Top 45 Biotech Startup Investors in Turkey in December 2024

Investor	Biotech Turkey investments
TRANGELS	6
Diffusion Capital Partners	4
ACT Venture Partners	3
M. Cengiz Aydın	2
Candan Karabagli	2
Ömer Aras	2
Okan Erol	2
APY Ventures	2
Eczacıbasi Momentum	2
Istcapital	2
Berkay Mollamustafaoglu	1
Ali Rıza Babaoğlan	1
Ali Rıza Babaoğlan	1
ITUARI Teknokent	1
Sente Ventures	1
Alesta Yatırım	1
Teknoloji Yatirim	1
Fark Labs	1
Gen Pharmaceuticals	1
Erdem Gülen	1
Omurga Capital	1
Technology & Innovation Fund	1
Sena Nomak	1
Techmine	1
İTÜNOVA	1
Maxis	1
Bülent Aksu	1
HMG Invest	1
Pragma	1
Boğaziçi Ventures	1
Papara	1
PCP	1
Ali Emre	1
Ozlem Petek Hun	1
Erman Turan	1
Nalan Uysal	1
Sedat Eryilmaz	1
SOSV	1
Kerim Kotan	1
HATCHER+	1
Emine Erdem	1
Temel Güzeloğlu	1
Ebru Dorman	1
Aytul Ercil	1
Arya Ventures	1

Early Stage Investment Fund and Network

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Energy, Manufacturing
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Turkey, United States, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

& New Me — Explore the best aesthetic treatments in Turkey with New Me. Book a consultation, read reviews, and find the right doctor for your beauty journey.
Winfluencer — Winfluencer is a platform for automated digital influencer marketing. Their solutions are machine learning, augmented reality, image processing, data analytics, social media analytics, and fraud detection. Winfluencer connects thousands of e-commerce sites through a single platform and an automated system. Because of the new generation affiliatemarketing approach, this system enables users to generate long-term income. Its transparent structure allows both users and the e-commerce site to track sales generated by their interactions.
Nanomik Biotechnology — Biochemistry leading change in life sciences. With our proprietary technologies, we develop solutions for Crop Health, Animal Health and Food preservation.

Diffusion Capital Partners (DCP) is Turkey's leading Venture Capital fund manager with a focus on deep-tech opportunities.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Doktar Technologies — We lead digitization and digital transformation in agriculture with digital services, sensors, satellites and other agricultural technologies.
Enhencer — Reach AI based transparent audiences or lookaliles for your ecommerce. Achieve higher campaign conversion and ROAS than ever before.
Mixer Games — Pioneers who shape the entertainment of the future

Early stage deep tech investor

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, Manufacturing
Seed, Convertible Note, Series A
Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Nextmol — Nextmol is your partner to accelerate chemicals discovery. Reduce time-to-market and get key insights about the behavior of your chemical molecules!
Qubitrium — Explore innovative quantum solutions at Qubitrium. Elevate your journey with cutting-edge products, services, and trainings. Your quantum future...
Meddenovo Drug Design — Meddenovo is at the forefront of AI-driven drug discovery, pioneering a specialized technology platform designed specifically for cyclic peptides. Our innovative approach leverages a unique blend of AI technologies and molecular modeling to significantly enhance the efficiency and success rates of drug development processes. Cyclic peptidesrepresent a groundbreaking class of compounds in pharmaceutical research. These molecules combine the best attributes of small molecules and large biologics, offering exceptional binding affinities, stability, and specificity. At Meddenovo, we are leaders in harnessing the potential of cyclic peptides, developing tailored solutions that push the boundaries of traditional drug discovery. Beyond small organic molecules, our expertise extends to peptide-based medicines and metal chelators, giving us a competitive edge in novel drug research and development. We excel in creating unique chemical spaces tailored to your needs and provide custom computational solutions for predicting drug resistance, elucidating biochemical reaction mechanisms, and conducting metal affinity analysis. At Meddenovo, we are dedicated to precision and reliability in drug discovery. Our approach reduces failure rates and improves outcomes, accelerating the journey from research to market. Our mission is to empower scientists worldwide with advanced, user-friendly AI tools, democratizing access to cutting-edge drug discovery technologies.

M. Cengiz Aydın

Investment focus

Biopharma, Biotechnology
Angel, Funding Round
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

PhiTech Bioinformatics — PhiTech Bioinformatics translates genome-wide molecular data (Genomics, Transcriptomics, Epigenomics, Microbiomics, etc.) into biotechnology solutions primarily for use in precision medicine.

