Top 50 Climate Angel Investors in Middle East in May 2026
Top 50 Climate Angel Investors in Middle East in May 2026
| Investor | Climate Middle East investments |
|---|---|
| Ahu Serter | 5 |
| Nevzat Aydın | 4 |
| Huseyin Karayagiz | 3 |
| Yossi Ackerman | 3 |
| Daniel Recanati | 3 |
| Yılmaz Yıldız | 3 |
| Ariel Maislos | 2 |
| Ibrahim Ulukaya | 2 |
| Ebru Dorman | 2 |
| Özgür Trakya | 2 |
| Murat Balcı | 2 |
| Uğur Şeker | 2 |
| Eddy Shalev | 2 |
| Emre Kurttepeli | 2 |
| Onder Oztarhan | 2 |
| Haluk Can Hür | 2 |
| Firat Isbecer | 2 |
| Ömer Aras | 2 |
| Zohar Zisapel | 2 |
| Serkan Omerbeyoglu | 2 |
| Figen Korun | 2 |
| Paul Graham | 2 |
| Ercan Solmaz | 2 |
| Nuri Cem Erbak | 2 |
| Ömer Faruk Akarca | 2 |
| Yetik Kadri Mert | 2 |
| Onur Topac | 2 |
| Faruk Eczacıbaşı | 2 |
| Avigdor Willenz | 2 |
| Anonymous | 2 |
| Peter Thiel | 2 |
| Meltem Kirişçi | 2 |
| Jeremy Coller | 2 |
| Tarık Bayar | 2 |
| Olcayto Yigit | 2 |
| Kaan Akın | 1 |
| Hale Umul | 1 |
| AHMET CEZAYİRLİOĞLU | 1 |
| Umur Cubukcu | 1 |
| Shayma Sharif | 1 |
| Amir Shevat | 1 |
| Adi Sharabani | 1 |
| Nir Zohar | 1 |
| Sedat Eryilmaz | 1 |
| Emre Kenci | 1 |
| Michael Eisenberg | 1 |
| Mehmet Sacit Sungu | 1 |
| Howard Morgan | 1 |
| Ahmet Bilgen | 1 |
| Paul Antaki | 1 |
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Find investors — It's Free!Ahu Serter is the Founder and President of Fark Labs. She previously worked at FARHYM Vehicle Interiors as a Head of Management Committee, Board Member. Ahu Serter attended Pace University.
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- Software, Manufacturing, Transportation
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Turkey, Greece, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Jobtogo — Jobtogo is a freelancer platform that offers solutions to the problems experienced by companies in the supply of talent.
- Euronova — Euronova develops advanced raw materials based on the ideas of sustainability, recycling, and circular economy.
- Tripy Mobility — Are you ready to pedal the city? Download the Tripy app to view available shared bikes for rent and start your journey now.
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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- Internet, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Eachlabs — AI marketplace for developers.
- Shark Guitar — Premium electric guitars manufactured with robotic precision. Shark Guitars mean freedom of versatility, customization and portability.
- A.M.A Selections — Exclusive luxury holiday villa rentals in Europe, Africa & The Caribbean with A.M.A Selections. Some of the best & most luxurious villas to rent in Europe & across The World.
Huseyin Karayagiz
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- Software, AgTech, Battery
- Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Turkey, United States
Portfolio highlights
- ADASTEC — 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.
- Vahaa — Vahaa is a smart agriculture startup that combines vertical hydroponic agriculture techniques with IoT technology that provides you to grow fresh and clean fruits and vegetables in the middle of the city all year round. It doesn't matter whether you are at home, at your office, or somewhere else. With the Vahaa Hanging Garden, you can growproducts such as lettuce, arugula, mint, basil, and thyme on your wall and you can easily control every step of your production with the Vahaa App.
- Batron Energy — Batron is an Energy Electronics Company that offers services in the field of smart Energy Management and Li-Ion Storage Systems.
Joseph Ackerman, also known as Yossi, served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Elbit Systems Ltd., the holding company of Elbit Security Systems Ltd. and Harpia Sistemas S.A. from 1996 to March 31, 2013. From 1994 to 1996, Joseph Ackerman served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Elbit Ltd.'s Defense Systems Division(EDS.). He joined Elbit Ltd. in 1982 and held various management positions, including General Manager of EFW, Senior Vice President of Operations Group, Vice President of Operations and Vice President of Advanced Battlefield Systems. He serves as the Chairman of MediGuide Ltd. He served as the Chairman of Elbit Systems EW and SIGINT - Elisra Ltd. and Elbit Systems Ltd. He served as the Chairman of Tadiran Communications Ltd. since August 2005. He served as the Chairman of Elbit Systems Ltd. from 1996 to 2004. He served as the Vice Chairman of Elbit Systems Ltd. from April 1, 2013 to November 19, 2013. He serves as a Director of Imagesat International N.v. He served as a Director of Elbit Systems Ltd., the holding company of Elbit Systems EW and SIGINT - Elisra Ltd. from 1996 to 2004. Joseph Ackerman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Israel Institute of Technology (the Technion).
