# Top 50 Education Startup Investors in Turkey in June 2026 ## Maxis - Type: VC Fund - Location: Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce Private Equity Investment arm of Isbank ## Alesta Yatırım - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology 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. ## Founder One - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: EdTech, Software, Health Care Founder One makes investment at the idea and seed stage in initiatives with measurable impact goals. ## Boğaziçi Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Gaming, Information Technology 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. ## APY Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology APY Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology startups. ## Geometry Venture Development - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Rolling Fund + Syndicate Model with Modest Capital for Early Stage Startup Investors. Invests $50K in problem-solution stage technology startups. ## Ugur Ethem AYDIN - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: iOS, Software, macOS 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. ## TechOne VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology 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. ## Keiretsu Forum - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology Keiretsu Forum is a global angel investor network with more than 2,500 accredited investor members throughout 47 chapters on 3 continents. ## TÜBİTAK - Type: VC Fund - Location: Ankara, Ankara, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care 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. ## Portera Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Web Apps, E-Learning Portera Ventures is an investment firm based in UK ## nVentures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech 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. ## Melih Odemis - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile 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. ## ONUR BAYINDIR - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Internet, Freelance ONUR BAYINDIR ## Ayberk Kuday - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Education Ayberk Kuday - Advisor @ manibux ## Burak Günsev - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Education Burak Günsev - Advisor @ manibux ## Hemra Ashyrov - Type: Angel - Location: Ashgabat, Ahal, Turkmenistan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Tutoring, Education, Online Portals Hemra Ashyrov ## Mustafa Kemal Sözkesen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Training, Service Industry Mustafa Kemal Sözkesen ## Collective Spark - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce 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. ## Erdal Asim Durukan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: EdTech, Education, E-Learning Erdal Asim Durukan ## Koray Gultekin Bahar - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Sharing Economy Koray Gultekin Bahar is a Co-Founder & CEO at Figopara.Koray attended Eastern Mediterranean University. ## Nilüfer Günhan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, FinTech, Finance Nilüfer Günhan ## Murat Tayhan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Training, Service Industry Murat Tayhan ## Techventure - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Web Apps, E-Learning techVenture supports the growth of technology entrepreneurial ventures by connecting ideas, people, and venture capital. ## OVH Cloud For Startups - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Non-equity Assistance, Seed, Grant - Focus: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence OVH, legally OVH Groupe SAS, is a French cloud computing company which offers VPS, dedicated servers and other web services. ## Kosgeb - Type: VC Fund - Location: Ankara, Ankara, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, Medical 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. ## Tarvenn Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS 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… ## Papara - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Corporate Round - Focus: Internet, Security, Software 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 ## EIC-Fund - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Grant, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, Software EIC offers investors the opportunity to co-invest in the most innovative start-ups and SMEs in the EU ## Socios - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Sports, Analytics, Education Creators of Fan Tokens ## Seedthrift Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Software Seedthrift Ventures incubate early phases of blockchain with capital, support, and promotion. ## Civan Sözkesen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: EdTech, Psychology Civan Sözkesen ## Gedik Investment - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software 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. ## Virgosol Information and Software Solutions - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: EdTech, Gaming, Information Technology 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. ## Mehmet Murat İsen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Training, Service Industry Mehmet Murat İsen ## Aza Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Blockchain, Information Technology Aza Ventures is your dependable partner in the volatile world of cryptocurrency investments. ## Family & Friends - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Education, Digital Media, Information Technology Early Stage Investors ## Evox Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Software, Education A new age crypto fund that invests in great teams and amazing projects. ## Microsoft for Startups - Type: VC Fund - Location: Redmond, Washington, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS 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. ## Artificial Intelligence Factory - Type: VC Fund - Location: Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Banking, Finance, Financial 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. ## TT Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence TT Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Turk Telekom. ## Arz Portfolio - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce Arz Portfolio, an investor operating under a license from the Capital Markets Board of Turkey, is positioned to become one of the leading asset management companies in Turkey. Primary areas of investment focus of Arz Portfolio comprise Private Equity / Venture Capital and Commercial Real Estate investments. Arz Portfolio's generalpartners’ combined experience encompasses (i) global private equity investment experience managing USD 500m+ in private equity funds, (ii) senior executive leadership positions in global technology companies such as Microsoft and Turk Telekom, (iii) ground up successful entrepreneurial experience in Turkish market and (iv) management USD 150m real estate portfolio. ## Ahmet Bilgen - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Education, E-Commerce, Sharing Economy Ahmet Bilgen Turkish Cypriot entrepreneur and angele investor. He lives in Famagusta-North Cyprus. He finished primary school and high School in Famagusta. He has been a very active person all throughout his life, he received a Black Belt II. Dan in TaeKwon-do, played in the local soccer team while studying at Canbulat high school. Ahmet was alsohelping his family with their farming business by selling the produce to shops, making some money in the meanwhile which he used to buy his first bicycle, first ball or his first pair of sneakers. Ahmet graduated with Bsc in Applied Marth and Computer Science from Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) in 1993. Between 1993 and 1995 he got his Masters degree in Computer Science. Right after he started his PhD degree in Computer Science but decided to quit academia after his first semester. During his masters and PhD degrees, he took part in developing intelligent user interfaces and inmemory data concepts for mobile devices. After leaving academic life, Ahmet worked in various IT companies for about 2 years and then joined SAP where he had his first professional work experience. Ahmet joined SAP Turkey as the Technology Consultant, and therefore took part in the implementation of more than 100 SAP projects with companies like Yaşar, Koç, Sabancı, Havelsan, Arena etc. as these were the first implementers of SAP ERP in Turkey. During his tenure at SAP, he worked in various roles such as technical consultant, business analyst, project and team manager and architect. Ahmet, after working at SAP for 2 years and getting enough project experience and honing on his technical skils, he decided to set up FIT “Future Information Technology” Solutions together with 3 of his friends in 1999. By the end of 1999 FIT had already made its first million USD revenue. FIT has integrated Turkey’s most important e-commerce platform named “Arena Computer Supplier Portal” with SAP. This was featuted as an international success story by SAP Inside magazine in 2001. FIT Solutions(lately became Foriba) has a lot of experience from completing many software integration projects. Working with the top 250 companies also gives the company the advantage to have a more extensible, scalable, sustainable and supportable product. These experiences and know-how attained over the years put the company in an advantageous position to achieve end-to-end e-invoicing solutions. in 2019 Ahmet Bilgen exited from Foriba. Foriba did: - Series A With Revo Capital - Series B With Revo, IFC, Endeavor Catalyst - Exit ## Lima Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech 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. ## Cerebrum Tech - Type: VC Fund - Location: Ankara, Ankara, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Corporate Round - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Hotel An initiative that rises from turkey with the aim of being one of the leading tech companies at global scale ## Aslanoba Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software 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. ## BadiWorks - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Education, Consulting BadiWorks is an youth communication agency that provides services in the fields of online and offline training for university students. ## Alima Ventures BV - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Retail, Fashion Alima Ventures BV is an investment firm of Turkey ## Nezih Sipahioğlu - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Marketing, E-Learning Nezih Sipahioğlu ## Pytch Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Birkirkara, NA - Malta, Malta - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Retail, FinTech, Finance 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co