Top 50 Community Startup Investors in Turkey (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Aslanoba Capital
VC Fund
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8 | Turkey, United States, Ireland | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Internet, Software | $175k–$30M |
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Omer Hayrı Erkmen
Angel
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6 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Analytics, E-Commerce | $29k–$1.9M |
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Joachim Behrendt
Angel
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5 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Series A | SaaS, Software, Social Media | $11k–$1.9M |
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Ahu Serter
Angel
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5 | Turkey, Greece, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Manufacturing, Transportation | $100k–$4M |
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KAYA
VC Fund
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5 | United States, Czech Republic, Poland | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Internet | $373k–$25M |
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Earlybird Venture Capital
VC Fund
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5 | Germany, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $1.4M–$75M |
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APY Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $100k–$2.6M |
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MITON
VC Fund
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4 | Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Poland | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Internet | $219k–$4.5M |
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Münteha Adalı
Angel
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4 | Turkey | Seed, Grant | AgTech, Baby, Farming | $63k–$3.6M |
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Protos Venture Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Poland, France, Turkey | Seed, Series A | Mobile Apps, Beauty, Fashion | $120k–$10M |
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Sina Afra
Angel
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3 | Turkey, United States, Germany | Seed, Series A, Angel | E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet | $15k–$11M |
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TRANGELS
VC Fund
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3 | Turkey, United States, Estonia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology | $24k–$1.4M |
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Varol Civil
Angel
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3 | Turkey, Poland | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Baby, SaaS | $63k–$3.7M |
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Deniz Alexandra Duygu
Angel
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3 | Turkey | Seed | Baby, Children, E-Commerce | $110k–$200k |
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Nevzat Aydın
Angel
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3 | Turkey, United States, France | Seed, Angel | Internet, Software, E-Commerce | $84k–$3.7M |
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Umur Özal
Angel
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3 | Turkey | Seed | Baby, Rental, Retail | $63k–$3.6M |
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Volkan Bicer
Angel
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3 | Turkey, Singapore, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Pre-Seed | Online Games, Mobile, Software | $99k–$2M |
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BIC Angels
VC Fund
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3 | Turkey, United States, Ireland | Angel, Seed | Internet, SaaS, Software | $20k–$250k |
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Mehmet Onarcan
Angel
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2 | Turkey, Ireland, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Apps, Internet, Social Media | |
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Teknasyon
VC Fund
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2 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Apps, Mobile, Fitness | $112k–$1.5M |
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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
VC Fund
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2 | Turkey, Egypt, United States | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt | Financial Services, Banking, Finance | $5M–$369M |
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Eric Chen
Angel
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2 | United States, Turkey, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Mobile, Software, Information Technology | $500k–$2.7M |
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Ibrahim Ulukaya
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | AgTech, Gaming, Farming | |
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Altay Tinar
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | CRM, Apps, Software | |
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Q Angels
VC Fund
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2 | Turkey, United States, Sweden | Seed, Pre-Seed | Podcast, Blockchain, Social Media | $176k–$3.1M |
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Kültepe Investment
VC Fund
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2 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, SaaS | $31k–$2.8M |
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Erinç Özada
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United Kingdom | Seed | Apps, Baby, Gaming | $110k–$4.5M |
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STC Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United Arab Emirates, Japan, Turkey | Series C, Series B, Series A | Fashion, Developer APIs, Professional Services | |
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Wamda Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Jordan | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology | |
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Doruk Pala
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed | Wedding, Events, Big Data | |
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Kivilcim Cayli
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United Kingdom, Sweden | Seed, Angel | Travel, Leisure, Internet | $18k–$1.3M |
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Ata Uzunhasan
Angel
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2 | Turkey, Italy, Poland | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, Manufacturing, Baby | $63k–$900k |
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Safa Rashtchy
Angel
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2 | United States, India, Turkey | Seed, Series A | SaaS, Health Care, Software | $350k–$24M |
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Kaan Boyner
Angel
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2 | Turkey, Poland | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Baby | $11k–$3.6M |
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Maxis
VC Fund
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2 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce | $82k–$2.5M |
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Carman Chan
Angel
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2 | United States, Hong Kong, China | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, SaaS | $100k–$3M |
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Huseyin Karayagiz
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United States | Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, AgTech, Battery | |
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Deniz Güvenen
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed | Wedding, Events, Big Data | |
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Alper Akcan
Angel
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1 | Turkey, Germany | Seed, Angel | Apps, Fitness, mHealth | $400k–$2.5M |
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MİLRES Venture Capital Investment Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Toys, Sports, Children | |
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Teknoloji Yatirim
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States, Germany | Seed, Series A, Convertible Note | Software, Machine Learning, Analytics | |
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Founder One
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | EdTech, Health Care, Information Technology | |
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Bilişim Vadisi
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United Kingdom, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Apps, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Alphan Manas
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Angel | Q&A, Internet, Social Media | |
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Ahmet Bilgen
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United Kingdom, Estonia | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Education | |
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Jose Marin
Angel
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1 | United States, Brazil, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace | |
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Ali Rıza Babaoğlan
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed | TV, CRM, Apps | |
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İzzet Zakuto
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed | Apps, Mobile Apps, Personal Health | |
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Gamze Cizreli
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Angel | Q&A, Internet, Social Media | |
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3TS Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Romania, Poland | Series A, Seed | Software, Internet, SaaS | |
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Aslanoba Capital is an early stage investor in tech startups in Turkey and the US. The company invests in startups pursuing disruptive ideas in areas such as marketplaces, e-commerce, mobile, classifieds, content, and SaaS with a consideration of investment between $0.25 million and $2 million.Aslanoba was founded in 2013 and is based inIstanbul, Turkey.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 101
- Round size: Seed $175k–$2.5M; Series A $350k–$3M; Series B $825k–$30M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $80M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- BiSU — BiSU is a mobile platform that enables its users to order drinkable water in Turkey. Through the platform, its users have the ability to order water from any brand available nationally.BiSU is completely free of commission or fees and aims to democratize access to bottled water in Turkey by increasing transparency in prices and quality of water.The platform allows its customers to compare prices and pay with their credit cards for delivered bottled water.BiSU was launched in 2015 by Ergin Uner & Ozan Alptekin. It is based in Istanbul.