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- Apps, Local, Mobile
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Israel, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Phytolon — Phytolon revolutionizes the way food colors are produce, by Leveraging a novel and sustainable technology for production of healthy food colors in high quality at low costs. Phytolon's mission is to exploit scientific advancement promote human health and environmental sustainability
- Musketeer — Help anywhere, anytime. Musketeer enables personal safety, alerting people close by and emergency services that someone needs help. In addition, it builds real life communities and promotes proactive safety by allowing people to ask for assistance, such as having someone walk them to their car because it's night and they don't want to bealone. All for free.Musketeer is the first social network dedicated to personal safety. By leveraging 21st century technology (crowdsourcing, cloud, and mobile) Musketeer enables users to seek assistance from people around them in case of distress. The system also provides safety related information in real-time and in aggregate for smarter Region/City management.
Daniel Recanati is the Founder & CEO of Rhodium. a private investment firm whose mission is to identify the most promising entrepreneurs and help them build thriving companies. focusing on Impact, digital, climate tech and space via Earth & beyond ventures. .
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- Internet, Analytics, Advertising
- Seed, Series B, Series A
- Israel, United States, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Yo Egg — At Yo Egg, we're on a mission to become the largest and most sustainable egg producer in the world, without the use of chickens.
- QuamCore — QuamCore is driving breakthroughs across industries by advancing the field of quantum computing, pushing the boundaries of what is possible, and bringing large-scale, commercially viable quantum computing to reality.
- Helios — Helios is developing a reactor that can process lunar soil and Martian soil to oxygen and metals. The company solution is unique as its output yields two highly crucial materials at the same time, and it doesn’t require earth brought consumables. They seek to enable the establishment of a permanent base on the Moon. Another potential use of ourreactor can be to supply oxygen from the lunar surface to earth orbit, as it requires 26 times less energy than launching it from Earth. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Israel.
Yılmaz Yıldız
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- Procurement, Waste Management, Retail
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
- Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
- 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.
Ariel has been leading technology innovation and entrepreneurship for over 30 years, leading teams, founding companies and mentoring entrepreneurs. He is an active angel investor in startups, and supports technology education as a philanthropist. Ariel is a graduate of the prestigious Talpiot program, and holds a BSc from the Hebrew University ofJerusalem in Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science (Cum Laude) and an MBA from Tel Aviv University.
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- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Israel, United States, Uruguay
Portfolio highlights
- GeoX — GeoX is an Aerial Imagery AI analytics company. We produce geospatial Property Data which is used for Underwriting & Claims in the US and European insurance industries. GeoX unique proposition is in 3-dimensional extraction technology which provides rich information about every property. GeoX also produces 3D building datasets from aerialimagery for complete geographies using automated processes. 3D building models are digital representations of the properties, and in conjunction with aerial imagery allows every staff member in any insurance discipline to see the property visualization, and get a good understanding of the structure, its dimensions and characteristics without visiting in the site. GeoX uses propriatetary and Patented technology for the 3D extraction.domains: Insurtech, Smart cities
- Parter — Parter operates as an AI-native platform built for the real-world needs of electronics producers across across R&D, engineering, sourcing, and manufacturing.
- BeWith.io (Superc AI) — Connect residents and foster engagement with a centralized community calendar that brings all city events into one easy-to-access platform
Ibrahim Ulukaya
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- AgTech, Gaming, Farming
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Vahaa — Vahaa is a smart agriculture startup that combines vertical hydroponic agriculture techniques with IoT technology that provides you to grow fresh and clean fruits and vegetables in the middle of the city all year round. It doesn't matter whether you are at home, at your office, or somewhere else. With the Vahaa Hanging Garden, you can growproducts such as lettuce, arugula, mint, basil, and thyme on your wall and you can easily control every step of your production with the Vahaa App.
- Octo — Build your no-code branded community app with Octo.
- Wide Game Studio — Wide Game Studio aims to provide people with innovative virtual reality gaming and application experiences that are unmatched. With great enthusiasm and excitement. Wide Game Studio strives to be an innovator in the virtual reality industry by pushing the frontiers of imagination.
Ebru Dorman
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- Health Care, Apps, Fitness
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Turkey, Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Teleporter — California and Istanbul based VR gaming company dedicated to pushing the boundaries of VR medium and creating high-quality experiences that redefine social interaction and gaming.
- Genz Biotech — Genz is a biotech research & development company, developing novel diagnostic solutions for complex diseases, like cancer, coronavirus pandemic. Genz provides solutions for medical centers and/or end-users in cooperation with genetic disease and diagnostic centers. To date, Genz received 4 R&D grants and approval by Turkish Ministryof Health for 3 genetic tests.
