Driventure

Profile and portfolio

Parent Ford OtosanHQ Istanbul, TurkeyFounded 2019

Driventure is the corporate venture arm of Ford Otosan, an automotive company. It was founded in 2019 and is based in Istanbul, Turkey. It invests from pre-seed to Series B. Sectors it names: mobility and automotive, industrial technology and robotics, climate and energy.

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Pre-seed to Series B

Data behind this graphic

Data behind this graphic
Item	Value
Stage range	Pre-seed to Series B
Sectors	Mobility and automotive, Industrial technology and robotics, Climate and energy
Geography	Europe
Offices	Istanbul, Turkey

Sources: S1 Driventure: About us.

Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters: Istanbul, Turkey
Offices: Istanbul, Turkey

Investment regionsS1

Europe

LeadersS2

Güven ÖzyurtInvestment Committee memberFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Josephine PayneInvestment Committee memberFind on LinkedIn Firm page
İlknur İlkyaz GülInvestment Committee memberFind on LinkedIn Firm page

Driventure on LinkedIn

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	Ford Otosan	Single source	S1
Parent industry	Automotive and mobility	Single source	S1
Founded	2019	Single source	S3
Headquarters	Istanbul, Turkey	Single source	S1
Status	Active	Single source	S1
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S1
Stages	Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B	Single source	S1

For founders

Item	What the firm says	Source
Stages	Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B	S1
Pitch page	driventure.vc/basvuru/	S1

Portfolio

The firm's portfolio page lists 8 companies.S4

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

3 companies on the Driventure portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company website, or by name where no website is published.

Firm	Shared	Companies in common
Japan Post Capital	1	Delivers.AI
Kalyon Venture Capital	1	Delivers.AI
Logo Ventures	1	Evreka
Sankonline	1	Evreka
TT Ventures	1	Optiyol

Companies backed by the most corporate VCs

Every company on the Driventure list

8 companies, as listed on the firm's own website.S4 Read the firm's list.

AI Build
Bluedot
Deepen AI
Delivers.AI
Evreka
Optiyol
Saha Robotics
YED Teknoloji

History

2019Founded by Ford Otosan as first venture capital company of the Turkish automotive industryS3
2024Decided to invest in Evreka, a digital waste management startup (2024-05-24)S3
2026Invested in YED Teknoloji, EV fast charging (2026-03-18)S4

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website driventure.vc
Portfolio driventure.vc/portfolio/
Pitch page driventure.vc/basvuru/

Sources

S1Driventure: About usFirm
S2Driventure: TeamFirm
S3Otopodyum: Ford Otosan Driventure will invest in EvrekaPress
S4Driventure: PortfolioFirm

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