Candan Karabagli - Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı, CHAIRMAN @ GS Yuasa

Investment focus

Biopharma, Biotechnology
Angel, Funding Round
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

PhiTech Bioinformatics — PhiTech Bioinformatics translates genome-wide molecular data (Genomics, Transcriptomics, Epigenomics, Microbiomics, etc.) into biotechnology solutions primarily for use in precision medicine.

Ömer Aras

Investment focus

Retail, Biopharma, Marketing
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

LIVAD Technologies — LIVAD develops cutting edge Livestream Advertising products connecting brands with streamers. Our technology enables brands to serve smart, elegant, and non-intrusive ads while allowing streamers of all sizes to monetize their content consistently.
Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
PhiTech Bioinformatics — PhiTech Bioinformatics translates genome-wide molecular data (Genomics, Transcriptomics, Epigenomics, Microbiomics, etc.) into biotechnology solutions primarily for use in precision medicine.

Okan co-founded Wordego and as CEO leads the company’s strategic, executive and managerial efforts. His executive management experience includes working as a Business Development Manager for French Chamber of Commerce, CEO for Imerys Minerals, CEO for Esen Minerals, and CEO for Steno Energy. Okan holds a BS degree in Computer Engineering fromGalatasaray University, an MBA from Sorbonne University and a PhD degree in Finance & Banking from Kadir Has University.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, AgTech, Ad Exchange
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Turkey, United States

Portfolio highlights

WORDEGO — Transform your ecommerce business with Wordego. Leverage unique AI technology to segment visitors by value in real-time, personalizing campaigns for maximum efficiency. Boost your revenue by over 25% and reduce advertising costs by up to 30% with Wordego's precision analytics.
Nanomik Biotechnology — Biochemistry leading change in life sciences. With our proprietary technologies, we develop solutions for Crop Health, Animal Health and Food preservation.
MD Research & Development — MD Research & Development are into research and development of innovative products and methods needed in the field of radiation oncology.

APY Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology startups.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Nuvolog — Revolutionize logistics operations with Nuvolog. Features like spot procurement, carbon tracking, and time slot management enhance efficiency and streamline operations.
Cellestetix — Cellestetix is a biotech company that specializes in developing and commercializing plant-based exosome formulas for regenerating skin, hair, and wellness.
Pricing Coach — Pricing Coach offers price consultancy, analytics, and revenue simulations to optimize business pricing strategies.

Eczacıbaşı Momentum invested in three venture companies and a venture capital fund; Their goal is to invest US$30 million over the next five years as they continue to partner with funds and startups that shape the new normal of modern life, focusing on well-being, consumption, and home-living.

Investment focus

Medical Device, Information Technology, Neuroscience
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Turkey, United States

Portfolio highlights

Newlab — Systems for scale
Ecomercek — Ninico is a modern and flexible Minimal eCommerce Laravel script. This script is suited for electronic, organic and grocery store, furniture store, clothing store, hitech store and accessories store...
RS Research — RS Research is a next generation therapeutics company developing novel nanomedicines. We have developed a pioneering class of nanocarriers with which we currently have proprietary programs in various stages of preclinical development for treatment of cancer.Our nanocarrier platform is highly tunable with a plug & play approach, allowingspeedy development of targeted nanomedicines with superior performance.Along with moving our very own candidates toward clinic, we provide preclinical services to industrial and academic partners. We have specific expertise in biosimilar characterization as well as in vivo experiment design.

ISTcapital is a venture firm where innovation meets investment. Discover our unique approach to venture capital.

Investment focus

Biopharma, Video Games, Casual Games
Seed, Funding Round
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

Cellestetix — Cellestetix is a biotech company that specializes in developing and commercializing plant-based exosome formulas for regenerating skin, hair, and wellness.
Gleam Games — Unique and exciting gaming experiences to enhance gamers' lives. We believe gaming is all about creating a world of unmatched collaboration, immersion, and emotion. At the heart of every gaming experience we create, we aim to bring you the best in-game experiences through design and technology.
Spline — Spline is a free 3D design software with real-time collaboration to create web interactive experiences in the browser. Easy 3d modeling, animation, textures, and more.

