# Top 50 Community Angel Investors in Turkey in June 2026

## Omer Hayrı Erkmen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Analytics, E-Commerce

Omer Erkmen is the co-founder at Yeni Nesil Kafası. Omer Erkmen attended UC Santa Barbara.

## Joachim Behrendt
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Social Media

Joachim Behrendt is the Head of the Advisory Board at Vali Berlin.

## Ahu Serter
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Transportation

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.

## Münteha Adalı
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Grant
- Focus: AgTech, Baby, Farming

Münteha Adalı is an angel investor.

## Volkan Bicer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Online Games, Mobile, Software

Volkan Biçer is the co-founder of Mobilike, a mobile advertisement network.Bicer’e employment history includes his time as product manager of Turkcell’s mobile marketing and advertising department, and community manager at Yahoo, Turkey.Bicer holds a bachelor’s degree in management information systems from Boğaziçi University and an MBAfrom Galatasaray University.

## Umur Özal
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Baby, Rental, Retail

Umur Özal is an angel investor.

## Nevzat Aydın
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce

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.

## Deniz Alexandra Duygu
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Baby, Children, E-Commerce

Deniz Alexandra Duygu

## Sina Afra
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet

Sina Afra is the CEO and Founder of Tiko. He previously worked at Markafoni as a CEO and Founder. Sina Afra attended the University of Münster.

## Varol Civil
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Baby, SaaS

Varol Civil - General Manager @ Türk Ekonomi Bankası

## Kivilcim Cayli
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Travel, Leisure, Internet

Cayli began his career in 2000 and held various positions for Roche, Johnson & Johnson, Boston Scientific, and Turev. Founded and led two healthcare companies (Idea and Invivo) and two consultancy companies (Kanvas and Biovenka).He holds a BSc and an MBA, both from Middle East Technical University (aka ODTU).As a seasoned investor, he has 8personal investments including British, Irish, American, Swedish, and Turkish companies, and serves on the Board of some. He also consults startups on behalf of TUBITAK (Turkish Scientific & Technological Research Council). He is a member of BIC Angels and GAIN Global.

## Erinç Özada
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Baby, Gaming

Erinç Özada is an angel investor.

## Altay Tinar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: CRM, Apps, Software

Altay Tinar - Co-Founder & CEO @ Yuvako

## Ibrahim Ulukaya
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: AgTech, Gaming, Farming

Ibrahim Ulukaya

## Eric Chen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Altos, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Mobile, Software, Information Technology

Eric Chen is a Co-Founder and Partner at OVO Fund. Eric previously worked at Uj Ventures as a Founder. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Stanford University.Eric Chen is an experienced technology investor focusing on early stage Internet and enterprise IT opportunities in the US and China. Eric started Uj Ventures,an angel fund based in Palo Alto formed to incubate and fund seed stage opportunities. Uj Ventures has made 25 investments in technology startups including Palantir, RoboteX, Kiwi Crate, Context Logic and other promising startups. As a partner with venture capital firm WI Harper for five years, Eric led investments in technology companies that spanned both China and the US including ooma, Laszlo, PMC, and EditGrid. He is currently a Venture Partner with WI Harper and an advisor to Matrix Partners China.Eric has a wide-ranging background and is an entrepreneur in his own right. He co-founded an Internet startup, worked as an executive at a high growth technology company, incubated and launched a double bottom line investment fund in DC and pulled all-nighters on Wall Street as an investment banker.

## Ata Uzunhasan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, Manufacturing

Ata Uzunhasan - Managing Director @ Galata Business Angels

## Mehmet Onarcan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Internet, Social Media

Mehmet Onarcan is the Founder of Mentors Network Turkey. He previously worked at Project House as an Advisory Board Member - Digital Transformation. Mehmet Onarcan attended Yildiz Technical University.

## Huseyin Karayagiz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Yeniköy, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, AgTech, Battery

Huseyin Karayagiz

## Safa Rashtchy
- Type: Angel
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Health Care, Software

Safa Rashtchy is the founding Managing Partner of Think + Ventures and a a Silicon Valley investor, advisor, and trendspotter. Safa and sits on the
boards of several start-ups and global organizations. Safa has been an Investor/Advisor in AppliedBoard, Angellist, Bina Technologies (acq. by Roche) , Uber, OpenGov, Payjoy, Nimble VR (acq. byFacebook), Signifyd, CleverSense (acq. by Google) and many other investments. Overall, Safa has invested in 30 start-ups, with six exists all to public companies. Safa has pioneered the concept of "Consumer Value Proposition" and the Four-Stage Investment Research Model.From 1997 to 2007, Safa was a Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst focused on
Internet media and marketing, and the Lead China analyst at Piper Jaffray and Company. He led the firm’s expansion efforts in the Internet industry and its expansion to China, as well as active involvements with leading Web 2.0 companies. Safa’s current investment portfolio consists of companies focused on Digital Health,
consumer, media, and technology innovations, with deep attention to the
the value proposition for the users.

