Ford Otosan
Akpınar Mahallesi Hasan Basri Caddesi No:2, Sancaktepe, Istanbul, 34885, Turkey
Overview
Ford Otosan is a publicly traded company that manufactures, assembles, imports, exports, and sells motor vehicles and spare parts. The company provides commercial, transit and transit custom, and transit courier vehicles, and cargo trucks, as well as engines and powertrain products for trucks and transit vehicles. Ford Otosan was founded on 1959 and is headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 1
Sector focus
- Automotive
- Commercial
- Machinery Manufacturing
- Manufacturing
Investment portfolio
- Optiyol
Participated · Seed · Jun 2021
Optiyol digitises last-mile and long-haul logistics operations using algorithms specially designed for direct deliveries to customers. The platform combines field experience with a comprehensive data model to generate cost-efficient, practically feasible routing plans. Customers report 15–25% reductions in fuel costs, 5–10% reductions in fleet size, and 20–30% increases in on-time delivery rates. The company plans to use the new funding to expand its presence in the US, European, and Middle Eastern markets. Optiyol was founded in 2018 by Tuba Gözbaşı and Ozan Gözbaşı and is Istanbul-founded. It has raised a total of $1.1 million to date across five funding rounds.
Team
Gul Ertug
Director, Innovation & New Ventures
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