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MatchPlay Wants Your Second Investor Meeting to Start Further Ahead
A pitch deck opens a conversation. MatchPlay is building a business around what comes next: checked facts, useful introductions, and a clearer route to capital.
Istanbul Built a Startup Center Where the Price of Entry Is Nothing
BTM gives accepted founders free training, workspace and investor access. Its sharper advantage is a bridge into Istanbul's real economy - the customers, committees and commercial pressure that make an idea prove itself.
Qodeo
Qodeo is a matching platform that connects entrepreneurs seeking capital with the venture capital and private equity firms most likely to fund them. Using proprietary, AI-enabled algorithms, it filters thousands of investors down to ranked 'Hot, Warm or Cool' matches based on a company's profile and funding criteria - free for investors and without taking commission. Led by founder and CEO Simon Glass and backed by cornerstone investor Sir Harvey McGrath, Qodeo tracks over 22,000 organisations globally and aims to democratise venture by giving all entrepreneurs, especially diverse founders, access to investors they would otherwise struggle to reach.
Simon Glass
Simon Glass is the founder and CEO of Qodeo, a UK and US based platform that uses proprietary algorithms to match entrepreneurs with venture capital and private equity firms - with a deliberate focus on diverse, regional and female founders who sit outside the traditional venture network. A Cambridge BA, MA and MBA who trained in corporate finance at London Business School, Glass spent years in venture capital (including Amadeus Capital Partners, the first backer of ARM), banking, academia and media before building Qodeo to end what he calls the needle-in-a-haystack approach to finding investment. The platform now tracks tens of thousands of organizations and connects 20,000+ entrepreneurs with 7,400+ investors across multiple markets.