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ENDEAVOR IMPACT REPORT 2012 – 2013 TURKEY Endeavor Turkey supports 33 entrepreneurs from 25 companies. Their revenues have grown, on average, by 250% since engagement with Endeavor. ENTREPRENEUR SPOTLIGHT Sidar Sahin ¸ company Peak Games selected 2011 industry Technology (Gaming) employees at selection 85 endeavor main office employees 2013 Istanbul (2007) 250 Revenue Growth Since Selection 568% news In 2012, Endeavor Turkey hosted 35 events and co‐ hosted 69 events, at which 108 network members participated as panelists and mentors. In planning these events Endeavor Turkey partnered with 16 NGOs, 15 universities, 15 private sector firms, eight media channels, and two incubators. Since its launch in 2011, Endeavor Catalyst Inc. has invested in four Endeavor Turkey companies: AirTies, Lidyana.com, Peak Games, and Yemeksepeti.com (See page 22 for more information on Endeavor Catalyst Inc.). 58 In 2012/2013, Endeavor Turkey built Advisory Boards for 11 companies in industries as diverse as high‐end retail and social media. In 2013, the 2nd Good Investment Summit, an event targeted at developing an angel investing community and entrepreneurial culture in Turkey, was held at the Sabancı Center in Istanbul in January. Organized by Endeavor Turkey, TUSIAD and Angel Resources Institute and sponsored by Akbank and Turkcell, the Summit brought together leading Turkish and international investors, entrepreneurs, academics, and top executives. Just 270 days after its founding in November 2010, Peak Games had racked up ten million daily users, doing so significantly faster than both Twitter (780 days) and Facebook (850 days). By June 2012, Peak Games had become the third largest gaming company in the world, after King.com and Zynga. The company's success has been propelled by its talented co‐founder, serial entrepreneur Sidar Şahin, and the genius of its regional focus: Peak Games develops and publishes Facebook and mobile games that are targeted to the Turkish, Middle East, and North African markets. Sidar is a highly visible entrepreneur in Turkey and abroad, having been featured by the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, TechCrunch, and VentureBeat. Since selection by Endeavor, he has promoted and spoken on the organization's behalf, even running a breakout session at the 2013 Endeavor Summit. Peak Games employees.