Step by Step Bioentrepreneurship — Book Contribution
In October 2019, the book “Step by Step Bioentrepreneurship: A Roadmap for Biotechnology Founders and Investors” was published — and our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu contributed a chapter from a legal perspective. The book is the first of its kind in Turkey and was edited by Prof. Dr. Işıl Kurnaz and Dr. Sevgi Salman …
Read more →BTM Startup Law 101 — Training for Knowledge Commercialization Center Founders
At the Knowledge Commercialization Center (BTM) of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu and R. Okan Şencan delivered the Startup Law 101 training to founders working within the BTM ecosystem — laying out a startup-law backbone spanning the journey from idea to exit. The central thesis of the training was clear: …
Read more →Vircon Legal Advised Mottojoy on its USD 50,000 Seed Round from Hande Enes
Vircon Legal advised Mottojoy on its first seed financing round. The round closed on 4 July 2019 with USD 50,000 raised at a USD 2,000,000 post-money valuation from Hande Enes. Single-angel seed rounds at this scale and valuation profile carry an important structural function: the documentation produced at the initial closing tends to set the …
Read more →Vircon Legal Advised Udentify on its Pre-Seed Round Led by StarterHub
Vircon Legal advised Udentify on its pre-seed round led by StarterHub. Udentify is a camera-based, real-time store-efficiency measurement platform. Its software uses retailers’ existing in-store camera systems to track shoppers across the physical store — from the entrance through to the checkout — under a single identity, generating granular customer-experience data without additional hardware. The …
Read more →Vircon Legal Advised TRANGELS on its USD 90,000 Seed Investment in micro-S Biyoteknoloji
Vircon Legal advised TRANGELS on its seed investment in micro-S Biyoteknoloji. The round closed on 10 April 2019 with USD 90,000 invested at a USD 605,000 post-money valuation. Hüseyin Karayağız participated alongside TRANGELS in the round. Biotechnology seed investments carry structural considerations that distinguish them from pure software or consumer-tech early-stage rounds — extended technical …
Read more →Vircon Legal Advised TRANGELS on its USD 92,000 Seed Investment in Batron Energy
Vircon Legal advised TRANGELS on its seed investment in Batron Energy alongside ERBAN and Hüseyin Karayağız. The round closed on 20 March 2019 with USD 92,000 invested at the seed stage. Energy-sector early-stage investments carry structural considerations that distinguish them from pure consumer or pure-software venture rounds — regulatory perimeters around energy production and distribution, …
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