Top 50 Automotive Startup Investors in Turkey (July 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Aslanoba Capital
VC Fund
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5 | Turkey, United States, Ireland | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Internet, Software | $175k–$30M |
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F+ Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Turkey, United States, Israel | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Automotive, Manufacturing | $810k–$2.7M |
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Keiretsu Forum
VC Fund
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4 | United States, India, Turkey | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Software, Biotechnology | $102k–$8.6M |
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Istanbul Startup Angels
VC Fund
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3 | Turkey, United States | Angel, Seed | SaaS, Local, Hardware | $45k–$250k |
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Mustafa Atilla
Angel
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3 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Angel | Software, Automotive, Car Sharing | |
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Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)
VC Fund
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3 | United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech | $420k–$110M |
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Hedef Filo
VC Fund
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3 | Turkey | Seed, Angel, Series A | Automotive, Transportation, Public Transportation | $300k–$1.3M |
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Finberg
VC Fund
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3 | Turkey, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology | $244k–$20M |
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Bedii Can Yucaoglu
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Series A | Marketplace, Mobile, Big Data | $525k–$4.7M |
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Duygu Acar Yücesoy
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Angel | Automotive, Car Sharing | |
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Erman Kumcu
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Automotive, E-Commerce, Car Sharing | $29k–$2M |
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Arz Portfolio
VC Fund
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2 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $100k–$2.4M |
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Ömer Yiğit Aykan
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Angel | Automotive, Car Sharing | |
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Onur Ergönen
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Angel | Automotive, Car Sharing | |
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Nexus Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Turkey, United States, India | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, Internet, SaaS | $1k–$53M |
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Emre Acikel
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Marketplace, Mobile | $82k–$1.9M |
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Alesta Yatırım
VC Fund
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2 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $9k–$1M |
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Migros
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, Switzerland, Israel | Seed, Series A, Corporate Round | Delivery, Food Processing, Food and Beverage | $567k–$14M |
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Serkan Borancılı
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Series A, Angel, Series B | Internet, E-Commerce, Shoes | $350k–$2M |
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Wassim Matar
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United States | Seed | FinTech, InsurTech, Insurance | $1.3M–$5M |
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Kosgeb
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey | Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed | Software, Health Care, Medical | $1k–$400k |
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Maqasid Asset Management
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States | Equity Crowdfunding, Seed | Energy, Manufacturing, Apps | $128k–$1.1M |
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Can Yucaoglu
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Mobile, Big Data, Automotive | |
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ARI Çekirdek
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey | Pre-Seed | Big Data, Internet, Automotive | |
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Liil Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Spain, Mexico, Togo | Series A, Seed, Series D | Transportation, Software, Ride Sharing | $1.9M–$13M |
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Hakan Bas
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Angel | E-Commerce, Marketplace, Apps | $300k–$1.2M |
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Melih Odemis
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Mobile | $170k–$1.9M |
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Enabling Future
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Arab Emirates, The Netherlands | Seed, Angel | Software, Information Technology, Mobile | $500k–$2M |
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Otokoc Otomotiv
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey | Corporate Round | Big Data, Internet, Automotive | |
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Nevzat Aydın
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United States, France | Seed, Angel | Internet, Software, E-Commerce | $100k–$3.7M |
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Erdem Yurdanur
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United States, Brazil | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Mobile, iOS, Advertising | $142k–$1M |
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Teknasyon
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Apps, Mobile, Fitness | $112k–$1.5M |
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RI Digital Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Germany, Turkey, Singapore | Series A, Seed | E-Commerce, Travel, Fashion | $5M–$9.5M |
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Vitol
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, Turkey | Series C, Debt Financing | Energy, Transportation, Automotive | |
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Firat Isbecer
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | SaaS, Internet, Software | $20k–$3.8M |
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StartupFon
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States, Canada | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $50k–$5.2M |
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Ali Cebi
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Transportation, Mobile, Internet | |
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GSYF
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey | Software, Automotive, Internet of Things | ||
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212
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $250k–$27M |
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Melih Murat Yucaoglu
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Mobile, Big Data, Automotive | |
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Omer Hayrı Erkmen
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Analytics, E-Commerce | $29k–$1.9M |
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Deniz Devrim Cengiz
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Switzerland | Seed, Series A | FinTech, Blockchain, Apps | $30k–$11M |
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Wamda Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United Arab Emirates, Turkey, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services | $600k–$65M |
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Ata Uzunhasan
Angel
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1 | Turkey, Italy, Poland | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, Manufacturing, Baby | $63k–$900k |
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Ethos Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, Venezuela, United States | Seed, Series A | SaaS, Consumer, Internet | |
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Hummingbird Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Turkey, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $1.1M–$58M |
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Sente Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Turkey, Israel | Pre-Seed, Convertible Note, Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software | $50k–$1.5M |
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Mangrove Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Israel | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $675k–$25M |
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Sina Afra
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United States, Germany | Seed, Series A, Angel | E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet | $15k–$11M |
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Melih Herman Simon
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United States, The Netherlands | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Human Resources | $1.5M–$2.8M |
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Aslanoba Capital is an early stage investor in tech startups in Turkey and the US. The company invests in startups pursuing disruptive ideas in areas such as marketplaces, e-commerce, mobile, classifieds, content, and SaaS with a consideration of investment between $0.25 million and $2 million.Aslanoba was founded in 2013 and is based inIstanbul, Turkey.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 103
- Round size: Seed $175k–$2.5M; Series A $350k–$3M; Series B $825k–$30M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $80M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- BiSU — BiSU is a mobile platform that enables its users to order drinkable water in Turkey. Through the platform, its users have the ability to order water from any brand available nationally.BiSU is completely free of commission or fees and aims to democratize access to bottled water in Turkey by increasing transparency in prices and quality of water.The platform allows its customers to compare prices and pay with their credit cards for delivered bottled water.BiSU was launched in 2015 by Ergin Uner & Ozan Alptekin. It is based in Istanbul.
- obilet.com — oBilet is the leading online bus ticket booking platform in Turkey. It is a great system for any bus traveller, making purchasing a domestic bus ticket from several companies simple and convenient at any time. It collects offerings from different bus companies, making it easy for the user to compare prices and choose the best option. Currently,the company has more than 400 bus firms on 40.000+ routes in the platform. oBilet also offers flight tickets but its primary focus is on the intercity bus market. Initially it started with team of two and 2000 tickets sold in a month. After pulling itself up by its bootstraps, oBilet took attraction of 2 Top Tier East Europe focused Venture Capitals (EarlyBird VC and EBRD’s venture capital investment arm) ended up with receiving funding. Now, operations are continued with the team of over 250 and statistics are highly impressive. During 2019, around 10 million tickets are sold, website is visited for over 160 million times and 5 million customers have downloaded mobile app which is selected Europe’s best travel application by MasterCard. The company expects even higher growth in 2020 through the high passenger potential of Turkey and dynamic atmosphere of the company.oBilet was founded by Yigit Gurocak and Ali Yilmaz in April, 2012. It is headquartered in Istanbul in Turkey.
