15 Apr 2024
TURUNÇ authored the Turkish chapter of Lexology Panoramic’s Venture Capital 2024 title. The contributing lawyers were Kerem Turunç, Esin Çamlıbel, Yasemin Erden, Naz Esen and Beste Yıldızili Ergül. The publication, previously known as Getting the Deal Through, is a comparative guide of the legislation relating to venture capital investments in 11 jurisdictions. In addition to Turkey,...
19 Mar 2024
TURUNÇ has advised Boğaziçi Ventures on its investment in Retter.io, a provider of products for faster backend development. Inveo Ventures also joined the round. Boğaziçi Ventures is a leading Turkish Capital Markets Board-regulated venture capital fund focused primarily on fintech, health tech, retail tech and gaming. The TURUNÇ team included Kerem Turunç, Yasemin Erden, Beste...
18 Mar 2024
In the first installment of our “Artificial Intelligence – 30+ Years Ago and Now” article series, we discussed a newspaper column authored by our founding partner Noyan Turunç thirty-two years ago. We noted that today’s discussions around artificial intelligence (AI) are consistent with his predictions in that column. Thirty-two years after that column, our managing...
15 Mar 2024
There is another secret, in addition to the ones we’ve solved!There is another light, in addition to these lights.Do not settle for anything you’ve done, go beyond;There is another thing, in addition to all you’ve done.– Omar Khayyam With “artificial intelligence” hot on the agenda, we’ve recalled something. Almost thirty-two years ago, on December 18,...
11 Mar 2024
TURUNÇ has advised Gelecek Etki Fonu (Future Impact Fund) on its investment in PhiTech, a provider of AI-powered, multi-omics based diagnostic decision support for precision medicine. Other venture capital funds and angel investors also joined the round. Gelecek Etki Fonu is a Capital Markets Board-regulated venture capital fund managed jointly by Tacirler Asset Management, a...
04 Mar 2024
“Yapay Zekâ – 30 Küsur Sene Önce, 30 Küsur Sene Sonra” yazı dizimizin 1. bölümünde, büromuzun kurucusu Noyan Turunç’un, otuz iki sene önce yazdığı bir köşe yazısından bahsetmiştik. Günümüzde yapay zekâ ile ilgili tartışmaların o yazıda öngörüldüğü biçimde şekillendiğini söylemiştik. O yazıdan otuz iki sene sonra, bu sefer de büromuzun yönetici ortağı Kerem Turunç, TÜSİAD...
01 Mar 2024
Bir sır daha var, çözdüklerimizden başka!Bir ışık daha var, bu ışıklardan başka.Hiçbir yaptığınla yetinme, geç öteye;Bir şey daha var bütün yaptıklarından başka.– Ömer Hayyam Son günlerde ‘yapay zekâ’ gündeme gelince hatırladık. Büromuzun kurucusu Noyan Turunç’un, neredeyse otuz iki yıl önce, 18 Aralık 1992 tarihli Ticaret Gazetesi’ndeki köşe yazısı “Yapay Sinir Ağları” idi. O zamanlar ‘yapay...
20 Feb 2024
Managing Partner Kerem Turunç will be one of the speakers at the Artificial Intelligence Summit organized by Boğaziçi Ventures. The event, which will be held on February 27, 2024 in Istanbul, will bring together industry experts, investors and entrepreneurs. The summit will boast panel discussions on the current state of artificial intelligence and related developments...
01 Feb 2024
TURUNÇ has advised Gelecek Etki Fonu (Future Impact Fund) on its investment in OctaiPipe, a UK-based end-to-end Edge AI platform optimised for creating, deploying, and managing machine learning solutions for industrial IoT. SuperSeed, Forward Partners, D2, Atlas Ventures, Martlet Capital and Deeptech Labs also joined the round. Gelecek Etki Fonu is a Capital Markets Board-regulated venture capital fund managed...