companies, including all majority transactions with no new investment going into the business (e.g. acquisitions, Management Buyouts (MBOs) and other buyouts).
A Frontline Ventures x Point Nine Capital collaboration.
It is no surprise that Germany dominates much of the conversation around European tech — the growth of the startup and venture capital ecosystem has surpassed even the most optimistic of expectations.
As an early-stage software fund in London/Dublin with a pan-European investment view, we are seeing exciting young companies emerging from all over Germany. They are following in the footsteps of already successful global companies like Rocket Internet, Soundcloud, and Auctionata.
Germany’s tech transformation is startling, and seems to only be just beginning. Learn more about:
- funding options for German startups
- notable players in the VC and startup ecosystem
- challenges that lay ahead for German tech
- future opportunities & existing winners
- typical terms offered to startups
- successful exits in Germany so far
The document provides a summary of recent news and developments in technology and venture capital. It discusses topics such as the potential impact of a bear market on private valuations, trends in European founder migration and VC fundraising, Ripple moving its cryptocurrency into real-world use cases, and brief updates on companies like Facebook, Google, Alibaba, and acquisitions. Key questions are raised about how regions can retain founders, the competitive effects of increased European VC funding, and potential M&A activity using cryptocurrency war chests.
2016 Girişimcilik ve Teknoloji Ticarileştirme RaporuWebrazzi
Teknoloji Transferini Hızlandırma Projesi (TTH-Türkiye) kapsamında hazırlanan “Entrepreneurship & Technology Commercialization Report 2016: Global Trends and Specific Look at Turkey” raporu yayınlandı.
The document discusses the rise of "super-scale up" companies in Europe - high-growth startups valued under $1 billion. It notes that Tech Tour identified 284 such European companies, compared to 833 in North America. While Europe is creating more super-scale ups, it is lagging behind in transforming them into "unicorns" worth over $1 billion. It questions why Europe has fewer unicorns despite government and corporate funding programs and suggests Europe needs to ensure its high-growth companies can achieve global leadership.
Innovate Finance’s booklet ‘Celebrating Diversity in FinTech’ shines a spotlight on leading FinTech firms and institutions closing the diversity gap in FinTech and promoting inclusion within the workplace.
The booklet features 10 member companies including some of the world’s most successful and exciting FinTech businesses such as Bankable, Neyber, remittance companies Azimo and World Remit, leading banks Lloyds Banking Group and RBS.
Paris Internatioanl Fintech Summit in May 2016Baruk Pilo
The Fintech Summit, an initiative of the Tech Tour and the International Venture Club, will take place in Paris May 3-4, 2016 and will focus on showcasing the best investment opportunities within the fintech industry in Europe.
Global Investments in Fintech tripled to $12.21 billion in 2014 from $4.05bn in 2013 (Source: Accenture) and fintech is one of the fastest growing sectors in the European Market. The agenda will include 20 innovative company presentations by CEOs, discussion panels, keynotes and top level networking including the Networking Dinner. 120+ guests will be present at the dinner, representing the "Who's Who" of the Fintech and Venture Capital market who are invited to join our Tech Tour delegates, including top executives from blue chip technology companies, international venture capitalists, investment bankers, specialized press, regional accelerators and advisers coming from all around the world.
The programme and pitches will revolve around the following themes:
Payment & Billing Tech
Personal Finance
Insurance Tech
Lending
Money Transfer
Digital Currency
Tools
Go4Venture Bulletin - Venture & Growth Equity Market Report Europe, July 2014CAR FOR YOU
Go4Ventures Bulletin provides a summary of corporate finance activity among emerging European TMT companies:
- Investments, i.e. Venture Capital and Private Equity financings, including growth equity, financing rounds with single secondaries components (recapitalisations)
- M&A Transactions where the sellers are VC and PE-backed European companies, including all majority transactions with no new investment going into the business (e.g. acquisitions, Management Buyouts (MBOs) and other buyouts).
A Frontline Ventures x Point Nine Capital collaboration.
It is no surprise that Germany dominates much of the conversation around European tech — the growth of the startup and venture capital ecosystem has surpassed even the most optimistic of expectations.
As an early-stage software fund in London/Dublin with a pan-European investment view, we are seeing exciting young companies emerging from all over Germany. They are following in the footsteps of already successful global companies like Rocket Internet, Soundcloud, and Auctionata.
Germany’s tech transformation is startling, and seems to only be just beginning. Learn more about:
- funding options for German startups
- notable players in the VC and startup ecosystem
- challenges that lay ahead for German tech
- future opportunities & existing winners
- typical terms offered to startups
- successful exits in Germany so far
The document provides a summary of recent news and developments in technology and venture capital. It discusses topics such as the potential impact of a bear market on private valuations, trends in European founder migration and VC fundraising, Ripple moving its cryptocurrency into real-world use cases, and brief updates on companies like Facebook, Google, Alibaba, and acquisitions. Key questions are raised about how regions can retain founders, the competitive effects of increased European VC funding, and potential M&A activity using cryptocurrency war chests.
2016 Girişimcilik ve Teknoloji Ticarileştirme RaporuWebrazzi
Teknoloji Transferini Hızlandırma Projesi (TTH-Türkiye) kapsamında hazırlanan “Entrepreneurship & Technology Commercialization Report 2016: Global Trends and Specific Look at Turkey” raporu yayınlandı.
The document discusses the rise of "super-scale up" companies in Europe - high-growth startups valued under $1 billion. It notes that Tech Tour identified 284 such European companies, compared to 833 in North America. While Europe is creating more super-scale ups, it is lagging behind in transforming them into "unicorns" worth over $1 billion. It questions why Europe has fewer unicorns despite government and corporate funding programs and suggests Europe needs to ensure its high-growth companies can achieve global leadership.
