Our portfolio company @insideronehq is out here making moves 🚀
Insider One just acquired Bluecore, a leading retail martech company trusted by 400+ US enterprise retailers.
Bluecore’s co-founder Fayez Mohamood joins the team, bringing with him a proprietary identity graph that processes 10B+ daily shopper events. That’s a lot of data about how real people shop now feeding directly into Insider One’s agentic AI platform.
This is what it looks like when a company builds to lead an industry, not just participate in it.
Next milestone: $1B ARR. We’re believers.
Read more 👉 /news/bluecore-acquisition/
🔥 Istanbul delivered the vibe
We hosted a curated group of founders together with EBRD VC. Once again, what stood out wasn’t just what people were building, but how they’re thinking.
Huge thanks to everyone who joined us.
Special shout-out to Yalcin, Başak, and Nazlı for making it happen 🧢
We’ve backed Handhold in their €3m Seed round alongside Entourage, Inovia Capital, and angel investors!
Handhold builds multimodal AI agents that give tailored product demos & onboarding journeys to inbound leads, 24/7.
We’re proud to back Georg Vooglaid, Uku Tammet and the entire Handhold team as they work to replace fragmented software buying journeys with AI account managers.
We believe impact scales through people, not just capital 🧢
In 2025, this showed up in how we operate:
• 26 ecosystem events organized
• 16 hubs connected
• 650+ people reached through e2chill
From high school students to early-stage teams, our focus is on creating early access, removing barriers, and staying close as talent grows. That’s why we launch of e2Fellows and NextGen Incubator.
This talent-first mindset shapes how we invest, how we build our team, and how we show up in the ecosystem.
Curious to learn more? Read the full report, link in the bio.
🇺🇸 We’re excited to be part of the Stanford Turkish Founders Summit!
On April 4, The Stanford Turkish Founders Summit will bring together founders, builders, entrepreneurs, and investors to empower and elevate the Turkish entrepreneurship ecosystem by fostering connection, sharing real-world insights, and creating space for the next generation of innovation.
As e2vc, we’re proud to share that our Partner, Kaan Eren, will be joining the VC panel.
We’re even more excited to see our portfolio founders Umur Çubukçu, Emre Kaplaner, and Ali Sarılgan on stage as panelists, sharing their journeys and perspectives.
See you at Stanford 🚀
🚀 We brought together the next generation of builders at NextGen Meetup!
On March 28, we gathered a room full of curious, driven high school students exploring the startup world.
At e2vc, we believe impact starts early. This meetup wasn’t just an event, it was a starting point.
Huge thanks to everyone who joined us, and to the Komünite.com.tr team for hosting us!
And a special shout-out to Başak, Nazlı, and Ömer for making it happen 🙌
📆 Next step? NextGen Incubator applications are open until April 5.
👉 For details, check the bio.
Let’s meet in Istanbul!
We’re bringing together a highly curated group of standout founders for a Founders Happy Hour, co-hosted with EBRD VC. 📆 April 9, 2026 | 7:00 PM 🎟️ Strictly limited capacity | attendance is by invitation only
If you’re building, scaling, or exploring what’s next, we’d love to have you in the room.
Request to join: Link in story!
We’ve backed Mandel AI in their $3.9m round with participation from Y Combinator, Ritual Capital, and Category Ventures!
Mandel AI provides AI-powered procurement coordination that monitors email communications to identify and resolve supply chain disruptions.
We’re proud to back Nick and the entire Mandel AI team.
Last days to apply to NextGen 🚀
NextGen is Turkey’s first high school startup incubator backed by founders and companies like fal, Ubicloud, Midas, Insider One, MobileAction, and more.
This summer, selected students will turn their ideas into real startups working side-by-side with the e2vc team and the broader ecosystem.
What you’ll get:
• $1K grant for 6 teams & $10K for the winner
• $300K+ in partner credits
• 1:1 mentorship from founders & investors
• Hands-on workshops, office access & community
• A lifelong alumni network
📆 April 5
👉 Apply now: Link in bio
We’ve co-led Forithmus’ $4M pre-seed round together with Point Nine!
Forithmus develops large-scale datasets, foundation models, and research infrastructure for medical imaging, while collaborating openly with the global research and clinical community.
We’re proud to back Ibrahim Ethem Hamamci and Sezgin Er on their journey to build the future of medical imaging 🧢
Still in high school and already wondering what people actually do in the startup ecosystem? We’ve got you.
We’re bringing together high school students curious about startups, technology, and building the future at our NextGen Meetup.
🗓️ March 28, 2026 | 16.00 - 19.00
📍 Beşiktaş, İstanbul
At e2vc, we believe impact starts early. This meetup is our way of opening the door to the startup world. It’s where curiosity meets real stories, big questions meet bold dreams, and students meet an ecosystem that’s ready to say: you belong here.
👉 Apply now: Link in bio
Free credits are nice. Knowing how to use them is even better!
Next Thursday, we’re collaborating with the Infobip Startup Tribe team for an online workshop with our founder community.
Credits only create value if founders know where and how to use them effectively.
In this 60-minute session, we’ll cover:
• How the Infobip Startup Tribe program works
• Where startups can best use (free) Infobip credits
• Real use cases across channels and products
• Practical implementation insights
The goal is simple: help founders turn credits into real traction.
More collaborations like this coming soon. 🚀