Berkay Mollamustafaoglu is the Co-Founder & CEO at OpsGenie. Prior to OpsGenie, Berkay was the CEO of iFountain, and held roles at several technology and consulting companies including Netuitive, Smarts, Ernst & Young, and Predictive Systems. Berkay holds a degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from METU.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Baby
Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
United States, Turkey

Portfolio highlights

Thundra — Thundra is a developer platform company that empowers application teams to develop, debug, test, and deliver modern microservices on the cloud. Build the perfect software.
Vanemar — Explore Vanemar's advanced boat monitoring system: easy-to-install wireless sensors, real-time GPS tracking, and reliable high water and intrusion alarms for ultimate boat security, anytime, anywhere.
KuartisMED — KuartisMED is a biomedical company developing innovative products for healthcare and the well-being of newborns and preterms.

I am a business professional since 2008 and a financial investor since 2015, having strategic positions in several scale-up tech companies/startups and real-estate assets. I continue to invest in the tech domain with a focus on SaaS solutions for B2B and B2C markets, and real estate options in developing markets with ROI targets.Grow inEMEA, the company I started in 2015, focuses on East Europe, Turkey, and the Middle East markets mostly for tech and real estate options and portfolio management. Also, my team provides market access services to Baltics, Turkey, and UAE / Saudi and gives investment advisory services.Prior to the investment focus, I worked in Linkedin EMEA Headquarter where I hold Director of Turkish Speaking Territory in Dublin, Ireland. Before, I have been with SAP AG and IBM in Turkey. I also give speeches at local and global investment events. I gave keynotes on ARAB NET in Lebanon, IT Arena in Ukraine, Rise Up Summit in Egypt, and NEXT in Germany. I also spoke at several closed corporate events of Roche, VESTEL, SAP AG, DenizBank, Turkish Economy Ministry, Turkish Exporters Assembly, Bakioğlu Holding, and AGT.Now, I am living in Tallinn, Estonia.Email: alib@growinemea.com Web: https://alibabaoglan.com Photos: https://gie.investments/my-photos

Investment focus

TV, CRM, Apps
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

Ekmob — Ekmob creates mobile projects for companies which have mobile field teams and operations.Companies with mobile teams and field operations have some common problems such as inefficiency in management of mobile teams, communication difficulties, inability to get instant data from field, offline mobile team on the field. All these problems lead tolack or deficiency in decision-support systems.
N'oluyo — N’oluyo is a TV program-based social platform and is your favorite buddy while watching TV.
Kahvegibikahve — Kahvegibikahve started with a crowdfunding campaign to make brewing real coffee easy and available everywhere. With high quality coffee beans and special Fiber Filtre™, your coffee is brewed properly, and without any hassle, you enjoy it.

I am a business professional since 2008 and a financial investor since 2015, having strategic positions in several scale-up tech companies/startups and real-estate assets. I continue to invest in the tech domain with a focus on SaaS solutions for B2B and B2C markets, and real estate options in developing markets with ROI targets.Grow inEMEA, the company I started in 2015, focuses on East Europe, Turkey, and the Middle East markets mostly for tech and real estate options and portfolio management. Also, my team provides market access services to Baltics, Turkey, and UAE / Saudi and gives investment advisory services.Prior to the investment focus, I worked in Linkedin EMEA Headquarter where I hold Director of Turkish Speaking Territory in Dublin, Ireland. Before, I have been with SAP AG and IBM in Turkey. I also give speeches at local and global investment events. I gave keynotes on ARAB NET in Lebanon, IT Arena in Ukraine, Rise Up Summit in Egypt, and NEXT in Germany. I also spoke at several closed corporate events of Roche, VESTEL, SAP AG, DenizBank, Turkish Economy Ministry, Turkish Exporters Assembly, Bakioğlu Holding, and AGT.Now, I am living in Tallinn, Estonia.Email: alib@growinemea.com Web: https://alibabaoglan.com Photos: https://gie.investments/my-photos

Investment focus

TV, CRM, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

Ekmob — Ekmob creates mobile projects for companies which have mobile field teams and operations.Companies with mobile teams and field operations have some common problems such as inefficiency in management of mobile teams, communication difficulties, inability to get instant data from field, offline mobile team on the field. All these problems lead tolack or deficiency in decision-support systems.
N'oluyo — N’oluyo is a TV program-based social platform and is your favorite buddy while watching TV.
Kahvegibikahve — Kahvegibikahve started with a crowdfunding campaign to make brewing real coffee easy and available everywhere. With high quality coffee beans and special Fiber Filtre™, your coffee is brewed properly, and without any hassle, you enjoy it.

