Top 50 EdTech Startup Investors in Turkey (September 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Alesta Yatırım
VC Fund
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6 | Turkey, United States, Estonia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $26k–$4.6M |
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Maxis
VC Fund
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5 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce | $100k–$2.5M |
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Ugur Ethem AYDIN
Angel
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5 | Turkey | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | iOS, Software, macOS | |
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Boğaziçi Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Turkey, United States, Switzerland | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Gaming, Software, Video Games | $50k–$2M |
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APY Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming | $100k–$2.5M |
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TechOne VC
VC Fund
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4 | Turkey, United States, Estonia | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $30k–$2.4M |
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Founder One
VC Fund
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4 | Turkey, United States, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed | EdTech, Software, E-Commerce | $100k–$1.4M |
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BIC Angels
VC Fund
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4 | Turkey, United States, Germany | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Internet, Apps, Education | $11k–$514k |
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Murat Tayhan
Angel
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3 | Turkey | Angel | Training, Service Industry | $50k–$50k |
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Tamer Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Turkey, Estonia | Pre-Seed, Seed | Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Software | $65k–$6M |
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Tarvenn Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Video Games, E-Commerce | $25k–$421k |
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Neo Portfolio
VC Fund
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2 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Manufacturing, SaaS, Sales | $250k–$2.7M |
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TÜBİTAK
VC Fund
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2 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $25k–$521k |
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Nevzat Aydın
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United States, France | Seed, Angel | Software, Internet, E-Commerce | $100k–$2.7M |
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Geometry Venture Development
VC Fund
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2 | Turkey, United States, Estonia | Pre-Seed, Seed, Equity Crowdfunding | Artificial Intelligence, Software, SaaS | $25k–$5M |
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Koray Gultekin Bahar
Angel
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2 | Turkey, Estonia, United States | Seed, Angel, Convertible Note | Software, FinTech, Education | $140k–$1M |
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Mustafa Kemal Sözkesen
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Angel | Training, Service Industry | |
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Keiretsu Forum Turkey
VC Fund
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2 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $28k–$1.5M |
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Mehmet Murat İsen
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Angel | Training, Service Industry | |
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AI Startup Factory
VC Fund
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2 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning | $30k–$2.5M |
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Letven Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Software, Robotics, AgTech | $108k–$23M |
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Kivilcim Cayli
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Travel, Leisure, Internet | $18k–$1.3M |
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Keiretsu Forum
VC Fund
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2 | United States, India, Turkey | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Software, Biotechnology | $102k–$8.2M |
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Ayla Cönger
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | FinTech, Finance, Education | |
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Alima Ventures BV
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Artificial Intelligence, PaaS, Retail | $300k–$600k |
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Burak Günsev
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Angel | FinTech, Finance, Education | |
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Socios
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey | Pre-Seed | Sports, Analytics, Education | |
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BadiWorks
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Education, Consulting | |
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Gedik Investment
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey | Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Apps | $350k–$350k |
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Papara
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Series A, Corporate Round | FinTech, Financial Services, Apps | |
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Hande Enes
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence | $29k–$4.1M |
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Onur Yaşamtepe
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | EdTech, Privacy, Security | $390k–$420k |
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Duran Cesur
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, EdTech | $390k–$420k |
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Cezmi Aydogdu
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | EdTech, Education, E-Learning | |
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Cantekin Dincerler
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Convertible Note | EdTech, Internet, Education | |
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Ahmet Fuat Korkmaz
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | EdTech, Education, E-Learning | |
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Collective Spark
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, SaaS | $193k–$8M |
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Lima Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, Estonia, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech | $20k–$697k |
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EIC-Fund
VC Fund
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1 | France, Turkey | Seed, Grant, Series A | Health Care, Information Technology, Software | |
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Mustafa Sandal
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Angel | FinTech, Finance, Education | |
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Cerebrum Tech
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Corporate Round | Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Hotel | |
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nVentures
VC Fund
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1 | Sri Lanka, Singapore, Bangladesh | Pre-Seed, Seed | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $25k–$2.6M |
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Microsoft for Startups
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, Canada | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | |
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Kosgeb
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey | Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed | Software, Health Care, Medical | $1k–$400k |
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Nezih Sipahioğlu
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Angel | Software, Marketing, E-Learning | |
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Pytch Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Retail, FinTech, Finance | $50k–$2M |
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Seedthrift Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, Germany, Hong Kong | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Gaming, Software | |
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Family & Friends
VC Fund
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1 | United States, France, Jordan | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Education, Digital Media, Information Technology | |
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Virgosol Information and Software Solutions
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey | Pre-Seed | EdTech, Gaming, Information Technology | |
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Melih Odemis
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Mobile | $170k–$1.9M |
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Ales Venture Capital Investment Trust Inc. 100% Escort Technology Investment Co., Ltd. was established in late 2012 as a subsidiary of an investment company subject to the Capital Markets Board legislation.Their target audience was primarily started to produce products or services are targeted at companies with existing customers and growth.However, the product or service to switch to the sales and marketing process, although in need of ready finance companies also take interest in Their initiative.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 134
- Round size: Seed $30k–$600k; Pre-Seed $26k–$150k; Convertible Note $30k–$4.6M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5M in 2012
Portfolio highlights
- GlaucoT — GlaucoT develops contact-free intraocular pressure monitoring and neuroprotective treatment technology for glaucoma disease.
- Kozmonot — Kozmonot is a mobile competition application with real money prizes focused on knowledge, research and intelligence.
- ConverJinn — AI-powered product categorization and conversion optimization for online stores. Boost conversions and make every product page count.
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: 89
- Round size: Seed $100k–$2M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $18M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Hardal — Cookieless, first-party, server-side attribution tracking to improve ROAS. Unified attribution across Web, iOS, Android & Shopify Apps.
- Promake — Talk to AI, get your business online. Manage your website and domain, accept payments.
- Sapro Temizlik Ürünleri — Sapro Temizlik Ürünleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. manufactures and exports a variety of sanitary products, including cosmetics, personal care items, and home cleaning products. The company is known for its private label wet wipes, which are produced with botanical ingredients. Sapro adapts its processes and products to meet the needs of the Earth andall living beings, emphasizing sustainability and innovation in its operations.
I am the Art and Code Director at Metromedya Digital Ad Agency. In addition to my role as director, I am also a skilled programmer, designer, and musician. I have expertise in iOS and MacOS development and enjoy snowboarding in my free time. As a self-proclaimed geek, I am always seeking to learn and grow in my field. I am passionate about creatinginnovative and visually appealing designs and using my coding skills to bring them to life.
