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Data-Driven Venture Capital
The landscape of venture capital (VC) is undergoing a transformative shift, driven by the increasing availability and sophistication of data analytics tools.
Yiğit Arslan
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Metis Emerge #5
Happy Mother’s Day! It’s a good moment to remember that strong foundations matter. 👩👧👦
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Metis Emerge #4
🌼Fresh ideas in spring bloom: Amid global shifts, our focus remains clear.
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Metis Emerge #2
🔍AI Revolution: how we harness the power of gen AI and delivering return
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Merve Zabcı: Interview with Ekonomist Magazine
Merve Zabci, recently spoke with Economist about 2023 plans. At Logo Ventures, we focus on creating sustainable value creation and supporting our portfolio companies as they transition from start up to scale up.
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Founders Night: Logo Ventures
Logo Ventures brought together the startups it invested in with the Founders Night event it recently organised and created an atmosphere where the participants could get maximum benefit and share productively with each other.
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Metis Ventures Enters CEE and Appoints Romanian Principal
Metis Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm backing game-changing entrepreneurs tackling critical problems, has entered the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) market. The team behind Metis Ventures has been investing in tech companies for over a decade, deploying $2B in public and private markets in total.
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Founders Night: Techone VC & twozero Ventures
TechOne Venture Capital and Twozero Ventures brought together the founders of the startups in their funds at an event called Founders Night, held at Hamam Arts Hub.
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100 Most Successful Startups in Turkey
TechOne VC’s 11 portfolio companies were listed by Fast Company’s ”100 Most Successful Startups in Turkey’!
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VC Of The Month: Logo Ventures
Logo Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm, investing in innovative high-growth technology startups with the potential to scale globally.
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The most active venture capital of the year: TechOne Venture Capital
We are grateful for selecting TechOne Venture Capital as the most active venture capital firm in the Türkiye’s startup ecosystem!
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The Battle of Bias: Can Algorithms Outperform Angel Investors?
The future lies in hybrid investing—combining human insight with AI speed.
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Why we backed Wasp
Wasp makes building complex web apps radically faster with an AI-friendly, open-source framework.
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How large are the stock markets in CEE?
And if you had to, where would you list your company in CEE?
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RO local & diaspora founders: volume of funding in 2025
By the end of 2024, diaspora Romanian founders raised 2.3x more funding than local founders, highlighting their edge in attracting capital through global networks and experience.
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Rethinking Cybersecurity in the AI-Native Era
Cybersecurity is no longer just defense—it’s AI-driven, invisible, and foundational to modern systems.
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Why we backed Replenit
Subscriptions have disrupted various sectors, but not e-commerce. Why?
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Cost Comparison: 24/7 AI Interaction with DeepSeek vs. OpenAI's Most Advanced Models
Racing to the bottom! Is 27x cheaper enough?
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The Art of Scoring Startups: How to Find the Best Founders and Key Attributes for Success
In the last posts, I have mentioned the importance of scoring and where to focus. In this post, I will dive deeper into founder attributes that are most utilized in Founder Scoring.
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Saaales! - Complaining about it is the easy way out
Sales is the backbone and founders should take charge
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The Art of Scoring Startups: How We Find Our Competitive Edge at Metis Ventures
This week, I want to dive deeper into our scoring approach at Metis Ventures.
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Why we backed Vectroid
Sharing our investment thesis - first up, AI infrastructure!
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Why Beautiful Designs Matter for Startups
Tech beauty is often underrated in the region
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The Art of Scoring Startups: Practical Guide for Identifying High-Potential Deals
Identifying high-potential startups is both an art and a science. The challenge lies in dealing with the amount of information, making it difficult to distinguish the most promising opportunities.
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First Things First - Founders need good English
Effective communication is a non-negotiable skill for founders
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Mercantile - We Need to be Mercantile
Carrying the flag and continuing to be commercial in CEE
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AI Usage in Eastern Europe
Deep dive into the adoption of AI in the region. How many companies use AI?
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Why Venture Capital Firms Need Proprietary Sourcing Software: Introducing MetisX
Startup scouting can be thrilling but also incredibly challenging. Dive deep on how we use data-driven approach.
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Introduction to Our Data-Driven Journey at Metis Ventures
Metis Ventures is leveraging data-driven methodologies in the venture capital industry, enhancing decision-making through MetisX software, advanced scoring systems, and machine learning models.
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Optimizing Your VC Tech Stack in 2024: Lessons from Metis Ventures #2
The need for the right technology stack is becoming a necessity in the rapidly evolving venture capital world.
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The Overvaluation of Advisors
Startups often boast about their advisors, but their involvement may be minimal, and investors have more influence. Full-time advisors may not be relevant or beneficial.
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AI Software Companies' Margins
VC friend discusses AI software's lower margins compared to non-AI alternatives, highlighting LLMs' heavy price competition and AI's potential to optimize, cut support costs, and improve productivity.
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Optimizing Your VC Tech Stack in 2024: Lessons from Metis Ventures #1
In the rapidly evolving world of venture capital, having the right technology stack is no longer a luxury — it’s a necessity.
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Seizing The Opportunity in Romania
Romanian diaspora founders raised more in 2024 due to a local Series A gap, but with new investors emerging, ambitious local founders with clear plans can still find substantial support.
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Romanian Roots, Western Wings
Are diaspora RO founders doing better than local founders?
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Bridging the Gap
How Startups Are Transforming Carbon Credit Markets for Sustainable Development
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