Innovate Finance’s booklet ‘Celebrating Diversity in FinTech’ shines a spotlight on leading FinTech firms and institutions closing the diversity gap in FinTech and promoting inclusion within the workplace.
The booklet features 10 member companies including some of the world’s most successful and exciting FinTech businesses such as Bankable, Neyber, remittance companies Azimo and World Remit, leading banks Lloyds Banking Group and RBS.
Paris Internatioanl Fintech Summit in May 2016Baruk Pilo
The Fintech Summit, an initiative of the Tech Tour and the International Venture Club, will take place in Paris May 3-4, 2016 and will focus on showcasing the best investment opportunities within the fintech industry in Europe.
Global Investments in Fintech tripled to $12.21 billion in 2014 from $4.05bn in 2013 (Source: Accenture) and fintech is one of the fastest growing sectors in the European Market. The agenda will include 20 innovative company presentations by CEOs, discussion panels, keynotes and top level networking including the Networking Dinner. 120+ guests will be present at the dinner, representing the "Who's Who" of the Fintech and Venture Capital market who are invited to join our Tech Tour delegates, including top executives from blue chip technology companies, international venture capitalists, investment bankers, specialized press, regional accelerators and advisers coming from all around the world.
The programme and pitches will revolve around the following themes:
Payment & Billing Tech
Personal Finance
Insurance Tech
Lending
Money Transfer
Digital Currency
Tools
Ecommerce, Marketplaces & Classifieds: Company presentation by Jochen Krisch, Exciting Commerce at the NOAH Conference Berlin 2019, 13-14 June, STATION.
PWC 2017 - UK startup review - 2016 in Fintech Ian Beckett
The FinTech sector continues to evolve as leading companies commercialize services independently and through collaboration. While FinTech startups were once seen as threats, the focus has shifted to cooperation. Key trends include a rise in business-to-business FinTech focused on improving incumbents' processes, more emphasis on customer problems in AI/ML due to open source materials, and FinTech helping financial services reach the underserved. Brexit has created uncertainty but innovation is increasing across Europe and the UK remains an attractive market.
Social Capital Hedosophia, a venture capital firm, is partnering with another firm to launch a publicly-listed holding company seeking to raise $500 million. The goal is to provide an alternative path for technology companies to go public by acquiring high-growth companies. Key questions around the plan include how investors will respond to the IPO and new models of funding companies, and what types of companies the holding company will seek to acquire.
Digital Disruption in Asset and Wealth ManagementCapgemini
The groundswell that is today impacting massively retail banking is now impacting all banking businesses. Opportunities offered by new digital technology such as Big data & analytics have not been fully explored yet by Asset & Wealth Management actors, and new technologies are mainly confined to improve shared platforms and reporting flexibility. But the turn might come soon now with the aggressive launches of Fintechs investing all parts of the banking business, including its most exclusive territories.
Asset and Wealth Management might be the next targets, facing the up-rise of new Robo-Advisors quickly gaining market
share on their devoted playground until now.
Traditional Asset and Wealth Managers should anticipate and react, building on their knowledge and assets in order to contain this new trend but this will require that they adapt and probably more globally rethink their business model, to avoid the commoditization of their activity.
The aim of this document is to present how Asset and Wealth Managers can take advantage of the digital revolution / emergence of Fintechs to become more competitive and attract more clients.
A look at the Venture Capital industry heading into 2020. Some have questioned whether the industry has a future. This deck does a detailed look at where the industry is and why the future of VC still looks bright.
The fintech industry is experiencing rapid growth fueled by three key changes:
1) Strong economic conditions have boosted financial markets and lifted fintech startups.
2) Advances in cloud computing, mobile apps, social media, and APIs have lowered costs and accelerated product development cycles for fintech firms.
3) A new generation of consumers has grown up with the internet and mobile devices, demanding easy-to-use financial services that can be accessed anywhere instantly.
Lending Platforms - Company Presentation by Alexander Artopé, Co-founder & CEO of smava at the Axel Springer NOAH Conference 2018 in Berlin, Tempodrom 6-7 June 2018.
- July 2013 saw record levels of investment activity in Europe, driven by large late-stage financings. The largest deal was a €300M round for Dutch company Mobileye.
- Investment levels were up significantly both in terms of deal value and number from the same period last year. Several sectors saw increased investment, including internet, software, and hardware.
- M&A activity remained subdued, with few exits of note for European VC/PE-backed companies over $50M. Corporate buyers have remained disciplined since the last downturn.
- The high levels of investment activity indicate the market has entered a "hype" phase of the cycle, which could lead to inflated valuations and excessive risk
Diving deep into literally millions of interactions and conversations with different networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, blogs, forums and news sites in order to bring you analytical info about how social media affects different sectors like:Sharing Economy, Banking and Finance, Ecommerce, Telecom and Fintech.
COTI is an Israeli fintech startup using next-generation blockchain technology to build payment networks and stable coins. It has over 30 employees including serial entrepreneurs and veterans from fintech and banking. COTI's platform aims to make payments faster, cheaper and more secure by addressing issues like high transaction costs, scalability and volatility with its Trustchain protocol. It has partnerships with payment processors and hopes to disrupt traditional payment systems and enable new use cases.
Transparency is one of our core values at Seedcamp and we are no strangers to how tough the fundraising process can be. In a continued spirit of openness and to show how - like with startups - our own story and proposition moves on, we're sharing the deck we used to raise our heavily-oversubscribed Seedcamp Fund V.
