Borusan Ventures

Borusan Ventures is a San Francisco-based corporate venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups across the mobility, logistics, climate, enterprise, and industrial sectors. Operating as the dedicated investment arm of the Borusan Group, the firm leverages its parent company's massive industrial scale, which currently includes over 14,000 employees and $8 billion in annual turnover across operations in 11 countries. The fund provides equity financing and strategic growth resources to emerging companies, utilizing a core investment team of one to three members alongside notable industry advisors like Girish Nadkarni and Ebru Dorman. The firm's growing portfolio includes strategic investments in DC Connected, where it participated in a €2.1 million seed round, and Fourier, which recently raised an $18.5 million Series A funding round. Borusan Ventures was founded in 2023 by Defne Kocabıyık Narter.