Logo Ventures

M. Emre Kurttepeli serves as founding partner and drives investment decisions. He is also chairman of Logo Yazilim, the publicly traded enterprise-software company that anchors the fund. The investment team operates lean, drawing on Logo's commercial leadership for technical and market diligence on potential portfolio companies.

Logo Ventures is the dedicated venture-capital arm of Logo Yazilim, a Turkish enterprise-software company listed on the Borsa Istanbul. Logo Yazilim provides the fund's capital base and strategic sourcing channel — its 250,000-plus SME customers and 1,700 business partners surface founders and use cases that inform investment decisions. The venture unit operates with investment independence but benefits from Logo's balance sheet and distribution.

Logo Ventures focuses on Seed and Series A rounds, occasionally following on through later stages. The firm typically writes first institutional checks into B2B technology startups. Its capital is designed to fund product development and initial commercial scaling, with the option to support subsequent growth rounds.

Logo Ventures invests in enterprise software, AI and machine learning, fintech, digital health, and mobility. Its core thesis favors B2B SaaS companies that digitize SME workflows — areas where Logo Yazilim's own enterprise-resource-planning and SaaS distribution provide relevant commercial insight.

Turkey is the primary market, but the firm also scouts opportunities in Eastern Europe and the broader Middle East. Logo Yazilim's 2020 acquisition of Romania-based TotalSoft expanded the parent company's regional presence, giving Logo Ventures a natural footing for deal flow beyond Turkish borders.

The firm sources proprietary deal flow through Logo Yazilim's ecosystem. More than 1,700 business partners and an installed base of roughly 250,000 enterprise customers create a persistent funnel of founder introductions and market-intelligence signals. This corporate-venture posture gives Logo Ventures a sourcing channel most independent VC managers in the region lack.

Capital comes from Logo Yazilim's corporate balance sheet. In a January 2022 regulatory filing, Logo Yazilim disclosed a TRY 100 million commitment to the venture strategy. The structure means Logo Ventures does not raise capital from external limited partners — it deploys as a corporate-venture unit fully funded by the parent.