- StratiFi — StratiFi offers a client-profiling, risk analysis, and compliance software that makes monitoring, measuring, and communicating risk simple. The company believes in evaluating risks before chasing returns as a sound way to make strategic decisions with long-term finances in an uncertain world. StratiFi is building the technology that will become the"default" standard in the industry to evaluate and quantify hidden risks in portfolios and make investing safer, more reliable, and less volatile. The company was founded in 2008 and based in San Francisco, California.
F+ Ventures is Fark Labs’ venture capital arm, which invests in late seed and Series A startups within the smart mobility ecosystem that provide disruptive solutions through superior technologies and/or unique business models.
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- Industry: Software, Automotive, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $1M–$2.7M; Series A $810k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Buyutech — Democratizing the autonomy by changing the way of perception. We work for a world where your loved ones are safe on the roads we offer affordable and scalable products that will become the eyes of the millions.
- Wayve — Wayve are pioneering an AI-centric approach to self-driving, inspired by our vision of a smarter, safer and more sustainable world.
- Saykal — Saykal develops and manufactures advanced technology in sensing, detection, and imaging systems for global-scale strategic and scalable industries, especially automotive.
Keiretsu Forum is a global angel investor network with more than 2,500 accredited investor members throughout 47 chapters on 3 continents.
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 220
- Round size: Seed $102k–$3.6M; Series A $600k–$8.6M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Bliss — Bliss is an AI-powered online therapy platform that provides online mental health and wellness services to make mental health support more accessible, affordable, and culturally sensitive. The company connects individuals with licensed therapists and mental health professionals for video, audio, and messaging-based counseling sessions. Its platformincludes therapist matching tools, secure communication systems, appointment scheduling, and multilingual support designed for users seeking culturally aligned care. Bliss supports mental health needs related to anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, stress management, and personal development through remote therapy services. The company also offers mental wellness programs for businesses, providing employee support resources, coaching access, and digital mental health services for distributed teams. Its services are designed to make therapy and emotional support accessible through online and mobile-based interactions.
- BatteryPool — BatteryPool offers battery charging solutions for EV fleets and commercial vehicles.
- Apriority Financial — Apriority Financial is a debt optimization platform that manages and optimizes employee personal debt.
Istanbul Startup Angels is Turkey’s most active angel investment network with a focus on innovative and fast growing technology startups. Currently in the process of building a micro VC and starting Turkey’s first crowdfunding platform, ISA also partners with corporations to find the most promising and suitable startups for them, by running sectorfocused accelerator programs.
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- Industry: SaaS, Local, Hardware
- Stage:Angel, Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $50k–$175k; Angel $45k–$250k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MobilMed — Since 2015, we have been providing services in the field of mobile biomedical device design and application solutions. Our goal is to provide you with great customer experience and exceptional value services.
- Buy Buddy — Buy Buddy is the maker of Hitag, the smart apparel security tag and the connected analytics platform, that help the retailers manage inventory, customer behavior and employee efficiency. Hitag gives customers the option to automatically self-checkout on their phones, without the hassle of having to wait in line, while giving the dynamicinventory data to the store managers and the detailed analytics/reporting to the retailers.Beyond replacing the known RFID security against theft, Buy Buddy allows customers to directly pay through their mobiles and check out, skipping the queues at cash counters. Hitags collect in-store customer behavior, in-depth inventory data, dynamic employee performance, and product efficiency for retailers. The Buy Buddy platform in turn presents this data and reporting to companies in real-time.Buy Buddy is an end to end solution for retailers to democratize easy check-out, manage in-store inventory and make informed merchandising decisions based on dynamic data.
- OLEV —
Mustafa Atilla
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- Industry: Software, Automotive, Car Sharing
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Insumo — Insumo is a personalized productivity & habit building assistant that works with other productivity tools.
- Rentiva — Rentiva is a person to person car rental platform.
MEVP is a Middle East-focused venture capital firm that invests in the early and growth stages of innovative tech companies run by talented entrepreneurs in the Middle East with a focus on the GCC and Levant countries. With a team of 20 VC professionals across offices in Dubai, Beirut, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, and Riyadh, MEVP manages 5 regional funds with more than USD 260 million in Assets Under Management. MEVP is the largest and most established VC firm in the region, with clear cross border investment appetite.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 108
- Round size: Seed $420k–$6M; Series A $1.5M–$14M; Series B $4.6M–$110M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PinPay — Pin-Pay is an innovative mobile payment service offered at our Partner Banks which aims to bring our subscribers the most secure, reliable and intelligent payment experience.Using Pin-Pay, you can perform a number of different transactions directly from your mobile phone. Since all transactions are conducted live and under 20 seconds, you cansafely receive money straight to your account in no time.
- OTO — OTO is SaaS company that helps retailers implement their Omni-Channel strategy by enabling them to ship their online orders directly from the physical stores with the best delivery partners in just 2 hours! Also, we provide Online Retailers and E-commerce companies access to ship packages with more than 80 delivery & carrier companies shipping domestically and internationally.
- One Click Delivery Services — One Click Delivery Services redefines last mile delivery throughout the region. By providing seamless and personalized delivery from local businesses to the consumer’s doorstep, They are closing the last-mile gap between merchants and their customers. Their entire last mile and on-demand delivery is technology-enabled, with a robust deliverymanagement system featuring GPS locations tracking and automated customer notifications.
Hedef Filo is the leading fleet leasing company.
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- Industry: Automotive, Transportation, Public Transportation
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $300k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TikTak — TikTak is an online app that provides rental car services throughout Istanbul
- Volt Lines — Launched in April of 2018, Volt Lines is a subscription-based transportation network currently serving corporate customers in Istanbul, Turkey. A Volt Lines account gives its user access to unlimited rides on the ever-growing Volt Lines network of micro-transit.
Finberg is a corporate venture capital firm and a Fibabanka subsidiary. On March 1, 2018, the company was established.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Seed $244k–$5M; Series A $2.5M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Replenit — Transform your repeat purchase revenue with Replenit's AI Decision Engine. Predict exactly when customers need to reorder based on individual consumption pat...
