What was the status of PE and VC pre-crisis? Just prior to the Covit-19 pandemic, as of end of 2019, private equity and venture capital investments were highly geared towards the US and China to mostly technology, as well as to healthcare, green energy type sectors. In Europe, 3rd and ...
Read More »EMPEA & Globalturk Capital’s Post-Event Report was Published
The post-event report for the “EMPEA – Globalturk Capital’s 4th Annual Executive Briefing on Private Equity in Turkey and Environs” event on December 5th, 2019 in Istanbul, Turkey was published. This year, 300 people from many countries around the world participated in the event, where 40 panelists and speakers provided great content via 6 panels and 7 keynote ...
Read More »Turkish Fast Delivery Start-up Says Attracts $38mln Funding
Turkish rapid delivery company Getir has attracted $38 million in funding from a group of Turkish and foreign investors led by venture capitalist Michael Moritz, the start-up said on Wednesday. Moritz, a partner at Sequoia Capital, has made an investment of $25 million through his personal investment vehicle Crankstart with ...
Read More »Highlights of the 21st IFC-EMPEA Global Private Equity Conference in Washington DC, 13-15 May 2019
IFC (International Finance Corporation)’s 21st Annual Global Private Equity Conference in association with EMPEA (Emerging Markets Private Equity Association) took place on the 13-15 May at Ritz-Carlton, Washington, DC. EMPEA Turkey Representative and Globalturk Capital’s Founder and Managing Partner Barış Öney has attended the event and he has also moderated ...
Read More »Turkey Session Was Held in Global Private Equity Conference in Washington | Bloomberg HT Washington
Globalturk Capital Kurucu & Yönetici Ortağı ve EMPEA Türkiye Temsilcisi Barış Öney, Bloomberg HT’de yayınlanan, Açıl Sezen’in sunduğu Akıllı Para programına Bloomberg Washington DC stüdyolarından canlı bağlantıyla katıldı. Canlı bağlantıda Öney, EMPEA ve IFC tarafından bu yıl Washington’da 21.si düzenlenen “Global Özel Sermaye Fonları Konferansı”ndan ve düzenlemiş oldukları Türkiye Oturumundan ...
Read More »How Dry Powder Could Blow Up Private Credit and Private Equity | Institutionalinvestor.com
Alternatives firms are sitting on $1 trillion in dry powder – and trying to strike a balance between patiently holding out for good deals and yielding to pressure from investors who want them to start putting their money to work. It’s just one risk facing the private equity and private ...
Read More »Growth Story Is Needed to Get Foreign Investors Attracted | Bloomberg HT
Globalturk Capital Kurucu ve Yönetici Ortağı ve EMPEA Türkiye Temsilcisi Barış Öney, Bloomberg HT’de Açıl Sezen’in sunduğu Yatırım Kulübü programına konuk oldu. Öney, programda hem 2018 yılı değerlendirmelerinde bulundu hem de 2019 beklentilerinden bahsetti. Yabancı doğrudan yatırımcıların ve özel sermaye fonlarının sanayi şirketlerimize ilgi göstermeye başladığına değinen Öney, yabancı yatırım ...
Read More »UK Private Equity Deals Rise as Firms Shrug off Brexit Concerns | PE-Insights.org
The UK’s private equity dealmakers enjoyed their busiest summer in five years as ongoing political uncertainty over Brexit failed to dampen appetite for buyouts in the country. Buyout and growth firms completed 65 investments in UK companies from July 1 through to September 30, according to Dealogic — a near ...
Read More »Turkey Revises Down Growth Forecasts in New Economic Program | Hurriyetdailynews.com
Turkey has sharply cut its growth forecasts for this year and next year in its new economic program, naming “stabilization, discipline and transformation” as the main pillars of the economic outlook. In a presentation in Istanbul on Sept. 20, Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak said economic growth would be ...
Read More »Invest in UK and Turkey and Collaboration in Third Markets
DEİK’in düzenlediği İngiltere-Türkiye İş Forumu, Sayın Bakan Ruhsar Pekcan ve DEİK Başkanı Sayın Nail Olpak’ın katılımlarıyla Londra’da gerçekleşti. Globalturk Capital Kurucu ve Yönetici Ortağı Barış Öney’in de katıldığı toplantı, 11-12 Eylül 2018 tarihlerinde gerçekleştirildi. Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Ticaret Bakanı Ruhsar Pekcan ve İngiltere Uluslararası Ticaret Bakanı Liam Fox, Forum’da, Türkiye ve ...
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