- Colendi — Credibility and microcredit platform
- CARD.com — Fully featured bank account with optional overdraft protection and round up savings account. Get your paycheck up to 2 days earlier.
Omer Erkmen is the co-founder at Yeni Nesil Kafası. Omer Erkmen attended UC Santa Barbara.
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- Industry: Software, Analytics, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $50k–$1.9M; Angel $44k–$250k; Pre-Seed $29k–$100k
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Salvor — These are the ideas and the philosophy behind Salvor.io; why it exists, how it will adapt to the newer ways of creation by forming a bridge between ideas and effort. Salvor is a combination of fresh understanding of contemporary digital arts and assets, adaptive of the new free economy, and a sustainable approach to new ways of doing creativebusiness taking advantage of the collective internet culture. We have the dreams, we have the talent and we have the will.
- Makromusic — Meet people with similar music taste with you, see your music taste in common with your friends, and share about your favorite artists and music. Create your music profile!
- Onlayer — Our powerful solutions suite streamlines onboarding, compliance, monitoring and insights to mitigate risk and secure growth at every stage of the digital business lifecycle.
Joachim Behrendt is the Head of the Advisory Board at Vali Berlin.
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- Industry: SaaS, Software, Social Media
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $11k–$1.9M; Angel $15k–$250k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Scorp — "User generated viral video machine " is the definition for Scorp Ads. We convert the power of word of mouth into short selfie-videos. Scorp seeds the message and motivates users to join the conversation on brands' topic with positive association or hype about the brand.Viewers like to consume content that they are interestedin. In Scorp there are wide range of videos that is not just only about comedy or music but also about news, politics, sports, movies&TV shows, celebrities, books-art, food, fashion-beauty and relationships that are created as selfie 15 second videos. Scorp shows users 100s of videos, opinions or approaches on a single topic. The format enables users to discover different point of views.
- Kolay Randevu — Kolay Randevu is an online beauty booking marketplace and salon management software for salons.
- Local Guddy, Inc. — A marketplace connecting travelers and locals through unique guddy tours from locals all around the world. Taste local foods, drinks; see must see places, night life, views etc.
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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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Transportation
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey, Greece, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Seed $110k–$3.6M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.5M; Series A $3.3M–$4M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
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.
We are committed to supporting founders at every stage of their journey, from studio projects and pre-seed through to Series A and follow-ons.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Czech Republic, Poland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 97
- Round size: Seed $1M–$9.5M; Pre-Seed $373k–$3.3M; Series A $3.3M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Peak21 — Our mission is to provide a home for great direct-to-consumer brands and give a fair and straightforward exit to ecommerce founders
- Footshop — Footshop connects culture, subcultures, groups, and individuals together into a collective with on thing in common - love for streetwear. It defines the current state of fashion on the streets and online, focusing on providing access to limited and premium collections. As part of our own responsibility, we take part in ecologically sustainableactivities that include our five stores based in the capital cities of central and eastern Europe. Locally, we support artists, brands, and interesting creative projects. At the same time, we collaborate with global partners, thanks to whom we've introduced several of our own sneakers - namely, Adidas and KangaROOS.It was founded in 2011 and is located in Praha 8, Hlavní město Praha.
- My Kindred — Enhance your well-being at our renowned women's health clinic. Experience top-notch care at our online clinic in the Philippines. Visit us today!
Founded in 1997, Earlybird is a pan-European VC investor backing tech-enabled companies and investing in their growth and development. Funds include Earlybird, Earlybird Health, Growth Opportunities.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 328
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$14M; Series A $4.4M–$35M; Series B $5M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $190M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Hilo — Get stress-free readings round the clock with Hilo's clinically validated blood pressure monitor. Learn more
- Neuracore — Neuracore is a robot learning platform that helps to train robots and deploy intelligent behaviour.
- Nosh Biofoods — We create nutritional and highly functional proteins from non-GMO fungi. Our proprietary ferementation process is minimal, scalable, and sustainable.
APY Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology startups.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 111
- Round size: Seed $150k–$2.6M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $14M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Flowla — From outreach to onboarding, create personalized sales stories, impress prospects, and build consensus with multiple stakeholders.