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- Industry: iOS, Software, macOS
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: 83% lead, 17% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Toboti — Toboti Game Studio is a game development company that specializes in creating games for various platforms. The company has a particular passion for designing games that draw inspiration from classic arcade machines, with a primary focus on the Apple platform. Toboti is known for its commitment to creating fun and engaging games that are optimizedfor mobile devices.The team at Toboti Game Studio utilizes cutting-edge technology and innovative design techniques to produce high-quality games that are both entertaining and challenging. They are dedicated to providing gamers with a unique and nostalgic experience, while also bringing a fresh perspective to the gaming industry.Toboti Game Studio strives to create games that meet the demands of today's gamers, offering exciting gameplay, immersive graphics, and intuitive controls. With a focus on quality and creativity, Toboti Game Studio is poised to become a leading force in the world of game development.
- Notes.io — A free note-taking app. Online Notes on everywhere.
Boğaziçi Ventures has been established in 2015 with the purpose of supporting entrepreneurship to take their global success to a next level. We aim to invest in technology start-ups which have talented teams by providing business models and looking for funds and mentoring support for future exponential growth.BV Growth fund will only focus on thetechnology startups established in Turkey at the growth stage while having the ambition to get into the global market.BV Crypto fund will be closed with a minimum fund size of $50M to invest in cryptocurrency and blockchain projects. People are interested in investing in cryptocurrency, especially new initial coin offerings (ICO), but they don’t know which one is reliable. We have an extremely capable team dedicated to cryptocurrency. Our analysts search hundreds of ICO projects, follow their communication, investigate the commitment of their teams, make interviews and if they have a chance, even visit them at their locations to give a much better decision.
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- Industry: Gaming, Software, Video Games
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 87
- Round size: Seed $134k–$2M; Pre-Seed $50k–$600k; Series A $228k–$431k
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $7.3M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Ideanote — Ideanote is your complete innovation platform. It's faster, more efficient, and lets you build a fully customizable idea management flow from start to finish.
- Lucida AI — Enhance your employees' language skills with our AI-powered tool, tailored to your company regulations using end-to-end encryption.
- Ono — OneNewOne, which operates in the Human Resources vertical, uses artificial intelligence technology to classify and match the CV Pool in minutes and to enable artificial intelligence to do preliminary interviews using its "Smart Pre-Interview" module.
APY Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology startups.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 124
- Round size: Seed $212k–$2.5M; 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
- Nuvolog — Revolutionize logistics operations with Nuvolog. Features like spot procurement, carbon tracking, and time slot management enhance efficiency and streamline operations.
- Viseur AI — Viseur AI delivers a cutting-edge medical imaging solution powered by artificial intelligence. Our platform provides robust, scalable, cost-effective long-term radiology and digital pathology solutions through end-to-end automation.
- Spektra Games — We create the most realistic simulation/racing games for mobile!
TechOne VC is a venture capital firm. It invests in innovative tech startups founded by visionary entrepreneurs solving global problems, to deliver superior returns for our investors.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 72
- Round size: Seed $115k–$2.4M; Pre-Seed $30k–$605k
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $29M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Co-one — Co-one empowers businesses to unlock the full potential of Generative AI. We provide data-driven solutions for LLM development, including evaluation and dataset generation.
- Getmobil — Getmobil operates a smart device platform for buying and selling secondhand cellphones, laptops, and tablets. The company's platform repairs defective devices as quickly as possible offers a wide selection of device accessories, buys used electronic devices in good condition from consumers, determines the problems by passing them throughextensive tests, repairs them with an expert technical team, and resells them, allowing consumers to get a new or refurbished product at an affordable, reliable, and competitive price.
- Spiky.AI — Spiky.ai delivers real-time coaching, CRM sync, and multilingual AI insights to boost sales performance and streamline meetings.
Founder One makes investment at the idea and seed stage in initiatives with measurable impact goals.
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- Industry: EdTech, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Seed $100k–$600k; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.4M
- Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $19M in 2022
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.
- PoiLabs — PoiLabs has solutions for shopping malls, museums, industries, warehouses, hospitals and more. You can visit our website to learn more about our solutions.
- Werover — AI & IoT solutions for predictive maintenance
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, Apps, Education
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $11k–$514k; Angel $100k–$250k
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CEOtudent — Founded in May 2015, CEOtudent.com is a content-based website that focuses on providing a rich vision and lifestyle to university and young professionals with content focused on success.On our internet site, we offer numerous contents from personal development to marketing, from career to events, from entrepreneurship to current news.AtCEOtudent.com, we share every piece of information we think that we can provide benefits and inspiration, and we are constantly trying to learn something new.
- Fithletic — Fithletic is an application designed to enhance the way individuals engage with sports and fitness. The platform offers a streamlined and user-friendly experience, allowing users to explore, evaluate, and select gyms or physical activities that best align with their preferences and schedules.
- Evde Mimar — Evde Mimar is focused home painting. The company has biggest web site traffic in this industy in Turkey. Evde Mimar provide home service for become beautiful home.
Murat Tayhan
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- Industry: Training, Service Industry
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Angel $50k–$50k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Skilled Hub — Skilled Hub creates jobs in the technology industry and offers services in the areas of human resources and education.
- Skilled — Skilled provides full assistance for anyone seeking a successful career in technology by providing training and placement services.
Tamer Capital is a venture development platform established within the Tamer Group. It aims to bring the digital-based business ideas of entrepreneurs in our country to the global. While Tamer Capital takes the responsibility of finance, business development, branding and marketing required for a start-up to reach its global dreams; It provides theentrepreneur with the opportunity to focus only on the operational part of his business.Tamer Capital aims to take the Smart Money model, which is frequently encountered in the Start-up ecosystem, to the next level and at the same time become a part of the initiative. It sets out to implement the business ideas of young, talented and innovative entrepreneurs by planning from A to Z and bring them to the level of worldwide projects.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Turkey, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $65k–$6M; Pre-Seed $72k–$250k
- Lead/follow: 68% lead, 32% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Apilex — Apilex is a legaltech company specializing in case law search and law agent functionalities tailored to the Turkish legal system. It enables users to search and reference legal precedents accurately. The platform supports legal professionals by facilitating access to case-based research and automated legal support.
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- Eaty AI — Eaty AI offers an AI-powered ordering platform that automates voice and digital food orders for restaurants. It enables phone and drive-thru ordering through conversational AI, handling customer interactions, order customization, and integration with existing POS systems. The platform provides analytics on customer preferences and order trends,enabling operators to optimize menus and streamline operations. It enhances efficiency by reducing manual entry and minimizing errors during order processing. Sales teams targeting restaurant technology buyers can leverage these insights to demonstrate how Eaty AI supports digital transformation in the hospitality industry.