ITU ARI Teknokent initiative is a University-industry collaboration that enabled many technology based entrepreneurial companies to benefit form the academic infrastructure provided by ITU.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, AgTech, Software
Seed, Grant
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

Kidolog — Kidolog provides support to parents with video or messaging on issues they may need about pre-pregnancy and post-pregnancy.
eTasin.com — https://etasin.com
Kolay Karavan — KolayKaravan arose from an idea that we had long considered and developed step by step. The pandemic-induced need for nature, as well as the ever-increasing quest for alternative holidays in our country, cooked the idea of EasyCaravan and unveiled it as a product. It has made it both easy and safe by combining the caravan vacation concept, whichbrings together solutions to housing and transport needs, with the KolayKaravan CamperTrust program. It made it possible for individuals to have this experience... While doing all of this, the Kolay Caravan team keeps "Human" and "Nature" in mind. We consider how we may contribute more to these two areas in all of our work and every decision we make.

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.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B
United States, Israel, Turkey

Portfolio highlights

KFOBIX — KFOBIX offers nano-composite materials to prevent freezing and contamination of solar panels, wind turbines, and automobile glass.
DRONEQUBE — DRONEQUBE provides an innovative SaaS solution that empowers drones to monitor and defend vineyard health autonomously, addressing pressing concerns brought about by the climate crisis and increasing labor challenges.
Kybele's Garden — Algae Biotechnology for Agrifood & Cosmetics Solutions

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Turkey, United States

Portfolio highlights

OneNewOne — OneNewOne, which operates in the Human Resources vertical, uses artificial intelligence technology to classify and match the CV Pool in minutes and to enable artificial intelligence to do preliminary interviews using its "Smart Pre-Interview" module.
Tiamo Games — Tiamo Games combines the simulation and hyper-casual gaming genres.
Handler — Handler is an artificial intelligence (AI) optimization of game creation processes, including idea, programming, and marketing.

Teknoloji Yatirim is a early-stage technology venture capital & private equity firm.

Investment focus

Health Care, Internet, Software
Seed, Series A
Turkey, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Hipporello — Turn your task management platform, Trello or Notion, into a powerful service desk. Manage customer support and ticketing easily. Try now for free!
Mindsite — Mindsite provides e-commerce analytics. Easily monitor key metrics from price to visibility in real time. Increase your online sales.
VRLab Academy — VRLab Academy | Virtual Experiments

Fark Labs is a global innovation and transformation hub that aims to build a better future for all. We help entrepreneurs, startups, corporations, and investors transform into more connected, innovative, and future-ready versions of themselves so they have a positive impact on the world. We apply an investment portfolio approach to our innovationstrategy, touching all stages of the startup lifecycle from incubator to investor in Turkey, which is strengthened by our strong global network of regional accelerators and VC partners in our key global geographies. We use this approach for our 4 focus verticals: mobility, life sciences, sustainable lifestyle, and emerging technologies, which we call our curiosity cabinet.We back change-makers who transform industries and create new ones. Our sweet spot is investing early, and we continue to provide support and investment up to Series A. We envision a better future by championing entrepreneurship, innovation, and frontier technologies that transform legacy businesses and build future-proof startups.We also drive innovation and transformation through collaborative intelligence. We build a unique ecosystem that connects difference-makers, leading corporations, venture capital firms, universities, and government agencies across our 4 verticals.

Investment focus

SaaS, Manufacturing, Last Mile Transportation
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

Evreka — Evreka is a leading SaaS company providing the most comprehensive intelligent solutions designed for the entire category of waste management across the globe.
M-Based — M-based is an initiative aiming to develop eco-friendly alternative material technologies using mycelium, a component of the mushroom. Its R&D efforts focus on developing mycelium-based vegan leather to address environmental concerns and animal ethics violations in the textile industry.
Ion membranes — Ion membranes is a company that designs and manufactures ion exchange membranes and separators for the green energy industry. Our products are used in batteries, electrolyzers, fuel cells, chlor-alkali facilities, electrodialysis water treatment processes, and other applications that require ionic range separation.

