The fund aims to become a partner in joint stock and limited liability companies that are not publicly traded, have high growth potential, and need to strengthen their financial structure, through capital injection or share transfer, or to be a founder of venture companies. Provided that the risk arising from investments is limited to the principal amount directed to investment, it may also invest directly in institutions established abroad for the purpose of collective investment in order to make capital investments only in venture companies defined in the Communiqué.
The fund may invest in capital market instruments issued by venture capital investment partnerships and in the participation shares of other venture capital investment funds.
The fund will be able to invest primarily in growing businesses in sectors including technology, finance, retail, etc. Finance, telecommunications, food, healthcare, informatics, technology, transportation, construction, infrastructure investment, agriculture, mining, energy, manufacturing, and retail are the main sectors that the fund aims to invest in, but it will also be able to invest in developing businesses in other sectors.
The existence of a responsible and experienced management team that is open to a corporate management structure and abides by business ethics, ability to create employment, having export potential, adhering to an environmentally friendly management policy, being suitable for operational development, being competitive, and also the ability to create brand value, sustainability, and value-added product development potential are among the criteria to be used as a basis for choosing which companies to invest in.
The investments will be made using methods such as the acquisition of preference shares (preference shares with legal rights to participate in management, above and beyond the normal minority rights), the acquisition of majority shares in the event of existence of professional management, and joint investments with other venture capital investment funds.
The fund may invest in debt instruments issued by venture companies. Provided that the risk arising from investments is limited to the principal amount directed to investment, it may invest directly in institutions established abroad for the purpose of collective investment in order to make capital investments only in venture companies defined in the Communiqué, and in other venture capital funds.
The fund may also invest in companies that are established abroad as of the date of investment, but at least 80% of the assets of which, according to their latest annual financial statements, consist of subsidiaries or affiliates established in Türkiye.
Exit strategies for investments: Exiting investments made in debt instruments will require redemption or sale, and exiting investments made by forming a partnership or a business will require public offering, sale to the founding partner, sale to a strategic partner, or sale to a third party.
