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Borusan Ventures

Borusan Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States

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Borusan Ventures is the standalone corporate venture capital arm of Borusan Group, established in 2023 and based in the San Francisco Bay Area. It invests in early-stage businesses, especially in the US and Europe, across mobility, logistics, industrial technology, supply chains, energy and climate. Its published portfolio includes AI agents and industrial decision systems, automotive remote diagnostics, AI compliance for nuclear operations, energy storage optimization, hydrogen electrolyzers, machinery monitoring, and recycling and critical mineral services. Founder and Chair Defne Kocabiyik Narter and Managing Partner Timo Kilp lead investment activities, supported by associates, venture-development specialists and separately named advisers and investment committee members. Corporate operating knowledge and commercial partnerships complement financing. Borusan’s parent reports five venture fund commitments and five direct startup investments completed in 2024; these are outgoing investments, not externally raised Borusan venture fund corpus. A separately verified LP fund closing amount and date are not established. The corporate venture arm is kept distinct from the broader group’s operating companies and their industrial capital expenditure.

Founded
2023
Type
Venture capital

Funds0

No funds on record yet.

Team

Operations and support

Defne Kocabiyik NarterDefne Kocabiyik NarterFounder and Chair
Deniz Emre DagDeniz Emre DagAdvisor
Ebru DormanEbru DormanAdvisor, Investment Committee
Emir OzmenEmir OzmenAdvisor, Investment Committee
Erkan KafadarErkan KafadarCorporate leadership (Group CEO in published biography)
Girish NadkarniGirish NadkarniAdvisor
Levent KocabiyikLevent KocabiyikAdvisor, Investment Committee
Oguzhan YildizOguzhan YildizAssociate
Timo KilpTimo KilpManaging Partner
Tolga TurgutTolga TurgutVenture Development Advisor

Co-investing

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  • Tyba$13M · 2025-02-06

Investments