Gen - Making a difference with our products in Rare Diseases, Neurology, Pediatrics, Hematology, Oncology, Endocrinology, Nephrology.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
Series A
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

RS Research — RS Research is a next generation therapeutics company developing novel nanomedicines. We have developed a pioneering class of nanocarriers with which we currently have proprietary programs in various stages of preclinical development for treatment of cancer.Our nanocarrier platform is highly tunable with a plug & play approach, allowingspeedy development of targeted nanomedicines with superior performance.Along with moving our very own candidates toward clinic, we provide preclinical services to industrial and academic partners. We have specific expertise in biosimilar characterization as well as in vivo experiment design.

I am who I am.

Investment focus

Local, Mobile, Medical
Seed, Series A
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

Scotty — Scotty Rideshare is the first and only two-wheel rideshare Company in Turkey
Scotty — Leading e-commerce logistics player in Turkey
Genz Biotech — Site will be available soon. Thank you for your patience!

Omurga Gayrimenkul Portföy is a real estate and venture capital investments firm that brings investment opportunities to investors.It introduces a new investment tool allowing investors to enjoy high returns by collectively investing in large-scale real estate properties or portfolios. Omurga Capital establishes and professionally manages realestate investment funds regulated by the Capital Markets Board of Turkey.

Investment focus

Biopharma, Biotechnology
Funding Round
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

PhiTech Bioinformatics — PhiTech Bioinformatics translates genome-wide molecular data (Genomics, Transcriptomics, Epigenomics, Microbiomics, etc.) into biotechnology solutions primarily for use in precision medicine.
Digital Transformation Group — DT Cloud platform is a global digital transformation cloud computing company with a local presence. Through cloud computing, Big Data and technologies like AI/ML, IoT, Blockchain we enable digital transformation and help governments, organizations and companies of all sizes and industries to further innovate and grow.DT Cloud platform hasstarted with a dream. With the dream of an eighteen years old computer engineering student, who believed in the power of technology and had the desire to make a difference in this world. It was back in 2006 and ever since the desire has only grown. It has been a long journey with trials and failures, growths and successes. But there has always been a passion and true passion is contagious. It has helped to create a wonderful team with curious minds and passionate hearts, build innovative technologies, and bring value to so many customers.Within ten years DT evolved from being a software development and R&D service provider to a telco responsible for thousands of installations of carrier network infrastructure from 2G through to 5G. But we felt it was not enough. In 2018, we packed our experience and created an enterprise-grade 5G-ready multi-regional cloud computing and digital enabling company.Today, DT develops hyper scalable cloud services and innovative solutions to make digital transformation affordable, rapid and secure. By offering more cost-effective, less risky, and faster ways to move, store, and analyze data, DT Cloud platform transforms, optimizes and modernizes industries and people’s lives as a technological enabler both for the physical and digital worlds.

Technology & Innovation Fund was added in 2013.

Investment focus

Baby, SaaS, Mobile
Seed, Funding Round
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

KuartisMED — KuartisMED is a biomedical company developing innovative products for healthcare and the well-being of newborns and preterms.
Webee — Discover WeBee's high-tech hospitality solutions, ensure a contactless guest experience, improve TripAdvisor scores and maximize revenue.

Sena Nomak is the Co-Founder and COO at RS Research.

Investment focus

Biopharma, Biotechnology
Funding Round
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

PhiTech Bioinformatics — PhiTech Bioinformatics translates genome-wide molecular data (Genomics, Transcriptomics, Epigenomics, Microbiomics, etc.) into biotechnology solutions primarily for use in precision medicine.

Techmine is an Investment firm.

Investment focus

Baby, Medical, Biotechnology
Seed
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

KuartisMED — KuartisMED is a biomedical company developing innovative products for healthcare and the well-being of newborns and preterms.

İTÜNOVA Technology Transfer Office (TTO) offers academic studies and new technologies developed in Istanbul Technical University (ITU) to the benefit of the industry to meet their and help with the development of Turkey by adding value.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Medical Device
Seed
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

MD Research & Development — MD Research & Development are into research and development of innovative products and methods needed in the field of radiation oncology.

Private Equity Investment arm of Isbank

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Turkey, United Kingdom, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

Rnv.ai — RNV Analytics provides AI and ML driven solutions for inventory allocation problem of retail companies. With algorithmics recommendation, their customers decide which product should be located in which sales points both online and offline.
Cellestetix — Cellestetix is a biotech company that specializes in developing and commercializing plant-based exosome formulas for regenerating skin, hair, and wellness.
Pricing Coach — Pricing Coach offers price consultancy, analytics, and revenue simulations to optimize business pricing strategies.

