Social discovery platform Listnivo hits $6M valuation with FutureBright backing

What's the deal? ListnivoDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, an invite-only social discovery platform, has raised an early-stage round from FutureBright VenturesDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, lifting its valuation to $6 million. The financial size of the deal was not disclosed. It is the company's second raise, following an earlier investment from VeriPark.

What does Listnivo do? The platform gathers recommendations across books, cinema, music, travel, art, sport, gastronomy, and business in one place. Users build and share their own lists and follow others, an idea born from capturing tips that get lost in chats, messages, or screenshots.

By the numbers: Listnivo's invite-only community numbers roughly 8,000 users, who have shared more than 12,000 lists. Members include artists, academics, journalists, writers, and athletes, alongside corporate accounts such as Sabancı HoldingDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, İKSV, and Harvard Business Review Türkiye.

What's the money for? The startup will focus on product development and improving the user experience. It also plans to tap FutureBright Group's 16 years of data and insight work and its relationships with more than 1,100 brands.

What's the endgame? Co-founder Şebnem Alp Alkın said the partnership would contribute to the startup "strategically" beyond financial support. She said the team would focus on building the product, growing the community, and opening Listnivo to international markets.

The signal: The round adds another data point to FutureBright's active dealmaking, following AI- and data-focused bets on NewFrameDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → and IngosaDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. It lands in a cooling market, where 15 Turkish startups raised €99 million in Q3 2026, down 63% year over year. With terms undisclosed, the $6 million valuation says little about the deal's scale on its own.

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