What Inventures does

Inventures is an early-stage internet business accelerator and venture capital firm headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey. The firm was spun off from Inveon, a software solutions company, and provides seed-level investment of up to $200,000 per company, alongside mentorship, technology partnership, and business development support, targeting entrepreneurial teams building web and mobile-focused businesses across the EMEA ecosystem. Its value proposition bundles four service layers: mentorship drawn from 27 Investor/Co-Founder experiences, seed capital with access to an EMEA co-investor network, technology support inherited from Inveon (e-commerce, omnichannel, CRM, BI, vertical search, plus interim CTO capability), and biz-dev connections across e-commerce, retail, GSM operator, and banking sectors.

The firm's business model is return-driven: it takes equity stakes in portfolio companies and generates revenue from successful exits. The disclosed portfolio spans approximately twelve companies across vertical e-commerce (Supplementler, Tazemasa, Bulucak, Cikolata Sepeti), fintech (mygini, Scorp), SaaS (ideasoft), venture capital (Indico Capital), real estate (Tiko), and mobile/social platforms (Blesh, Scorp). Named successful exits include Trendyol (subsequently invested by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers), Bulucak (acquired by Aerobilet), and Cikolata Sepeti (acquired by majority shareholders). Inventures claims a position among the top 20 strongest venture capital and private equity funds in Turkey based on investment activities.

The firm is privately held, with 11-50 employees, led by Managing Partners Yomi Kastro and Emir Alkaş, and Partner Moris Kastro. Revenue, AUM, fund vintages, and detailed financial metrics are not publicly disclosed, and no recent funding rounds, acquisitions, or product launches are documented in the available source material.

Name

Inventures

Legal name

Inventures

Website

https://inventures.com.tr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Inventures is an Istanbul-based early-stage internet business accelerator providing up to $200,000 in seed capital, mentorship, and technology partnership to web and mobile startups across the EMEA ecosystem, spun off from software firm Inveon.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital and Startup Accelerator Services

NAICS

Miscellaneous Intermediation (52391)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Accelerators & Incubators (Investor-Operated) (FSANAAAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Early-Stage Venture Capital (Pre-Seed/Seed) (FSANAAAA)

Keywords

• Seed-stage venture capital
• Early-stage accelerator
• Startup mentorship
• EMEA seed funding
• Internet startup investment

Headquarters

HQ city

Istanbul

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Accelerator/Investment Returns: Inventures operates as a venture capital and accelerator, generating returns through successful exits of portfolio companies. The firm provides seed-stage investment and takes equity stakes in exchange for capital, mentorship, and technology partnerships.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Inventures is an early-stage internet business accelerator and seed-stage venture capital firm based in Istanbul, Turkey. It provides up to $200,000 in seed capital, mentorship from a network of 27 investor/co-founders, and technology partnership (including e-commerce, omnichannel, CRM, BI and vertical search expertise inherited from its spin-off parent Inveon) to entrepreneurial teams building web and mobile focused businesses. The firm takes equity stakes in portfolio companies and generates returns through successful exits.

Product overview

Inventures is an early-stage internet business accelerator and venture capital firm based in Istanbul, Turkey. Rather than offering a software product, the company provides a bundled service offering to entrepreneurial teams consisting of mentorship (from 27 Investor/Co-Founder experiences), seed capital investment (up to $200,000), technology partnership spun off from Inveon (e-commerce, omnichannel, sales management, CRM, business intelligence, and vertical search engine expertise), and business development support (e-commerce, retail, GSM operator, and banking connections). The company also lists portfolio companies and successful exits but these are investment portfolio entities, not Inventures' own product lines.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Early-Stage Internet Business Accelerator Program Seed-stage accelerator engagement for early-stage web and mobile focused entrepreneurial teams, bundling up to $200,000 in seed capital, mentorship from a 27-investor/co-founder network, technology partnership (software infrastructure, design, e-commerce, CRM, BI), and business development introductions into e-commerce, retail, GSM operator and banking channels across the EMEA ecosystem.

Quantifiable outcome

• Proven track record of successful exits including Trendyol, which was invested by Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• InveoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInventures was spun-off from Inveon, a leading innovative software solutions company. This relationship provides Inventures with software infrastructure and design support capabilities, experience in e-commerce, omnichannel, sales management, CRM, business intelligence, and vertical search engines. Inveon also enables Inventures to provide interim CTO capability to portfolio companies.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Y Combinator: Y Combinator is the benchmark early-stage internet/software startup accelerator, offering seed capital, mentorship, and a vast network. Inventures runs a regional analogue of the same model for EMEA, targeting web/mobile startups with combined funding plus intensive mentorship.
• 500 Global (500 Startups): 500 Global is a multi-stage venture firm and accelerator active across emerging markets, providing seed investment, accelerator programs, and follow-on capital. It is a direct peer because it competes for the same early-stage EMEA internet founders that Inventures targets.
• Techstars: Techstars is a global accelerator network offering seed capital and structured mentorship programs. It competes with Inventures for high-quality early-stage internet founders and provides a comparable bundled service of capital, mentorship, and network access.
• Seedstars: Seedstars is an emerging-markets-focused accelerator and VC, headquartered in Switzerland with active programs across EMEA, LatAm, Africa, and Asia. It is the closest emerging-markets analogue to Inventures' EMEA-focused accelerator model.
• Wayra (Telefónica): Wayra is Telefónica's corporate accelerator, investing in internet and digital startups with mentorship and corporate BD. Comparable to Inventures in combining startup investment with structured technology/corporate mentorship.
• 212 (212vc): 212vc is an Istanbul-headquartered early-stage venture capital fund. It is the most direct Turkish local competitor to Inventures, investing in internet/software startups with similar ticket sizes.

Regional players

• ACT Venture Partners: ACT Venture Partners is one of Turkey's longest-running early-stage VC firms, with deep roots in the Istanbul tech ecosystem. It targets similar internet/SaaS seed and early-stage companies, though it tends toward later tickets than Inventures.
• Hummingbird Ventures: Hummingbird Ventures is a Turkey-rooted seed/early-stage fund backing internet founders across EMEA. Comparable in geography and early-stage mandate, though typically with larger follow-on participation than Inventures.
• Earlybird Venture Capital: Earlybird is a large European seed/early-stage fund with an active Turkey/EMEA mandate. It competes for the same founders and tends to lead or co-lead larger rounds than Inventures does.

Others

• Endeavor Turkey: Endeavor Turkey is a non-profit supporting high-impact entrepreneurs with mentorship and network access, partially overlapping with Inventures' mentorship-led value proposition (Moris Kastro's prior affiliation noted). Adjacent ecosystem participant rather than a direct investor competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments20 records

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