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Sankonline
Sankonline is a global corporate venture capital firm with a mission to help founders build companies that improve the way we live, work and play.
Overview
Sankonline is a global corporate venture capital firm with a mission to help founders build companies that improve the way we live, work and play. It is driven by passion for disruptive technologies and their potential to reinvent conventional industries. As an early-stage investor it seeks entrepreneurs with a minimum viable product, scalable business model and initial customer validation, and differentiates investments between a seed fund focused on early-stage frontier-tech aligned with its corporate verticals and a main fund for more traditional ventures from early to later stages.
General information
Firm type
Corporate Venture Capital
Year founded
2014
Location
Region
Middle East
Country
Turkey
City
Istanbul
Corporate office
Evren Mah. Gülbahar Cad. No: 43 34212 Güneşli/İstanbul, Turkey
Principals
Turgut Konukoğlu
Emre Altay
İsmail Şen
Turgut Konukoglu
Board member at Sankonline since 2018; previously CEO of Sankonline between 2014 and 2018
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Does Sankonline participate in fund commitments or only direct deals?
Sankonline's disclosed activity points exclusively to direct company investments through its two funds. There is no public evidence that the firm makes limited partner commitments to external venture funds.
What investment stages does Sankonline typically target?
Sankonline invests from seed to Series A and beyond, provided the company shows product-market fit. The firm's seed fund targets frontier-tech startups aligned with its corporate verticals, while the main fund takes a broader technology approach across early and later stages, leading rounds on a case-by-case basis.
Which sectors does Sankonline explicitly avoid?
Sankonline does not publish a formal exclusion policy. Its stated sourcing fields — energy technologies, mobility, gaming, and foodtech — suggest it concentrates on those areas. The main fund's broader technology mandate is described in general terms, with no explicit sector prohibitions listed.
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