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Browse database — It's Free!Tarvenn is an Istanbul-based international investment and advisory firm. Tarvenn has an exceptional knowledge and experience in Turkey, Balkans, Central Asia, North Africa and CIS regions. We build the future with our portfolio, international experience, corporate customers and strategic alliances. Our business is to build yours…
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- Industry: Software, Video Games, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $50k–$421k; Pre-Seed $25k–$25k
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pubinno — Ensuring more sustainable draft beer operations and brewery management via the reduction of water waste, Enjoying draft beer, beer equipment
- Hero Concept — Hero Concept is a computer games company that develops visionary reimaginations of the timeless classics of arcade gaming. The company studies the histories of the ever-present classics in order to carry them into the 21st century--with panache. Hero Concept was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Gyroscoping Games — Gyroscoping Games is a game developer which develops city-builder type games for PC.
Neo Portfolio engages in the management of money market, real estate, venture capital, and private equity funds.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, SaaS, Sales
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $250k–$2.7M; Pre-Seed $500k–$750k
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Lucida AI — Enhance your employees' language skills with our AI-powered tool, tailored to your company regulations using end-to-end encryption.
- Fellas — Fellas is a food manufacturing firm that uses 100% natural, additive-free, preservative-free, gluten-free, and sugar-free products to create healthy snack products. It also produces protein and fibre products that are made with quality components that are fresh and are ideal for both personal and professional use.
- Shark Guitar — Premium electric guitars manufactured with robotic precision. Shark Guitars mean freedom of versatility, customization and portability.
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) is the leading agency for management, funding and conduct of research in Turkey. It was established in 1963 with a mission to advance science and technology, conduct research and support Turkish researchers. The Council is an autonomous institution and is governed by a ScientificBoard whose members are selected from prominent scholars from universities, industry and research institutions. TÜBİTAK is responsible for promoting, developing, organizing, conducting and coordinating research and development in line with national targets and priorities. TÜBİTAK acts as an advisory agency to the Turkish Government on science and research issues, and is the secretariat of the Supreme Council for Science and Technology (SCST), the highest S&T policy making body in Turkey.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $50k–$161k; Grant $25k–$230k; Pre-Seed $30k–$521k
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Navirid — Navirid is a technology company specializing in IoT and embedded systems, dedicated to developing advanced radar technologies and safety solutions to connect motorcyclists to life and enhance their riding experience.The radar-based systems we develop provide riders with real-time environmental awareness, establishing a new safety standard inmotorcycle use with critical features like blind spot detection, collision warning, and multi-target tracking.Our vision is to make motorcycles an integral part of the intelligent transportation ecosystem; our mission is to connect riders more firmly to life on every journey.
- VulnHero — AI-Driven Offensive Security | Attack Surface Management | Exploit Intelligence | Continuous Testing
- Viseur AI — Viseur AI delivers a cutting-edge medical imaging solution powered by artificial intelligence. Our platform provides robust, scalable, cost-effective long-term radiology and digital pathology solutions through end-to-end automation.
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: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Seed $233k–$2.7M; Angel $100k–$800k
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Enquire AI — Enquire is on a mission to make organizations knowledge-efficient. We provide the world’s leading enterprises an AI-powered platform to leverage global subject-matter expertise in real time.Our uniqueness is defined by our software, which starts with Network Pulse. Through Network Pulse, all that clients need to do is submit a question. Fromthere, our AI-driven multifactor algorithm identifies the experts best placed to provide tailored, actionable analysis in 250 words, which smartly arrives in the client’s dashboard within minutes. There on, clients can assess answers according to the experts’ professional background and platform ratings and go deeper with any expert of their choice on a Pulse Call or collaborate longer-term on a Pulse Project. We have made this knowledge journey uniquely empowering and seamless for the client by fitting it to their established workflows for data gathering and research.
- Komunite — Komünite is Turkey's methodology-driven digital entrepreneurship platform, founded in 2021 to transform how independent creators and micro-entrepreneurs build sustainable businesses. Rather than relying on innate talent or chance, Komünite champions a systematic approach to venture building—what it calls "Metot Girişimcilik"(Methodical Entrepreneurship)—where learnable frameworks replace guesswork and data-driven iteration replaces intuition.The platform operates across three integrated verticals:• Komünite (Core Platform): An online community of digital entrepreneurs, content creators, designers, and freelancers supported by 36 specialized forum channels, structured mentorship programs, and regular events including Tool Night, AMA sessions, Speed Networking, and Founder's Talk. Members gain access to educational resources, collaborative project opportunities, and the Katma Değer Fonu—an in-house investment fund providing $2,000–$7,000 in seed capital to promising digital ventures in exchange for 30% equity stakes.• Komünite Space: A 160m² physical innovation hub located in Vadistanbul, Istanbul, featuring event capacity for 80 seated or 160 standing attendees, a professional video production studio, and flexible workspace configurations. The venue hosts workshops, corporate training programs, and sector-specific networking events that bridge online community engagement with real-world collaboration.• Lokomotif AI: The corporate training arm delivering generative AI programs to enterprises. Offerings include AI Leadership seminars for executives, AI Literacy workshops for teams, AI Strategy development programs, and monthly AI Trends briefings. Lokomotif AI also provides automation consulting and custom AI-powered digital product development services.Komünite addresses a structural gap in Turkey's entrepreneurship ecosystem: the isolation, resource scarcity, and methodological uncertainty that constrain independent digital creators. Through its rolling fund model, physical infrastructure, and enterprise training revenue streams, the platform has built a self-reinforcing ecosystem where corporate clients fund community growth, successful ventures generate reinvestable returns, and members progress from learners to mentors to founders.The platform's venture studio arm, Komünite Stüdyo, develops digital products for external clients while serving as a proving ground for member talent, matching projects with specialists from its internal database based on demonstrated competencies and track records.
- ya da multicosmetics — ya da multicosmetics is a cosmetics brand and aims to accelerate its R&D efforts, support its growth.
Rolling Fund + Syndicate Model with Modest Capital for Early Stage Startup Investors. Invests $50K in problem-solution stage technology startups.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, SaaS
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $29k–$5M; Pre-Seed $25k–$190k; Equity Crowdfunding $171k–$205k
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sorbil — Sorbil is a subscription based e-learning organization platform. Sorbil is a ed-tech company. It has 100+ courses in 4 main categories. The categories are foreign language, coding, career development and self development. Subscribers purchase either a monthly or yearly subscription to fully access all courses in the platform.
- Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
- FenixPyre — FenixPyre provides Post-Authentication Data Security (PADS) to prevent ransomware, mitigate insider threats, and enforce TPRM. It blocks bad actors from stealing sensitive files, enhancing perimeter security while remaining seamless to users.
