BV Portföy Asset Management Company Begins Operations
BV Portföy Yönetimi A.Ş., established as a 100% subsidiary of Boğaziçi Ventures, Turkey’s leading venture capital organization supporting technology startups, has officially received its operating license from the Capital Markets Board of Turkey (SPK).
BV Portföy will carry Boğaziçi Ventures’ extensive experience in technology startups into the investment funds market. With its experienced and specialized team, BV Portföy will offer a range of investment funds under different themes to both domestic and international investors.
BV Portföy General Manager Aktuğ Alimoğlu stated:
“With our experienced and specialized team, we are setting out to establish and manage venture capital investment funds as well as funds that invest in the shares of publicly listed technology companies. With a strategic investment policy approach that balances the risk and return expectations of potential investors, and with the expertise of Boğaziçi Ventures, we aim to provide value-added services through fund options focused on innovative and rising technology companies operating both in Turkey and abroad.”
Believing strongly in the importance of technology startups for Turkey to reach higher global standings, Boğaziçi Ventures has long supported the ecosystem with venture capital investments as a core mission. By establishing a portfolio management company, Boğaziçi Ventures has further expanded its contribution to the Turkish technology ecosystem.
Barış Özistek, Managing Partner at Boğaziçi Ventures, commented on the new subsidiary:
“Boğaziçi Ventures is Turkey’s innovative venture capital firm, creating funds that support technology startups from early stage all the way to pre-IPO, delivering value both to the ecosystem and to investors. For many years, our dynamic and experienced team has provided our investors under the Boğaziçi Ventures umbrella with a wide range of knowledge and expertise. The still-young Turkish startup ecosystem offers high-potential opportunities for investors with the contribution of qualified investors, financial institutions, and public bodies. With our investment in the BV Portföy Asset Management Company, we aim to deliver distinguished, high-quality, and rising investment opportunities within the growing startup ecosystem.”
With the expertise and stability of Boğaziçi Ventures backing it, BV Portföy will provide services in the establishment and management of investment funds subject to the Capital Markets Law for both individual and institutional investors. In addition to new venture capital funds, BV Portföy will also establish funds investing in publicly listed international stocks focused on technology verticals such as gaming, Web 3.0, innovation, and health technologies.
Through its funds, BV Portföy aims to offer investment opportunities that align with its clients’ risk and return expectations, creating value for investors through customized investment strategies. By investing in local and global companies designing the technologies of the future today, BV Portföy intends to provide investors with diversified investment products—while always operating with a strong commitment to protecting investors’ rights.
About BV Portföy:
BV Portföy Yönetimi A.Ş. (“BV Portföy”) establishes and manages venture capital investment funds that invest in technology companies as well as thematic investment funds composed of technology-focused equities. It also provides portfolio management services to venture capital investment trusts focused on technology companies. BV Portföy offers services in the establishment and management of investment funds subject to the Capital Markets Law for both individual and institutional investors.