Vircon Legal Advised Compocket on its Investment Round from KT Portföy
Vircon Legal advised Compocket on its investment round from KT Portföy. The transaction closed on 17 March 2019. The financial terms of the round were not disclosed at the request of the parties. Investment rounds led by a Turkish institutional portfolio manager — particularly an SPK-registered Portföy Yönetim Şirketi (PYŞ) — sit in a structurally …
Read more →StartupHR — When Does a Founder Need a Lawyer?
On March 4, 2019, in an interview with StartupHR, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu answered the question “When does a founder need a lawyer?” through practical examples. The central thesis of the interview was clear: a founder is not legally obligated to engage a lawyer when starting up; but when the right questions are …
Read more →Vircon Legal Advised Alphatik on its Investment Round Led by Cyrus Capital Partners
Vircon Legal advised Alphatik on its investment round led by Cyrus Capital Partners, L.P. The round closed on 3 March 2019. The size and detailed terms of the transaction were not disclosed at the request of the parties. The transaction was structured around the participation of an institutional venture investor with cross-border experience, which introduced …
Read more →Vircon Legal Advised Şirket Ortağım on its Investment in Hibrigen
Vircon Legal advised Şirket Ortağım on its investment in Hibrigen. The transaction closed on 31 January 2019. The financial terms of the round were not disclosed at the request of the parties. Şirket Ortağım operated as a structured early-stage capital channel in the Turkish ecosystem, bringing institutional discipline to seed-stage transactions where the company profile …
Read more →StartupHR — How Can I Protect My Idea?
On January 2, 2019, in an interview with StartupHR, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu walked through what intellectual property practically means for founders — through the question “How can I protect my idea?” The central thesis of the interview was clear: “an idea” is not, on its own, legally protectable; what is protected is …
Read more →Vircon Legal Advised TRANGELS on its Investment in Zippsi
Vircon Legal advised TRANGELS on its investment in Zippsi. The transaction closed on 5 December 2018. The financial terms of the round were not disclosed at the request of the parties. TRANGELS was, and remains, one of the more institutionally-disciplined angel networks in the Turkish ecosystem — a structured channel through which experienced individual investors …
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