Top 50 Energy Angel Investors in Turkey in May 2025
A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Energy startups based in Turkey. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Energy companies from Turkey. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Energy Angel Investors in Turkey in May 2025
Investor | Energy Turkey investments |
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Ahu Serter | 4 |
Yılmaz Yıldız | 3 |
Nevzat Aydın | 3 |
Yetik Kadri Mert | 2 |
Emre Kurttepeli | 2 |
Faruk Eczacıbaşı | 2 |
Ömer Aras | 2 |
Tarık Bayar | 2 |
Firat Isbecer | 2 |
Haluk Can Hür | 2 |
Nuri Cem Erbak | 2 |
Uğur Şeker | 2 |
Olcayto Yigit | 2 |
Meltem Kirişçi | 2 |
Özgür Trakya | 2 |
Ercan Solmaz | 2 |
Ömer Faruk Akarca | 2 |
Umur Cubukcu | 1 |
Hasan Aslanoba | 1 |
Aydın Öztunalı | 1 |
Tülin Karabük | 1 |
Huseyin Karayagiz | 1 |
Bashar Hamood | 1 |
Figen Korun | 1 |
Hakan Erdoğan | 1 |
Melik Arslan | 1 |
Ece Akın Armutak | 1 |
Kamil Sözen | 1 |
Sedat Eryilmaz | 1 |
Münteha Adalı | 1 |
Enis Fakioglu | 1 |
Kerim Kotan | 1 |
Ahmet Bilgen | 1 |
Selcen Uyguntüzel | 1 |
Hesham Zreik | 1 |
Emre Kenci | 1 |
Umur Özal | 1 |
Danyal Arslan | 1 |
Ibrahim Ulukaya | 1 |
TUĞRUL AĞIRBAŞ | 1 |
Koray Gultekin Bahar | 1 |
Filip Minasyan | 1 |
Cem Topcuoglu | 1 |
Nuh Kar | 1 |
Samuel Jaudel | 1 |
Onder Oztarhan | 1 |
Ahmed Faruk Karslı | 1 |
Umur Ozal | 1 |
Deniz T. | 1 |
Hande Enes | 1 |
Ahu Serter is the Founder and President of Fark Labs. She previously worked at FARHYM Vehicle Interiors as a Head of Management Committee, Board Member. Ahu Serter attended Pace University.
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Investment focus
- Software, Transportation, Manufacturing
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Turkey, Greece, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Jobtogo — Jobtogo is a freelancer platform that offers solutions to the problems experienced by companies in the supply of talent.
- Euronova — Euronova develops advanced raw materials based on the ideas of sustainability, recycling, and circular economy.
- Tripy Mobility — Tripy Mobility strives to promote the adoption of electric vehicles while reducing carbon emissions in transportation by increasing the charging station network.
Yılmaz Yıldız
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Investment focus
- Waste Management, Procurement, Retail
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
- Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
- YapıRadar.com — YapıRadar.com is an online market place created for the exchange of goods and services between suppliers and contractors. It includes information on Project Authority, Stage Information of Construction, Project and Current Site Images, Location, Construction Area. YapıRadar.com was founded in 2018 and is based in Istanbul.
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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Investment focus
- Internet, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Eachlabs — AI marketplace for developers.
- Shark Guitar — Shark Guitar sells innovative electric guitars.
- A.M.A Selections — Exclusive luxury holiday villa rentals in Europe, Africa & The Caribbean with A.M.A Selections. Some of the best & most luxurious villas to rent in Europe & across The World.
Yetik Kadri Mert is an individual investor.
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Investment focus
- Software, Sustainability, Renewable Energy
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Kavaken — Kavaken offers artificial intelligence-powered solutions to renewable energy asset owners.