- Roamless — One eSIM, 60+ destinations. No plans, no expirations. Just easy, affordable, reliable mobile connectivity for travelers. Join the Roamless Revolution today.
- Mindsite — Mindsite provides e-commerce analytics. Easily monitor key metrics from price to visibility in real time. Increase your online sales.
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- Industry: Marketplace, Mobile, Big Data
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $525k–$4.7M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tapu.com — Tapu.com has built the first managed real estate marketplace in Turkey and started selling from its first week of launch in 2015. Tapu.com is the first online real estate auction platform for the Turkish market, bringing many sellers like financial institutions, companies and individuals together with qualified buyers. Tapu.com has launched aneasy-to use platform that leverages the competitive bidding process on verified properties with a mission to make transactions easier and more transparent. Tapu.com has completed 4 major investment rounds from Earlybird Venture Capital and prominent Turkish angel investors.
- Garaj Sepeti — Garaj Sepeti leads the digital transformation of used car market in Turkey, 5th biggest used car market on the planet with more than 8m transactions per year. Our B2B and B2C marketplaces brings trust and convenience to car dealers and individuals while buying and selling cars.
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Duygu Acar Yücesoy is an individual investor.
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- Industry: Automotive, Car Sharing
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rentiva — Rentiva is a person to person car rental platform.
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- Industry: Automotive, E-Commerce, Car Sharing
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $29k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bartme — Bartme is a c2c Barter Platform. Our mission is to put barter back in our daily life to maximise lifespan of any book today and any product tomorrow. Globally. Innovatively.We see a very strong tech-driven hype in 2nd hand (i.e. pre-owned) market. However, there is immense untapped potential in traditional barter. We have examined prominentproblems in barter concept and developed a unique, brand new mobile app to make barter a favorable option in 2nd hand trade.Happy Barter,Bartme Team
- Rentiva — Rentiva is a person to person car rental platform.
Arz Portfolio, an investor operating under a license from the Capital Markets Board of Turkey, is positioned to become one of the leading asset management companies in Turkey. Primary areas of investment focus of Arz Portfolio comprise Private Equity / Venture Capital and Commercial Real Estate investments. Arz Portfolio's generalpartners’ combined experience encompasses (i) global private equity investment experience managing USD 500m+ in private equity funds, (ii) senior executive leadership positions in global technology companies such as Microsoft and Turk Telekom, (iii) ground up successful entrepreneurial experience in Turkish market and (iv) management USD 150m real estate portfolio.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Seed $100k–$2.4M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fasset — Fasset is an all-in-one financial super app that allows people and businesses to receive money, invest, earn, and make payments from anywhere in the world.
- Onedocs — Onedocs' solutions simplify contract management operations, allowing users to simply generate, monitor, approve, and track contracts.
- Branchsight — Made with Framer
Ömer Yiğit Aykan is an individual investor.
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- Industry: Automotive, Car Sharing
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rentiva — Rentiva is a person to person car rental platform.
Onur Ergönen is an individual investor.
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- Industry: Automotive, Car Sharing
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rentiva — Rentiva is a person to person car rental platform.
Nexus Ventures is an investment firm that invests in transformational businesses and creates meaningful partnerships with entrepreneurs. They support these ventures through its mentorship, business and technical know-how, vast network, and capital. The firm was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Ankara, Turkey.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Turkey, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $1k–$4.7M; Angel $45k–$250k; Series A $6.2M–$53M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Smartstaff — Manage your workforce's attendance & payroll while using our powerful automation tools to optimize & improve their productivity
- Iambic — Iambic has created a cutting-edge AI-driven platform to tackle the most challenging design problems in drug discovery and address unmet patient need.
- Moneyview — Money View is an application that is able to track and organize expenses, bills, and account balances. It is able to derive finance information from SMSs.Money View enables its users to set and follow budgets, view their bank account balance, obtain reminders about bills, and spit bills with the other users. It also facilitates Savings+ andTaxSaver+ that allows its users to save money.Money View was founded in April 2014 by Sanjay Aggarwal and Puneet Agarwal. It is based in Bangalore, Karnataka.
Angel Investor. Investing in Turkey (member of Sharks & Partners) & Switzerland (member of Business Angels Switzerland).
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $82k–$1.9M; Pre-Seed $200k–$660k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Garaj Sepeti — Garaj Sepeti leads the digital transformation of used car market in Turkey, 5th biggest used car market on the planet with more than 8m transactions per year. Our B2B and B2C marketplaces brings trust and convenience to car dealers and individuals while buying and selling cars.
- Mindsite — Mindsite provides e-commerce analytics. Easily monitor key metrics from price to visibility in real time. Increase your online sales.
- YapıRadar.com — YapıRadar.com is an online market place created for the exchange of goods and services between suppliers and contractors. It includes information on Project Authority, Stage Information of Construction, Project and Current Site Images, Location, Construction Area. YapıRadar.com was founded in 2018 and is based in Istanbul.
Ales Venture Capital Investment Trust Inc. 100% Escort Technology Investment Co., Ltd. was established in late 2012 as a subsidiary of an investment company subject to the Capital Markets Board legislation.Their target audience was primarily started to produce products or services are targeted at companies with existing customers and growth.However, the product or service to switch to the sales and marketing process, although in need of ready finance companies also take interest in Their initiative.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 104
- Round size: Seed $9k–$1M; Pre-Seed $10k–$400k
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5M in 2012
Portfolio highlights
- GlaucoT — GlaucoT develops contact-free intraocular pressure monitoring and neuroprotective treatment technology for glaucoma disease.
- Kidolog — Kidolog provides support to parents with video or messaging on issues they may need about pre-pregnancy and post-pregnancy.
- Kozmonot — Kozmonot is a mobile competition application with real money prizes focused on knowledge, research and intelligence.
Migros operates in the retail, industry, and financial service sectors in Switzerland and internationally. It operates through six segments: Cooperative Retailing, Commerce, Industry and Wholesaling, Financial Services, Travel, and Others. The Cooperative Retailing segment is involved in the operation of supermarkets and hypermarkets; andwholesale, catering, specialist markets, leisure, and club schools businesses. This segment also provides health services; and logistics services, such as transportation of goods and central warehousing services. The Commerce segment sells men’s and ladies’ wear, home accessories, entertainment media, office equipment, electro mobility products, and heating and fuel oils; and operates furniture, Internet retail, and convenience stores. The Industry and Wholesaling segment engages in the manufacture and sale of food and near food products, and non-food products under its own brands and labels. The Financial Services segment provides banking products and services. The Travel segment offers tour operator, travel agent, and other related tourist services. The Others segment provides property management services. The company is involved in operating fitness studios and a shopping center; and the production and sale of dried meat, and cold sauces and spices. The Federation of Migro Cooperatives that began operation on August 15, 1925 became Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund in January 1941, with its headquarters in Zurich in Switzerland.
