Having founded last year, Loom Games’s Pixel Flow! already surpassed 10 million global players Mobile gaming company Scopely acquires a majority stake in Loom Games, the Istanbul-based developer of the mobile puzzle title Pixel Flow!, at a valuation of $1 billion. The game, launched in […]
Temu’s Turkish subsidiary, WhaleCo Turkey Teknoloji, will handle imports directly Temu resumed sales in Türkiye under a new import structure after briefly suspending cross-border shipments earlier this month. The halt followed a government move to end simplified customs procedures for goods valued below €30. During […]
This week’s stories are about tech, AI and chips, coming from Korea, Netherlands and the USA Global chip sales to reach $1 trillion Global semiconductor sales are on track to reach $1 trillion this year, driven by surging demand tied to artificial intelligence (AI) The […]
Uber adds Getir’s food, grocery, retail and water delivery services to the portfolio Uber Technologies agreed to acquire Getir’s delivery operations in Türkiye, expanding its presence in the country’s fast-growing on-demand market. No financial terms of the deal have been announced. The deal covers Getir’s […]
Starting this week I’ll be interviewing VCs in Turkey. Cenk Bayrakdar, Managing Director at Revo Capital, explained future plans for Fund II recently announced As you are aware of I was introducing the Turkish startups. From this week on I will be introducing VCs in […]
The first Turkish-made electric train tests starting in late August Turkey will expand its railway network to 18,000 kilometers (11,184 miles), said Adil Karaismailoglu, Transport and Infrastructure Minister. Addressing at digital summit on transportation and infrastructure last week, Karaismailoglu said Turkey’s railway investments will go […]
Istanbul outpaces Dubai, Moscow, and Brussels, the report said Istanbul is #16 among top 100 emerging ecosystems, said Mustafa Varank, Technology and Industry Minister. Referring to new report by US-based global entrepreneurship research institution Startup Genome, Varank added Turkey’s commercial capital Istanbul, at number 16, […]
Highest growth comes from information technology category due to demand for laptops and desktops as a result of COVID-19 GfK, a consultancy and research firm, said Turks bought TL 17.2 billion of consumer electronics in Q1. That means consumer electronics industry grew 20.8% as compared […]
This weekend’s food is about a female software developer’s experiences in Silicon Valley in 90s and Stanley Kubrick’s iconic film Close to the Machine (Ellen Ullman) Ellen Ullman’s Close to the Machine book describes the life and work of a software engineer in the Silicon […]
Vispera’s computer vision technology helps retailers to increase sales and productivity It is unusual for Turkish academicians to start business as they are working at the university. But Prof. Dr. Aytül Erçil started two businesses, while one of them has been acquired by a German […]
A 29 years career as a journalism, Timur Sırt nowadays focuses on entrepreneurs and startups Timur Sırt is one of the most experienced tech journalists in Turkey. Having started journalism at Datamation Magazine’s Turkish edition in 1991, his first contact technology was with an Atari. […]
International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) certified Teyit will review news stories in Azerbaijani on Facebook, check their facts, and rate their accuracy Facebook and Teyit announced today that they have extended their fact-checking partnership, aimed at helping prevent the spread of fake news on Facebook platforms […]
Turkey’s leading hosting startup acquired by Danish competitor Team.blue, a Danish hosting company, announced to Natro, a Turkish hosting business. team.blue will acquire 100% of the Natro shares from its current owners, Tolga Kabakçı and Hüseyin Caymaz. Natro has 70 employees in the Instanbul office […]
DigiME aims to become one of the leading big data startups in health-tech by continuing its global expansion with the new investment DigiME, which provides high accuracy 3D body analysis with its artificial intelligence supported software, completed its second investment round with a valuation of 15 […]