- 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.
Özgür Trakya
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- Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
Murat Balci is an angel investor.
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- Apps, Fitness, mHealth
- Seed
- Germany, Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Meditopia — Join 36 million users of Meditopia to get daily mental health support for you and your team. Sleep well, stress less and get 1-1 support if you need.
- 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.
- Meditopia — Join 36 million users of Meditopia to get daily mental health support for you and your team. Sleep well, stress less and get 1-1 support if you need.
Uğur Şeker
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- Marketing, Gaming, Big Data
- Seed, Convertible Note
- Turkey, Estonia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Glocalzone — Glocalzone is a platform that connects shoppers who want to buy products from abroad and travelers who want to make a profit.
- Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
- Revel Games — Revel Games engages in the creation of mobile gaming apps.
Eddy Shalev is an angel investor. Eddy is one of the best-known figures in the Israeli business community. Since the beginning of Israel's venture capital industry, Eddy has focused on private-equity investments in the high-tech sector, and has played a key role in several high-profile success stories, including Fundtech, ParadigmGeophysical and Orbot Instruments. Eddy is currently on the board of Aternity, Profitect and Sensible Medical.Eddy has been an active private equity investor in Israel since 1992, when he began a private equity investment program that invested in early-stage Israeli high-tech companies. Beginning in 1985, Eddy led the Israeli affiliates of Oscar Gruss and Sons Inc., and then later CIBC-Oppenheimer, where he directed the firm’s corporate banking, sales and trading, and equity research for Israeli companies traded on NASDAQ.
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- Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software
- Seed, Series B, Series A
- Israel, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Payouts.com — Payouts.com provides payouts automation for affiliates, freelancers, vendors & more. Experience faster, seamless payouts. Enjoy fast, automated payouts.
- Atlas Invest — A platform for institutional investors to invest in real estate backed bridge loans at scale with reduced risk.
- Element Security — Element Security is a cybersecurity landscape that is evolving rapidly, with external attack surfaces expanding and threats becoming increasingly sophisticated.
Emre Kurttepeli is a Serial Entrepreneur & Investor and is the Founder & Chairperson of Mynet Group, Turkey’s leading internet company with over 32 million users and Founder & CEO of Mynet Games, a global mobile gaming company.Columbia University/NY graduate, he has been the founder or the investor of over 50 internet andtechnology companies, mostly leaders in their own categories that ranges from e-commerce companies to vertical social network sites, mobile and gaming companies, including Trendyol, Insider, Iyzico, RemoteTeam and vc fund that invests in the internet and technology space. Additionally he is an investor in C24 Gallery, a prominent contemporary art gallery in Chelsea/New York.He is the President of Endeavor Turkey and Galata Business Angels (GBA), that are non-profit organizations helping to grow the entrepreneurship ecosystem. He serves on the Board of Endeavor Global, TOBB Turkish Venture Capital Industry Council and TOBB Turkish Entrepreneurs Council. Besides being on the advisory board member of Columbia University Global Center in Istanbul, he also is a member of YPO and is an Ashoka fellow.
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- E-Commerce, Information Technology, Apps
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- RemoteTeam (acquired by Gusto) — Global Payroll, PEO and EOR Services, tax compliances, IC contracts, and HR apps. All designed for Remote First teams.
- Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
- Tarentum — Tarentum AI develops solutions to critical business needs using machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies.
Onder Oztarhan
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- Retail, Recycling, Manufacturing
- Seed, Angel
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Kito — Kito provides natural, fresh and healthy food for dogs.
- Nivogo — Nivo ana sayfa
Haluk Can Hür
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- Mobile, Retail, Shopping
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Turkey, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
- Shopi — All-in-One Store Platform for Omnichannel Retailing
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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- Internet, SaaS, Software
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Turkey, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Crait AI — Empowering your eComm and marketing visuals with power of AI creativity and actionable data insight.
- Paket Mutfak — On-demand food delivery management
- Podbee Media — Podbee Media primarily engages in the production of Podcasts.
Ömer Aras
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- 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 pioneers the integration of DNA & RNA sequencing data with AI for rare disease diagnostics. We offer the first RNA-based diagnostic support tool.
Zohar Zisapel
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- Cyber Security, Security, Software
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Israel, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Cylus — Cylus, the global leader in rail cybersecurity, helps rail, freight and metro companies avoid service disruption and safety incidents by detecting cyber-attacks in their signaling and control networks, wayside and onboard, before harm happens.