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- Industry: Delivery, Food Processing, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Corporate Round
- Geography: Turkey, Switzerland, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $3.3M–$9.6M; Series A $4.3M–$14M; Corporate Round $567k–$4M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CRC — CRC Corporate is a platform that assists businesses with "Joint Purchasing" problems by connecting businesses from different industries in Turkey together.
- properti — "building the world's greatest real estate company"Properti is a modern, young and pioneering PropTech startup founded in November 2019. Through our unique Properti System, which combines the latest technologies, in-depth expertise and world-class marketing, we provide an exclusive service. Our mission is to change the real estateindustry sustainably with the symbiosis of technology and people to build trustworthiness and transparency. Our goal is to offer customers a full service around the housing ecosystem.
- Prime Roots — Prime Roots is on a mission to provide a better cut of meat for every type of eater. Rooted in koji, Prime Roots is able to replicate the taste and texture of meat without any of the environmental costs of animal proteins.
Serkan Borançılı is the founding partner of GittiGidiyor, Turkey's leading consumer-to-consumer marketplace, which was acquired by eBay in 2011 for $220 million dollars. Born in 1971 in Ankara, Borançılı graduated from Istanbul Technical University with a degree in Architecture. After working as a freelance architect, he founded ARKInformation Technologies with Burak Divanlıoğlu in 1999. Up to 2004 GittiGidiyor was administered by ARK. Borançılı is also the co-founder of UzmanTV, a video website specializing in curated content by experts, and Istanbul.net, Turkey's largest online dating platform. Borançılı is also the first investor in BiTaksi, Turkey's leading taxi-hailing app. Since, he has also invested in Modacruz, a marketplace for secondhand luxury fashion.
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- Industry: Internet, E-Commerce, Shoes
- Stage:Series A, Angel, Series B
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Series A $350k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- BiTaksi — BiTaksi is a mobile application that enables its users to book taxis. It enables its users to locate a taxi through its online map and provides traffic data and turn-by-turn directions for drivers. BiTaksi is available for iOS and Android operating systems.
- Modacruz — Modacruz is a mobile social marketplace, serving more than 1 million women in Turkey, enabling women to buy and sell pre-owned brand name fashion items. Users can sign up to the platform to either find and purchase products or to sell their own. Modacruz was launched in 2014 and is headquartered in Istanbul
- denebunu.com — Founded in 2016, Denebunu is a revolutionary data-driven digital marketing platform with a community of +1,5M members that connects brands with their consumers via technology, sampling and consumer insights. We redefined the way consumers shop for FMCG & Cosmetics products by a monthly delivery of personalised samples. We partner with thebest brands in the industry such as Unilever, P&G, L’Oréal, Henkel, Estee Lauder, Nestlé etc. , and use a proprietary algorithm to meet right products w/ right consumers , based on their preferences and profiles on denebunu.com
Wassim Matar is a Managing Partner at Verve Ventures VC.
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- Industry: FinTech, InsurTech, Insurance
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
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- Volt Lines — Launched in April of 2018, Volt Lines is a subscription-based transportation network currently serving corporate customers in Istanbul, Turkey. A Volt Lines account gives its user access to unlimited rides on the ever-growing Volt Lines network of micro-transit.
- Waffle Labs — Waffle Labs is a technology company that reinvents insurance and improves value for consumers. Founded in 2018 by Michael Li, Quentin Coolen, and Sam Barnsley, Waffle Labs is headquartered in New York.
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Browse database — It's Free!Kosgeb is a government body dedicated to helping SMEs in their development through a variety of activities and services. They provide up to 6 million liras in support of SMEs in Turkey that would manufacture imported goods utilizing domestic and national resources.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $6k–$161k; Grant $1k–$400k; Pre-Seed $4.4k–$150k
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Yanhak — Yanhak: Empowering Employees, Simplifying HRYanhak’s AI-powered platform enables employees to choose personalized benefits using company budgets through our user-friendly app, featuring a wide range of brands and gift vouchers. We streamline HR processes, making compensation inclusive and efficient.Freedom for Employees: Employees select fromhundreds of brands and gift vouchers within company budgets via the Yanhak app.Simplicity for HR: Manage budgets, perks, and offer comparisons seamlessly on a single platform.Quick Start: Free, ready-to-deploy white-label solutions for startups and SMEs without benefit programs.Data-Driven Insights: AI analyzes employee needs to recommend optimal benefit options. Trusted Support: Backed by Türkiye’s leading tech ecosystem at İTÜ Teknokent.
- Mistikist — Mistikist uses binaural beats for sleep and focus. This helps you relax, lower stress, and increase productivity in just minutes.
- Vexnor Technology — Biomimetic Actuators, Wearable Robotics, Exoskeleton Technology, Artificial Muscles, Human-Machine Integration, Assistive Robotics, Industrial Ergonomics, Electromechanical Systems, HealthTech, DeepTech, Biomechanics, Robotics R&D, MedTech
Maqasid Asset Management is an independent Real Estate, Private Equity, and portfolio management company.
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- Industry: Energy, Manufacturing, Apps
- Stage:Equity Crowdfunding, Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Equity Crowdfunding $128k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Plantero — Plantero is a food supplement company that produces and sells vegan-based supplements and plant-based products.
- Shiftplanner — Shiftplanner is a workforce optimization software that aims to digitalize and automate which helps with management processes and save labor.
- Onima Biotechnology — Onima Biotechnology produces organic mineral fertilizers, animal-derived liquid amino acids, and amino acid-containing fertilizers.
Can Yucaoglu
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- Industry: Mobile, Big Data, Automotive
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Garaj Sepeti — Garaj Sepeti leads the digital transformation of used car market in Turkey, 5th biggest used car market on the planet with more than 8m transactions per year. Our B2B and B2C marketplaces brings trust and convenience to car dealers and individuals while buying and selling cars.
ARI Çekirdek You dream of starting your own business, you want to be your own boss.
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- Industry: Big Data, Internet, Automotive
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
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- iUGO Technology — iUGO Technology promotes vehicle tech to transform driver, vehicle & infrastructure data into real-time actionable intelligence. This technology collects road and vehicle data via myIUGO device data clustering and machine learning. It also has a multi-dimensional digital mapping using vehicle data and predictive traffic/road conditionswhere route prediction and driver behavior are analyzed..
