Sinan Uzan

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

Investor

2019

latch.com

Investor

2018

https://www.tropicbioscience.com

Investor

2019

https://www.prospera.ag

Investor

2018

https://www.claroty.com

Investor

2021

Investor

2018

https://www.softroboticsinc.com

Member

2019