- Nucleix — OUR TESTS AIM TO DETECT CANCER EARLIER - WHEN TREATMENT CAN BE MOST EFFECTIVE FOR PATIENTS OUR PRODUCTS
- Hailo — Hailo is an Israel-based deep learning company that develops a breakthrough specialized deep learning microprocessor to deliver data center performance to edge devices. The company aims to drive artificial intelligence to the edge. Its processors enable edge devices to go beyond handling sensors and streaming volumes of data for remoteprocessing–they can do the processing themselves.Hailo’s complete re-think of computer architecture breaks the barriers of traditional paradigms, accelerating the extremely heavy computation of deep neural networks.
M. Serkan Omerbeyoglu is the CEO at DgPays. M. Serkan Omerbeyoglu attended Alliant International University.
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- Manufacturing, Computer Vision, Machine Learning
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Turkey, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Kito — Kito provides natural, fresh and healthy food for dogs.
- Chooch — Chooch AI healthcare inventory management system automates tracking and replenishment of medical supplies. Real-time tracking. No manual counts. No scanning.
Figen Korun
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- E-Commerce, Coffee, Battery
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Ni-CAT Battery Materials and AI Company — Ni-CAT is working on AI-assisted research and development of next-generation battery materials, which is the key to the transition to battery electric vehicles. Ni-CAT believes that the speed of EV transition is still not enough to prevent global warming and replace carbon-based fuels in near future, and it is not related to money or resources. Webelieve that speeding up EV transition is possible with our novel methodology, which combines three approximation to the solution: our unique AI-assisted materials research, digitalized reactor farm and our novel surfactant-assisted synthesis.As the electrification of the automotive industry expands, we deliver state-of-the-art technologies to meet the industry’s high-quality standards. To help our customers to step up the EV transition, we will be working on our research and development of lower-cost/higher performance, ultra-high energy density battery materials to serve innovative solutions for a brighter future. With our expertise in the application of machine learning in material science, we are developing low cobalt/high nickel lithium cathode materials. Cathode determines the type of a lithium battery and is the limiting factor for nickel-based batteries. Further improvement in battery performance is possible through AI-assisted custom high nickel cathode materials with increased charge rate, charge to discharge ratio, tap density, or any other specifications. By our unique computer-controlled digital reactor farm, we numerize synthesis parameters and output specifications for the machine learning algorithm we have been developing.
- Riskoptima — 0-DTE SPX options
- Hummingdrone — Hummingdrone provides cutting-edge autonomous drones and software solutions designed specifically for the solar energy industry.
Paul Graham is the Founder of Y Combinator.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Egypt, India
Portfolio highlights
- Mentra — Mentra is a wearable technology company that develops smart glasses based on augmented reality and AI interface technologies.
- Luminal — Luminal provides a machine learning compiler and serverless cloud platform that automates PyTorch model optimization and deployment.
- Human Behavior — Human Behavior is a software development company that provides vision models to monitor and analyze product usage.
Ercan Solmaz
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- Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
Nuri Cem Erbak
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- Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Delivers.AI — Delivery droid operator
- Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
Ömer Faruk Akarca
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- Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
Yetik Kadri Mert is an individual investor.
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- Software, Sustainability, Renewable Energy
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Kavaken — Increase your renewable portfolio IRR by 0.5-3% through better performance analysis and predictive maintenance and availability management.
Onur Topac was born in 1990 in Istanbul. He graduated from Istanbul’s Austrian High School in 2009 and went on to receive a Bachelor’s degree from Koç University, Department of Industrial Engineering in 2013. Currently, he is pursuing a Master’s degree in Financial Engineering at Ozyegin University. Mr. Topac started his career in finance in 2008as a web site specialist at Gedik Investment; subsequently, he interned at FXCM in London in 2012. The following year, he participated in the establishment of the Investment Banking Department at Gedik Investment, leading the way in the Department’s technological transformation. Since April 2015, he has served as CEO at Gedik Girişim Sermayesi Yatırım Ortaklıgı A.S (Gedik Venture Capital Investment Partnership). Onur Topac started to provide support to technology investments and ventures as an individual investor before obtaining the necessary certification to operate as an angel investor in 2015.
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- SaaS, Big Data, Hardware
- Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Poltio — We help the world's top brands access, engage with and learn from their users with interactive content and declared data.
- 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.
Faruk Eczacıbaşı - Deputy Vice President of Eczacıbaşı @ KWORKS Koç University Entrepreneurship Research Center
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- iOS, SaaS, Music
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Turkey, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Deplike — Everyone can make music!
- Cerebrum Tech — An initiative that rises from turkey with the aim of being one of the leading tech companies at global scale
- Good Sanitation Company — Good Sanitation Company provides a specific sanitation and hygiene solution for those in temporary accommodation environments.
Avigdor Willenz is the Co-Founder & Chairman at Lightbits. Previously, Avigdor was the Founder at GT Services and also held positions at Annapurna Labs.