Koray Gultekin Bahar is a Co-Founder & CEO at Figopara.Koray attended Eastern Mediterranean University.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Education
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey, Estonia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $250k–$1M; Angel $140k–$346k; Convertible Note $250k–$730k
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% 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.
- Yancep — Yancep is a web-based application. The company offers portfolios that can be modeled according to the investment goals and risk preferences of users. Investors can become anyone with this platform.
- HrPanda — Streamline your hiring process with HRPanda's advanced applicant tracking system. Manage job postings, track candidates, and simplify recruitment all in one intuitive platform. Transform your hiring with HRPanda!
Mustafa Kemal Sözkesen
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- Industry: Training, Service Industry
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Skilled Hub — Skilled Hub creates jobs in the technology industry and offers services in the areas of human resources and education.
- Skilled — Skilled provides full assistance for anyone seeking a successful career in technology by providing training and placement services.
Keiretsu Forum is a private equity investment network of angel investors, venture capitalists, and corporate/institutional investors.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 80
- Round size: Seed $28k–$1.2M; Angel $53k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $49k–$550k
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Abom — Abom heated anti-fog goggles use state-of-the-art technology to keep your goggles fog-free for snowmobiling, snowboarding and skiing. Check out our optics!
- Hummingdrone — Hummingdrone provides cutting-edge autonomous drones and software solutions designed specifically for the solar energy industry.
- Interactive Loan — Interactive Loan provide financial assistance by providing trainings about credit, bond trading, or leasing methods.
Mehmet Murat İsen
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- Industry: Training, Service Industry
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Skilled Hub — Skilled Hub creates jobs in the technology industry and offers services in the areas of human resources and education.
- Skilled — Skilled provides full assistance for anyone seeking a successful career in technology by providing training and placement services.
Artificial Intelligence Factory is a goal-oriented program focusing on cooperation and investment with Turkish AI initiatives, offering various support mechanisms for growth and international success.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Round size: Seed $100k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$495k; Venture - Series Unknown $30k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Flowla — From outreach to onboarding, create personalized sales stories, impress prospects, and build consensus with multiple stakeholders.
- Syntonym — Focusing on privacy enhancement in the visual data domain, Syntonym is a generative AI startup specializing in pioneering synthetic face generation technology. With use cases ranging from autonomous mobility to visual anonymity in digital health services, Syntonym provides usable privacy solutions, ensuring both compliance and personal privacyprotection. With its patent pending technology, Syntonym replaces faces in image/video with hyper realistic synthetically generated ones. These faces do not correspond to any real individual, preventing the face from being identified and recognized.
- Kahuna — Kahuna helps independent artists grow with smarter distribution, interest free funding, marketing support, and real time analytics that increase royalties.
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Browse database — It's Free!Letven Capital is a portfolio management company to establish and manages venture capital investment funds.
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- Industry: Software, Robotics, AgTech
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $108k–$579k; Venture - Series Unknown $341k–$23M
- Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Lojimod — Lojimod is a company that specializes in offering high-quality services aimed at improving business logistics procedures. Lojimod focusing on optimizing various aspects of logistics, such as inventory management, transportation, and supply chain coordination, Lojimod helps businesses streamline their operations, reduce costs, and enhanceefficiency.
- ACTIO Mobility Technologies — ACTIO Mobility Technologies provides environmentally friendly and high-performance mobility solutions.
- FarmLabs — FarmLabs develops AI based farming technologies for fertilizing, spraying, and irrigation procedures.
Kıvılcım Çaylı is the author of "Startup Investor's Handbook", a technology company investor with 18 investments in 5 countries, management consultant, and private equity professional.He holds an MBA (Master of Business Administration), CPEP™ (Chartered Private Equity Professional), and FMVA® (Financial Modeling & ValuationAnalyst) degrees and a Capital Markets Activities License Level 3. After many years of corporate business experience in global companies and entrepreneurial experience in the companies he founded, he has contributed to the growth journey of nearly a hundred companies in his management consultancy career.He is the CEO of Kanvas Management Consultancy Company and Kılıç Çaylı & Partners Law Office and Private Equity & Venture Capital (PE & VC) Director & Partner at Financial Axis A.Ş. | GGI. He makes his personal investments under the Pareto Ventures brand.
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- Industry: Travel, Leisure, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $18k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fonbulucu — fonbulucu is a crowding funding platform that provide innovative financing and investment system benefit to entrepreneurs and investors.
- Teleporter — California and Istanbul based VR gaming company dedicated to pushing the boundaries of VR medium and creating high-quality experiences that redefine social interaction and gaming.
- 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.
Keiretsu Forum is a global angel investor network with more than 2,500 accredited investor members throughout 47 chapters on 3 continents.
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 485
- Round size: Seed $102k–$3.1M; Series A $285k–$8.2M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Bliss — Skip long waitlists and expensive therapy. Book licensed online therapists in multiple languages with culturally informed care.
- BatteryPool — BatteryPool offers battery charging solutions for EV fleets and commercial vehicles.
- Apriority Financial — Apriority Financial is a debt optimization platform that manages and optimizes employee personal debt.
Ayla Cönger
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- Industry: FinTech, Finance, Education
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Manibux — ManiBux is a pocket money management system and prepaid card where parents can take responsibility for their young people's money, where they can send and receive easy and safe pensions for their children and provide control.ManiBux is an application where our children can safely manage and track their allowances, they can learn to save withdiscounts for them, and they will be able to have fun, freedom, responsibility and acting together with their families who will support them in their early years.
Alima Ventures BV is an investment firm of Turkey
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, PaaS, Retail
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $300k–$600k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Clotie — Clotie offers a brand new shopping experience to its users by offering an online personal styling service. It creates a unique customer experience by combining technology with the personal touches of experienced stylists and sends monthly outfits suitable for its users’ style. Clotie primarily focuses on eliminating online and offline shoppingproblems by providing a personalized, plus accessible styling service for those who do not have time for shopping but still want to be stylish.
- Sertifier — Sertifier is an all-in-one education data collection tool that makes smart certificates and open badges easy to issue, enjoyable to earn, and simple to analyze.
- Magnus — Power your investment with the AI magic. Sky is the only limit.
Burak Gunsev is the Chief Ego Operator at UGC90 Ultimate Gamechanger.
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- Industry: FinTech, Finance, Education
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Manibux — ManiBux is a pocket money management system and prepaid card where parents can take responsibility for their young people's money, where they can send and receive easy and safe pensions for their children and provide control.ManiBux is an application where our children can safely manage and track their allowances, they can learn to save withdiscounts for them, and they will be able to have fun, freedom, responsibility and acting together with their families who will support them in their early years.