Quality of life in motion
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- Industry: Transportation, Software, Ride Sharing
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series D
- Geography: Spain, Mexico, Togo
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $3.7M–$6M; Series A $1.9M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BusUp — BusUp is a mobility service provider that specializes in efficient and flexible corporate commuting services, and is the first company in the world to offer shared corporate shuttle services. Established in 2016, BusUp is already a global company that is currently fully operational in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America for large corporations suchas Accenture, Roche, Siemens, Cognizant, Nestlé, DXC Technologies, Louis Vuitton, etc. Thanks to its technology and its innovative business model BusUp has disrupted a very traditional and low digitized sector, bringing efficiency and convenience to all its stakeholders: passengers, clients, operators, and public administration. Since its inception, BusUp has partnered with more than 150 operators and attended more than 100 clients, exceeding 500,000 passengers worldwide. To learn more about BusUp, visit www.busup.com.
- Gozem — Gozem is a transport technology platform for Francophone West and Central Africa.
- Katapult Studios — Katapult deploys top LATAM engineering teams to build and scale your product, from MVP to world-class solution.
Hakan Bas - Founder & CEO @ Ace Games
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $300k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- EasyCep — EasyCep, marketplace for refurbished electronics devices was founded in 2018 by Mehmet Akif Özdemir and İsmail Dinçer. Easycep makes it easier for consumers to sell their used electronic devices online. Also, it makes easier for consumers to find and buy professionally refurbished smartphones, tablets, computers and other some electronic devices aswell as 12 month warranty and at up to 70% of their original prices. With the prolongation of electronic products, EasyCep refurbishes them and offers them with a 12-month warranty.
- Garajyeri — NAGATOTO88 menyediakan link alternatif Nagatoto resmi untuk akses lancar serta update keluaran togel HK terupdate, aman, dan terpercaya setiap hari.
- Lotus Flow — Lotus Yoga is an online yoga, meditation, fitness, and mindfulness platform that offers both audio and video content in various languages.
Melih is one of the pioneer Internet entrepreneurs in Turkey. Born in Istanbul, he studied Computer Engineering and MBA at Bogazici University. After one year of professional experience in Citibank, Melih founded yemeksepeti.com with his partners in 2000. Yemeksepeti.com became the online food delivery giant first in Turkey, and then in Middle Eastand Eastern Europe. As a co-founder, Melih has acted as CTO of the company until 2013 and as Board Member until May 2015, when the company was acquired by Delivery Hero writing one of the biggest Internet exit stories in the region. Melih has been selected an Endeavor Entrepreneur in 2007. Since 2011 he has been an active angel investor in internet and technology companies with more than 30 investments. He is one of the cofounders of Galata Business Angels, which is one of the first business angel networks in Turkey. He is a founding member of EO Turkey. Melih lives in London now with his family and continues to invest in tech start-ups globally.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $170k–$1.9M; Angel $275k–$524k; Pre-Seed $200k–$510k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Liom — Pioneering in non-invasive glucose monitoring technology, seamlessly integrated with health metrics for a revolutionary wearable experience.
- Deplike — Everyone can make music!
- Makswin Real Estate Technologies, Inc. — Cutting-edge technological solutions aimed at data inconsistency and inefficiencies in the real estate industry.
Enabling Future (EF) is a sector agnostic, family office backed Venture Capital firm head quartered in Dubai. EF provides seed and early stage funding to entrepreneurs who challenge conventional wisdom and look to create true disruption. Our goal is to enable entrepreneurs to build companies of the future. We provide our portfolio companies withcapital, experience, strategy and network.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, United Arab Emirates, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $500k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- NÜWATER — NÜWATER was born out of a desire to combat the harmful impact that plastic bottles have on our environment today. With approximately 8 million tonnes of plastic ending up in the ocean every year, NÜWATER is a recyclable alternative to plastic bottled water. We'd like to put the UAE at the forefront of driving sustainability, to ensure ourfuture generations live in a cleaner, healthier, plastic free world. NÜWATER is sourced from an artesian spring 500 meters underground, one of the deepest springs in the world. Filtered through rich volcanic rock, NÜWATER supplies the body with essential minerals for life. In comparison to desalinated water - a process that is highly energy intensive, removes all the minerals and produces toxic waste in the process. We are proud to say our manufacturing process is 100% Carbon Neutral. We aim to be a Carbon Net Positive company by 2023. see less
- Trifacta — Trifacta has joined Alteryx to help customers and partners bring even more value to their businesses, powered by breakthrough data analytic insights.
- Volt Lines — Launched in April of 2018, Volt Lines is a subscription-based transportation network currently serving corporate customers in Istanbul, Turkey. A Volt Lines account gives its user access to unlimited rides on the ever-growing Volt Lines network of micro-transit.
Otokoc Otomotiv is an automotive retailer, car rental, and car sharing company that provides all automotive-related solutions.
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- Industry: Big Data, Internet, Automotive
- Stage:Corporate Round
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- iUGO Technology — iUGO Technology promotes vehicle tech to transform driver, vehicle & infrastructure data into real-time actionable intelligence. This technology collects road and vehicle data via myIUGO device data clustering and machine learning. It also has a multi-dimensional digital mapping using vehicle data and predictive traffic/road conditionswhere route prediction and driver behavior are analyzed..
Nevzat Aydın is the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, the first and biggest online food delivery portal in Turkey.Born in 1976 in İstanbul, Nevzat Aydın completed his secondary education at the Bursa Anatolian High School. Following his graduation from Boğaziçi University Department of Computer Engineering, he went to the United States where he receivedhis MBA at the University of San Francisco in Silicon Valley.During his stay in the United States, Aydın followed the latest developments on e-trade before he returned to Turkey in 2000 to launch his project, Yemeksepeti.com. Serving as the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, Nevzat Aydın introduced a brand new dimension to e-trade in Turkey.In 2007, Yemeksepeti.com was selected the “Endeavor Entreprenur” by Endeavor Turkey. Aydin was also selected the “Most Successful Turkish Young Entrepreneur” by the CNBC-e Business magazine in 2010 for his successful work since the foundation of Yemeksepeti.com.As the founder and CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, which celebrated its 11th anniversary in 2012, he won the first prize in 2011 in the “Male Entrepreneur of the Year” category at the “Businesspeople of the Year” survey conducted by the Ekonomist magazine among nearly 3,000 business people.Aydin is a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Supreme Board of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, and a founding member of Galata Business Angels.Aydın was one of the 150 entrepreneurs invited from all over the world to the Entrepreneurship Summit held by US President Barack Obama on April 26-27, 2010.He was also among the speakers at the DLD (Digital-Life-Design) Conference, which is deemed as one of the world's most prestigious conferences with its content on innovation and developments in the digital world. He is also an editorial advisor of GQ Turkey, one of the 5 “dragons” of the Dragons’ Den Turkey show, and a Board Member of Trabzonspor sports club.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 51
- Round size: Seed $100k–$3.7M; Angel $100k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
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- each::labs — AI marketplace for developers.