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- Software, Semiconductor, Manufacturing
- Series B, Series A, Seed
- Israel, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Astera Labs — Purpose-built connectivity solutions to remove performance bottlenecks in compute-intensive workloads, such as AI and machine learning
- DustPhotonics — Provider of end-to-end Silicon Photonics solutions, addressing the constantly growing needs of hyper-growth data players
- Quantum Machines — Quantum Orchestration is a universal quantum control hardware and software platform made for quantum systems. Real-time, intuitive control for your qubits.
Anonymous
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- Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- United States, Egypt, India
Portfolio highlights
- Cyltronic AG — Cytronic AG is the brand for compact and user-friendly linear drives and the market leader with the worldwide unique electric cylinder.
- Manex India — Manex Supply Chain Solutions Pvt Ltd, that operates under its brand name “Manex India” positions itself as one of the fastest growing end to end SCM & logistic service providers in India.
- Aeolus Aerospace — Aeolus Aerospace has been working towards achieving our goal of providing safe, affordable, fully electric accessible transportation.
Peter Thiel Is the Managing Partner of The Founders Fund. He previously worked at Stanford Law School as a Visitor. Peter Thiel attended Stanford University.
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- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Germany, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- STARK — EUROPEAN DEFENCE SOVEREIGNTY
- Plasma — Plasma is an operational setting that supports payments, real-world assets, and DeFi, with trustless settlement on Bitcoin.
- Kriya Therapeutics — Kriya is a biopharmaceutical company developing gene therapy to address common diseases that impact millions of people worldwide. Learn more.
Meltem Kirişçi
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- Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
Jeremy Coller founded the business in 1990.Prior to this, Jeremy spent five years at Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) Investment Management, where he pioneered the acquisition of private equity secondaries.He began his career as a public equities investment analyst at Fidelity International Investment Management in London.Jeremy holds aBSc (Hons) in Management Sciences from the University of Manchester, UMIST; an MA in Philosophy from Sussex University; and a Diplôme Cours de Civilisation from the Sorbonne. He attended Carmel College.
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- News, Video, Mobile
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Israel, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Castor Technologies LTD — CASTOR is a complete decision support system for utilizing industrial additive manufacturing
- Penfold — Our flexible, simple and powerful pension is designed to get you to your saving goals and stay with you for life, whichever direction it takes you.
- X-trodes — X-trodes is a neurotechnology company developing wearable biosensors for EEG, EMG and physiological monitoring, enabling real-world human-machine interaction and remote health insights.
Tarık Bayar
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- Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
Olcayto Yigit is an individual investor.
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- Software, Sustainability, Renewable Energy
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Kavaken — Increase your renewable portfolio IRR by 0.5-3% through better performance analysis and predictive maintenance and availability management.
Tech investor, startup mentor and founder of Hackquarters Startup Accelerator. He is involved with corporate accelerator programs.
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- Bak-Tek — Bak-Tek is a technology company that produces bioguy, biosea, bioguy enzyme plus, bioguy tabs, and refresher. They stand for sustainable, unique environmental solutions using the trademarked biological technologies to decrease the stress factors caused by increasing population and industrialization. The company creates bioengineered goods andsolutions for the sustainable use of natural resources.
Hale Umul
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- Biotechnology, Local, AgTech
- Seed, Angel
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- LOKI — LOKI is a cloud-based secure network platform that can be managed without any technical knowledge.The company enables companies to manage and secure their networks by changing how they interact with cybersecurity products. LOKI platform offers a cloud-based secure software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) infrastructure that automatically scansand protects all network traffic from threats.
- Bak-Tek — Bak-Tek is a technology company that produces bioguy, biosea, bioguy enzyme plus, bioguy tabs, and refresher. They stand for sustainable, unique environmental solutions using the trademarked biological technologies to decrease the stress factors caused by increasing population and industrialization. The company creates bioengineered goods andsolutions for the sustainable use of natural resources.
- Nanomik Biotechnology — Biochemistry leading change in life sciences. With our proprietary technologies, we develop solutions for Crop Health, Animal Health and Food preservation.
AHMET CEZAYİRLİOĞLU is a managing director at Aksay Energies.
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- SaaS, Solar, Energy
- Angel
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- solarVis — solarVis is a B2B white-label SaaS company digitalizing solar energy pre-feasibility analysis, purchasing and loan processes. It makes ordering a solar power plant project as easy as buying a refrigerator. It decreases customer acquisition costs and increases sales force of solar companies.
Umur Cubukcu is a Founder & CEO at Citus Data
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- Software, SaaS, Mobile
- Seed, Convertible Note
- Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Sporzy — Sporzy a booking, payment & progress tracking platform and a SaaS-backed marketplace for sports, bringing together trainers and studios who wish to benefit from digitalization with sports enthusiasts who seek habit-forming sports experiences, through online live, outdoor and in-person activities.
- Kavaken — Kavaken offers artificial intelligence-powered solutions to renewable energy asset owners.