Read more about our plans to invest in and support the next generation of exceptional European talent on our blog: https://seedcamp.com/news/
Demystifying FinTech - Webinar in cooperation with EmeritusRudolfFalat
From this recording of the live event, in cooperation with Emeritus, hosted by Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, you will learn:
DEMYSTIFY key terms and frameworks in Financial Technology (FinTech)
LEARN how to formulate and communicate key questions that can be addressed through the use of FinTech
HEAR real-world applications of FinTech through case studies
DISCOVER opportunities to advance FinTech skills
Turkish Tech M&A Report - Technology and DigitalWebrazzi
This document analyzes mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the technology and digital sector in Turkey between 2010-2015. Some key findings include:
- The number of M&A deals increased significantly over this period while deal sizes remained low. E-commerce was the most active sector.
- Notable deals included the acquisition of Yemeksepeti.com for $589 million by Delivery Hero in 2015 and a $100 million investment in Hepsiburada.com by Abraaj Capital.
- The talent landscape is evolving with more graduates pursuing startups, demand for young digital talent, and some experienced executives joining startups. However, funding availability remains a challenge for the
Deloitte Teknoloji Fast 50 Türkiye 2017Firat Demirel
This document discusses the results of the 2017 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Turkey program. It provides an overview of the top 50 fastest growing technology companies in Turkey over the past 4 years. Oplog, an e-logistics company headquartered in Ankara, topped the list with a 4,564% growth rate. The Turkish technology sector grew 14.4% in 2016 and companies collectively spent over 1.5 billion TL on research and development. The document also analyzes trends from a survey of the CEOs of the top 50 companies regarding growth strategies, opportunities, and challenges.
Ecommerce, Marketplaces & Classifieds: Company presentation by Jochen Krisch, Exciting Commerce at the NOAH Conference Berlin 2019, 13-14 June, STATION.
PWC 2017 - UK startup review - 2016 in Fintech Ian Beckett
The FinTech sector continues to evolve as leading companies commercialize services independently and through collaboration. While FinTech startups were once seen as threats, the focus has shifted to cooperation. Key trends include a rise in business-to-business FinTech focused on improving incumbents' processes, more emphasis on customer problems in AI/ML due to open source materials, and FinTech helping financial services reach the underserved. Brexit has created uncertainty but innovation is increasing across Europe and the UK remains an attractive market.
Social Capital Hedosophia, a venture capital firm, is partnering with another firm to launch a publicly-listed holding company seeking to raise $500 million. The goal is to provide an alternative path for technology companies to go public by acquiring high-growth companies. Key questions around the plan include how investors will respond to the IPO and new models of funding companies, and what types of companies the holding company will seek to acquire.
Digital Disruption in Asset and Wealth ManagementCapgemini
The groundswell that is today impacting massively retail banking is now impacting all banking businesses. Opportunities offered by new digital technology such as Big data & analytics have not been fully explored yet by Asset & Wealth Management actors, and new technologies are mainly confined to improve shared platforms and reporting flexibility. But the turn might come soon now with the aggressive launches of Fintechs investing all parts of the banking business, including its most exclusive territories.
Asset and Wealth Management might be the next targets, facing the up-rise of new Robo-Advisors quickly gaining market
share on their devoted playground until now.
Traditional Asset and Wealth Managers should anticipate and react, building on their knowledge and assets in order to contain this new trend but this will require that they adapt and probably more globally rethink their business model, to avoid the commoditization of their activity.
The aim of this document is to present how Asset and Wealth Managers can take advantage of the digital revolution / emergence of Fintechs to become more competitive and attract more clients.
A look at the Venture Capital industry heading into 2020. Some have questioned whether the industry has a future. This deck does a detailed look at where the industry is and why the future of VC still looks bright.
The fintech industry is experiencing rapid growth fueled by three key changes:
1) Strong economic conditions have boosted financial markets and lifted fintech startups.
2) Advances in cloud computing, mobile apps, social media, and APIs have lowered costs and accelerated product development cycles for fintech firms.
3) A new generation of consumers has grown up with the internet and mobile devices, demanding easy-to-use financial services that can be accessed anywhere instantly.
Lending Platforms - Company Presentation by Alexander Artopé, Co-founder & CEO of smava at the Axel Springer NOAH Conference 2018 in Berlin, Tempodrom 6-7 June 2018.
- July 2013 saw record levels of investment activity in Europe, driven by large late-stage financings. The largest deal was a €300M round for Dutch company Mobileye.
- Investment levels were up significantly both in terms of deal value and number from the same period last year. Several sectors saw increased investment, including internet, software, and hardware.
- M&A activity remained subdued, with few exits of note for European VC/PE-backed companies over $50M. Corporate buyers have remained disciplined since the last downturn.
- The high levels of investment activity indicate the market has entered a "hype" phase of the cycle, which could lead to inflated valuations and excessive risk
Diving deep into literally millions of interactions and conversations with different networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, blogs, forums and news sites in order to bring you analytical info about how social media affects different sectors like:Sharing Economy, Banking and Finance, Ecommerce, Telecom and Fintech.
COTI is an Israeli fintech startup using next-generation blockchain technology to build payment networks and stable coins. It has over 30 employees including serial entrepreneurs and veterans from fintech and banking. COTI's platform aims to make payments faster, cheaper and more secure by addressing issues like high transaction costs, scalability and volatility with its Trustchain protocol. It has partnerships with payment processors and hopes to disrupt traditional payment systems and enable new use cases.
Transparency is one of our core values at Seedcamp and we are no strangers to how tough the fundraising process can be. In a continued spirit of openness and to show how - like with startups - our own story and proposition moves on, we're sharing the deck we used to raise our heavily-oversubscribed Seedcamp Fund V.