- Mindtail — Based in Istanbul, Mindtail is a mobile gaming studio dedicated to crafting the next evolution of hybrid mobile games. Founded by industry veterans whose previous titles have reached over 300+ million players worldwide
- GoWit Technology — Unlock your retail media potential with GoWit's omnichannel Retail Media Advertising platform. Expand your audience reach, optimize bidding, and leverage first-party data for maximum conversions and privacy protection.
Company builders operating from Czech Republic and focusing on Central and Eastern Europe. We prefer building consumer facing businesses and have the most fun around marketplaces and e-commerce in general.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Poland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 58
- Round size: Seed $300k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $219k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PangeAI —
- Bandits — Bandits is well-positioned within this broader framework of AI-enabled business transformation.
- Kolay Randevu — Kolay Randevu is an online beauty booking marketplace and salon management software for salons.
Münteha Adalı is an angel investor.
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- Industry: AgTech, Baby, Farming
- Stage:Seed, Grant
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $63k–$3.6M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ingosa — Power your customer experience and boost your sales with intelligent virtual assistants and conversational display ads with Ingosa!
- 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.
- Nanomik Biotechnology — Biochemistry leading change in life sciences. With our proprietary technologies, we develop solutions for Crop Health, Animal Health and Food preservation.
Protos Venture Capital is a funding company that is focused on internet businesses in Poland. It also includes mobile projects based on Software-as-a-Service, marketplace, lead-generator, and e-commerce sectors. Protos Venture Capital is based in Warszawa, Poland.
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- Industry: Mobile Apps, Beauty, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Poland, France, Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $178k–$764k; Series A $120k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Droplabs — Droplabs is Poland's leading online sales software for the experiences industry. Hundreds of Attraction, Tour and Activity providers use our software to sale tickets and activities through various channels including own website, hotel desks, travel agencies, aggregators, network of affiliates or on-site. Our software also helps with real-timeoffer, capacity & pricing management; entry management and day-to-day operations optimisation.We keep the product self-serviced and simple to use on any device. We are end buyers advocate: Buying, storing and using tickets must be seamless!We are SaaS with no exceptions.
- Kolay Randevu — Kolay Randevu is an online beauty booking marketplace and salon management software for salons.
- EkoFachowcy.pl — EkoFachowcy enables anyone to compare and select the best offers of renewable energy sources, such as photovoltaic panels, heat pumps, solar collectors, wind turbines, or recuperators.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $100k–$4.2M; Angel $15k–$1.5M; Series A $2M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vagon — Vagon is your personal high-performance computer on the cloud. Start Vagon instantly and run all challenging software from any device, anywhere.
- MARS — MARS provides digital financial services with unique card options and rewards programs.
- Firefly — Firefly is the next-gen car advertising solution, featuring taxi and rideshare top advertising, in-car advertising, holograms, car wraps and more.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Round size: Seed $52k–$1.4M; Angel $24k–$500k; Pre-Seed $29k–$400k
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PackUpp — PackUpp is a new generation on-demand “Fast Delivery” technology company and we provide E-Commerce delivery solutions. We serve “Next-Day”, "Same-Day" and "3 Hours Express" deliveries to e-commerce companies. In addition to it, we form “Private Dedicated Field Delivery Teams” to companies as a special delivery team of brand. Wedigitalize all the delivery process by our unique software and technology.Focus on the job which you are best at! Rest, all your packages will be delivered by PackUpp, Fast Delivery Expert.
- Salty Enerji — Salty Enerji is a manufacturing company that designs energy storage infrastructure to enhance renewable power efficiency and distribution.
- Weddingbouquet.com — DüğünBuketi is a web and special event organization portal that brings wedding firms together to get price quotes. It was founded in 2017 and is based in Izmir, Turkey.
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- Industry: Software, Baby, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey, Poland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $63k–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dusyeri — Dusyeri is an edutainment platform that focuses on children.
- Replenit — Transform your repeat purchase revenue with Replenit's AI Decision Engine. Predict exactly when customers need to reorder based on individual consumption pat...
- Usersdot — Usersdot uses data science and AI solutions to improve customer experience, increase operational efficiency and maximize sales performance
Deniz Alexandra Duygu
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- Industry: Baby, Children, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $110k–$200k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
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Nevzat Aydın is the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, the first and biggest online food delivery portal in Turkey.Born in 1976 in İstanbul, Nevzat Aydın completed his secondary education at the Bursa Anatolian High School. Following his graduation from Boğaziçi University Department of Computer Engineering, he went to the United States where he receivedhis MBA at the University of San Francisco in Silicon Valley.During his stay in the United States, Aydın followed the latest developments on e-trade before he returned to Turkey in 2000 to launch his project, Yemeksepeti.com. Serving as the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, Nevzat Aydın introduced a brand new dimension to e-trade in Turkey.In 2007, Yemeksepeti.com was selected the “Endeavor Entreprenur” by Endeavor Turkey. Aydin was also selected the “Most Successful Turkish Young Entrepreneur” by the CNBC-e Business magazine in 2010 for his successful work since the foundation of Yemeksepeti.com.As the founder and CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, which celebrated its 11th anniversary in 2012, he won the first prize in 2011 in the “Male Entrepreneur of the Year” category at the “Businesspeople of the Year” survey conducted by the Ekonomist magazine among nearly 3,000 business people.Aydin is a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Supreme Board of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, and a founding member of Galata Business Angels.Aydın was one of the 150 entrepreneurs invited from all over the world to the Entrepreneurship Summit held by US President Barack Obama on April 26-27, 2010.He was also among the speakers at the DLD (Digital-Life-Design) Conference, which is deemed as one of the world's most prestigious conferences with its content on innovation and developments in the digital world. He is also an editorial advisor of GQ Turkey, one of the 5 “dragons” of the Dragons’ Den Turkey show, and a Board Member of Trabzonspor sports club.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 48
- Round size: Seed $233k–$3.7M; Angel $84k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
- Shark Guitar — Premium electric guitars manufactured with robotic precision. Shark Guitars mean freedom of versatility, customization and portability.