- DryMerge — DryMerge is a chatbot that facilitates the development of custom processes and API integrations for teams and SaaS customers. The Drymerge chatbot communicates with clients or colleagues directly, takes note of their needs, and promptly builds workflows and API connections on top of your product to satisfy them.
Shayma joined the NFX Israeli team as an associate. Previously Shayma worked as a Consultant at the Boston Consulting Group, a top management consulting firm. During her 3 year tenure at BCG, Shayma worked closely with various companies in multiple industries including banking, agriculture, retail, and energy.Previously to BCG, Shayma worked in astartup in Israel focusing on developing a survey platform with an advanced analytical platform.
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- Other, Software, Data and Analytics
- Pre-Seed
- Israel
Portfolio highlights
- GoodDeeds.AI — INTRO: An estimate of 15% of funds donated to nonprofits are wasted due to inefficiencies. This translates to $100B+ in yearly wasted donations in the U.S. alone. We want to help minimize this waste and increase philanthropy ROI by empowering nonprofits to access more relevant funding and deploy it more effectively.PROBLEM: Despite their bestintentions, many NGO teams, particularly smaller ones, lack the resources and expertise to design and execute high-impact projects effectively. Teams with limited resources also often lack the ability to access relevant funding. These gaps usually lead to NGOs underperforming, important causes unfunded, and wasted billions of dollars in donor funds. SOLUTION: GoodDeeds utilize recent advancement in AI, along with the largely publicly-accessible data on NGOs and impact projects to provide NGO teams with the “ImpactCopilots” - suite of AI-powered virtual assistants, tailored to individual roles and tasks. These copilots help increase the team’s productivity and enhance their skills, thus expanding NGOs capacities, growth and impact.SOLUTION GoodDeeds utilize recent advancement in AI, along with the largely publicly-accessible data on NGOs and impact projects to provide NGO teams with the “ImpactCopilots” - suite of AI-powered virtual assistants, tailored to individual roles and tasks. These copilots help increase the team’s productivity and enhance their skills, thus expanding NGOs capacities, growth and impact.TECHNOLOGY: We’re developing the “brain” of impact projects, with key capabilities of aggregating, structuring and analyzing impact data. Utilizing this analysis in the context of an NGO allows us to generate meaningful and personalized insights to the staff and also provide opportunities for collaboration across the sector.VISION: A prosperous world, where every organization, community and individual are empowered to expand and realize their full goodness potential.
Amir Shevat is the director of developer relations at Slack. Previously Amir was the global Startup Outreach lead in Google Play. Amir Led scalable programs in Developer Relations and Google Campus Tel Aviv. Amir has also founded and sold several startups. He is a developer at heart with a passion for b2c and mobile.
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- Software, Apps, SaaS
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- Israel
Portfolio highlights
- daily.dev — daily.dev is the fastest growing online community for developers to stay updated on the best developer news. Together we supercharge developers' knowledge and empower better software.
- Munch — Munch allows you to create once. Repurpose to Dozens of pieces on every platform. Analyze engagement. Control Monetization. All On One Platform.
- Vee — Vee empowers you to change the world by doing good. Use our platform to make an impact & invest in your community. Join us in doing good!
Adi Sharabani is the CEO and co-founder of Skycure. A world-renowned security expert with years of experience in enterprise software, Adi was formerly the leader of security for IBM software products. He came to IBM through the acquisition of Watchfire, a market leader in the field of application security, where Adi built and led its securityand research group. Adi holds more than 25 patents in the security space, and his works, presentations and keynotes are regularly given the highest accolades at prestigious conferences. Adi earned a BSc in Mathematics and Physics from Tel Aviv University, and is a fellow in Professor Yuval’s workshop for science, technology and security. Committed to cyber security education, Adi has been a teacher and education advisor, playing a key role in the vision and implementation of the cyber defense curriculum for high school students in Israel majoring in cyber security. After compiling decades of leadership in cyber security, Adi co-founded Skycure with the central idea of improving mobile security with a more proactive and predictive Mobile Threat Defense solution. In an interview for the RSA Conference blog, Adi notes, “Organizations [need] the ability to evolve to address the changing nature of [mobile security] attacks… for the most part, devices are simply running naked.” Adi embraces cyber security research and development, realizing that only through targeted research and continuous innovation can mobile security evolve into intelligent and highly active security for organizations.
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- Software, Mining, Aerospace
- Seed, Series A
- Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Raftt — Raftt provides easy-to-use developer environments which run in the cloud, enabling advanced collaboration while using existing local IDEs and other tools and workflows. No more "it works on my machine"!!
- Helios — Helios is developing a reactor that can process lunar soil and Martian soil to oxygen and metals. The company solution is unique as its output yields two highly crucial materials at the same time, and it doesn’t require earth brought consumables. They seek to enable the establishment of a permanent base on the Moon. Another potential use of ourreactor can be to supply oxygen from the lunar surface to earth orbit, as it requires 26 times less energy than launching it from Earth. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Israel.