Read more about our plans to invest in and support the next generation of exceptional European talent on our blog: https://seedcamp.com/news/
Demystifying FinTech - Webinar in cooperation with EmeritusRudolfFalat
From this recording of the live event, in cooperation with Emeritus, hosted by Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, you will learn:
DEMYSTIFY key terms and frameworks in Financial Technology (FinTech)
LEARN how to formulate and communicate key questions that can be addressed through the use of FinTech
HEAR real-world applications of FinTech through case studies
DISCOVER opportunities to advance FinTech skills
Turkish Tech M&A Report - Technology and DigitalWebrazzi
This document analyzes mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the technology and digital sector in Turkey between 2010-2015. Some key findings include:
- The number of M&A deals increased significantly over this period while deal sizes remained low. E-commerce was the most active sector.
- Notable deals included the acquisition of Yemeksepeti.com for $589 million by Delivery Hero in 2015 and a $100 million investment in Hepsiburada.com by Abraaj Capital.
- The talent landscape is evolving with more graduates pursuing startups, demand for young digital talent, and some experienced executives joining startups. However, funding availability remains a challenge for the
Deloitte Teknoloji Fast 50 Türkiye 2017Firat Demirel
This document discusses the results of the 2017 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Turkey program. It provides an overview of the top 50 fastest growing technology companies in Turkey over the past 4 years. Oplog, an e-logistics company headquartered in Ankara, topped the list with a 4,564% growth rate. The Turkish technology sector grew 14.4% in 2016 and companies collectively spent over 1.5 billion TL on research and development. The document also analyzes trends from a survey of the CEOs of the top 50 companies regarding growth strategies, opportunities, and challenges.
Turin Startup Ecosystem 2024 - Ricerca sulle Startup e il Sistema dell'Innov...Quotidiano Piemontese
Turin Startup Ecosystem 2024
Una ricerca de il Club degli Investitori, in collaborazione con ToTeM Torino Tech Map e con il supporto della ESCP Business School e di Growth Capital
Indonesian Tech Ecosystem Report - Bits by BricksRama Manusama
Telkom Indonesia is committed to supporting Indonesia's growing startup ecosystem through its corporate venture arm, MDI Ventures. Historically, the telecommunications industry has been disrupted by new technologies like email replacing telegraphs. Telkom recognizes that digital revolution is ongoing and companies must evolve to stay ahead. This report discusses Indonesia's promising potential for tech startups due to factors like demographics and internet growth, but also notes barriers to startup growth in the country, including payments issues, consumer behavior challenges, and difficulties of doing business. The report argues that corporate involvement is crucial for startups to scale in Indonesia by providing infrastructure, market access, and strategic partnerships.
The document analyzes funding and M&A trends in the European and Israeli Internet of Things (IoT) industry in 2015 and early 2016. Some key findings include:
- IoT funding has accelerated significantly, with €242 million invested in the first four months of 2016 compared to €411 million for all of 2015.
- Later stage deals are becoming more common as the sector matures. However, most deals are still early stage investments under €5 million.
- Germany, Israel, and France have seen the most IoT funding activity. Automotive, smart home, and health sectors attracted the most investment.
- Network solutions were the top funded vertical in 2015 due to large rounds like SIGFOX's
Yevgen Sysoyev & Yuliya Sychikova, AVentures. Software Development in CEEIT Arena
The document summarizes key points from an upcoming report on the global software development services market and the IT industries in Belarus, Poland, Romania, and Ukraine. It notes that the global IT services market is expected to reach $843 billion by 2021, up from $630 billion in 2015. While most customers are from the US and Western Europe, most suppliers are based in India and China. However, Eastern Europe, including Belarus, Poland, Romania, and Ukraine, represents one of the top five global destinations for software development by delivery volume. The full report will provide fresh 2018 data on over 500 IT companies across the four countries.
3 reasons why incorporating a digital DNA smoothens bumpy investment trends i...Murat Tolga Demiroglu
Digital investment trends in Turkey.
Presentation held by Murat Demiroglu (IEG – Investment Banking Group) at the Doing Business in Turkey Conference at Dentons in Berlin.
- In 2015, the Turkish mid-market saw a record 190 M&A transactions despite economic and political uncertainty in Turkey. While deal numbers grew, the average deal size decreased significantly to $6 million due to an unfavorable investment climate.
- Manufacturing was once again the leading sector for deals. Foreign strategic investors generally prefer acquiring Turkish manufacturing companies for logistics and cost advantages.
- Growing venture capital and private investor acquisitions increased deal numbers but reduced average deal size. The "angel investor" model also became more active and important for entrepreneurship and innovation in Turkey.
Tech Ecosystem of Ukraine 2019. Insights, facts, companies you wanted to knowKirill Mazur
Ukraine's tech ecosystem is booming.
Last 5 years have become history-changing for Ukraine. With its 185 000 tech specialists, a few thousand startups, first unicorns, first innovation district and 20% average annual tech workforce growth, Ukraine is facing a prominent creative revolution in many areas.
In 2019, UNIT.City team together with partners has launched the guide about key things you should know about innovations in Ukraine.
Turkey, a bridge between two great continents, with its young and connected population of 82 million, offers the right environment for startups to launch, test and go global. Here find our own Strategy Report for Turkey collaboration with @Velox Partner and @Startups.watch.
Technology Investment Opportunity in Turkey - 2019 Q3 Updated212
Turkey, a bridge between two great continents, with its young and connected population of 82 million, offers the right environment for startups to launch, test and go global. Here find our own Strategy Report for Turkey collaboration with Velox Partner and Startups.watch.