Creators of Fan Tokens
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- Industry: Sports, Analytics, Education
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Comparisonator — Comparisonator is the next-generation football recruitment platform. Compare, search, virtually transfer and recruit with unmatched precision across 271 leagues.
BadiWorks is an youth communication agency that provides services in the fields of online and offline training for university students.
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- Industry: Education, Consulting
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Orbis Overseas Education Consultancy — Orbis is the group company of Atlas Overseas Education that provides academic education consultancy to access high quality education.
Gedik Investment is an investment banking advisory and brokerage firm in Turkey providing research and brokerage services to domestic and foreign clients. The company is a member of Borsa Istanbul (BIST) and is authorized by the Capital Markets Board (CMB). Today, it has the largest customer base of any non-bank local brokerage house, with around34,000 clients and counting. Gedik Investment boasts a widespread distribution network, with 28 main branches spread across Turkey’s primary cities.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Apps
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $350k–$350k
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Yancep — Yancep is a web-based application. The company offers portfolios that can be modeled according to the investment goals and risk preferences of users. Investors can become anyone with this platform.
- Finfree — Finfree is a next-generation social trading platform that connects traders with similar investment-style analysts and communities to participate in and trade local and US stocks. Finfree aims to become the starting point for millennials in the stock market. Millennials distinguish themselves from older generations by being primarilyself-motivated, self-directed, and prefer socializing online.
Papara provides simple, fair, and supersonic banking services without boundaries that a bank would have. Shortly, it is the future of banking. With over 7.5 Million Users, Papara is the most trusted and loved finance app both on AppStore and Google Playstore with a rating of 4.9
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Corporate Round
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Yancep — Yancep is a web-based application. The company offers portfolios that can be modeled according to the investment goals and risk preferences of users. Investors can become anyone with this platform.
- Goldtag — Digital Asset Development
- Techsign — Onboard customers, verify their identities, and collect their consents. Manage all this process securely online!
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $125k–$4.1M; Angel $50k–$280k; Pre-Seed $29k–$430k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- WORDEGO — Transform your ecommerce business with Wordego. Leverage unique AI technology to segment visitors by value in real-time, personalizing campaigns for maximum efficiency. Boost your revenue by over 25% and reduce advertising costs by up to 30% with Wordego's precision analytics.
- Crait AI — Empowering your eComm and marketing visuals with power of AI creativity and actionable data insight.
- ServisSoft — Servissoft is a software service provider for business especially sales, after-sales with cloud infrastructure.
Onur Yaşamtepe
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- Industry: EdTech, Privacy, Security
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $390k–$420k
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kodris — Kodris platform is a platform established primarily to teach coding to children between the ages of 8-16. Children's 21st-century skills with coding and algorithm; They gain the ability to look at problems from different aspects and produce solutions, to think systematically and creatively, and to offer the shortest solution suggestions.Because; When students grasp the logic of the algorithm, they understand that everything happens in a certain order and that the necessary actions do not take place when it is not in a certain order. Coding is not only limited to computer science but is also very important in terms of interdisciplinary interaction. The Kodris platform basically provides e-learning opportunities that are needed in primary and secondary education levels and that provide the basis for advanced computer skills by increasing students' algorithmic/computational thinking skills. In terms of its subject, kodris is an online e-commerce platform that has R&D in private and public schools (learning levels for different age groups, etc.), has a curriculum, is game-based, has student-teacher interaction, teaches how to set up algorithms, and teaches a real coding language. It is a learning platform.
- Syntonym — Focusing on privacy enhancement in the visual data domain, Syntonym is a generative AI startup specializing in pioneering synthetic face generation technology. With use cases ranging from autonomous mobility to visual anonymity in digital health services, Syntonym provides usable privacy solutions, ensuring both compliance and personal privacyprotection. With its patent pending technology, Syntonym replaces faces in image/video with hyper realistic synthetically generated ones. These faces do not correspond to any real individual, preventing the face from being identified and recognized.
Duran Cesur
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- Industry: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, EdTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $390k–$420k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kodris — Kodris platform is a platform established primarily to teach coding to children between the ages of 8-16. Children's 21st-century skills with coding and algorithm; They gain the ability to look at problems from different aspects and produce solutions, to think systematically and creatively, and to offer the shortest solution suggestions.Because; When students grasp the logic of the algorithm, they understand that everything happens in a certain order and that the necessary actions do not take place when it is not in a certain order. Coding is not only limited to computer science but is also very important in terms of interdisciplinary interaction. The Kodris platform basically provides e-learning opportunities that are needed in primary and secondary education levels and that provide the basis for advanced computer skills by increasing students' algorithmic/computational thinking skills. In terms of its subject, kodris is an online e-commerce platform that has R&D in private and public schools (learning levels for different age groups, etc.), has a curriculum, is game-based, has student-teacher interaction, teaches how to set up algorithms, and teaches a real coding language. It is a learning platform.
- Syntonym — Focusing on privacy enhancement in the visual data domain, Syntonym is a generative AI startup specializing in pioneering synthetic face generation technology. With use cases ranging from autonomous mobility to visual anonymity in digital health services, Syntonym provides usable privacy solutions, ensuring both compliance and personal privacyprotection. With its patent pending technology, Syntonym replaces faces in image/video with hyper realistic synthetically generated ones. These faces do not correspond to any real individual, preventing the face from being identified and recognized.
- VMind AI — VMind is a frontier technology company building artificial general intelligence (AGI).
Cezmi Aydogdu
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- Industry: EdTech, Education, E-Learning
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kodris — Kodris platform is a platform established primarily to teach coding to children between the ages of 8-16. Children's 21st-century skills with coding and algorithm; They gain the ability to look at problems from different aspects and produce solutions, to think systematically and creatively, and to offer the shortest solution suggestions.Because; When students grasp the logic of the algorithm, they understand that everything happens in a certain order and that the necessary actions do not take place when it is not in a certain order. Coding is not only limited to computer science but is also very important in terms of interdisciplinary interaction. The Kodris platform basically provides e-learning opportunities that are needed in primary and secondary education levels and that provide the basis for advanced computer skills by increasing students' algorithmic/computational thinking skills. In terms of its subject, kodris is an online e-commerce platform that has R&D in private and public schools (learning levels for different age groups, etc.), has a curriculum, is game-based, has student-teacher interaction, teaches how to set up algorithms, and teaches a real coding language. It is a learning platform.
