YBL21 Fellow — A New Leader Association
On December 12, 2016, at the #21olsaydım event, the first cohort of 21 Fellows of the YBL21 program by Yeni Bir Lider Derneği (YBL — “A New Leader Association”) was introduced. Our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu was selected as one of the 21 Fellows out of 3,487 applications. The central thesis of the program …
Read more →Keiretsu Forum Turkey Panel — Process Management in Angel Investing
In December 2016, at the KWORKS Entrepreneurship Research Center, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu and the Startup Hukuku team attended the Keiretsu Forum Turkey panel titled “Process Management in the Angel Investment Journey for Founders.” The central thesis of the panel was clear: angel investing in Turkey runs on cultural and legal dynamics distinct …
Read more →YouStartup Gaziantep — The First Stop with the Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce
On November 20, 2016, hosted by the Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce, the YouStartup Gaziantep event opened the first stop of a tour reaching out to entrepreneurs across Anatolia. At the event, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu and R. Okan Şencan delivered Startup Law 101 outside Istanbul for the first time. The central thesis of …
Read more →Vircon Legal Advised TRANGELS on its Seed Investment in Adgager alongside Telos Angels
Vircon Legal advised TRANGELS on its seed investment in Adgager, executed jointly with Telos Angels. The transaction closed on 14 November 2016. The financial terms of the round were not disclosed at the request of the parties. The mid-2010s saw the Turkish angel ecosystem move past its initial experimental phase as multiple network channels — …
Read more →Industry 4.0 Conference 2016
On October 12, 2016, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu, with the Startup Hukuku team, attended the Industry 4.0 Conference at Wyndham Grand Levent. Leaders from Turkey’s leading institutions — Eczacıbaşı, Mercedes, Koç Sistem, General Electric — took the stage; the IDC Technology Sector Awards were presented in the same setting. The central thesis of …
Read more →Social Good Summit Istanbul 2016
On September 28, 2016, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu attended the Social Good Summit (Sosyal Fayda Zirvesi) Istanbul Meetup, organized in Istanbul by UNDP Turkey and partners. Mümtaz participated wearing two hats: as a Startup Hukuku Columnist and as a YBL21 Fellow. The central thesis of the summit was clear: under the UN’s Sustainable …
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