Dojo Talent is Boğaziçi Ventures’ latest investment. A platform established to meet the talent needs in the Web3 and game industry. By investing in Dojo Talent, Boğaziçi Ventures also fulfills the requirement for individuals with specific talents and skills in the game industry.
Boğaziçi Ventures invests in technology startups aiming to open up to the global market. It provides experience, guidance, and direction. Dojo Talent is a talent pool where talents at different levels and companies of all sizes can match each other according to their needs to create added value.
Alp Sezginsoy, the founder of Dojo Talent, a platform where talents and companies in need of talent can come together and collaborate with hourly, part-time or full-time work options, defines the platform as follows:
“DOJO is a technology-based talent platform. With our machine-learning algorithmic infrastructure, we ensure that people are matched with projects that suit their expertise and competencies. Our DOJO platform, which offers a talent marketplace where the most suitable matches are provided, includes multi-layered digital solutions beyond talent-project matching, from process management to payments….”
Thanks to the talent pool it has created, Dojo Talent provides access to talent for businesses of all sizes. It enables talents to work with flexible time options in jobs suitable for their level. The system, open to talents at all levels, also creates an environment for individuals to develop their skills.
Barış Özistek, Board Member of Boğaziçi Ventures, said the following about this investment:
“As a team with deep experience and investments in the game industry and Web3 technology, we can accurately read and predict this industry’s present and future. The rapidly growing game industry is also rapidly integrating new technologies. This situation brings with it new requirements in the workforce structure. DOJO Talent is building an important infrastructure for the development of talents and access to talent in this field’s rapidly developing, changing, and future-defining game and Web3 world. In addition to its talent-oriented services, its platforms that solve the different needs of institutions, from payment processes, in the fastest and most efficient way, offer the management approach of the future from today. DOJO Talent’s initiative in human resources technologies will proliferate with its community-oriented growth strategy. More importantly, it will create value by solving a critical problem. As Boğaziçi Ventures, we are pleased to be a companion to DOJO Talent in human resources and educational technologies, one of the investment verticals we care about.”
DOJO Talent manages the processes of getting young talents ready for the ecosystem and matching them with related projects via Discord, frequently used by those interested in games and Web3 technology. Thanks to the system it has established, Web3 helps train human resources for blockchain technology and the game industry and builds a bridge between talents and companies that need these talents. Boğaziçi Ventures, on the other hand, is taking a step to accelerate its efforts to close the talent gap in the technology and games industry with this investment.