Cantekin Dincerler
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- Industry: EdTech, Internet, Education
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kodris — Kodris platform is a platform established primarily to teach coding to children between the ages of 8-16. Children's 21st-century skills with coding and algorithm; They gain the ability to look at problems from different aspects and produce solutions, to think systematically and creatively, and to offer the shortest solution suggestions.Because; When students grasp the logic of the algorithm, they understand that everything happens in a certain order and that the necessary actions do not take place when it is not in a certain order. Coding is not only limited to computer science but is also very important in terms of interdisciplinary interaction. The Kodris platform basically provides e-learning opportunities that are needed in primary and secondary education levels and that provide the basis for advanced computer skills by increasing students' algorithmic/computational thinking skills. In terms of its subject, kodris is an online e-commerce platform that has R&D in private and public schools (learning levels for different age groups, etc.), has a curriculum, is game-based, has student-teacher interaction, teaches how to set up algorithms, and teaches a real coding language. It is a learning platform.
- Octovan — Octovan is an online leading platform that combines reliable movers with users who need moving.
Ahmet Fuat Korkmaz
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- Industry: EdTech, Education, E-Learning
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kodris — Kodris platform is a platform established primarily to teach coding to children between the ages of 8-16. Children's 21st-century skills with coding and algorithm; They gain the ability to look at problems from different aspects and produce solutions, to think systematically and creatively, and to offer the shortest solution suggestions.Because; When students grasp the logic of the algorithm, they understand that everything happens in a certain order and that the necessary actions do not take place when it is not in a certain order. Coding is not only limited to computer science but is also very important in terms of interdisciplinary interaction. The Kodris platform basically provides e-learning opportunities that are needed in primary and secondary education levels and that provide the basis for advanced computer skills by increasing students' algorithmic/computational thinking skills. In terms of its subject, kodris is an online e-commerce platform that has R&D in private and public schools (learning levels for different age groups, etc.), has a curriculum, is game-based, has student-teacher interaction, teaches how to set up algorithms, and teaches a real coding language. It is a learning platform.
Collective Spark is a venture capital fund focusing on early-stage technology ventures. They aims to back and elevate highly driven hustlers and hackers who want to build scalable, disruptive businesses. They consider ourselves partners for the long term, and define Collective Spark as an Operational VC where ventures get access to top specializedtalent and hands-on shared resources in distinct areas critical to their success.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 44
- Round size: Seed $247k–$5M; Pre-Seed $193k–$2.6M; Series A $1.4M–$8M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $35M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Heltia — Saat ini ayuslot sudah menghadirkan akses login game slot zeus pragmatic play terupdate 2026 yang sangat mudah di akses. Segera mainkan game slot zeus di ayuslot yang sudah terbukti akan membayar berapapun kemenangan para player.
- Invent Analytics — Invent.ai is empowering retailers with better planning and operational decisions that deliver immediate business value. Learn about our retail AI now.
- Call Center Studio — AI Infused Cloud Contact Center Software
Collaboration with outstanding initiators with exceptional insights, from inception through all levels of progress. Lima Ventures supports visionary founders as well as provides certain services to early startups. We seek innovative technology-driven entrepreneurs who generate and lead companies that will inspire millions.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, Estonia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Seed $20k–$697k; Pre-Seed $50k–$100k
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Shippn — International package forwarding service. Shop from Amazon, Shein, Macy's worldwide. Fast shipping with DHL & FedEx. Trusted by 50,000+ customers.
- heybooster — heybooster is the creator of a platform for marketing analysis that aids e-commerce managers in finding chances for revenue growth and in making better choices. It provides clients with digital reporting, online meetings, online communication, an online project management system, and an online playbook that helps them discover problems, findpossibilities for revenue growth, and cut expenses.
- Mars Studios — Mars Studios is an experienced team of growth hackers & marketers that can help you to increase your revenue. Rocket Your App to Success: Mars Studios
EIC offers investors the opportunity to co-invest in the most innovative start-ups and SMEs in the EU
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- Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Grant, Series A
- Geography: France, Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- EyeLights — EyeLights is a Head Up Display GPS. It allows motobikers to truly experience the ride by keeping their eyes on the road. Eyelights is the first universal motorcycle accessory that projects guidance, danger zones and traffic directly into your field of vision. A dangerous bend, a nearby stopper or speed over limitations, EyeLights warns you. Simple,uncluttered, they adapted the display for motorcycle riding.The EyeLights product installs in less than 5 minutes on your full-face, convertible or jet helmet. Their compact optical technology allows you to view your GPS more than 2 meters away while enjoying audio functions for more than 8 hours. The product is compatible with sun visors, insensitive to rain or fog and weighs less than 100g.
- Mistikist — Mistikist uses binaural beats for sleep and focus. This helps you relax, lower stress, and increase productivity in just minutes.
- Smart Immune — Smart Immune is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing the next generation of hematopoietic stem cell-based biotherapies to change the prognosis and life quality of patients with devastating diseases. The company's first cell therapy program is based on T cell progenitors or ProTcellsTM (CD7+/CD34-; CD5- cells)curative power to enable a short, polyclonal, and safe post-transplantation immune recovery. This program be completed by integrative developments from targeted conditioning to gene therapy and genome editing enabling clinicians to access new-generation treatments for a wide variety of inherited blood disorders and blood cancers.
Mustafa Sandal - Advisor @ Manibux
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- Industry: FinTech, Finance, Education
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Manibux — ManiBux is a pocket money management system and prepaid card where parents can take responsibility for their young people's money, where they can send and receive easy and safe pensions for their children and provide control.ManiBux is an application where our children can safely manage and track their allowances, they can learn to save withdiscounts for them, and they will be able to have fun, freedom, responsibility and acting together with their families who will support them in their early years.
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Browse database — It's Free!An initiative that rises from turkey with the aim of being one of the leading tech companies at global scale
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Hotel
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Corporate Round
- Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- gigl — gigl is a video / mobile-first recruitment platform. We use 60-second videos by employers and applicants to capture motivated applications, speed-up the hiring process by 80% and reduce costs by connecting end-to-end users - and removing the middleman. gigl's short-video concept captures society's "do everything on a mobilephone" behaviour - our platform is used by over 40,000 people already and promotes personality (in both job descriptions and job applications) over lifeless written applications. We thrive in all industries - from retail, hospitality to office work. In short - anywhere where personality is critical to inward and outward success!