This document discusses megatrends in European venture capital investing in 2020 and suggests startups for VCs to consider. It outlines five megatrends, including family offices and corporate funds becoming more active investors, consolidation of capital requiring startups to raise larger funds, VCs providing more company building support, and the DACH region emerging as a leading startup hub. It then provides examples of startups that could match the interests of various VCs, focusing on sectors like audio, agriculture, logistics, fintech, and blockchain.
The ICT sector is a major industry in Toronto, employing over 175,000 workers and generating $52 billion annually. It faces challenges retaining small innovative firms and ensuring an adequate talent supply. The city supports the sector through initiatives partnering with industry to attract talent, increase affordable space, and support start-ups and incubators. A strong ICT sector is critical to Toronto's economic success.
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Finch Capital in partnership with Dealroom released a
detailed data analytical report titled ‘The State of European FinTech, 2019 edition’, and reveals the drivers behind the strong value creation, the investors and the buyers of the fintech over the last five years.
The document provides an overview of the ICT industry in Albania. Some key points:
- The ICT market in Albania is estimated at $190 million with 1800 companies and over 8000 professionals.
- The sector has improved in the last 6 years due to government and business efforts but faces challenges like access to finance and regulation.
- Most companies offer a variety of services across sectors to make up for the small domestic market size.
- The telecom sector and public administration are most served, with mobile penetration over 90% and internet use by over half the population.
This document provides an overview and analysis of the fintech industry and expectations for 2016. It discusses the growth of fintech in 2015, concerns about continued growth, and predictions for 2016. Key points include:
- Fintech investment nearly doubled from 2014 to 2015, with the five most active investors flexing their muscles.
- Concerns exist around overregulation stifling growth, talent shortages, conservatism of traditional banks in adopting new technologies, and macroeconomic factors.
- Predictions for 2016 include disruption from tech giants through new alliances, increased social media usage in trading, a wave of new startups, focus on financial inclusion and responsible finance, regrowth of cryptocurrency and
Similar to Turkish Technology Sector M&A report 2017 (20)
CAKE: Sharing Slices of Confidential Data on BlockchainClaudio Di Ciccio
Presented at the CAiSE 2024 Forum, Intelligent Information Systems, June 6th, Limassol, Cyprus.
Synopsis: Cooperative information systems typically involve various entities in a collaborative process within a distributed environment. Blockchain technology offers a mechanism for automating such processes, even when only partial trust exists among participants. The data stored on the blockchain is replicated across all nodes in the network, ensuring accessibility to all participants. While this aspect facilitates traceability, integrity, and persistence, it poses challenges for adopting public blockchains in enterprise settings due to confidentiality issues. In this paper, we present a software tool named Control Access via Key Encryption (CAKE), designed to ensure data confidentiality in scenarios involving public blockchains. After outlining its core components and functionalities, we showcase the application of CAKE in the context of a real-world cyber-security project within the logistics domain.
Paper: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61000-4_16
Generating privacy-protected synthetic data using Secludy and MilvusZilliz
During this demo, the founders of Secludy will demonstrate how their system utilizes Milvus to store and manipulate embeddings for generating privacy-protected synthetic data. Their approach not only maintains the confidentiality of the original data but also enhances the utility and scalability of LLMs under privacy constraints. Attendees, including machine learning engineers, data scientists, and data managers, will witness first-hand how Secludy's integration with Milvus empowers organizations to harness the power of LLMs securely and efficiently.
Unlock the Future of Search with MongoDB Atlas_ Vector Search Unleashed.pdfMalak Abu Hammad
Discover how MongoDB Atlas and vector search technology can revolutionize your application's search capabilities. This comprehensive presentation covers:
* What is Vector Search?
* Importance and benefits of vector search
* Practical use cases across various industries
* Step-by-step implementation guide
* Live demos with code snippets
* Enhancing LLM capabilities with vector search
* Best practices and optimization strategies
Perfect for developers, AI enthusiasts, and tech leaders. Learn how to leverage MongoDB Atlas to deliver highly relevant, context-aware search results, transforming your data retrieval process. Stay ahead in tech innovation and maximize the potential of your applications.
#MongoDB #VectorSearch #AI #SemanticSearch #TechInnovation #DataScience #LLM #MachineLearning #SearchTechnology
Fueling AI with Great Data with Airbyte WebinarZilliz
This talk will focus on how to collect data from a variety of sources, leveraging this data for RAG and other GenAI use cases, and finally charting your course to productionalization.
For the full video of this presentation, please visit: https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/06/building-and-scaling-ai-applications-with-the-nx-ai-manager-a-presentation-from-network-optix/
Robin van Emden, Senior Director of Data Science at Network Optix, presents the “Building and Scaling AI Applications with the Nx AI Manager,” tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
In this presentation, van Emden covers the basics of scaling edge AI solutions using the Nx tool kit. He emphasizes the process of developing AI models and deploying them globally. He also showcases the conversion of AI models and the creation of effective edge AI pipelines, with a focus on pre-processing, model conversion, selecting the appropriate inference engine for the target hardware and post-processing.
van Emden shows how Nx can simplify the developer’s life and facilitate a rapid transition from concept to production-ready applications.He provides valuable insights into developing scalable and efficient edge AI solutions, with a strong focus on practical implementation.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Best 20 SEO Techniques To Improve Website Visibility In SERPPixlogix Infotech
Boost your website's visibility with proven SEO techniques! Our latest blog dives into essential strategies to enhance your online presence, increase traffic, and rank higher on search engines. From keyword optimization to quality content creation, learn how to make your site stand out in the crowded digital landscape. Discover actionable tips and expert insights to elevate your SEO game.