- Komunite — Community is an educational channel and community founded to help people who sell their time become people who sell their products.
Umur Özal is an angel investor.
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- Industry: Baby, Rental, Retail
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $63k–$3.6M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
- Kiralarsın — Kiralarsın is a rental service to rent electronic devices.
- Mutlubiev — A leading online cleaning services platform. It thrives on providing high-quality cleaning solutions and satisfying clients' personal needs.
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.
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- Industry: Online Games, Mobile, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, Singapore, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $99k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Paxie Games — Paxie Games is a software firm that develops mobile games.
- Novart Space Technologies —
BIC Angels is an investment firm that provides venture capital for startups engaged in the internet sector. It is primarily focused on companies engaged in SaaS, location-based services, and mobile applications. The Company's early-stage investment ranges from $25,000 to $1,000,000. BIC Angels is based in Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Industry: Internet, SaaS, Software
- Stage:Angel, Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Angel $20k–$250k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Doktorderki — Doktorderki is an online system that allows people to directly talk to doctors about their questions and problems regarding health. It aims to establish a scalable B2C growth model along with the investment it is taking and to do B2B work with pharmacists and mainly dermocosmetics companies.The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered inIstanbul, Turkey.
- Kolay Randevu — Kolay Randevu is an online beauty booking marketplace and salon management software for salons.
- EvdekiBakıcım — EvdekiBakıcım empowers young generation so they can reach their full potential. EvdekiBakıcım aims to lead innovation in care, tutoring and activity categories.
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.
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- Industry: Apps, Internet, Social Media
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, Ireland, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Missafir — Missafir is a PropTech start-up in Istanbul. We are the first short/mid term home rental management company in Turkey!We deliver for our customers through a combination of thoughtful interior design and attentive hotel-style services that deliver superior earnings from short/mid term rental management through our strength in data-drivendynamic pricing solutions.
- Doktorderki — Doktorderki is an online system that allows people to directly talk to doctors about their questions and problems regarding health. It aims to establish a scalable B2C growth model along with the investment it is taking and to do B2B work with pharmacists and mainly dermocosmetics companies.The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered inIstanbul, Turkey.
- Local Guddy, Inc. — A marketplace connecting travelers and locals through unique guddy tours from locals all around the world. Taste local foods, drinks; see must see places, night life, views etc.
Turkey's leading mobile application developer and one of the fastest-growing IT company according to Deloitte Fast 50, Teknasyon, has achieved great success by reaching out to 1.5 billion people in 55 different languages and 172 countries with dozens of mobile applications since their establishment in 2013.Besides developing hyper-growthmobile apps, Teknasyon is also an infrastructure and content provider. In addition to building successful products, the company provides additional support with B2C and B2B tools on the way to an early-stage startup’s global growth as an investor.Teknasyon is not a regular investor, which also opens the kitchen to all these startups to reach millions of new users worldwide. That means supporting startups with the tools developed on their own technologies such as advanced reporting & insights, commercial positioning/design, full integration with internal marketing tools, and 360-degree marketing production & management.Developing their vision with Facebook, Google, and leading telco operators’ collaboration from day one and creating a value-added ecosystem with the startups let Teknasyon enhance their services. In entertainment, wellness, photo/video, productivity, shopping, sports, and mobile gaming, portfolio companies always pursue global growth.
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- Industry: Apps, Mobile, Fitness
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $112k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Deplike — Everyone can make music!
- PulpoAR — PulpoAR Virtual Try-On Solution is realistic and easy to integrate and customize e-commerce platforms. We have specialized in the beauty industry. Increase your sales by giving your users the chance to try-on your products from the comfort of their homes. PulpoAR Virtual Try-On can be integrated into your e-commerce website, mobile app, smartmirror, and smart mirrors and QR codes as in-store solutions.
- Komunite — Community is an educational channel and community founded to help people who sell their time become people who sell their products.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Banking, Finance
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
- Geography: Turkey, Egypt, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 305
- Round size: Post-IPO Debt $18M–$369M; Debt Financing $5M–$290M
- Lead/follow: 72% lead, 28% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mlinar — Mlinar is the bakery retail and wholesale business in Croatia and operates the largest bakery retail network in South East Europe.
- Hellas Direct — Hellas Direct is a digital-first, full-stack insurance company, empowered by cutting-edge technology and artificial intelligence. The Cyprus-based company is backed by a roster of leading investors, including Portag3, IFC (a member of the World Bank), Endeavor Catalyst, former Goldman Sachs economist Lord O’Neill and private equity veteran JonMoulton. Modelling itself on Amazon, Hellas Direct aims to disrupt the insurance value chain by adopting an extreme focus on operational excellence.