Bülent Aksu

Investment focus

Beauty, Wellness, Biotechnology
Seed
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

Cellestetix — Cellestetix is a biotech company that specializes in developing and commercializing plant-based exosome formulas for regenerating skin, hair, and wellness.

Beteiligungsverwaltung. Tätigkeit laut Firmenbucheintrag: Investitionen (Immobilienkauf, Bauherrenmodelle und Unternehmensbeteiligungen)

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, Sales
Seed, Pre-Seed
Turkey, Austria, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Caidio — Caidio is here to maximize the quality and productivity of global concrete construction by top notch AI technologies We help our customers increase quality, decrease construction time, and cut cost.
presono — presono completely rethinks the topic of presenting and combines professional presentations and perfect management in a revolutionary software! Previously unsolved challenges such as outdated slide duplicates, wrong content and designs, rigid presentation flows and complicated updates are a thing of the past with this comprehensive solution!Theintuitive tool ensures that users can create outstanding presentations easily and without extensive know-how, adapt them flexibly and spontaneously even during a presentation. The central data management guarantees that all users are always up to date with the latest information. In addition, it ensures that presentations can be automatically and comprehensively evaluated. Future-oriented features such as multimedia animations and interactive overlays also generate a new factor for attention from which everyone can benefit: the speakers as well as the listeners. After all the tension factor of the presentation is usually directly proportional to the information intake of the audience. In addition, a feedback functionality optimises company-internal communication. The possibility of sending presentations directly as a PDF file or as a link via e-mail also simplifies the work process. Furthermore, presono can be used as a smart sales and trade fair app.presono is therefore much more than just a tool for creating ingenious presentations. presono is an intelligent overall solution that optimizes workflows, generates attention and, as a smart guarantee of success, guides its users safely to the goal of their presentations.
BioShumm — Probiotic soup (Tirshik Soup), a traditional cuisine, is made from the subspecies of the Arum maculatum plant that grows naturally in the Taurus mountains. Fermented Tirshik Soup strengthens the immune system with its powerful antioxidant content proved with scientificresearch. As a delicious, natural, organic food product that strengthens the human immune system and can be preferred as daily meals. Its public name is “Andırın Doctor”. Making the soup is very labor intensive and traditional methods must be followed carefully. It has been consumed as home meal in the Osmaniye region for centuries and has never been industrially produced until now. After the Covid 19 pandemic, Arum maculatum sales exploded in neighborhood markets. The sellers are calling out loudly about the plant “Corona Killer''. Many people are searching the recipe for tirshik soup online. One of the main problems is that Arum maculatum is naturally harmful to health. After fermentation, it miraculously turns into an extraordinarily beneficial food for human health. On September 20, 2021, a regulation was published by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, stating that It is afterall in the positive category in the list of plants that indicates edible and non-edible ones. Thus, The obstacles for commercial activities regarding Arum maculatum have gone away. Trshika project involves the production of probiotic Tirshik soup using modern biotechnological industrial methods. Lyophilized bacteria produced in the biotech lab will be used with industrial biotechnical fermentation methods and liquid ready made soup will be produced.

Pragma is an investment banking company that offers various financial advisory services.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Bitcoin, Education
Seed
Turkey, Singapore, South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Rivalz Network — Rivalz is creating the World Abstraction Layer for AI and AI Agents.
bitSmiley — BitSmiley offers comprehensive Bitcoin DeFi solutions to bridge the stablecoin and lending infrastructure gaps within the Bitcoin ecosystem. Its main product is an over-collateralized stablecoin based on Bitcoin. Users can utilize Bitcoin as collateral for BitSmileyDAO and Mint BitUSD.
Bitlayer — Bitlayer is the first Bitcoin second-layer network, based on BitVM, offering ultra-scalability and L1 security, aiming to be Bitcoin's computing layer.