- Oligo Security — Oligo detects the attackable open source libraries, thus filtering out about 85% of the noise. Watch now.
Nir has been with Wix since 2007 and he’s been the driving force behind the successful scaling of the company's operations from a small start-up into an international company serving tens of millions of users. Nir spearheads all efforts to develop and implement Wix' strategic plans geared towards accommodating the company's growthobjectives and business goals.Prior to joining Wix, Nir was the Budget and Production Manager for two years at M.B. Contact Ltd., a private Israeli event production company. Before that, Nir worked for The Jewish Agency and the Israeli Scouts. Nir’s experience stems from his position as Lieutenant Commander and Chief Engineer in the Israeli Navy.On his day off you catch him reading or avidly following the NBA scores.
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- Software, Publishing, Social Media
- Seed, Series A
- United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- TaTiO — TaTIO is delivering a smarter way to hire through competency-based sourcing that combines artificial intelligence and job experience simulations to guarantee qualified candidates.
- Villiger — Villiger provides an app that unites parents and their support network within a private social network where they can share stories, recommendations, and resources, as well as book and pay for services.Users can download the app and upload friends to their Village via Facebook Connect or their address book.The platform allows parents to sharetheir support network within a “Trusted Village,” then receive recommendations, advice, requests and contacts within the Village. The platform provides direct booking and payment for a variety of support providers including sitters, tutors, music teachers, housekeepers, coaches, and more.
- Demostack — Deliver tailored demos that drive discovery, build connection, and win more business.
Sedat Eryilmaz is an angel investor based in Turkey.
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- 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.
Emre Kenci
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- Art, Retail, Internet
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- fucimo — Easily create, manage, and monetize your advertising and sponsorship opportunities with Fucimo. Ditch your old media kit and showcase your offerings like never before. Create a no-code online store for selling ads and sponsorships in just 5 min.
- Artcomun — Artcomun aims to enable everyone to create, collect and trade art in one platform by the power of algorithms.
- Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
Michael is a General Partner at Aleph, an early stage venture capital fund with $850M under management. Aleph focuses on partnering with great Israeli entrepreneurs to build large, meaningful companies and impactful global brands. Since its founding in 2013, Aleph has invested in over 50 companies (not all announced) including Lemonade (NYSE:LMND), Frank (acquired JPM), Melio, Healthy.io, JoyTunes, Fabric, Honeybook and Bringg. Prior to Aleph, Michael was a General Partner at Benchmark Capital, which he joined in July 2005, and where he continues as the partner responsible for Benchmark’s Israeli portfolio. Michael has focused on internet and software-enabled service investments since 1995. He has invested in and served on the boards of some of Israel’s leading companies and startups, such as Conduit, Gigya (Acquired SAP), Picturevison (acquired: EK), SeekingAlpha, Shopping.com (Nasdaq: SHOP, acquired: EBAY), Tradeum (acquired: VERT), and Wix (Nasdaq: WIX), and Wework (NYSE: WE). Since 2006, Michael has been writing the blog “Six Kids and a Full Time Job,” on topics ranging from politics to technology, Judaism and macroeconomics. He was a contributor to TheMarker, a Hebrew-language daily business newspaper, and is the author of the “Hummus Manifesto,” the seminal piece on Israel’s innovation scene. Michael has also published numerous books, including The Vanishing Jew, Ben Barukh, and The Tree of Life and Prosperity. He has published two additional books in Hebrew which are due out in English in the coming years: Everyone Can Be Moses and Roaring Tribe. Michael also lectures frequently on venture capital, Israel and entrepreneurship. He is the Chairman of HaShomer Hachadash and sits on the board of Yeshivat Har Etzion. Michael founded the Nevo network, a professional network organization that integrates immigrants to Israel into the high tech ecosystem and serves as the organization's active Chairman. Michael lives in Jerusalem with his wife and eight children.
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- Software, Financial Services, Enterprise Software
- Seed, Series C, Series A
- United States, Israel, Australia
Portfolio highlights
- TaTiO — TaTIO is delivering a smarter way to hire through competency-based sourcing that combines artificial intelligence and job experience simulations to guarantee qualified candidates.
- Beewise — Beewise offers robotic beehives that operate with minimal human intervention, by utilizing AI-powered precision robotics. The company's solution automates all beekeeping activities in order to increase yield, reduce colony loss, and eliminate the use of chemical pesticides. We are the first comprehensive solution that keeps bees alive, inspite of all the stressors and challenges they face, allowing them to thrive, pollinate, and produce honey.
- Floodlight — Track finances, make smarter decisions, and increase revenue. Think business accounts, cards, payments and cashback, all-in-one.
Mehmet Sacit Sungu
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- Information Technology, Apps, Local
- Seed, Angel
- 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.