- Tbc Bank Group — TBC Bank Group PLC is the UK-based parent company of JSC TBC Bank and its affiliates, Georgia's largest banking group.
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.
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- Industry: Mobile, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Turkey, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $500k–$2.7M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- t1 (aka t1 protocol) — t1 protocol cross-chain applications and scalability are facilitated by real-time proofs and immediate settlement.
- BrightCrowd — BrightCrowd digital books help schools, companies, and organizations keep their people connected
- Cloudastructure — Cloudastructure is the first cloud-based video surveillance platform with AI and computer vision analytics. Learn more about Cloudastructure today!
Ibrahim Ulukaya
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- Industry: AgTech, Gaming, Farming
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
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.
Altay Tinar - Co-Founder & CEO @ Yuvako
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- Industry: CRM, Apps, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
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- Kolay Randevu — Kolay Randevu is an online beauty booking marketplace and salon management software for salons.
Q Angels is an angel investment firm that contributes to the growth of startups.
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- Industry: Podcast, Blockchain, Social Media
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $176k–$3.1M; Pre-Seed $300k–$1.4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PulpoAR — PulpoAR Virtual Try-On Solution is realistic and easy to integrate and customize e-commerce platforms. We have specialized in the beauty industry. Increase your sales by giving your users the chance to try-on your products from the comfort of their homes. PulpoAR Virtual Try-On can be integrated into your e-commerce website, mobile app, smartmirror, and smart mirrors and QR codes as in-store solutions.
- eTasin — https://etasin.com
- Makromusic — Meet people with similar music taste with you, see your music taste in common with your friends, and share about your favorite artists and music. Create your music profile!
Kültepe Investment was established by 20 investors within the Erban Angel Investor Network to improve the investment climate of Central Anatolia and to make Kayseri a unique and unique center of attraction for entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $31k–$2.8M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PackUpp — PackUpp is a new generation on-demand “Fast Delivery” technology company and we provide E-Commerce delivery solutions. We serve “Next-Day”, "Same-Day" and "3 Hours Express" deliveries to e-commerce companies. In addition to it, we form “Private Dedicated Field Delivery Teams” to companies as a special delivery team of brand. Wedigitalize all the delivery process by our unique software and technology.Focus on the job which you are best at! Rest, all your packages will be delivered by PackUpp, Fast Delivery Expert.
- Spiky.AI — Spiky.ai delivers real-time coaching, CRM sync, and multilingual AI insights to boost sales performance and streamline meetings.
- Biftek — The future of meat starts here. We produce growth medium to make cultured meat affordable.
Erinç Özada is an angel investor.
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- Industry: Apps, Baby, Gaming
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $110k–$4.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- WeWALK — WeWALK, making the white cane innovative and smart, allows visually impaired people to walk more independently and safely and thanks to its three revolutionary features, it promotes their participation in social life on an equal foot with everyone.Obstacle detection: : WeWALK detects obstacles at head and chest level with its onboard ultrasonicsensor and warns its users with vibration patterns.Pairs with smart phones: : When connected with the WeWALK application via Bluetooth, GPS navigation is easy with WeWALK without the need to take out the phone.It gets better with new integrations: Every integration made possible with software updates brings new features to WeWALK. With its smart city solutions, WeWALK enables visually impaired people to access beneficial information around them such as nearby cafes and shops, while also providing them the info for closest public transport stops and arrival times. WeWALK has been developed so that it can gain new features such as nde hailing in the future with its ability to be integrated with new applications. WeWALK integrations developed so far include "Google Maps" and Alexa virtual assistant service.
- Fomo Games — We are a fast growing mobile game developer based in Istanbul. Our team comprises experienced gaming designers, marketing, data and technology experts as well as successful business builders.
- Revel Games — Revel Games engages in the creation of mobile gaming apps.
STC Ventures is an independently managed venture capital fund whose anchor investor is the Saudi Telecom Company. Our goal is to empower entrepreneurs to create market leading technology businesses. We are focused on equity investments that will help to build leading companies in the information technology, telecommunications, and digitalmedia/entertainment sectors. One of the key objectives of our fund is to support the development of innovative technology companies in the GCC, wider MENA region and Turkey, in addition to funding globally minded international companies seeking capital and access to the MENA region.
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- Industry: Fashion, Developer APIs, Professional Services
- Stage:Series C, Series B, Series A
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, Japan, Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Modanisa — Modanisa is an online fashion retailer for women's Islamic clothing, dresses and accessories. The site offers clothing and accessories to women of all ages and offers shipping and delivery all over the world. The site also trends latest hijab styles for women along with fashion tips for the Muslim regions. Designer abayas and jilbabs, Kayra,Armine, Aker and Tekbir are also sold online.
- Nile — Reliability and predictability in enterprise network performance and TCO - backed by SLA guarantees. The Nile solution just works.
- yallacompare — Compare the best car insurance, credit card and personal loan providers in Dubai & the UAE with yallacompare
We are a leading venture capital firm in Dubai, UAE, focused on supporting entrepreneurs in the MENA region at the seed- and early-stage building great companies.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Jordan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 114
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- qeen.ai — qeen.ai is a GenAI native platform that enables autonomous AI to e-commerce firms of all sizes.