- Enquire AI — Enquire is on a mission to make organizations knowledge-efficient. We provide the world’s leading enterprises an AI-powered platform to leverage global subject-matter expertise in real time.Our uniqueness is defined by our software, which starts with Network Pulse. Through Network Pulse, all that clients need to do is submit a question. Fromthere, our AI-driven multifactor algorithm identifies the experts best placed to provide tailored, actionable analysis in 250 words, which smartly arrives in the client’s dashboard within minutes. There on, clients can assess answers according to the experts’ professional background and platform ratings and go deeper with any expert of their choice on a Pulse Call or collaborate longer-term on a Pulse Project. We have made this knowledge journey uniquely empowering and seamless for the client by fitting it to their established workflows for data gathering and research.
- Komunite — Community is an educational channel and community founded to help people who sell their time become people who sell their products.
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- Industry: Mobile, iOS, Advertising
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $142k–$1M; Pre-Seed $393k–$510k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Ulak — [ENG] ULAK is a mobile app, that helps you find nearby couriers and place a custom order. With ULAK, the nearest courier to your location is directed to you, serves with the shipment you choose, app displays the instant location information until your shipment is delivered, shares delivery details with you, securely collects your payment from yourcredit card and completes the transaction. If you wish, you can get service with cash payment as well...[TUR] ULAK akıllı telefonlar üzerinde çalışan, motorlu kuryeye ihtiyacı olanlarla, güvenilir motorlu kuryeleri buluşturan bir mobil uygulamadır. ULAK ile size en yakın kuryeyi çağırarak gönderinizi yapabilir veya özel sipariş verebilirsiniz. ULAK ile bulunduğunuz konuma en yakın kurye size yönlendirilir, seçeceğiniz gönderi şekli ile hizmet verir, gönderiniz teslim edilene kadar anlık konum bilgisini gösterir, teslimat detaylarını size iletir, ödemenizi güvenli bir şekilde kredi kartınızdan tahsil eder, işlemi tamamlar. Dilerseniz nakit ödeme seçeneği ile hizmet alabilirsiniz.
- Charmy — Charmy is a music social media site available online. Users can create playlists, share photos, and search for songs they prefer.
- Tiramisu — TIRAMISU MOBILE GAME STUDIO
Turkey's leading mobile application developer and one of the fastest-growing IT company according to Deloitte Fast 50, Teknasyon, has achieved great success by reaching out to 1.5 billion people in 55 different languages and 172 countries with dozens of mobile applications since their establishment in 2013.Besides developing hyper-growthmobile apps, Teknasyon is also an infrastructure and content provider. In addition to building successful products, the company provides additional support with B2C and B2B tools on the way to an early-stage startup’s global growth as an investor.Teknasyon is not a regular investor, which also opens the kitchen to all these startups to reach millions of new users worldwide. That means supporting startups with the tools developed on their own technologies such as advanced reporting & insights, commercial positioning/design, full integration with internal marketing tools, and 360-degree marketing production & management.Developing their vision with Facebook, Google, and leading telco operators’ collaboration from day one and creating a value-added ecosystem with the startups let Teknasyon enhance their services. In entertainment, wellness, photo/video, productivity, shopping, sports, and mobile gaming, portfolio companies always pursue global growth.
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- Industry: Apps, Mobile, Fitness
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $112k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Deplike — Everyone can make music!
- PulpoAR — PulpoAR Virtual Try-On Solution is realistic and easy to integrate and customize e-commerce platforms. We have specialized in the beauty industry. Increase your sales by giving your users the chance to try-on your products from the comfort of their homes. PulpoAR Virtual Try-On can be integrated into your e-commerce website, mobile app, smartmirror, and smart mirrors and QR codes as in-store solutions.
- Komunite — Community is an educational channel and community founded to help people who sell their time become people who sell their products.
Raffay is an investment group with early stage venture capital and real estate as its primary focus.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Travel, Fashion
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Germany, Turkey, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Series A $5M–$9.5M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
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- IDAGIO — IDAGIO is the leading streaming service for classical music with more than 1.8 million app downloads and subscribers in 190 countries. Crafted in Berlin by a world-class team of over 80 passionate experts in music, technology, business and design, IDAGIO offers a search tailor-made for classical music, expert curation, and an expansive catalogue ofover 2 million licensed tracks. IDAGIO is available through the web app and for download via mobile app with three tiers offered to listeners: IDAGIO Free, IDAGIO Premium, and IDAGIO Premium+. Idagio was founded by Till Janczukowicz and Christoph Lange, a duo that combines longstanding experience in the management of classical music stars with knowledge of the dos and don’ts in the founder scene around music streaming services. For more information, visit www.IDAGIO.com or download IDAGIO for your mobile device from the App Store or Google Play Store.
- Patience — Patience’s solutions are deployed foreducators of all kind: tutors, training companies, publishers, schools, universities and non-profit organizations.
- Blacklane — Blacklane is the global chauffeur service that offers safety, sustainability, and stress-free travel. Since 2017, the company has been carbon-neutral, combining a five-star guest experience with care for the planet. The customers can book their travels using Blacklane’s mobile app or website.Blacklane was co-founded by Jens Wohltorf and FrankSteuer and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
Vitol is an energy and commodities company. We trade and distribute energy safely and responsibly around the world using our logistical expertise and infrastructure network.
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- Industry: Energy, Transportation, Automotive
- Stage:Series C, Debt Financing
- Geography: United States, India, Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow
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- WattEV — WattEV is speeding up the transition of US trucking transport into zero emission faster than anyone could expect. We use a combination of business and technology innovation to create infrastructure and data driven workflow that provide truckers and fleet operators the lowest total cost of ownership.
- Delfin Midstream — Delfin Midstream is an industrial company that specializes in developing and exporting LNG.
- Uganda National Oil Company — Their overall function is to handle the Government of Uganda’s commercial interests in the petroleum sector and to ensure that the resource is exploited in a sustainable manner.