- Predica.ai — Predica.ai turns data into AI-powered business value
- GFDS Inc. — Since in 2013, we develop high-quality visual solutions supported with augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), mixed reality (MR), internet of things and artificial intelligence (AI), as well as providing exclusive software and hardware products for our national and international customers. We define our company as a “content factory”, ableto develop various visual contents to almost all technological platforms. We pride on having a strong high-performance computing farm, announced as a success story in the USA Silicon Channel in 2014. Being familiar to all new technological concepts and research, we offer our customers our high level of know-how to add value into their business. We offer various services related with our production pipeline, composed of competent CGI, advanced technology development and visual design specialsits, artists and developers. We offer innovative solutions for the following titles: *Education and Training *Industry and Defense *AI *Marketing *Entertainment *Software *HardwareWe undertake numerous projects for the needs of the sectors below: *Industry *Defense Industry *Entertainment *Sales and Marketing *Education/ Occupational Training *MediaWe are proud to be the partners, solution providers and distributor of the leading technology companies of the world: Microsoft, NVIDIA, Samsung, Epson, One Stop Systems, Magic Leap, VuforiaTHE FUTURE IS OURS, LET'S DESIGN IT TOGETHER!
NVentures is a seed fund with a specific focus on investing in B2B (business-to-business) fintech startups located in the regions of South and Southeast Asia. The fund aims to support early-stage companies within the fintech sector that are operating in business-oriented domains. By providing financial backing and potentially other resources,nVentures seeks to foster innovation and growth within the fintech ecosystem of South and Southeast Asia.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Sri Lanka, Singapore, Bangladesh
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $100k–$2.6M; Pre-Seed $25k–$329k
- Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dossiers — Dossiers brings onboarding, screening, and monitoring together into one platform. Fight financial crime with AI-powered trust infrastructure built for banks, fintechs, and financial institutions.
- Hishabee — Empowering 300,000+ unbanked small businesses to access embedded finance Hishabee finances informal retailers to stock products at zero upfront cost so they can stock now, sell and pay later. Track your business records using Hishabee and get access to instant finance. Equipping MSME with the right tools for growth Small businesses are key to our
- Shopbook — Record credit, send reminders, and collect payments on your phone. Free app for shopkeepers.
Microsoft for Startups is a global program designed to help startups scale with free access to Azure cloud and a streamlined path into selling alongside Microsoft and our vast partner ecosystem.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, India, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 71
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- VitVio — VitVio is a platform built around AI and computer vision with the goal of improving efficiency and quality of care in operating rooms.
- UniPay — UniPay is an eCommerce platform for infrastructure and industry-lacking regions that offers 5 products that enable trust, promote transparency, and enforce accountability.
- Emission Sentri — Drive emission management and reduction with insights
Kosgeb is a government body dedicated to helping SMEs in their development through a variety of activities and services. They provide up to 6 million liras in support of SMEs in Turkey that would manufacture imported goods utilizing domestic and national resources.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $6k–$161k; Grant $1k–$400k; Pre-Seed $4.4k–$150k
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Yanhak — Yanhak: Empowering Employees, Simplifying HRYanhak’s AI-powered platform enables employees to choose personalized benefits using company budgets through our user-friendly app, featuring a wide range of brands and gift vouchers. We streamline HR processes, making compensation inclusive and efficient.Freedom for Employees: Employees select fromhundreds of brands and gift vouchers within company budgets via the Yanhak app.Simplicity for HR: Manage budgets, perks, and offer comparisons seamlessly on a single platform.Quick Start: Free, ready-to-deploy white-label solutions for startups and SMEs without benefit programs.Data-Driven Insights: AI analyzes employee needs to recommend optimal benefit options. Trusted Support: Backed by Türkiye’s leading tech ecosystem at İTÜ Teknokent.
- Mistikist — Mistikist uses binaural beats for sleep and focus. This helps you relax, lower stress, and increase productivity in just minutes.
- Vexnor Technology — Biomimetic Actuators, Wearable Robotics, Exoskeleton Technology, Artificial Muscles, Human-Machine Integration, Assistive Robotics, Industrial Ergonomics, Electromechanical Systems, HealthTech, DeepTech, Biomechanics, Robotics R&D, MedTech
Nezih Sipahioğlu
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- Industry: Software, Marketing, E-Learning
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ideasoft — IdeaSoft is a Turkish software company founded on March 23, 2005. It provides businesses and individuals with web-based software solutions, software design, desktop software solutions, e-commerce solutions, and more.IdeaSoft's clients include MODA, Puma, TRT, Turk Hava Yollari, FEM, LOYA, Nelson, ENplus, Essenso, Bellona, Soley, BunDesign, Fonex, and more.
- Basefunder — Basefunder is a crowdfunding platform that provides funding, business planning, and investment solutions.
- Edurey Eğitim, Danışmanlık, Bilişim ve Yazılım Hizmetleri A.Ş — A Learning Experience Platform where you can include users' experience and participation in processes while offering a social learning environment with different features. You can include the learner experience in all your training processes with EDUREY LXP. Or You can choose Edurey LMS which is The training management system, where you canmake your training management processes in the corporate or academic field, offers a unique experience to the users.
Pytch is owned and managed by a core team of experts with decades of combined experience in payment processing, banking technology, fund raising and Mergers & Acquisitions. Our team members have worked with many FinTech market leaders over the years, large incumbent corporations as well as lean and disruptive organisations. We understand all aspects of this sector intimately and aim to share our expertise with our partners with full transparency and simplicity.
