Hepsiburada
One of Turkey's largest e-commerce marketplaces, first Turkish company listed on Nasdaq
Based in Istanbul, founded 2000
The numbers
$3.9bnValuation
2000Founded
Why it matters
Founded by Hanzade Doğan in 2000, Hepsiburada became one of Turkey's leading e-commerce platforms, with around $4 billion in GMV, 12 million consumers and 101,000 merchants in 2023. In July 2021 it became the first Turkish company to list on Nasdaq. In 2024 Kaspi.kz agreed to buy a controlling 65.41% stake for about $1.13 billion.
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