Firat Isbecer is an entrepreneur and a seed investor. His first venture Pozitron, a mobile software company focusing on digital banking, commerce and mobile payments, became one of the fastest growing enterprise software companies in Europe with clients across the globe. After multi years of growth and a successful international expansion, Pozitronwas acquired by London-based fin-tech star Monitise plc in 2014.After the acquisition, he joined Monitise and oversaw the company’s regional operations as the MEA Managing Director. Monitise MEA quickly became one of the most profitable business units of Monitise Group. In 2017, Monitise Group was fully acquired by the US-based, Fiserv Inc, one of the world's largest fin-tech companies with more than 50,000 employees.Shortly after the acquisition, he left Fiserv and founded his newest venture, Commencis. Commencis helps leading brands grow and scale in digital, powered by it’s Big Data, Analytics and Cloud products.In September 2019, Commencis expanded to Berlin, Germany by announcing finbyte, a joint-venture in fintech solutions. Besides Commencis, he is also an active seed investor. Member of Galata Business Angels, Turkey’s first angel investor group.After graduating from Robert College in Istanbul, Firat received his Bachelor’s Degree from Galatasaray University, and his Master’s Degree from a joint programme by Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and École Normale Supérieure in Paris.
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- Industry: SaaS, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Seed $727k–$3.8M; Angel $20k–$3.5M; Pre-Seed $70k–$430k
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- denebunu.com — Founded in 2016, Denebunu is a revolutionary data-driven digital marketing platform with a community of +1,5M members that connects brands with their consumers via technology, sampling and consumer insights. We redefined the way consumers shop for FMCG & Cosmetics products by a monthly delivery of personalised samples. We partner with thebest brands in the industry such as Unilever, P&G, L’Oréal, Henkel, Estee Lauder, Nestlé etc. , and use a proprietary algorithm to meet right products w/ right consumers , based on their preferences and profiles on denebunu.com
- Paket Mutfak — On-demand food delivery management
- Podbee Media — Podbee Media primarily engages in the production of Podcasts.
StartupFon is the first and leading equity-based online investment platform based in Turkey and has been founded to capitalize technology-based ventures with qualified angel investors and its own venture capital fund, namely the AngelFund. Startupfon gives their members the opportunity to invest in seed / early-stage technology startups eitherthrough its venture capital AngelFund or co-invest with it independently. As a tool under Startupfon, AngelFund is a micro VC of around USD10 mn. Investors can make investments either on a deal by deal basis or they can allocate some of their budgets to AngelFund to let Startupfon invest on behalf of themselves. Startupfon has been founded by Istanbul Startup Angels (“ISA”) as its online investment platform in 2016. ISA is a leading angel investor platform accredited in 2014 discovering ambitious startups in their early-stage while mentoring them in the process. ISA also organizes angel investor academies for high net worth individuals and accelerator programs for corporates. ISA performs with 4.3x TVPI on a total of TL 10 mn investments in 27 ventures as of March 2019.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Seed $500k–$5.2M; Pre-Seed $50k–$4.7M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M in 2021
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- Creosafe — A white label end to end subscription platform revolutionizing fundraising for alternative investments
- PhilosopherKing — PhilosopherKing is a AI-powered games platform.
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- Industry: Transportation, Mobile, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States
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- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Insumo — Insumo is a personalized productivity & habit building assistant that works with other productivity tools.
- Tamamliyo — Tamamliyo is a business software developer who works with insurance firms and digital enterprises to integrate their systems. Their platform contacts many insurance companies and finds insurance products suitable for the digital platform, enabling businesses to configure.
- Volt Lines — Launched in April of 2018, Volt Lines is a subscription-based transportation network currently serving corporate customers in Istanbul, Turkey. A Volt Lines account gives its user access to unlimited rides on the ever-growing Volt Lines network of micro-transit.
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- Industry: Software, Automotive, Internet of Things
- Geography: Turkey
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- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Comodif — Comodif is a spin-off from the Farplas Entrepreneur-in-Residence program, which bridges electronics and mobile applications as a core competency for driving a vehicle. Specializing in M2M communication, IOT and telematics big-data analytics services, Comodif team develops both hardware and software to make cars smarter. Comodif Connected CarsPlatform Project has also been funded by the European Union Eureka in 2014. Using the cutting edge software technologies, Comodif processes car data to enable smarter and more efficient transportation, and interacts with external traffic environment to increase safety. Comodif tracks your resources for you to help your driving be easier and pleasurable.
- Fizix — Wisersense is an end-to-end smart machine health monitoring solution to control increased maintenance and energy costs. In line with Industry 4.0 and the trend towards digitalization, it offers monitoring, tracking, remote measurement and detection of possible faults much earlier for smart factory and smart city projects. The health of allsystems, large and small, in every stage of production, especially motors, compressors, fans, pumps, etc. rotary systems can be monitored. In this way, early detection of problems, improvement in operations and personnel safety, increase in production, decrease in downtime, increase in end product quality, etc. many benefits are provided. Let Your Machines Talk To You!
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 66
- Round size: Seed $280k–$4M; Series A $1.7M–$22M; Series B $250k–$27M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $51M in 2018
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- Haelixa — Physical supply chain traceability with DNA for product sustainability. Mark, verify, and communicate the journey of your materials.
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- RemotePass — RemotePass makes it easy to hire, onboard & pay your global team in full compliance, giving you everything you need to support them
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- Industry: Mobile, Big Data, Automotive
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Garaj Sepeti — Garaj Sepeti leads the digital transformation of used car market in Turkey, 5th biggest used car market on the planet with more than 8m transactions per year. Our B2B and B2C marketplaces brings trust and convenience to car dealers and individuals while buying and selling cars.
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Browse database — It's Free!Omer Erkmen is the co-founder at Yeni Nesil Kafası. Omer Erkmen attended UC Santa Barbara.
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- Industry: Software, Analytics, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $50k–$1.9M; Angel $44k–$250k; Pre-Seed $29k–$100k
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Blaze Labs — Blaze is real-time video infrastructure with wallet-native subscriptions and tips with instant payouts, delivering low-latency live streaming at global scale.
- Kolay Randevu — Kolay Randevu is an online beauty booking marketplace and salon management software for salons.
- Mindsite — Mindsite provides e-commerce analytics. Easily monitor key metrics from price to visibility in real time. Increase your online sales.
Deniz Devrim Cengiz
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- Industry: FinTech, Blockchain, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $30k–$4M; Series A $88k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- EasyCep — EasyCep, marketplace for refurbished electronics devices was founded in 2018 by Mehmet Akif Özdemir and İsmail Dinçer. Easycep makes it easier for consumers to sell their used electronic devices online. Also, it makes easier for consumers to find and buy professionally refurbished smartphones, tablets, computers and other some electronic devices aswell as 12 month warranty and at up to 70% of their original prices. With the prolongation of electronic products, EasyCep refurbishes them and offers them with a 12-month warranty.
- Passion Punch — Passion Punch develops mobile games boosted by notable art and effective story that will touch players' daily lives.