Emre Kurttepeli is a Serial Entrepreneur & Investor and is the Founder & Chairperson of Mynet Group, Turkey’s leading internet company with over 32 million users and Founder & CEO of Mynet Games, a global mobile gaming company.Columbia University/NY graduate, he has been the founder or the investor of over 50 internet andtechnology companies, mostly leaders in their own categories that ranges from e-commerce companies to vertical social network sites, mobile and gaming companies, including Trendyol, Insider, Iyzico, RemoteTeam and vc fund that invests in the internet and technology space. Additionally he is an investor in C24 Gallery, a prominent contemporary art gallery in Chelsea/New York.He is the President of Endeavor Turkey and Galata Business Angels (GBA), that are non-profit organizations helping to grow the entrepreneurship ecosystem. He serves on the Board of Endeavor Global, TOBB Turkish Venture Capital Industry Council and TOBB Turkish Entrepreneurs Council. Besides being on the advisory board member of Columbia University Global Center in Istanbul, he also is a member of YPO and is an Ashoka fellow.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Information Technology, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- RemoteTeam (acquired by Gusto) — Global Payroll, PEO and EOR Services, tax compliances, IC contracts, and HR apps. All designed for Remote First teams.
- Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
- Tarentum — Tarentum AI develops solutions to critical business needs using machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies.
Faruk Eczacıbaşı - Deputy Vice President of Eczacıbaşı @ KWORKS Koç University Entrepreneurship Research Center
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Investment focus
- iOS, Digital Media, Media and Entertainment
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Turkey, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Deplike — Everyone can make music!
- Podbee Media — Podbee Media primarily engages in the production of Podcasts.
- Good Sanitation Company — Good Sanitation Company provides a specific sanitation and hygiene solution for those in temporary accommodation environments.
Ömer Aras
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Investment focus
- Retail, Biopharma, Marketing
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- LIVAD Technologies — LIVAD develops cutting edge Livestream Advertising products connecting brands with streamers. Our technology enables brands to serve smart, elegant, and non-intrusive ads while allowing streamers of all sizes to monetize their content consistently.
- Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
- PhiTech Bioinformatics — PhiTech pioneers the integration of DNA & RNA sequencing data with AI for rare disease diagnostics. We offer the first RNA-based diagnostic support tool.
Tarık Bayar
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Investment focus
- Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
Firat Isbecer is an entrepreneur and a seed investor. His first venture Pozitron, a mobile software company focusing on digital banking, commerce and mobile payments, became one of the fastest growing enterprise software companies in Europe with clients across the globe. After multi years of growth and a successful international expansion, Pozitronwas acquired by London-based fin-tech star Monitise plc in 2014.After the acquisition, he joined Monitise and oversaw the company’s regional operations as the MEA Managing Director. Monitise MEA quickly became one of the most profitable business units of Monitise Group. In 2017, Monitise Group was fully acquired by the US-based, Fiserv Inc, one of the world's largest fin-tech companies with more than 50,000 employees.Shortly after the acquisition, he left Fiserv and founded his newest venture, Commencis. Commencis helps leading brands grow and scale in digital, powered by it’s Big Data, Analytics and Cloud products.In September 2019, Commencis expanded to Berlin, Germany by announcing finbyte, a joint-venture in fintech solutions. Besides Commencis, he is also an active seed investor. Member of Galata Business Angels, Turkey’s first angel investor group.After graduating from Robert College in Istanbul, Firat received his Bachelor’s Degree from Galatasaray University, and his Master’s Degree from a joint programme by Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and École Normale Supérieure in Paris.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Turkey, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Crait AI — Empowering your eComm and marketing visuals with power of AI creativity and actionable data insight.
- Paket Mutfak — On-demand food delivery management
- Podbee Media — Podbee Media primarily engages in the production of Podcasts.
