As Türkiye's gender-focused venture capital fund, Arya VC aims for strong returns and emphasizes gender-balanced investments. The fund incorporates diversity as a key investment criterion, focusing on startups with gender-balanced founding teams. Preferred sectors include E-Commerce technologies, biotech, agritech, consumer products and services, logistics, cleantech, cybertech, edtech, femtech, foodtech, and AI. The Arya Women Investment Platform ecosystem, comprising nearly 500 members across Türkiye, the US, MENA, and Europe, connects female entrepreneurs and startups with diverse founding teams. Arya’s programs support investment pipeline creation for the fund and provide portfolio companies with growth and development opportunities through its network. 85% of the fund's portfolio companies are established in Türkiye, with 51% of their consolidated assets located in Türkiye. Türkiye İş Bankası serves as the administrator, custodian, and lead investor for the fund, with a commitment of $5M. The fund has a target size of USD 25 million, with 17 institutional and 80 individual investors as limited partners (LPs). It has made 13 investments up until October 2024, including one follow-on investment, and plans to make 13 additional investments in Q4 2024 and 2025.

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