- BloomPath — Bloompath gives engineering team leads clear visibility into project progress, team contributions, and what's gaining traction, without digging through tools. Stay aligned, spot blockers early, and keep your team moving forward.
- Penny Software — Simple. Spending. Software.As above. But, more specifically, penny is a cloud-based Procure-To-Pay system. penny helps you digitize and manage your full procurement cycle from request to approval. Manage RFQs to vendors, compare quotations, send POs and even payment. penny was designed to make things easy and consolidate all of yourorganization’s spending needs into one intelligent system
Doruk Pala
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- Industry: Wedding, Events, Big Data
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Weddingbouquet.com — DüğünBuketi is a web and special event organization portal that brings wedding firms together to get price quotes. It was founded in 2017 and is based in Izmir, Turkey.
- KABİ Partners — KABİ Partners develops data-driven products for the solution of all needs before, during and after the wedding.
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Browse database — It's Free!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.
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- Industry: Travel, Leisure, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $18k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Yourkeys — 'Yourkeys is a real-time transactional and data platform for house builders and estate agents selling properties. The platform significantly accelerates the property sales process whilst giving all stakeholders visibility of the transaction in real-time.'
- Adalethanim — Adalethanim is a legal platform working with AI that analyzes, understands, interprets, and produces results to help with legal research, allowing the person working on the case to save time and access more information about a case. The company's vision is to make justice fast, cheap and accessible to everyone.Adalethanim was founded in 2018and is headquartered in Beşiktaş, İstanbul, Turkey.
- UnderTheDoormat — UnderTheDoormat Group is a prop-tech company that empowers property owners, portfolio owners and property companies to generate higher income through the short-term rental industry. Our mission is to help every property fulfil its potential every day, by to connecting them with quality guests through our 3 products.Firstly, we operate short termrentals for those who don’t have the capabilities - UnderTheDoormat London has 300 units across the city, including the flagship aparthotel 3 Sloane Gardens operated on behalf of Cadogan Estate. Secondly, we distribute for providers who can provide quality hospitality, but not distribution. The tech landscape in short term rentals is hugely fragmented, and our B2B SaaS platform Hospiria integrates the stack so property companies and managers have a ready-made platform so they can focus on what they’re good at - hosting guests. And finally, our TrustedStays platform is the world’s first platform which connects professional home rentals with Government and Corporate procurement. Until now, short-term rentals haven’t been able to enter this world, and we’re connecting it.All three arms enable owners to earn higher return from short term accommodation.
Ata Uzunhasan - Managing Director @ Galata Business Angels
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Baby
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, Italy, Poland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $63k–$900k
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Juphy — Juphy offers communication platform.
- Replenit — Transform your repeat purchase revenue with Replenit's AI Decision Engine. Predict exactly when customers need to reorder based on individual consumption pat...
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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.
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- Industry: SaaS, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $350k–$13M; Series A $500k–$24M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PayJoy — Looking for a phone or a cash loan? PayJoy gives you credit with few requirements and in minutes. No late fees charged.
- Snapwire — Snapwire is a platform where talented creators shoot custom visual content for brands and businesses around the world. Simply post a creative brief and top performing creators respond by submitting their best shots. Buyers get unique content that matches their vision, and the creators get paid fairly. Our mission is to enable people with apassion for creativity to thrive doing what they love.
- Tubi — Tubi is the world’s largest ad-supported video on demand service with over 12,000 movies and television shows from nearly every major Hollywood studio. The service gives fans of films and television programs an easy way to discover new content which is available completely free. Currently available in the US and Canada, Tubi can be accessed througha large number of devices and apps including Samsung televisions, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Comcast’s X1, iOS, and Android.
Kaan Boyner is an angel investor.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Baby
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, Poland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $11k–$3.6M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Minoto —
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Private Equity Investment arm of Isbank
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 85
- Round size: Seed $82k–$2M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Hardal — Centralize your first-party data and connect it from any source to any destination for a better performance.
- Dengage — Dengage is a Customer Experience Data Platform (CXDP) with built-in CDP powered by full marketing automation capabilities.
- Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
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.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Hong Kong, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $100k–$3M; Pre-Seed $100k–$250k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Oddup — Trade on real-world outcomes with our unique Yes/No/Maybe model. Crypto, FX, indices, commodities, and more.
- EventX — The EventX Virtual Event Platform is a comprehensive platform for hosting virtual events, meetings, conferences, and webinars that help you attract leads and audiences.
- FutureLeague — FutureLeague is an ed-tech company that teaches kids ages 6-12 engineering and programming with a focus on teamwork, creativity, and design thinking. It specializes in the fields of ed-tech, internet, and education. It was founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Huseyin Karayagiz
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- Industry: Software, AgTech, Battery
- Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
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.
Deniz Güvenen
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- Industry: Wedding, Events, Big Data
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bounce Watch — Bounce Watch offers an AI-powered platform that provides actionable insights on startup performance and helps investors optimize scouting process and deal flow management
- Weddingbouquet.com — DüğünBuketi is a web and special event organization portal that brings wedding firms together to get price quotes. It was founded in 2017 and is based in Izmir, Turkey.
