Sinan Uzan
Founder of Tekfen Ventures
Sinan Uzan
Founder of Tekfen Ventures
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Founder & President
2016 - Current
Tekfen Ventures is a corporate venture capital group investing in early stage technology companies in the industrial, physical, and life sciences. Our parent company, Tekfen Holding, is a publicly-traded industrial conglomerate founded over 60 years ago. With over 14,000 employees working across 39 subsidiaries, Tekfen is a global leader in industries like Construction and Agriculture. The name "Tekfen" is a combination of Teknoloji (technology) and Fen (science). Tekfen Contracting Group is one of the two most prominent groups of Tekfen Holding, with 2 billion USD of active portfolio and over 330 projects undertaken successfully to date. Tekfen projects include power generation, airports, petroleum, and roadways. Tekfen Agri-Industry Group's roots go back to 1974 and the founding of Toros Fertilizer and Chemical Industry to produce fertilizer in the Çkurova Region. Now operating as Toros Tarım, the Company has over decades has diversified its products of agricultural inputs. Toros Tarım has diverse operations in various areas of agriculture including chemical fertilizers, seeds and seedlings, and an extensive research arm in plant breeding. Today, Toros Tarim is the regional leader its range of products and services, and market share.
Board Member
2014
Tekfen Holding, is a publicly-traded industrial conglomerate founded over 60 years ago. With over 14,000 employees working across 39 subsidiaries, Tekfen is a global leader in industries like Construction and Agriculture. The name "Tekfen" is a combination of Teknoloji (technology) and Fen (science). Tekfen Contracting Group is one of the two most prominent groups of Tekfen Holding, with 2 billion USD of active portfolio and over 330 projects undertaken successfully to date. Tekfen projects include power generation, airports, petroleum, and roadways. Tekfen Agri-Industry Group's roots go back to 1974 and the founding of Toros Fertilizer and Chemical Industry to produce fertilizer in the Çkurova Region. Now operating as Toros Tarım, the Company has over the years diversified its products of agri-cultural input. Toros Tarım has diverse operations in various areas of agriculture including chemical fertilizers, seedlings and seeds, saplings and techno-agriculture. Today it is a regional leader its range of products and services, and market share.
Investor
2018
www.pivotbio.com
Pivot Bio is an agricultural tech company improving the microbiome by taking nitrogen from the air and making it available for plants.
Raised $616,896,489.00 from G2 Venture Partners, Prelude Ventures, Rockefeller Capital Management, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Temasek Holdings, Tekfen Ventures, Roger C. Underwood, Bunge Ventures, Generation Investment Management and Continental Grain Company.
Investor
2019
latch.com
Latch provides integrated hardware and software solutions.
Raised $342,120,000.00 from BlackRock, ArrowMark Partners, Lux Capital, The Spruce House Partnership, Avenir, Wellington Management, D1 Capital Partners, Fidelity, Chamath Palihapitiya and Durable Capital Partners.
Investor
2018
https://www.tropicbioscience.com
Investor
2019
https://www.prospera.ag
Investor
2018
https://www.claroty.com
Claroty is a cybersecurity firm that provides products and solutions to protect infrastructure and industrial networks from cyber threats.
Raised $740,000,000.00 from Princeville Capital, Bosch Ventures, Constellation Technology Ventures, Chevron Technology Ventures, Bosch Ventures, Chevron Technology Ventures, SE Ventures, Princeville Capital, Standard Investments and Toshiba Digital Solutions.
Investor
2021
Phospholutions developed a patented technology to alleviate the environmental impact of phosphorus fertilizer.
Raised $32,500,000.00 from Ben Franklin Technology Partners, Conti Ventures, Tekfen Ventures, Advantage Capital, Keytrade AG and Maumee Ventures.
Investor
2018
https://www.softroboticsinc.com
Oxipital AI provides visual AI solutions for efficient manufacturing processes.
Raised $86,000,000.00 from Tyson Ventures, Marel and Johnsonville Ventures.
Member
2019