Haluk Can Hür
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Investment focus
- Mobile, Retail, Shopping
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Turkey, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
- Shopi — All-in-One Store Platform for Omnichannel Retailing
Nuri Cem Erbak
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Investment focus
- Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Delivers.AI — Delivery droid operator
- Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
Uğur Şeker
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Investment focus
- Marketing, Gaming, Big Data
- Seed, Convertible Note
- Turkey, Estonia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Glocalzone — Glocalzone is a platform that connects shoppers who want to buy products from abroad and travelers who want to make a profit.
- Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
- Revel Games — Revel Games engages in the creation of mobile gaming apps.
Olcayto Yigit is an individual investor.
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Investment focus
- Software, Sustainability, Renewable Energy
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Kavaken — Kavaken offers artificial intelligence-powered solutions to renewable energy asset owners.
Meltem Kirişçi
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Investment focus
- Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
Özgür Trakya
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Investment focus
- Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
Ercan Solmaz
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Investment focus
- Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
Ömer Faruk Akarca
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Investment focus
- Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
Umur Cubukcu is a Founder & CEO at Citus Data
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Mobile
- Seed, Convertible Note
- Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Sporzy — Sporzy a booking, payment & progress tracking platform and a SaaS-backed marketplace for sports, bringing together trainers and studios who wish to benefit from digitalization with sports enthusiasts who seek habit-forming sports experiences, through online live, outdoor and in-person activities.
- Kavaken — Kavaken offers artificial intelligence-powered solutions to renewable energy asset owners.
- DryMerge — DryMerge is a chatbot that facilitates the development of custom processes and API integrations for teams and SaaS customers. The Drymerge chatbot communicates with clients or colleagues directly, takes note of their needs, and promptly builds workflows and API connections on top of your product to satisfy them.
business in the water industry. By 2005, the company succeeded in the Turkish bottled water industry under his guidance.In 2006, Erikli Water partnered its Turkish operations with Nestle Waters, the global leader of the bottled water industry.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Internet, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Turkey, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- BiSU — BiSU is a mobile platform that enables its users to order drinkable water in Turkey. Through the platform, its users have the ability to order water from any brand available nationally.BiSU is completely free of commission or fees and aims to democratize access to bottled water in Turkey by increasing transparency in prices and quality of water.The platform allows its customers to compare prices and pay with their credit cards for delivered bottled water.BiSU was launched in 2015 by Ergin Uner & Ozan Alptekin. It is based in Istanbul.
- RemoteTeam (acquired by Gusto) — Global Payroll, PEO and EOR Services, tax compliances, IC contracts, and HR apps. All designed for Remote First teams.
- Local Greens — Local Greens is an indoor farming company operating in metropolitan cities to grow healthy, premium quality and delicious vegetables.While our combination of natural sunlight, LED grow lights and hydroponic growing methods ensure that we are using the resources as efficient as possible, our "grow local & sell local" approach allowsus to sell our greens without middleman and logistics costs, and deliver our greens as fresh as possible.
Aydın Öztunalı
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Investment focus
- Apps, SaaS, EdTech
- Seed, Angel
- Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Evreka — Evreka is a leading SaaS company providing the most comprehensive intelligent solutions designed for the entire category of waste management across the globe.
- Initio — Enhance Drug Discovery with Initio Cell's Cutting-Edge Organ-on-Chip Technology. 3D Cell Culture in Organ-On-Chip Devices that Faithfully Mimic In Vivo Conditions. Tailored Solutions for Pharmaceutical R&D. Explore Innovative Approaches for Improved Drug Development. Contact Us to Accelerate Your Research.
- Otsimo — Otsimo offers special education and speech therapy apps for autism, down syndrome and other developmental disabilities. Click to see our autism apps!
Tülin Karabük
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Investment focus
- Farming, CleanTech, Agriculture
- Angel
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Local Greens — Local Greens is an indoor farming company operating in metropolitan cities to grow healthy, premium quality and delicious vegetables.While our combination of natural sunlight, LED grow lights and hydroponic growing methods ensure that we are using the resources as efficient as possible, our "grow local & sell local" approach allowsus to sell our greens without middleman and logistics costs, and deliver our greens as fresh as possible.