Boğaziçi Ventures has been established in 2015 with the purpose of supporting entrepreneurship to take their global success to a next level. We aim to invest in technology start-ups which have talented teams by providing business models and looking for funds and mentoring support for future exponential growth.BV Growth fund will only focus on thetechnology startups established in Turkey at the growth stage while having the ambition to get into the global market.BV Crypto fund will be closed with a minimum fund size of $50M to invest in cryptocurrency and blockchain projects. People are interested in investing in cryptocurrency, especially new initial coin offerings (ICO), but they don’t know which one is reliable. We have an extremely capable team dedicated to cryptocurrency. Our analysts search hundreds of ICO projects, follow their communication, investigate the commitment of their teams, make interviews and if they have a chance, even visit them at their locations to give a much better decision.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Gaming
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

F4e — Boost employee performance and business results with continuous feedback, transparency, and commitment to business goals.
Magfi — A search engine that analyzes communities into WhatsApp, Telegram, and Discord with AI, ML, and NLP and places ads with micro-targeting.
Kavaken — Kavaken offers artificial intelligence-powered solutions to renewable energy asset owners.

Papara provides simple, fair, and supersonic banking services without boundaries that a bank would have. Shortly, it is the future of banking. With over 7.5 Million Users, Papara is the most trusted and loved finance app both on AppStore and Google Playstore with a rating of 4.9

Investment focus

Internet, Security, Software
Seed, Corporate Round
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

Finfree — Finfree is an application that enables financial trading, stock market learning, and acts as a virtual stock exchange.
Goldtag — Digital Asset Development
Techsign — Onboard customers, verify their identities, and collect their consents. Manage all this process securely online!

CP is a leading independent private equity firm focusing on investments in Turkey. We invest across growth equity and growth buyout strategies to support visionary entrepreneurs and management teams in fast-growing, export-oriented and tech-enabled companies.

Investment focus

Outsourcing
Private Equity
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

ThreatMon — One Platform for all intelligence needs Gain insights into emerging threats with real-time data and AI-driven analysis to stay ahead of cyber risks.
Cellestetix — Cellestetix is a biotech company that specializes in developing and commercializing plant-based exosome formulas for regenerating skin, hair, and wellness.
Unite Bilgi Teknolojileri — Unite is a Nationwide Technology Services Company specializing on IT outsourcing, IT Infrastructure Management, Back Office Capability Management, Business Process Outsourcing. Our expertise lies in understanding the importance of technology to business, the requirement for return on technology investments and the need for an accountablebusiness partner whose core focus is IT management and ensuring all service levels and quality of those services are met. Currently operation in sectors from telecommunication to pharmaceuticals, from Government to Private we would with a large range of outsourcing requirements.

Ali Emre, Arthur Andersen Turkey and NCR PDR Group founded in 1989, after working in Turkey. Initially tmı of Turkey's leading training and consulting firm founded by then Ali Emre group as its licensors, and is positioned as a first in its field.PDR Group, as organic and strategic partnerships, Turkey buying in and out and / orinorganic mergers road widened, and after some changes and additions, each continues to operate as a synergistic companies that carry out training and consultancy activities in their area.Ali Emre; He works on the advisory boards of different companies, and in his studies with stakeholders who aim to grow their business and take them to the next level, focusing on growth, increasing efficiency and competitive advantage, advises institutions on achieving results.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Medical Device
Seed
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

MD Research & Development — MD Research & Development are into research and development of innovative products and methods needed in the field of radiation oncology.

Ozlem Petek Hun

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Medical Device
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Turkey, United States

Portfolio highlights

ADASTEC Corp. — ADASTEC delivers the most advanced Level-4 automation platform for full-size buses and coaches currently available. The ADASTEC Open Automated Bus Platform called “flowride.ai” is designed for large-scale public transport along pre-defined routes on public roads. “Flowride.ai” allows OEMs to build the best automated bus configurations for the needsof the public transportation operators.
Octo — Octo Networks build app for connecting the communities.
MD Research & Development — MD Research & Development are into research and development of innovative products and methods needed in the field of radiation oncology.

Erman Turan is an investor at Ekmob.

Investment focus

CRM, Apps, Mobile
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Turkey, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

Ekmob — Ekmob creates mobile projects for companies which have mobile field teams and operations.Companies with mobile teams and field operations have some common problems such as inefficiency in management of mobile teams, communication difficulties, inability to get instant data from field, offline mobile team on the field. All these problems lead tolack or deficiency in decision-support systems.
Vagustim — Vagustim develops a non-invasive bilateral auricular vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) device to improve people's health.
Glocalzone — Glocalzone is a platform that connects shoppers who want to buy products from abroad and travelers who want to make a profit.

