# Top 50 Energy Angel Investors in Turkey in June 2026

## Ahu Serter
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Transportation

Ahu Serter is the Founder and President of Fark Labs. She previously worked at FARHYM Vehicle Interiors as a Head of Management Committee, Board Member. Ahu Serter attended Pace University.

## Huseyin Karayagiz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Yeniköy, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, AgTech, Battery

Huseyin Karayagiz

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

Nevzat Aydın is the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, the first and biggest online food delivery portal in Turkey.Born in 1976 in İstanbul, Nevzat Aydın completed his secondary education at the Bursa Anatolian High School. Following his graduation from Boğaziçi University Department of Computer Engineering, he went to the United States where he receivedhis MBA at the University of San Francisco in Silicon Valley.During his stay in the United States, Aydın followed the latest developments on e-trade before he returned to Turkey in 2000 to launch his project, Yemeksepeti.com. Serving as the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, Nevzat Aydın introduced a brand new dimension to e-trade in Turkey.In 2007, Yemeksepeti.com was selected the “Endeavor Entreprenur” by Endeavor Turkey. Aydin was also selected the “Most Successful Turkish Young Entrepreneur” by the CNBC-e Business magazine in 2010 for his successful work since the foundation of Yemeksepeti.com.As the founder and CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, which celebrated its 11th anniversary in 2012, he won the first prize in 2011 in the “Male Entrepreneur of the Year” category at the “Businesspeople of the Year” survey conducted by the Ekonomist magazine among nearly 3,000 business people.Aydin is a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Supreme Board of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, and a founding member of Galata Business Angels.Aydın was one of the 150 entrepreneurs invited from all over the world to the Entrepreneurship Summit held by US President Barack Obama on April 26-27, 2010.He was also among the speakers at the DLD (Digital-Life-Design) Conference, which is deemed as one of the world's most prestigious conferences with its content on innovation and developments in the digital world. He is also an editorial advisor of GQ Turkey, one of the 5 “dragons” of the Dragons’ Den Turkey show, and a Board Member of Trabzonspor sports club.

## Yılmaz Yıldız
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Procurement, Waste Management, Retail

Yılmaz Yıldız

## Tarık Bayar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services

Tarık Bayar

## Yetik Kadri Mert
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Sustainability, Renewable Energy

Yetik Kadri Mert is an individual investor.

## Nuri Cem Erbak
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services

Nuri Cem Erbak

## Meltem Kirişçi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services

Meltem Kirişçi

## Uğur Şeker
- Type: Angel
- Location: Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Marketing, Gaming, Big Data

Uğur Şeker

## Ömer Faruk Akarca
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services

Ömer Faruk Akarca

## Figen Korun
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Coffee, Battery

Figen Korun

## Haluk Can Hür
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Mobile, Retail, Shopping

Haluk Can Hür

## Ercan Solmaz
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services

Ercan Solmaz

## Firat Isbecer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, SaaS, Software

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.

## Emre Kurttepeli
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Apps

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.

## Faruk Eczacıbaşı
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Big Data

Faruk Eczacıbaşı - Deputy Vice President of Eczacıbaşı @ KWORKS Koç University Entrepreneurship Research Center

## Özgür Trakya
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services

Özgür Trakya

## Ömer Aras
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Retail, Biopharma, Marketing

Ömer Aras

## Olcayto Yigit
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Sustainability, Renewable Energy

Olcayto Yigit is an individual investor.

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

Ibrahim Ulukaya

## Tülin Karabük
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Farming, CleanTech, Agriculture

Tülin Karabük

## Ece Akın Armutak
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Farming, CleanTech, Agriculture

Ece Akın Armutak

## Hesham Zreik
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence

Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster.

## TUĞRUL AĞIRBAŞ
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sustainability, Food Processing, Food and Beverage

TUĞRUL AĞIRBAŞ

## Samuel Jaudel
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Sustainability, Renewable Energy

Samuel Jaudel is an individual investor.

## Ahmed Faruk Karslı
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Art, Retail

Ahmed Karslı is the chairman of the board at Papara.

## Kerim Kotan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

Kerim Kotan

## Hakan Erdoğan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Farming, CleanTech, Agriculture

Hakan Erdoğan

## İzzet Zakuto
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Music, AgTech

İzzet Zakuto

## Sedat Eryilmaz
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy

Sedat Eryilmaz is an angel investor based in Turkey.

## Enis Fakioglu
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: SaaS, Solar, Energy

Enis Fakioglu is a Managing Director at ENISOLAR Enerji A.S.

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

Kamil Sözen

## Aydın Öztunalı
- Type: Angel
- Location: Urla, Izmir, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, SaaS, EdTech

Aydın Öztunalı

## Emre Kenci
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Art, Retail, Internet

Emre Kenci

## Cem Tüfekçi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Analytics, Machine Learning, SaaS

Cem Tüfekçi

## Cem Topcuoglu
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Retail, Procurement, Manufacturing

Cem Topcuoglu

## Yagiz Gokdemir
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

Yagiz Gokdemir

## Onder Oztarhan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Retail, Recycling, Manufacturing

Onder Oztarhan

## Deniz T.
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: PaaS, SaaS, Solar

Deniz T.

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

Özgür Ülkü

## AHMET CEZAYİRLİOĞLU
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: SaaS, Solar, Energy

AHMET CEZAYİRLİOĞLU is a managing director at Aksay Energies.

## Münteha Adalı
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Grant
- Focus: AgTech, Baby, Farming

Münteha Adalı is an angel investor.

## Nuh Kar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Energy, Battery, Renewable Energy

Nuh Kar is a CEO at Solitek Engineering Energy and Electrical Systems.

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

Hande Enes

## Danyal Arslan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Farming, CleanTech, Agriculture

Danyal Arslan

## Melik Arslan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Farming, CleanTech, Agriculture

Melik Arslan

## 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

## Sercan Isik
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Retail, Procurement, Manufacturing

Sercan Isik - CEO & Co-Founder @ Scorp

## Filip Minasyan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Machine Learning

Filip Minasyan

## Hasan Aslanoba
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software

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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