- KABİ Partners — KABİ Partners develops data-driven products for the solution of all needs before, during and after the wedding.
Alper Akcan
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- Industry: Apps, Fitness, mHealth
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $400k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
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.
- Lisa AI — Lisa is a mobile app that predicts engagement of Instagram photos before they are posted. We use state of the art deep learning methods to analyze the visual content and help users to choose which photo to publish to maximize the engagement of their audience.
- 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.
MİLRES Venture Capital Investment Fund invests in renewable energy sectors, including electricity production, wind turbine technology, solar energy, biogas, geothermal energy, energy storage, power plant investments, freshwater extraction, agriculture, drone systems, artificial intelligence, and other technologies.
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- Industry: Toys, Sports, Children
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Finq — Finq is a modular driving kit inspired by childhood block toys, designed to develop analytical thinking, coordination, and motor skills. It combines various toys like scooters, balance bikes, skateboards, and classic bicycles into a single kit, allowing for unlimited imagination and countless designs.
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Browse database — It's Free!Teknoloji Yatırım is the first actor investing in early-stage technology companies in Turkey. Aiming at preparing the venture capital ecosystem for new players, Teknoloji Yatırım designs, develops and manages innovative tools to meet the financing needs of technology companies in the early and growth stages. What We Do: - Direct Investments: Wemake equity investments to technology companies having internationalization potential. - Co-Investments and Follow-on Investments: We make co-investments and follow-on investments to technology companies at scaling and growth stages, together with other Venture Capital Funds. - Consultancy Services: We offer consultancy solutions in the design, implementation and management of innovative investment tools and models.
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- Industry: Software, Machine Learning, Analytics
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Cellsway — Cellsway is a liquid biopsy company that was created to provide quick cancer CTC detection methods. The business's technology, which is minimally invasive and uses a straightforward blood sample for cancer monitoring, enables healthcare professionals to heal their patients and enhance their quality of life. focuses on the development ofmicrofluidics and lab-on-a-chip technologies for biomedical purposes.
- BRANDEFENSE — Brandefense platform is a proactive digital risk protection solution for organizations. Our AI-driven technology constantly scans the dark, deep, and surface web.
- Mindsite — Mindsite provides e-commerce analytics. Easily monitor key metrics from price to visibility in real time. Increase your online sales.
Founder One makes investment at the idea and seed stage in initiatives with measurable impact goals.
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- Industry: EdTech, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- MilkApp — MilkApp is a developer of raw milk analysis, tracking, and identification systems. They also develop a mobile milk analyzer system. They also provide research and development services for agricultural fields.
- The Good Wild — The Good Wild produces plant-based products that enhance nutritional value. The brand offers sprouted and fermented legumes, aiming to preserve natural plant protein.
- Good Sanitation Company — Good Sanitation Company provides a specific sanitation and hygiene solution for those in temporary accommodation environments.
Bilişim Vadisi is a technology development zone in Turkey that ensures the production of high-value-added products and new technologies.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Buyutech — Democratizing the autonomy by changing the way of perception. We work for a world where your loved ones are safe on the roads we offer affordable and scalable products that will become the eyes of the millions.
- Macellan SuperApp — Create your digital wallet with Macellan SuperApp, load your balance, pay with QR, join campaigns, and manage your subscriptions.
- MotionWorks — Motionworks make the forefront of a new era in television, harnessing the power of innovative video and ad technologies to transform the way TV programming is consumed and monetized. We are not simply upgrading the old system; we are completely redesigning it. We are integrating the fragmented views of TV on different screens into a unified,tailored experience for each viewer with our end-to-end video services and integrated advertising solutions. Our patented technology bridges the gap between linear and digital impressions, providing marketers with a single picture and unprecedented control. As a result, the viewer experience is smoother and more engaging, and advertising is more effective and efficient. We're not just improving the viewer experience by reinventing how we consume and monetize TV content; we're also saving money.
Alphan Manas - Country Manager - Türkiye Başkanı @ ERA Real Estate Türkiye Kıbrıs
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- Industry: Q&A, Internet, Social Media
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- inploid.com — inploid is a place to find answers to your questions, share your experiences and get online reputation to everything that you have knowledge about. We are bringing the right question to right people to get the right answer. Strongly focused on a technology to understand what any text based content is about and who is going to be concerned with it.Users of inploid are able to edit and restructure content of inploid.com in order to provide the audience with more reliable and accurate answers.Founded in January 2011 and inploid is considered as “the brain of the brains” in Turkey.
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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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Education
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- FlexyWatt — FlexyWatt's smart energy management technology allows consumers to optimize energy use and cut electricity expenditures.
- Topi — Topi is an B2B e-commerce platform for wholesale market.