Nalan Uysal

Investment focus

Apps, Software, Biotechnology
Seed
Turkey

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.
Diici — Diici is a digital entrepreneurship ecosystem guide.
MD Research & Development — MD Research & Development are into research and development of innovative products and methods needed in the field of radiation oncology.

Sedat Eryilmaz is an angel investor based in Turkey.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
Seed, Angel
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

Daxe Games —
Wastespresso — Companies that generate coffee waste (headquarters, hotels, cafes, offices, restaurants, etc.) regularly perform micro coffee waste management and upcycle these coffee wastes with its sustainable technological infrastructure. After this upcycling, coffee wastes and disposable/reusable cups, straws, flower pots, spoons, etc. various materials such as; both home appliances, white goods, automotive etc. parts for sectors; It also produces bio raw materials for the packaging and plastics industries.

SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates. HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
United States, India, United Kingdom

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MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.

Kerim Kotan

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, Internet of Things
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
Turkey, Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

FormaStar — FormaStar is a Sports-focused digital ecosystem.
Innovasion Labs PINC — Next Generation of Energy Storage
TelomEye Pharmaceuticals — TelomEye Pharmaceuticals provides treatments to prevent and improve age-related ophthalmologic disorders.

Hatcher+ is a data-driven venture capital firm that uses AI and machine learning-based technologies to identify early-stage opportunities in partnership with leading accelerators and investors, worldwide.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
United States, Italy, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Cropify — Eliminating subjective testing from the classification process using AI and machine learning. Cropify.io
Kybele's Garden — Algae Biotechnology for Agrifood & Cosmetics Solutions
Cellivate Technology — Startup, with proprietary platform technologies and products that enable cellular meat companies to accelerate the growth of cells

Emine Erdem

Investment focus

Biopharma, Biotechnology
Funding Round
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

PhiTech Bioinformatics — PhiTech Bioinformatics translates genome-wide molecular data (Genomics, Transcriptomics, Epigenomics, Microbiomics, etc.) into biotechnology solutions primarily for use in precision medicine.

Temel Güzeloğlu

Investment focus

Biopharma, Biotechnology
Funding Round
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

PhiTech Bioinformatics — PhiTech Bioinformatics translates genome-wide molecular data (Genomics, Transcriptomics, Epigenomics, Microbiomics, etc.) into biotechnology solutions primarily for use in precision medicine.

Ebru Dorman

Investment focus

Health Care, Apps, Fitness
Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
Turkey, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Teleporter — Teleporter is the World of Gamers in VR that brings us together in one digital place for all the ways gamers get together. Focused on gamers, inspired by the world’s best MMORPGs, and amplified by video-gaming enthusiasts, we dream of building a universe for gamers using technology, artistry, and magic.Our players in Teleporter can play manybuilt-in games, watch game streams, find like-minded others, and hang out together in fantastic 3D environments. Teleporter: WoG universe feels like and works like a game, but it also allows players to do many different things they usually love to do with other gamers. Our dream is to shape the future of gamers getting together digitally.
Genz Biotech — Site will be available soon. Thank you for your patience!
Thread In Motion — Looking for wearables to digitize your operations? Hands-free and ergonomic new generation smart gloves are here to help you reduce cost and risks.

Aytul Ercil - Partner & CEO @ Vispera

Investment focus

Biopharma, Biotechnology
Series A, Funding Round
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

Biolive — Biolive
PhiTech Bioinformatics — PhiTech Bioinformatics translates genome-wide molecular data (Genomics, Transcriptomics, Epigenomics, Microbiomics, etc.) into biotechnology solutions primarily for use in precision medicine.

Arya GSYF is Turkiye's first and only venture capital fund focused on gender balance. With a commitment to high returns and high impact, it offers unique

Investment focus

Retail, Marketing, E-Commerce
Seed
Turkey, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Samplico — We deliver products of world-known brands to you for free!
Cellestetix — Cellestetix is a biotech company that specializes in developing and commercializing plant-based exosome formulas for regenerating skin, hair, and wellness.
Winfluencer — Winfluencer is a platform for automated digital influencer marketing. Their solutions are machine learning, augmented reality, image processing, data analytics, social media analytics, and fraud detection. Winfluencer connects thousands of e-commerce sites through a single platform and an automated system. Because of the new generation affiliatemarketing approach, this system enables users to generate long-term income. Its transparent structure allows both users and the e-commerce site to track sales generated by their interactions.