Full-RAG: A modern architecture for hyper-personalizationZilliz
Mike Del Balso, CEO & Co-Founder at Tecton, presents "Full RAG," a novel approach to AI recommendation systems, aiming to push beyond the limitations of traditional models through a deep integration of contextual insights and real-time data, leveraging the Retrieval-Augmented Generation architecture. This talk will outline Full RAG's potential to significantly enhance personalization, address engineering challenges such as data management and model training, and introduce data enrichment with reranking as a key solution. Attendees will gain crucial insights into the importance of hyperpersonalization in AI, the capabilities of Full RAG for advanced personalization, and strategies for managing complex data integrations for deploying cutting-edge AI solutions.
TrustArc Webinar - 2024 Global Privacy SurveyTrustArc
How does your privacy program stack up against your peers? What challenges are privacy teams tackling and prioritizing in 2024?
In the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey, we asked over 1,800 global privacy professionals and business executives to share their perspectives on the current state of privacy inside and outside of their organizations. This year’s report focused on emerging areas of importance for privacy and compliance professionals, including considerations and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, building brand trust, and different approaches for achieving higher privacy competence scores.
See how organizational priorities and strategic approaches to data security and privacy are evolving around the globe.
This webinar will review:
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1. Turkey Mergers & Acquisitions
Technology and Digital
2010-2016
August 2017
About the Authors
Burcu Bıçakçı Ersoy is a management consultant with the Istanbul office of Egon Zehnder. She leads the
Telecommunications practice group globally and Digital practice in Turkey. You can contact her by e-mail at
burcu.bicakci@egonzehnder.com
Aslı Tekinbaş is a researcher with the Istanbul office of Egon Zehnder. You can contact her by email at
asli.tekinbas@egonzehnder.com.
2. 2
Executive Summary
As an executive search and leadership
consulting firm; Egon Zehnder‘s Technology
and Communications Practice Group has a
special focus on interpreting the disruptive
forces of “digital” across industries and its talent
implications. Egon Zehnder emphasizes that a
fundamental element of digital transformation
is about the talent that drives the change; and
digital start-ups are the engine to grow talent in
this space.
Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) in the
ecosystem of technology and digital companies
is a major source of information demonstrating
how internet businesses are evolving and the
disruption they would create in other industries
over time. In Turkey’s technology and digital
landscape; the transaction sizes still remain to
be low; but the number of transactions increased
significantly in the past 5 years.
This report analyses all the M&A activity in the
technology and digital ecosystem between 2010
and 2016 in Turkey and tries to shed light to the
evolution of the market and the talent landscape
associated with it.
Unfortunately; most of the deals in Turkey are
made with undisclosed amounts; hence the
analysis in this report is based on number of
deals rather than the amount of investment
flowing into deals.
The research revealed that;
• Despite the political and economic challenges
Turkey has been going through since 2015
and which got worse in 2016, number of
investments in the technology companies have
significantly increased in 2016. Although we
don’t have the data to report on the amount
of investment; we also estimate that it has
increased from 2015 to 2016.
• The investment into the start-ups in Turkey
is in the hands of an increasing number of
angel investors, VCs and Angel Networks.
There is limited interest from Private Equity
funds to the technology companies; and the
Venture Capitals invest very limited funds.
Nevertheless, there is significant consolidation
going on in a few areas (digital marketing
agencies, systems integration, software, call
center and outsourcing).
• E-commerce and market place stays ahead of
all the other industries in terms of keeping
the investor focus and the growth potential is
still there. Market place is gaining speed while
e-commerce is slowing down.
• Significant brain drain started and majority
of the talent that leaves the country is in
technology industry. Turkish engineers are
highly educated and are in demand from all
around the world. We expect the impact of
this move to be negative in the short term,
but might be positive in the mid-term if the
country goes on a positive trajectory and
such talent comes back more experienced or
decides to invest into technology companies in
Turkey.
3. 3
Deal Statistics
In 2016, our analysis shows 91 transactions; this is up 100% from the 46 transactions which were
announced during 2015. This is also the record high number of transactions since 2010. 2016 has
been the most challenging year in the last 10 years; in terms of Turkey’s political and macroeconomic
risks. (Numerous bombings, change of prime minister, assassination of the Russian ambassador,
Coup d’etat in July). Despite the worrying atmosphere, it is a positively surprising sign to see that
the number of investments in the technology space has increased. This is also a credit to the Turkish
entrepreneurs, who were able to keep up the good spirit and demonstrate resilience to stress in
difficult conditions. We do not have the complete data to report the amount of investment that flows
into the transactions, but our estimates show that there is also a significant increase in the total
amount of funds, if we only exclude the Digiturk investment of Bein Media that took place in 2015.
Total Number of Deals per Year
2010
10
2011
34
2012
28
2013
85
2014
61
2015
46
2016
91
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Buyer Landscape
In 2016, we have seen an increase in the number
and diversity of active angel investors. Some
of the “usual suspects” of 2015 still continued
their investment activity (such as Nevzat Aydın,
Selçuk Saraç and Sina Afra) while the most active
investor of 2015; Hasan Aslanoba had less share in
2016. Unfortunately, two of the most promising
investments of Hasan Aslanoba; tazedirekt.com
and incir.com decided to close business in 2016
due to the difficult economic conditions. The
new private investors that joined the club mostly
come from serial entrepreneurs but also some
corporate professionals and wealthy family firm
owners. The latter two groups are very important
for creating role models and bringing more funds
and angel investor appetite to the ecosystem
through word of mouth.