Huseyin Karayagiz
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Investment focus
- Software, AgTech, Farming
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Turkey, United States
Portfolio highlights
- ADASTEC — ADASTEC delivers the most advanced Level-4 automation platform for full-size buses and coaches currently available. The ADASTEC Open Automated Bus Platform called “flowride.ai” is designed for large-scale public transport along pre-defined routes on public roads. “Flowride.ai” allows OEMs to build the best automated bus configurations for the needsof the public transportation operators.
- Vahaa Vertical Farming Solutions — Vahaa is a smart agriculture startup that combines vertical hydroponic agriculture techniques with IoT technology that provides you to grow fresh and clean fruits and vegetables in the middle of the city all year round. It doesn't matter whether you are at home, at your office, or somewhere else. With the Vahaa Hanging Garden, you can growproducts such as lettuce, arugula, mint, basil, and thyme on your wall and you can easily control every step of your production with the Vahaa App.
- Octo — Octo Networks build app for connecting the communities.
Bashar Hamood is a Venture Partner at FasterCapital. He previously worked as an Associate Director at Logica. He attended Heriot-Watt University.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, India
Portfolio highlights
- EcoBites — EcoBites is a subscription service that delivers sustainably sourced and eco-friendly packaged snacks and meals to consumers doorsteps.
- TravelTales — TravelTales is a platform that connects travelers with local guides who offer personalized.
- Mancano And Associates — Explore our domain marketplace to buy, lease, or secure your ideal domain name with flexible payment plans and lease-to-own options. Find premium domains and start your online journey effortlessly with options tailored to fit your budget and needs! - Synergy_Technologies_LLC
Figen Korun
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Coffee, Sharing Economy
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Ni-CAT Battery Materials and AI Company — Ni-CAT is working on AI-assisted research and development of next-generation battery materials, which is the key to the transition to battery electric vehicles. Ni-CAT believes that the speed of EV transition is still not enough to prevent global warming and replace carbon-based fuels in near future, and it is not related to money or resources. Webelieve that speeding up EV transition is possible with our novel methodology, which combines three approximation to the solution: our unique AI-assisted materials research, digitalized reactor farm and our novel surfactant-assisted synthesis.As the electrification of the automotive industry expands, we deliver state-of-the-art technologies to meet the industry’s high-quality standards. To help our customers to step up the EV transition, we will be working on our research and development of lower-cost/higher performance, ultra-high energy density battery materials to serve innovative solutions for a brighter future. With our expertise in the application of machine learning in material science, we are developing low cobalt/high nickel lithium cathode materials. Cathode determines the type of a lithium battery and is the limiting factor for nickel-based batteries. Further improvement in battery performance is possible through AI-assisted custom high nickel cathode materials with increased charge rate, charge to discharge ratio, tap density, or any other specifications. By our unique computer-controlled digital reactor farm, we numerize synthesis parameters and output specifications for the machine learning algorithm we have been developing.
- İletmen — İletmen is a food delivery app which takes packages, products or orders from your business and deliver them to your customers.
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Hakan Erdoğan
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Investment focus
- Farming, CleanTech, Agriculture
- Angel
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Local Greens — Local Greens is an indoor farming company operating in metropolitan cities to grow healthy, premium quality and delicious vegetables.While our combination of natural sunlight, LED grow lights and hydroponic growing methods ensure that we are using the resources as efficient as possible, our "grow local & sell local" approach allowsus to sell our greens without middleman and logistics costs, and deliver our greens as fresh as possible.
Melik Arslan
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Investment focus
- Farming, CleanTech, Agriculture
- Angel
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Local Greens — Local Greens is an indoor farming company operating in metropolitan cities to grow healthy, premium quality and delicious vegetables.While our combination of natural sunlight, LED grow lights and hydroponic growing methods ensure that we are using the resources as efficient as possible, our "grow local & sell local" approach allowsus to sell our greens without middleman and logistics costs, and deliver our greens as fresh as possible.