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- Industry: Retail, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $50k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- NarPOS — we serve many sales points such as Cafes, Markets, Restaurants, Hotels, Patisseries, Schools, Colleges, Hospitals, Canteens, Restaurants and Bars with our dynamic staff consisting of expert engineers, technicians, technicians and production staff.--- Table Tracking Module One of the system features of Narposun, the Ercesa Yazılım RestaurantAutomation System Brand, is the Table Tracking Module. Our aim; Developing Technology, taking into account the ever-increasing demands and difficult-to-measure competitive conditions,...--- Package Service Tracking Module Package Service Tracking Module Get one step ahead of your customers with the Qualified Takeaway Service Tracking Module, which recognizes your customers when the phone rings for restaurants, restaurants and cafes. With the Package Service Tracking Module, measure, report and track your package orders and...---- Trendyol Integration Module Trendyol Integration Module Trendyol is the software that brings the most up-to-date b2c solution of recent times. With the campaigns it carries out with its own motorcycle and the small commission it receives from the restaurant, it is taking firm steps towards putting its name in golden letters in the sector. As NarPOS...----- Yemeksepeti Integration Module Yemeksepeti Integration Module What is Food Basket? Food Basket; It is a package service provided by an intermediary institution that is used by at least two out of every three companies today. Since it is a world-famous application, it is a preferred, popular and highly profitable sales method. ...---- GETIR INTEGRATION GETIR INTEGRATION Getir, which appears as a phone application, was founded by Nazım Salur, the founder of BiTaksi. Getir, which started its adventure with the market and continues with Yemek, is a takeaway service program that uses its own couriers even if you do not have a courier. ...---- Order Tracking System with Mobile Application Order Tracking System with Mobile Application Ercesa Yazılım Restaurant Automation Program is now in your pocket. With the Narpos Terminal application, order tracking is easier than ever. Moreover, your customer can determine his favorite products and access his favorite product list when he visits again and again. It's complicated...---- Website Online Order Module Website Online Order Module Technology Giant Ercesa Software offers the best modules to you, the users, with its Narpos Automation System. One of these is the Website Online Ordering System. You provide Restaurant Service, but do you pay commission to intermediary companies?---- Tablet Menu Integration with Finedine Menu Ercesa Yazılım, with its Restaurant Automation System Brand Narpos, invites you to technology by integrating with all applications that will make your job easier. It is the most important greeting method of businesses and allows your customer to decide about you in the first minute.---- Courier Assignment Mobile Application Courier Assignment Mobile Application With the courier assignment that we developed in cooperation with KirazSoft, all incoming calls, fetch, trendyol, Yemeksepeti and website orders are delivered to the courier's mobile phone. This way, the courier can get directions, customers...---- Mobile Order Integration Module Mobile Order Integration Module Are you ready to join the world of technology with Ercesa Software's Mobile Order Integration module? With our iOS and Android compatible application, you will exceed the performance you get from the handheld terminal. Access your menus and submenu groups...---- Courier Tracking System Courier Tracking System Considering the ever-increasing market conditions and competition, one of the technologies produced to enable businesses to provide faster, higher quality and more preferred services is the Courier Tracking Program. Courier Tracking Program, Both Customer...---- E-Invoice E-Archive Module E-Invoice E-Archive Module E-Invoice; It is an invoicing process between the buyer and the seller that is arranged entirely digitally through the Revenue Administration. E-invoice has all the information that should be on a normal invoice and is issued completely electronically. Paper...
- Yollando.com — Yollando.com is a Turkish-based shopping and package forwarding service that facilitates shopping. They offer a variety of services such as Discounted packet forwarding, Buy for me, Package consolidation, Repackaging, Package tracking, Order returns/cancels, and Free storage for orders. They provide lower shipping rates to abroad with discountrates up to 80 percent.Yollando.com was established to contribute to the export of Turkish brands. Apart from shopping consultancy, they are already producing alternative solutions for logistics and product supply to individual persons and companies in Turkey and abroad.
- Extra Loyalty Solutions — Extra Loyalty Solutions help clients to stimulate their sales and engage better with their customers on EXTRA Loyalty Infrastructure and Analytics Platform.
Seedthrift Ventures incubate early phases of blockchain with capital, support, and promotion.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey, Germany, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Sekuya — Sekuya is an anime gaming metaverse platform that transform the gaming landscape through a community-driven approach in an entirely new anime epic fantasy universe.
- Edu3Labs — Edu3Labs combines education and blockchain technology to create a platform where content creators, learners, and NFE token holders can all benefit. Edu3Labs is a new and innovative way to make learning more engaging and rewarding for everyone.Also, Edu3Labs is a brand-new blockchain ecosystem aimed at the education sector, with the mission ofboth giving ownership and rewarding all parties in the ecosystem. The Edu3Labs ecosystem, which currently has an education and publishing-focused NFT marketplace and metaverse platform, is also planning to provide blockchain solutions to educational institutions.A short description of Edu3Labs; A new learning experience created by the integration of the online education sector and the blockchain technology.
- Safeverse — Safeverse is a training, Learning, and Education to equip people for future jobs in the metaverse and real life.
Early Stage Investors
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- Industry: Education, Digital Media, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, France, Jordan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Edu3Labs — Edu3Labs combines education and blockchain technology to create a platform where content creators, learners, and NFE token holders can all benefit. Edu3Labs is a new and innovative way to make learning more engaging and rewarding for everyone.Also, Edu3Labs is a brand-new blockchain ecosystem aimed at the education sector, with the mission ofboth giving ownership and rewarding all parties in the ecosystem. The Edu3Labs ecosystem, which currently has an education and publishing-focused NFT marketplace and metaverse platform, is also planning to provide blockchain solutions to educational institutions.A short description of Edu3Labs; A new learning experience created by the integration of the online education sector and the blockchain technology.
- Yoon — Building better mobility solutions for Africa
- Digital Boom — Discover the latest in the tech scene in the middle east from news, investment, tech stacks, innovation, to creative marketing campaigns.
Virgosol is a next-gen QA & Software Testing Services provider co-headquartered in Istanbul and offshore test labs around Turkey in 5 different cities. Virgosol testing services covers Test Consultancy and Management, Functional and Non-Functional testing, Test Automation, DevOps, Agile, Web, Mobility and WebService/API to name a few.Virgosol is pioneering the next-gen Continuous Testing practices with a team of young, passionate testers focused on test automation, CI/ CD and shift left methodologies. With its in-house testing solutions, global pool of skilled testers, specialist testing approach and global delivery model, Virgosol is helping its clients transform their QA function to reduce production defects, reduce QA cycle times and lower overall QA costs. Virgosol has proven record of implementing projects in stipulated time frames & budget with a team of experienced test professionals having rich experience in technology as well as vertical domains.
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- Industry: EdTech, Gaming, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Piagmo Tech — It was formed in 2021 as a technological firm that uses Montessori Pedagogy to develop the cognitive and mental skills of preschool children. Important studies will be carried out all over the world in order to get the support of Tübitak and academic experts in their domains.
Melih is one of the pioneer Internet entrepreneurs in Turkey. Born in Istanbul, he studied Computer Engineering and MBA at Bogazici University. After one year of professional experience in Citibank, Melih founded yemeksepeti.com with his partners in 2000. Yemeksepeti.com became the online food delivery giant first in Turkey, and then in Middle Eastand Eastern Europe. As a co-founder, Melih has acted as CTO of the company until 2013 and as Board Member until May 2015, when the company was acquired by Delivery Hero writing one of the biggest Internet exit stories in the region. Melih has been selected an Endeavor Entrepreneur in 2007. Since 2011 he has been an active angel investor in internet and technology companies with more than 30 investments. He is one of the cofounders of Galata Business Angels, which is one of the first business angel networks in Turkey. He is a founding member of EO Turkey. Melih lives in London now with his family and continues to invest in tech start-ups globally.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $170k–$1.9M; Angel $275k–$1.4M; Pre-Seed $200k–$510k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LIOM — Pioneering in non-invasive glucose monitoring technology, seamlessly integrated with health metrics for a revolutionary wearable experience.
- Deplike — Everyone can make music!
- Makswin Real Estate Technologies, Inc. — Cutting-edge technological solutions aimed at data inconsistency and inefficiencies in the real estate industry.
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