We focus on serving our clients on their investment plans and transactions at every stage. We also advise our clients at the stage of fundraising, establishment, and incentive creation for fund management and pre-investment stages.
We provide legal advisory to create the potential investment plan and structures, perform legal due diligence for the potential investments, and draw up, review, and negotiate any type of acquisition or investment contracts and legal documents at the investment phase.
Our vision is to make the best of Turkey’s vast investment potential to support growing startups as well as the small, medium-sized, and large-scale domestic and international startups. With this aim, we are here for you in the whole investment process with our proficient knowledge and experience with angel investor networks, venture capitals, corporate venture capitals, and crowdfunding platforms for creating investments for entrepreneurs.
Our Investment Management service includes, but not limited to, the following:
- Resolving regulatory and compliance issues
- Determining the investment instruments
- Conducting investment-related agreements including vesting, stock option, fund distribution, convertible notes, convertible debt, etc.
- Seed-capital, start-up, early-stage, pre valuation, post valuation, expansion, and growth capital investments
Founder Academy resources
Free, practical checklists for this area: VC Due Diligence Checklist.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who needs a portfolio management licence in Türkiye?
Managing third-party assets on a collective or discretionary basis requires a Capital Markets Board licence through a portfolio management company. Pure investment advisory is a separate licensed activity — the line between sharing research and managing money is where unlicensed managers get into trouble.
Can a foreign fund market to Turkish investors?
Not publicly. Offering foreign fund units in Türkiye requires CMB registration; in practice foreign managers rely on reverse solicitation and dealings with qualified investors, both of which are narrower than managers tend to assume. Marketing trips and Turkish-language materials undermine a reverse-solicitation defence.
Should we structure our fund onshore (GSYF) or offshore?
A Turkish venture capital investment fund (GSYF) offers significant tax advantages for Turkish investors and institutional LPs, while Cayman or Delaware structures suit international LP bases. Many managers end up with parallel structures. The decision is driven by who the investors are and where exits will land.