Ece Akın Armutak
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Investment focus
- Farming, CleanTech, Agriculture
- Angel
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Local Greens — Local Greens is an indoor farming company operating in metropolitan cities to grow healthy, premium quality and delicious vegetables.While our combination of natural sunlight, LED grow lights and hydroponic growing methods ensure that we are using the resources as efficient as possible, our "grow local & sell local" approach allowsus to sell our greens without middleman and logistics costs, and deliver our greens as fresh as possible.
Kamil Sözen
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Investment focus
- AgTech, Farming, Software
- Seed, Angel
- Turkey, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- UnoMoi — UnoMoi is an online subscription service for women to rent designer clothes and accessories
- FormaStar — FormaStar is a Sports-focused digital ecosystem.
- Vahaa Vertical Farming Solutions — Vahaa is a smart agriculture startup that combines vertical hydroponic agriculture techniques with IoT technology that provides you to grow fresh and clean fruits and vegetables in the middle of the city all year round. It doesn't matter whether you are at home, at your office, or somewhere else. With the Vahaa Hanging Garden, you can growproducts such as lettuce, arugula, mint, basil, and thyme on your wall and you can easily control every step of your production with the Vahaa App.
Sedat Eryilmaz is an angel investor based in Turkey.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
- Seed, Angel
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Daxe Games —
- Wastespresso — Companies that generate coffee waste (headquarters, hotels, cafes, offices, restaurants, etc.) regularly perform micro coffee waste management and upcycle these coffee wastes with its sustainable technological infrastructure. After this upcycling, coffee wastes and disposable/reusable cups, straws, flower pots, spoons, etc. various materials such as; both home appliances, white goods, automotive etc. parts for sectors; It also produces bio raw materials for the packaging and plastics industries.
Münteha Adalı is an angel investor.
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Investment focus
- AgTech, Baby, Farming
- Seed, Grant
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Vahaa Vertical Farming Solutions — Vahaa is a smart agriculture startup that combines vertical hydroponic agriculture techniques with IoT technology that provides you to grow fresh and clean fruits and vegetables in the middle of the city all year round. It doesn't matter whether you are at home, at your office, or somewhere else. With the Vahaa Hanging Garden, you can growproducts such as lettuce, arugula, mint, basil, and thyme on your wall and you can easily control every step of your production with the Vahaa App.
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- Nanomik Biotechnology — Biochemistry leading change in life sciences. With our proprietary technologies, we develop solutions for Crop Health, Animal Health and Food preservation.
Enis Fakioglu is a Managing Director at ENISOLAR Enerji A.S.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Solar, Energy
- Angel
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- solarVis — solarVis is a B2B white-label SaaS company digitalizing solar energy pre-feasibility analysis, purchasing and loan processes. It makes ordering a solar power plant project as easy as buying a refrigerator. It decreases customer acquisition costs and increases sales force of solar companies.
Kerim Kotan
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Software, Internet of Things
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- Turkey, Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- FormaStar — FormaStar is a Sports-focused digital ecosystem.
- Innovasion Labs PINC — Next Generation of Energy Storage
- TelomEye Pharmaceuticals — TelomEye Pharmaceuticals provides treatments to prevent and improve age-related ophthalmologic disorders.
Ahmet Bilgen Turkish Cypriot entrepreneur and angele investor.