## Kaan Boyner
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Baby

Kaan Boyner is an angel investor.

## Deniz Güvenen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Izmir, Izmir, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Wedding, Events, Big Data

Deniz Güvenen

## Carman Chan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS

Carman Chan is one of the top 5 Women to watch in Asia Tech (Nikkei Asian Review). She is a veteran in the technology industry with decades of experience as an entrepreneur with multiple exits, a tech columnist and a globally recognized venture capitalist.Carman is the founder of Click Ventures, a global early stage venture capital firm. ClickVentures has grown into a leading investment manager, and two of its funds are featured as Top 5 Seed Fund (Vintage 2003-2015) in the world and Top 4 Funds to Watch by Preqin respectively. Click Ventures' investments include Spotify (ipo), Docusign(ipo), Palantir, Memebox and Youappi.

## Doruk Pala
- Type: Angel
- Location: Izmir, Izmir, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Wedding, Events, Big Data

Doruk Pala

## Semih Hakyemez
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Toys, PC Games, Online Games

Enabling to democratize the education with bringing the miracles of technology, I am helping the sponsors of tomorrow to utilize their knowledge on their way to become more innovative and entrepreneurial than ever before. Also, I am a firm believer of equal opportunity principle in regards to education and since the very first days of DopingTechnology my work has proven to create opportunities for the next generations.

## N.Mert Kalkavan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Toys, PC Games, Online Games

N.Mert Kalkavan is a CEO @ Doping Hafıza.

## Alphan Manas
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Q&A, Internet, Social Media

Alphan Manas - Country Manager - Türkiye Başkanı @ ERA Real Estate Türkiye · Kıbrıs

## İzzet Zakuto
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Mobile Apps, Personal Health

İzzet Zakuto

## N. Kemal Yılmaz
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Music, Dating, Podcast

N. Kemal Yılmaz is an Angel Investor.

## İlker Diker
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Art

İlker Diker - Co-Founder - CPO @ Papara

## Mehmet Kurtuluş Eker
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Baby, Children, E-Commerce

He is the founder and CEO of Sharpcake, a digital advertising company, angel investor, and entrepreneur.

## Deniz Başaran
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Wellness, Health Care

Deniz Başaran is Co-Founder and CFO at Rollic. He attended Istanbul Technical University.

## Emre Gönül
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: iOS, Android, E-Commerce

Emre Gönül

## Mehmet Ayan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Online Games, Gaming, Mobile

Mehmet Ayan is a partner at Ludus Venture.

## Ali Karakuş
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Toys, PC Games, Online Games

Ali Karakuş is a Co-Founder at Doping Hafıza.

## Sercan Alici
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: Pet, Hospitality, Photography

Sercan Alici

## Kamil Sözen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: AgTech, Farming, Software

Kamil Sözen

## Burak Günsev
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Education

Burak Günsev - Advisor @ manibux

## Ayberk Kuday
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Education

Ayberk Kuday - Advisor @ manibux

## Alper Akcan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Fitness, mHealth

Alper Akcan

## Levent Kuşgöz
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Baby, Gaming, Children

Levent Kuşgöz

## Ahmet Bilgen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Education, E-Commerce, Sharing Economy

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

## Ali Rıza Babaoğlan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: TV, CRM, Apps

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

## Berkay Mollamustafaoglu
- Type: Angel
- Location: Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Analytics

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.

## Burak Divanlıoğlu
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Shoes

Burak Divanlıoglu is the founder at GittiGidiyor, a Turkish e-shopping mall offering auctions, stores, and fixed price listings.

## Hande Enes
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Social Media

Hande Enes

## Özgür Ülkü
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: AgTech, Farming, Software

Özgür Ülkü

## Serkan Borancılı
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Angel, Series B
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Shoes

Serkan Borançılı is the founding partner of GittiGidiyor, Turkey's leading consumer-to-consumer marketplace, which was acquired by eBay in 2011 for $220 million dollars.
Born in 1971 in Ankara, Borançılı graduated from Istanbul Technical University with a degree in Architecture. After working as a freelance architect, he founded ARKInformation Technologies with Burak Divanlıoğlu in 1999. Up to 2004 GittiGidiyor was administered by ARK.
Borançılı is also the co-founder of UzmanTV, a video website specializing in curated content by experts, and Istanbul.net, Turkey's largest online dating platform.
Borançılı is also the first investor in BiTaksi, Turkey's leading taxi-hailing app. Since, he has also invested in Modacruz, a marketplace for secondhand luxury fashion.

## Engin Utkan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Art, AgTech, Farming

A. Engin Utkan is Senior Salesforce Consultant | Flow Automation Expert | Application Architect

## Nilüfer Günhan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, FinTech, Finance

Nilüfer Günhan

## Mustafa Sandal
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Education

Mustafa Sandal - Advisor @ manibux

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