The private equity investments stayed low in
2016. Private equity funds prefer investing
into more mature industries rather than start-
up companies; and the more mature part of
technology companies hasn’t been their focus
in 2016. The only PE transaction that took place
was the acquisition of Taxim Capital of Netcad;
an established Engineering and Design software
company.
On the contrary, VCs and Angel Networks have
been more active in 2016 compared to the
years before. ACT Venture Partners, BIC Angels,
Earlybird, Hummingbird, Galata Business Angels,
Aslanoba Capital, StartersHub, Şirket Ortağım are
examples with few investments. Revo Capital was
one of the most active VCs with 6 investments.
V-Count, Peoplise, Digiform, Paraşüt, ACL Teslim
and Cardtek were all investments of Revo Capital
in 2016.
24 out of the 91 transactions in 2016 happened as
an acquisition of a company by another; 11 of the
24 transactions happened between two Turkish
companies and the rest were investments from
foreign companies to Turkish companies. One of
the most important foreign investments of the
year was the acquisition of 48% of the shares of
Netaş by the Chinese ZTE. The origin of countries
investing into Turkish companies varies from USA
to France, China, Japan, South Africa and Italy.
We see a consolidation in marketing agencies for
the past few years; again in 2016 there were few
transactions in this context: Publicis Groupe’s
acquisition of Digitouch and Publicis Yorum,
Related Group’s acquisition of Semanticum,
J.Walter Thompson’s acquisition of Wanda Digital
are examples. Another industry where we start
observing consolidations globally is call center
and outsourcing industry. Turkey is no exception
to this. Comdata’s acquisition of Win Bilgi
İletişim Hizmetleri is an example that supports
this trend. Finally, the traditional industries
such as systems integration, distribution
and value added reseller business models,
telecommunication, software development
houses are subject to consolidation, hence a
considerable amount of transaction happened in
this space.
5. 5
Industries of Interest
Total number of Deals per Industry 2010-2016
Telecommunications 16
Marketplace 49
Services 6
Gaming 9
Digital Media and Content 27
Software 33
Internet Mobile Services 28
Payment Systems 17
E-commerce 72
Cybersecurity 4
Systems Integration 23
IOT 3
Price Comparison 3
Education 7
Digital and Mobile Marketing 26
Social Media Platform 6
Group Buying 5
Others 4
Distribution and VARs 11
Teknokent 6
6. Turkish e-commerce has exceeded 30 billion TL in 2016 and continues to grow more than 20%
annually. (Actual growth from 2015 to 2016 has been 24%) This corresponds to 3,5% of all retail
business in Turkey. E-commerce represents around 15% in developed economies like UK; hence there
is still great opportunity in this segment in Turkey. E-commerce and marketplaces, which is a different
version of e-commerce are the two leading categories of concentration for entrepreneurs and
investors; as demonstrated by the graph above. It is important to note that the number of investments
in e-commerce is slowing down while marketplace investments increase. This is the market reaction
to the profitability problems of e-commerce companies as well as the balance sheet risk with regards
to slow moving inventory. Marketplace business models address these problems with no stock on
balance sheet, however profitability of such models can be lower than the standard e-commerce
companies; and the customer experience standardization requires a great process discipline. In the
following pages of this report, you can see the e-commerce versus marketplace graphs in the last years.
Following the e-commerce category; Internet and Mobile Services; which is a very fragmented market;
Digital and Mobile marketing which is still subject to consolidation and Digital Media and Content;
are taking more interest from investors than the rest of the industries.
Finally, we can see that traditional industries such as software and systems integration receive
more interest than the rest of the industries; main drive of whose investments is consolidation.
An important point to emphasize is the increased number of deals in software. Turkish software
companies have started to demonstrate success, address customer needs well and become an
attraction for investors looking for significant return of investments.
Globally, Internet of Things (IOT) companies have already started to become a center of attention
for investments. However we see a slower pick up of IOT company investments in Turkey. Turkish
start up ecosystem is full of innovative IOT companies which are still to become visible and attract
investments.
E-Commerce
6
2010
1
2011
7
2012
13
2013
24
2014
14
2015
9
2016
4
Total number of E-commerce deals per year
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% of Deals in Different E-Commerce Verticals
(Total of 72 deals between 2010-2016)
Total number of Marketplace deals per year
Sports
1%
Tourism
8%
Baby Care
4%
Fashion
28%
Food
11%
Lifestyle
11%
Presents
7%
Private Shopping
18%
Online Classified
2%
House and
Furniture
8%
Automotive Spare Parts
2%
Marketplace
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
1
3
7 7
11
20
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% of Deals in Different Marketplace Verticals
(Total of 49 deals between 2010-2016)
Traditional Business Models
(Total of 73 deals between 2010-2016)
Transportation
16%
Health
2%
Food and Beverages
6%
Multicategory
6%
Online Classified
23%
Services
47%
Distribution
and VARs
15%
Software
45%
Systems
Integration
32% Services
8%
9. 9
Digital Media and Content
(Total of 27 deals between 2010-2016)
Video
22%
Lifestyle Content
30%
Market Insight
4%
Media technology
7%
Music
4%
Sports
11%
Technology News
7%
Pay TV and Broadcasting
4% News
11%
Notable Deals in 2016
ZTE, a major international provider of mobile
devices, telecommunication systems, enterprise
and technology solutions, acquired 48.04%
shareholding of Netaş Telekomünikasyon A.Ş. for
101 mio USD.
ZTE is a Chinese multinational telecommunications
equipment and systems company headquartered
in Shenzhen. ZTE operates in three business units:
carrier networks (54%), terminals (29%) and
telecommunication (17%). ZTE’s core products are
wireless, exchange, access, optical transmission,
and data telecommunications gear; mobile
phones; and telecommunications software. It also
offers products that provide value-added services,
such as video on demand and streaming media.
