Last month US VC QED’s Yusuf Özdalga took the firm’s founder and head of early-stage investment on a 48-hour whistle-stop tour of Istanbul to deepen the firm’s understanding of Turkish fintech. The partner tells Sifted they met with a who’s who of Turkish fintech, including the founders of investment app Midas and banking startup Colendi, which raised funds at a $700m valuation in May.
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