He lives in Famagusta-North Cyprus. He finished primary school and high School in Famagusta. He has been a very active person all throughout his life, he received a Black Belt II. Dan in TaeKwon-do, played in the local soccer team while studying at Canbulat high school. Ahmet was alsohelping his family with their farming business by selling the produce to shops, making some money in the meanwhile which he used to buy his first bicycle, first ball or his first pair of sneakers. Ahmet graduated with Bsc in Applied Marth and Computer Science from Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) in 1993. Between 1993 and 1995 he got his Masters degree in Computer Science. Right after he started his PhD degree in Computer Science but decided to quit academia after his first semester. During his masters and PhD degrees, he took part in developing intelligent user interfaces and inmemory data concepts for mobile devices. After leaving academic life, Ahmet worked in various IT companies for about 2 years and then joined SAP where he had his first professional work experience. Ahmet joined SAP Turkey as the Technology Consultant, and therefore took part in the implementation of more than 100 SAP projects with companies like Yaşar, Koç, Sabancı, Havelsan, Arena etc. as these were the first implementers of SAP ERP in Turkey. During his tenure at SAP, he worked in various roles such as technical consultant, business analyst, project and team manager and architect.
Ahmet, after working at SAP for 2 years and getting enough project experience and honing on his technical skils, he decided to set up FIT “Future Information Technology” Solutions together with 3 of his friends in 1999. By the end of 1999 FIT had already made its first million USD revenue. FIT has integrated Turkey’s most important e-commerce platform named “Arena Computer Supplier Portal” with SAP. This was featuted as an international success story by SAP Inside magazine in 2001. FIT Solutions(lately became Foriba) has a lot of experience from completing many software integration projects. Working with the top 250 companies also gives the company the advantage to have a more extensible, scalable, sustainable and supportable product. These experiences and know-how attained over the years put the company in an advantageous position to achieve end-to-end e-invoicing solutions.
in 2019 Ahmet Bilgen exited from Foriba.
Foriba did:
- Series A With Revo Capital
- Series B With Revo, IFC, Endeavor Catalyst
- Exit
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Education
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Turkey, United Kingdom, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- FlexyWatt — FlexyWatt's smart energy management technology allows consumers to optimize energy use and cut electricity expenditures.
- Topi — Topi is an B2B e-commerce platform for wholesale market.
- admarket.co — Outdoor,Billboard,Taxi,Bus,Print,sms Advertising,book ad spaces in The USA-admarket
Selcen Uyguntüzel is an individual investor.
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Investment focus
- Sustainability, Transportation
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- MaestroHub — MaestroHub is a Single Source of Truth industrial data governance platform to overcome data architecture and integration challenges faced in digital transformation. MaestroHub points data sources to a smart data layer with drag & drop features and automatically creates contextualized data packages in real-time with Unified Namespacearchitecture. MaestroHub is the first self-diagnostic Unified Namespace solution with DataOps capabilities.
- Tripy Mobility — Tripy Mobility strives to promote the adoption of electric vehicles while reducing carbon emissions in transportation by increasing the charging station network.
Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- EcoBites — EcoBites is a subscription service that delivers sustainably sourced and eco-friendly packaged snacks and meals to consumers doorsteps.
- SFA — Lebanon and abroad for its personal account and non-account in all fields of trade and public industry.
- TeaLeaf — TeaLeaf is a firm that wants to assist in the distribution of tea.
Emre Kenci
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Investment focus
- Art, Retail, Internet
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- fucimo — Easily create, manage, and monetize your advertising and sponsorship opportunities with Fucimo. Ditch your old media kit and showcase your offerings like never before. Create a no-code online store for selling ads and sponsorships in just 5 min.
- Artcomun — Artcomun aims to enable everyone to create, collect and trade art in one platform by the power of algorithms.
- Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
Umur Özal is an angel investor.
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Investment focus
- Baby, Rental, Retail
- Seed, Funding Round
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
- Kiralarsın — Kiralarsın is a rental service to rent electronic devices.
- Mutlubiev — A leading online cleaning services platform. It thrives on providing high-quality cleaning solutions and satisfying clients' personal needs.
Danyal Arslan
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Investment focus
- Farming, CleanTech, Agriculture
- Angel
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Local Greens — Local Greens is an indoor farming company operating in metropolitan cities to grow healthy, premium quality and delicious vegetables.While our combination of natural sunlight, LED grow lights and hydroponic growing methods ensure that we are using the resources as efficient as possible, our "grow local & sell local" approach allowsus to sell our greens without middleman and logistics costs, and deliver our greens as fresh as possible.