- admarket.co — Admarket is a trailblazing AdTech startup that's reshaping the advertising landscape. By offering a streamlined and secure platform for reserving, purchasing, and selling ad spaces, it connects advertisers and media owners like never before. With just one click, advertisers can book various types of ad spaces - including TV, radio, digitalscreen, outdoor, in-store, and in-flight - from anywhere in the world.Admarket simplifies the process of securing ad spaces from preferred media owners and agencies, while its payment service provider, Stripe, ensures top-notch security for customer credit card information. Media owners benefit by gaining access to a global customer base and boosting their revenue.Designed for ease of use, Admarket allows advertisers to view ad spaces on a map, similar to hotel booking sites. Its innovative AdsChange feature enables media owners to swap ad spaces with one another, like exchanging billboard space for radio ads. Plus, advertisers can swiftly broadcast urgent announcements via TV or radio.Looking ahead, Admarket aims to leverage AI technology for identifying sector-specific advertising needs, planning, and design. It will also incorporate automatic bid strategies for outdoor media, TV, and radio ad spaces. Advertisers will be able to view cost-effective advertising options on various timeframes through chart data, akin to flight ticket pricing. Moreover, the AdBroker feature will enable media owners to earn additional income through Admarket's profit-sharing program.In a nutshell, Admarket is a groundbreaking AdTech startup that's revolutionizing the advertising industry by streamlining ad space booking for advertisers and expanding the customer base for media owners. With plans to introduce even more cutting-edge features, Admarket will continue to drive innovation for both advertisers and media owners.
Jose Marin started his professional career as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group.In 1999 he co-founded DeRemate.com (eBay model for Latin America). The company raised 75 M USD, did a partial cash-out sale to Terra and later merged with Mercado Libre that went Public in Nasdaq .Currently Jose is co-Founder and co-CEO of IGExpansion. IG takes successful internet business models into emerging markets (main focus Brazil). IG builds one project per year and will not build more than 6 (investing the first 3 to 5 M USD per project). 5 of the 6 are already operating being Viajanet (Expedia for Latam) its biggest success.Jose is also founder of Serendipity Investments, company that has invested in >70 start-ups. Before this, Jose invested in projects such as Bazee (auctions sold to eBay in 2005) and eDreams (European Travel site sold to TA Associates in 2006) obtaining top tier returns.Jose is a Mechanical and Electrical Engineer and holds an MBA and an MA in International development Economics from Stanford.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Brazil, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 60
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Borzo — Borzo is a global delivery service that enables intracity same-day delivery. Our algorithms optimize numerous parallel deliveries taking into account the geographical routes, packages’ contents, couriers and many others to ensure the feasibility of the same-day delivery. The services are available in 10 countries including Brazil, India, Indonesia,Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia, Turkey and Vietnam and are used by 3 million customers ranging from SMEs to enterprises.
- Printify — Sell custom t-shirts, phone cases, and 800+ products with your designs printed on demand. We will handle printing and shipping to your customers.
- Menu Next Door — Menu Next Door's chefs are enthusiasts from all walks of life who want to share their talents. So you'll always enjoy freshly-made, delicious meals originating from all over the world.On Menu Next Door, you'll find these quality meals at affordable prices because they're homemade and prepared locally with no delivery charges.It's great food for the many, not the few.What brings people together more than food? Community is the magic ingredient in Menu Next Door.Meeting your chef and getting the chance to talk to them about the dish they've prepared is what makes this something more than just a takeaway.
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
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- Industry: TV, CRM, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
İzzet Zakuto
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- Industry: Apps, Mobile Apps, Personal Health
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- ULive — ULive is a digital fitness platform. With ULive, users can develop physically, mentally and spiritually. Indoor Cycling using UBikes, Yoga, Pilates, Stretch, Dance and bUUt (functional body training) classes, which they can attend live every day and whenever they want, using mobile application.
- Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
- WeFarm — WeFarm maintains vacant fields for you and converts them into productive farms.
Gamze Cizreli is the Founder & CEO at BigChefs.
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- Industry: Q&A, Internet, Social Media
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- inploid.com — inploid is a place to find answers to your questions, share your experiences and get online reputation to everything that you have knowledge about. We are bringing the right question to right people to get the right answer. Strongly focused on a technology to understand what any text based content is about and who is going to be concerned with it.Users of inploid are able to edit and restructure content of inploid.com in order to provide the audience with more reliable and accurate answers.Founded in January 2011 and inploid is considered as “the brain of the brains” in Turkey.
3TS Capital Partners is a European technology focused private equity and venture capital firms. 3TS provides expansion capital and buyout funding for small and medium-sized businesses in growth sectors including technology & internet, media & communications and technology-enabled services. Investors in the current and past 3TS fundstotaling over €300 million include EIF, EBRD, Cisco, OTP, Sitra, 3i and KfW among others.Its team of highly qualified experts become active business partners of the portfolio companies and deliver substantial value added beyond financing. When analyzing new investment opportunities and supporting portfolio companies, the company often augment its core team by its sector partners, various co-investors and other industry experts. 3TS is also an active member of several international industry associations and other organizations like EVCA – European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association, the International Venture Club and the Draper Venture Network.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, SaaS
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: United States, Romania, Poland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Boksi — Influencer marketing campaigns. Custom brand photos and videos with full usage rights. Over 10,000 amazing creators. All on one easy-to-use platform.
- JENTIS — Mit JENTIS erheben Sie Ihre First Party Daten und leiten sie serverseitig DSGVO-konform an Ihre Marketing-Tools weiter. Jetzt Demo buchen.
- Spectrm — Streamline your marketing funnel with Spectrm conversational marketing. The leading end-to-end chatbot platform for growth teams and enterprise.
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