ZTE primarily sells products under its own name
but it is also an OEM. ZTE is one of the top five
largest smartphone manufacturers in its home
market.
Netaş, Turkey’s telecom infrastructure provider,
was established in 1967 as a joint venture
company between Turkish PTT and Northern
Electric Company Limited (Nortel Networks
Corporation) of Canada with the aim of
supplying Turkey with locally manufactured
telecommunications equipment. Nortel’s 53.13%
stake in Nortel Netaş was acquired by One Equity
Partners (OEP) and Rhea Investments for $68
million in December 2010. In 2011, Netas agreed
to buy 100% stake in Probil, local enterprise
VAR, for $31 million. Probil has been providing a
wide range of services from industrial solutions
to business solutions, systems integration,
outsourcing, care and maintenance services,
network solutions and consultancy since 1989.
Netaş also acquired 10 % shares in Kron, a local
10. 10
OSS software development company. Kron
Telekomünikasyon Hizmetleri A.Ş. produces
software solutions for national and regional
telecom operators and service providers. Netaş
acquired Group A shares of the company in 2013
in line with the strategic growth goal and the
purpose of offering innovative solutions to its
customers. Having strengthened its capabilities
in the field of systems integration with the
acquisition of Kron, Netaş now provides a wider
range of end-to-end solutions to its customers
in Turkey and in the region. Complementing
its 40 years of experience in the area of
telecommunications and local technology, Netaş
has expertise in the area of wireline and wireless
voice data communications and optical
infrastructure.
Turkey Talent Landscape
As the world becomes digitalized and
entrepreneurship becomes a viable option as a
career; the talent landscape starts evolving in a
new direction.
• New graduates – More and more graduates
from top universities consider joining start-
ups or founding their own companies after
school. Increasingly, there are business
angel networks, incubation centers,
entrepreneurship classes that are getting into
the lives of these young individuals. Seeing the
young billionaires who were not very different
from them when they started their businesses
are inspirational role models for the young
population. This is a sign for a better future of
Turkish start up ecosystem in 5 years from now;
given that funding is made available to boost
this population’s ideas.
• Young and innovative digital talent – This is
the most demanded talent in the market; both
from start-ups in every stage and corporate
companies to play key roles in their digital
roles or digital transformation journey.
This group can be described as; 5-15 years
experienced (in digital roles in corporate
structures, pure players or start-ups) digitally
savvy talent with specific domain expertise.
The domain examples are UI/UX, analytics,
marketing, coding, mobility. This talent can
be described with their strong passion for
their domain, style of freedom and casualty,
creativity, hard work, flexibility and low ego.
They change jobs frequently and are priced
above market average. They are self-confident
and would only stick to a role if they feel the
cultural fit to the environment. They are in
the edge of running their own business and
continuing a corporate career; most have
experience in both sides of the table.
• Mid-career; experienced corporate executives –
Digitally savvy experienced executives started
to grow a tendency to dive into the world of
digital ventures during a career break or with
an intentional leave from their corporate
careers. While some of these executives
become successful, some end up going back
to corporate careers; since finding capital
is not easy and their lives and families don’t
give them the flexibility to burn money for a
long time. Some members of this group try
to run a start up as a side business to core
responsibilities; however this is generally not
an effective model for creating a successful
venture. Some act as investors but their funds
are limited; hence significant impact doesn’t
come from this group.
• Senior; very experienced corporate executives –
These are generally top executives who leave
their positions and have a passion for the
11. 11
world of digital start-ups, are very networked
and credible which gives them the option of
creating a fund or acting as an investor to a
portfolio of companies to diversify risks. This
model resulted in a few successful ventures to
be funded and it is a promising career option
for the executive leading the effort.
• Retired executives from senior positions with
board careers – These executives leverage their
extensive network and market credibility
and invest in some of the start-ups as angel
investors or into funds as contributors to
a portfolio. They are great sources to open
doors and accelerate the growth of ventures;
but their involvement in start-up boards
might prove to create some bureaucracy and
inefficiencies.
In 2016, we started to observe a brain drain of
talent in every level. The political and economic
downturn in Turkey that started in 2015 and
worsened in 2016 has been the reason for many
high potential executives to give a fundamental
decision to relocate out of Turkey. Most of the
young and digitally savvy talent is demanded
from western geographies such as UK and
USA while more seasoned executives are more
demanded from Middle East and Far East.
This will for sure have a longer term impact
to the Turkish start up ecosystem. Some of the
talent that migrates from Turkey could have a
positive spill-over effect if they later on invest
in Turkish start-up companies, or if they would
return in a few years with a deeper experience
in entrepreneurship. Without a doubt, Turkey is
going through challenging times for businesses
that are trying to prosper; and talent is still the
scarcest resource as a barrier to growth.
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Appendix
Definitions and Scope
• All deals from media industry that has a relevancy to digital transformation of media has been
included as part of this study. For example transactions involving the ownership change of free to
air TV channels or radio channels are excluded while digital and mobile marketing agencies are
included. Digital and on demand broadcasting platforms such as Digiturk are included.
• Definition of e-commerce vs marketplace: If the products visual presentation (i.e. studio); pricing;
invoicing happens through the website, this is considered e-commerce. Platforms/websites; which
facilitate the transaction by providing a platform and not directly invoicing the customer are called
a marketplace
• Definition of “Lifestyle”: All personal hobby items such as food, personal care, cinema, books,
weddings, are classified as “lifestyle”