Ibrahim Ulukaya
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Investment focus
- AgTech, Gaming, Farming
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Vahaa Vertical Farming Solutions — Vahaa is a smart agriculture startup that combines vertical hydroponic agriculture techniques with IoT technology that provides you to grow fresh and clean fruits and vegetables in the middle of the city all year round. It doesn't matter whether you are at home, at your office, or somewhere else. With the Vahaa Hanging Garden, you can growproducts such as lettuce, arugula, mint, basil, and thyme on your wall and you can easily control every step of your production with the Vahaa App.
- Octo — Octo Networks build app for connecting the communities.
- Wide Game Studio — Wide Game Studio aims to provide people with innovative virtual reality gaming and application experiences that are unmatched. With great enthusiasm and excitement. Wide Game Studio strives to be an innovator in the virtual reality industry by pushing the frontiers of imagination.
TUĞRUL AĞIRBAŞ
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Investment focus
- Sustainability, Food Processing, Food and Beverage
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Malty — Malty engages in the sustainable food industry.
Koray Gultekin Bahar is a Co-Founder & CEO at Figopara.Koray attended Eastern Mediterranean University.
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- Software, Digital Marketing, Sharing Economy
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Turkey, United States, Estonia
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- 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.
- Ollang — Ollang provides cutting-edge AI dubbing, accurate subtitle translations, and closed captions services to enhance your multimedia content. Experience superior quality dubbing that brings your videos to life. Explore our services today!
- 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!
Filip Minasyan
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- SaaS, Software, Machine Learning
- Seed
- Turkey
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- Evreka — Evreka is a leading SaaS company providing the most comprehensive intelligent solutions designed for the entire category of waste management across the globe.
Cem Topcuoglu
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- Retail, Procurement, Manufacturing
- Seed
- Turkey
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- Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
Nuh Kar is a CEO at Solitek Engineering Energy and Electrical Systems.
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- Energy, Battery, Renewable Energy
- Pre-Seed
- Turkey
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- Ratio Energy — Ratio provides the energy management, optimization and trading for energy storage and distribution.
Samuel Jaudel is an individual investor.
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- Software, Sustainability, Renewable Energy
- Seed
- Turkey
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- Kavaken — Kavaken offers artificial intelligence-powered solutions to renewable energy asset owners.
Onder Oztarhan
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- Retail, Recycling, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods
- Seed
- Turkey
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- Nivogo — Nivogo renews goods that couldn't pass to the consumption stage by putting them through a 6-step process and bring them to consumers.
Ahmed Karslı is the chairman of the board at Papara.
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- E-Commerce, Art, Retail
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Turkey, Estonia
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- Artcomun — Artcomun aims to enable everyone to create, collect and trade art in one platform by the power of algorithms.
- Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
- Glocalzone — Glocalzone is a platform that connects shoppers who want to buy products from abroad and travelers who want to make a profit.
Umur Ozal
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- Dental, Health Care
- Seed
- Turkey
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- Kavaken — Kavaken offers artificial intelligence-powered solutions to renewable energy asset owners.
- Dentalpiyasa — Dentalpiyasa connects dentists and dental warehouses, enabling direct procurement from manufacturers and importers.
Deniz T.
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- PaaS, SaaS, Solar
- Series A
- Turkey
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- SmartPulse Technology Inc. — The platform includes automated process management as well as integrated algorithmic trading and optimization. Generators and consumers can monitor operations, manage forecasts, employ autotrader functions, participate in a virtual and/or real balancing pools. The platform also acts as a marketplace for forecasting service providers and powerretail operations. SmartPulse also has a self-developed IoT platform.
Hande Enes
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- Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Social Media
- Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
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- 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.
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