The “Global Banking Finance Awards 2025 – The Next 100 Global Awards 2025,” which highlight the most exciting, innovative, and promising companies from around the world that serve as catalysts for the finance and banking sectors, have been announced. APY Ventures, which advances the entrepreneurial ecosystem with a long-term, value-creation-focused strategy, has been recognized with the “Venture Capital & Private Equity” award.

Launched in 2011 and expanded to include foreign exchange, banking, insurance, hedge funds, pension funds, compliance, corporate governance, asset management, Islamic finance, exchange-traded funds, project finance, binary options, technology, corporate social responsibility, and other related fields, the awards are designed to recognize companies of all sizes that stand out as leaders in their areas of expertise. Created to recognize companies of all sizes that stand out in specific areas of expertise and excellence within the global financial community, the awards reflect innovation, success, strategy, and progressive and inspiring changes taking place in the global banking and finance sector.

We will continue to contribute to the entrepreneurship ecosystem

APY Ventures Fund Manager Mustafa Keçeli stated that this year, APY Ventures invested $5.3 million in 15 startups, 7 of which were new and 8 were follow-on investments, through the seven funds they manage. He said, “As we continue our efforts to realize our goals in the last quarter of 2025, we are delighted to close the year with an international award. The award we received from the Global Banking Finance Awards 2025 demonstrates that we are on the right track both locally and globally. With the strong financial and strategic ties we have established within the entrepreneurship ecosystem, we will continue to deliver high returns to our investors and contribute to Turkey’s entrepreneurship ecosystem. In this process, our goal will be to secure a strong position in the sectors of the future and create sustainable value by supporting innovation together with entrepreneurs.”