Startup Istanbul Winner, Connected2.me got investment from 500 Startups

Startup Istanbul has finished with lots of beautiful memories, business connections and opportunities. The event was held at Lutfi Kirdar Convention Center with the participation of over 1,000 people. The finalist 15 startups made presentations in front of our grand jury ,Rahul Sood, Jason Ball  and Dave McClure.

The selected first 3 startups are:

1. Connected2.me (Turkey) 2. Lix Pen (Belgium) 3. Silkroad Images (Jordan)

And the great news is, Dave McClure, 500 Startups has invested connected2.me and the Founders'll be moving to U.S in a few weeks.

Iranian startup, Zarin Pal took the honor award.

We would like to thank Startup Istanbul's main sponsor SAP Innovation Center Turkey, Microsoft, IBM, TEB Private Banking, Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority, ICC, Turkcell, Mastercard, Amazon WS, PayPal, Seamless, Bilyoner, Sendloop, Inventram, Avantgarde Hotel, Secure Drive, Marginal Porter Novelli, Pozitiftv for performing live broadcast and also the team of Event Agency, KTH.

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