- eTasin — https://etasin.com
Howard Morgan is currently the Chairman of B Capital. He co-founded First Round Capital with Josh Kopelman as the first professional Seed Stage Fund, where he remains Senior Advisor. Prior to First Round, Howard helped found Idealab with Bill Gross, and served as President of Renaissance Technologies, which he co-founded with Jim Simons. Prior tohis move into the business of technology, Howard served as a professor at the Wharton School and the Moore School, both at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as at Cornell University. He is also an Executive Fellow at UC Berkeley. Howard’s research on user interface technology and the optimization of computer networks was critical to bringing the ARPAnet to Philadelphia in the 1970s. Through this early internet participation, he helped corporate and government agencies use technology to improve the efficiency of both large and small organizations. He also has deep experience with very large databases, and served as the first Editor of the ACM Transactions on Database Systems Journal. Throughout his career, Howard has sought out great people and nurtured them so that they could realize their dreams. His mentees have included both PhD students researching a key topic, and early stage entrepreneurs building companies and taking them from seed stage through initial public offerings. He currently serves as a Director of Idealab, and he is on the board of several non-profits including Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories and Math For America. He has also served on a number of public company Boards, including Franklin Electronic Publishers and Internet Brands, Inc. He was CEO of Kentek and Franklin during various turnover or transitional periods and in 1997 he was named Delaware Valley Entrepreneur of the Year. Howard is a respected author and a frequent speaker at major industry conferences. Howard received a PhD in Operations Research from Cornell University in 1968, and a BS in Physics from City College of the City University of New York in 1965.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Israel, India
Portfolio highlights
- Lidwave — Lidwave’s deep-tech solution revolutionizes 3D sensing and the verticals relying on it by examining the biggest challenge in LiDAR technology from a new perspective, free of bandwidth limitations.
- HATCH — HATCH is the first of its kind Giving Intelligence Platform. An AI-powered portal for Fundraisers, Marketers and Volunteers to streamline and Maximize their impact. A new home for a new world of giving!
- Garden — Garden helps lawyers and companies automate invention harvesting, generate novel patents, and analyze infringements in a couple clicks.
Ahmet Bilgen Turkish Cypriot entrepreneur and angele investor. He lives in Famagusta-North Cyprus. He finished primary school and high School in Famagusta. He has been a very active person all throughout his life, he received a Black Belt II. Dan in TaeKwon-do, played in the local soccer team while studying at Canbulat high school. Ahmet was alsohelping his family with their farming business by selling the produce to shops, making some money in the meanwhile which he used to buy his first bicycle, first ball or his first pair of sneakers. Ahmet graduated with Bsc in Applied Marth and Computer Science from Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) in 1993. Between 1993 and 1995 he got his Masters degree in Computer Science. Right after he started his PhD degree in Computer Science but decided to quit academia after his first semester. During his masters and PhD degrees, he took part in developing intelligent user interfaces and inmemory data concepts for mobile devices. After leaving academic life, Ahmet worked in various IT companies for about 2 years and then joined SAP where he had his first professional work experience. Ahmet joined SAP Turkey as the Technology Consultant, and therefore took part in the implementation of more than 100 SAP projects with companies like Yaşar, Koç, Sabancı, Havelsan, Arena etc. as these were the first implementers of SAP ERP in Turkey. During his tenure at SAP, he worked in various roles such as technical consultant, business analyst, project and team manager and architect. Ahmet, after working at SAP for 2 years and getting enough project experience and honing on his technical skils, he decided to set up FIT “Future Information Technology” Solutions together with 3 of his friends in 1999. By the end of 1999 FIT had already made its first million USD revenue. FIT has integrated Turkey’s most important e-commerce platform named “Arena Computer Supplier Portal” with SAP. This was featuted as an international success story by SAP Inside magazine in 2001. FIT Solutions(lately became Foriba) has a lot of experience from completing many software integration projects. Working with the top 250 companies also gives the company the advantage to have a more extensible, scalable, sustainable and supportable product. These experiences and know-how attained over the years put the company in an advantageous position to achieve end-to-end e-invoicing solutions. in 2019 Ahmet Bilgen exited from Foriba. Foriba did: - Series A With Revo Capital - Series B With Revo, IFC, Endeavor Catalyst - Exit
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- Education, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Turkey, United Kingdom, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- Topi — Topi is an B2B e-commerce platform for wholesale market.
- admarket.co — Outdoor,Billboard,Taxi,Bus,Print,sms Advertising,book ad spaces in The USA-admarket
- Komunite — Community is an educational channel and community founded to help people who sell their time become people who sell their products.
Paul Antaki
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- Fashion, E-Commerce, Sustainability
- Seed
- Egypt
Portfolio highlights
- The Fashion Kingdom — Fashion, Sneakers for men, women, and kids
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