- Hiwell — Hiwell app is an online psychological counseling app that helps people without leaving their homes.
We are a leading venture capital firm in Dubai, UAE, focused on supporting entrepreneurs in the MENA region at the seed- and early-stage building great companies.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 122
- Round size: Seed $600k–$6.5M; Series A $2M–$12M; Series B $3.5M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $70M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Aanaab — Aanaab offers online courses in Arabic for teachers and educators to help them improve their skills in different areas including self-development, educational strategies, education techniques, and educational tools and techniques.
- HeyBreez AI — Breez AI is a no-code voice orchestration platform built for reliable, scalable real-time voice AI. The system unifies carrier connectivity, media delivery, AI models, and orchestration into one global routing layer, stabilizing phone operations and enabling companies to scale voice automation without engineering or additional headcount.
- Hala — Hala offers a payment and wallet solution for individuals and point-of-sale (PoS) services that enable merchants to accept credit card payments.
Ata Uzunhasan - Managing Director @ Galata Business Angels
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Baby
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, Italy, Poland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $63k–$900k
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Juphy — Juphy offers communication platform.
- Replenit — Transform your repeat purchase revenue with Replenit's AI Decision Engine. Predict exactly when customers need to reorder based on individual consumption pat...
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Ethos Capital is an investment company that helps companies drive growth and transformation by employing new technologies. It is committed to setting ethics and social responsibility for registry operations and supporting a globally connected and resilient Internet.
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- Industry: SaaS, Consumer, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey, Venezuela, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Metafide — Metafide offers AI-driven trading solutions and Web3 asset analysis for financial entities.
- Identity Digital — Identity Digital offers individuals and organizations relevant domain names to express digital identity.
- Broadstreet Partners — BroadStreet Partners is a nationally ranked insurance brokerage in Columbus, Ohio. We have a unique co-ownership approach to investing. Call us to learn more.
Supporting Exceptional entrepreneurs. We value emotional intelligence as much as data, growing internal culture as much as growing revenue, and forming strong, personal bonds with founders. We recognize patterns where other don't.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Turkey, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 148
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$24M; Series A $1.6M–$35M; Series B $2.5M–$58M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Eka.Care — Eka EMR & EHR solutions, trusted by over 25,000 doctors in India, offer integrated features to digitize patient management, enhance clinic efficiency, and elevate your online presence with Google My Business (GMB).
- Peak Games — Peak is a leading technology company with a team who values progress. We believe that the best products are created when talented people form autonomous teams striving for impact.
- OneTwoSmile — One Two Smile, the invisible alternative to braces, moves your teeth through a series of aligners. Each aligner moves your teeth slightly and is engineered to use the right amount of force in the right place at the right time. Every two weeks, you will move onto the next stage of aligners so your teeth will gradually move into the desired positionthat was mapped by our certified smile designers and certified orthodontist.100% as effective, for 70% lessOne Two Smile aligners are clinically proven to be as effective as braces without the hassle, wiring, or pain. We work with state certified orthodontists in your city to diagnose your case and create a personalized treatment plan. By sending your aligners directly to you we are able to offer our aligners for 70% less than other aligner brands. With an average treatment time of 5 months, One Two Smile is ideal for mild to moderate cases.
Sente is a Chicago-based startup investment and innovation platform. Sente searches the world for the most high-potential startups and helps them scale through unprecedented guidance, support, and connections.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Convertible Note, Seed
- Geography: United States, Turkey, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- Round size: Pre-Seed $50k–$1.5M; Convertible Note $50k–$50k
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kfobix Inc. — Revolutionizing Grid Maintenance with AI and Robotics
- M-Based — M-Based develops next-generation biomaterials using mushroom, redefining sustainability in design and materials.
- Kybele's Garden — Kybele's Garden focus on algae-based bioponics and algae fermentation methods. Their differentiation strategy boosts harvest yield, source efficiency, and functional content, while improving sensory attributes and shelf life. These technologies can be used in agrifood and skin care, and integrated into existing producers' systems.
Mangrove Capital Partners is a contrarian investment firm helping innovative entrepreneurs start and grow.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 149
- Round size: Seed $675k–$10M; Series A $2.5M–$12M; Series B $8M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $234M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Proggio — Transform your project management with timelines that enhance productivity and clarity. Discover how Proggio AI can help.
- Sifflet — You make important business decision based on your data. Sifflet ensures the data is reliable, traceable and easy to navigate.
- Titan Operating System —
Sina Afra is the CEO and Founder of Tiko. He previously worked at Markafoni as a CEO and Founder. Sina Afra attended the University of Münster.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $100k–$4.2M; Angel $15k–$1.5M; Series A $2M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vagon — Vagon is your personal high-performance computer on the cloud. Start Vagon instantly and run all challenging software from any device, anywhere.
- MARS — MARS provides digital financial services with unique card options and rewards programs.
- Firefly — Firefly is the next-gen car advertising solution, featuring taxi and rideshare top advertising, in-car advertising, holograms, car wraps and more.
Melih helps ‘scale-up startups’ in their fundraising processes. He has more than 15 years of experience in the startup ecosystem. As an entrepreneur, he founded two startups in gaming & B2B SaaS and successfully exited his family business in healthcare. As an investor, he is an LP in 7 different funds. He specializes in Series A-level B2B SaaSstartups on healthtech, cybersecurity, fintech and future of work & education. He maintains direct contact with over 600 VCs in the US & Europe.After graduating from Saint-Joseph French High School, Melih received a BA from Koç University, a Master’s from Bosphorus University, and an MBA from IESE & London Business School. Having lived in six different countries, he speaks four languages and has previously worked for international companies such as Medtronic in Switzerland and Amazon in Luxembourg. Melih has a passion for sports, including sailing, rock climbing, trekking, and tennis.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Human Resources
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$2.8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Idenfit — Cloud based human resources software and workforce management. Idenfit online human resources and workforce management software brings a holistic approach to human resources functions and it helps you to review and manage hr processes all in one place. Idenfit is cloud based HR software for SMEs as well as international companies that have outgrownspreadsheets. We automate many of the most tedious HR functions and create time for you to do meaningful work. Whether you’re an employee trying to request time-off or an HR manager looking forward to grow and develop your company’s workforce, Idenfit is your all-in-one HR management solution.
- Spiky.AI — Spiky.ai delivers real-time coaching, CRM sync, and multilingual AI insights to boost sales performance and streamline meetings.
- DataPad — Say hello to the World's easiest metric tracking tool. Track everything in one place. Enable your entire team. Build data culture. All with no code, no development.
Automotive Investor funding in Turkey at a glance
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