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Top 30 eSports Angel Investors in Turkey (September 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in Turkey eSports startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Turkey eSports startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Angel round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Sertaç Özinal
Angel
2 Turkey Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Financial Services, FinTech, Internet $55k–$2.5M
Hande Enes
Angel
2 Turkey, United States, United Kingdom Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence $29k–$4.1M
Barış Before
Angel
1 Turkey Angel eSports, Video Games, Social Media
Kaan Karapınar
Angel
1 Turkey Pre-Seed, Convertible Note Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
Ali Ilci
Angel
1 Turkey, Switzerland, United States Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note Hotel, Advice, Gaming $123k–$400k
Kadir Kurtulus
Angel
1 Turkey Angel eSports
Roman Neustadter
Angel
1 Turkey Angel eSports, Internet, Information Technology
Mustafa Tatlıcı
Angel
1 Turkey Angel eSports, Internet, Information Technology
Demirhan Buyukozcu
Angel
1 Turkey Angel eSports, Video Games, Social Media
Emre Gerçek
Angel
1 Turkey Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed iOS, Apps, Gaming
Demirhan Büyüközcü
Angel
1 Turkey Seed, Angel Gaming, Mobile, eSports
Nevzat Aydın
Angel
1 Turkey, United States, France Seed, Angel Software, Internet, E-Commerce $100k–$2.7M
Erdem Gezer
Angel
1 Turkey Seed, Angel eSports, Logistics, E-Commerce $369k–$679k
Sina Afra
Angel
1 Turkey, United States, Germany Seed, Series A, Angel E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet $15k–$11M
Kaan Kalıpçı
Angel
1 Turkey Seed, Angel Recipes, eSports, Delivery
Selin Kiper
Angel
1 Turkey Series A, Convertible Note Soccer, Sports, eSports
Sercan Akkaş
Angel
1 Turkey Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Apps, iOS, SaaS $120k–$600k
Gizem Nilay Tuna
Angel
1 Turkey Pre-Seed, Convertible Note Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
Fethi Ahmet Özbulut
Angel
1 Turkey Pre-Seed, Convertible Note Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
Orkun Saitoğlu
Angel
1 Turkey Series A, Convertible Note Soccer, Sports, eSports
Kaan Kural
Angel
1 Turkey Angel eSports, Video Games, Social Media
İrfan Ündevli
Angel
1 Turkey Pre-Seed, Convertible Note Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
Ercan Ergül
Angel
1 Turkey Series A, Convertible Note Soccer, Sports, eSports
Barbaros Özbugutu
Angel
1 Turkey, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Retail, Soccer, Sports $80k–$1.1M
Kaan Kayabalı
Angel
1 Turkey Seed, Angel Gaming, Mobile, eSports
Cem Büyükkaya
Angel
1 Turkey Pre-Seed, Convertible Note Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
Mustafa Emre Gündüz
Angel
1 Turkey Pre-Seed, Convertible Note Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
Can Hicbezmez
Angel
1 Turkey Pre-Seed, Convertible Note Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
Rıfat Elhadef
Angel
1 Turkey Angel eSports, Video Games, Social Media
Semiramis Kulak
Angel
1 Turkey Seed, Pre-Seed Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
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Sertaç Özinal
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 2 investments in Turkey eSports startups

Sertaç Özinal

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $55k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $63k–$123k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

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  • Defy — The cryptocurrency space's #1 most-trusted DeFi mobile app platform.Welcome to the space of decentralized finance. Use to earn feature is waiting for you. Connect/Create your wallet and start to earn! We support the future of finance. Buy, sell, swap, transfer cryptocurrency; track all cryptocurrency movements on networks.The TraderBag platform is the Easiest & Most Reliable Way to manage your DeFi portfolio and make copy-trade. You don't need to spend hours drawing graphs to be able to analyze.Reach all cryptocurrencies from a single platform. You can trade on all major networks(support multi-chain).Manage your crypto portfolio easily. Buy, sell, convert, transfer…You don't need to be an expert in the crypto space.Make your transactions securely with other wallets thanks to the Anti Money Laundering (AML) service.Track Talented Traders and Cryptocurrency wallets instantly with TraderBag!Thanks to TraderBag, get instant notification when there is a trade in the trader or whale wallets you follow and do not miss the opportunities.Easily see what coins are in crypto wallets; Search with WEB3 wallet address or wallet QR code and see cryptocurrencies, track wallet.Connect or Create your own crypto wallet 100% securely with WEB3 and Get 500 TRBAG. Keep earning TRBAG from the transactions you make with your wallet.Artificial intelligence robots research the market and give you instant news about the newly listed cryptocurrencies.Secret crypto wallets of popular people in the Trader Bag app.Trader Bag prepares daily cryptocurrency market analysis for you. You can instantly follow the most bought and sold cryptocurrencies daily, hourly, weekly. You can instantly see which crypto billionaires are investing in from the market analysis.You will not miss the market with the news it creates for you by examining the analyzes produced by artificial intelligence robots.You can easily access the purchase and sale price details of digital assets in the crypto bags of the people you follow.If you think that you are doing a very good analysis and following the market, you can start earning TRBAG through Trader Bag.
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Hande Enes
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 2 investments in Turkey eSports startups

Hande Enes

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Barış Before
Angel · 1 investments in Turkey eSports startups

Barış Before

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Investment focus

  • Industry: eSports, Video Games, Social Media
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Playz — Playz is a social media platform for gamers.
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Kaan Karapınar
Angel · 1 investments in Turkey eSports startups

Kaan Karapınar

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
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Ali Ilci
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 1 investments in Turkey eSports startups

Exeter I Oxford I Former Investment Banker I Tech Executive I Online Lecturer I Author I Angel Investor

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Hotel, Advice, Gaming
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Turkey, Switzerland, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $123k–$400k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pardon AI — Boost your business with Pardon AI 3.0, cutting-edge technology. Discover AI-driven insights to increase sales, enhance customer satisfaction, and streamline operations. Transform your hospitality experience today!
  • Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
  • Copyright Capital — Copyright Capital funds YouTubers and influencers worldwide. Apply for global creator funding to grow your channel, scale your influence, and earn more.
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Kadir Kurtulus
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 1 investments in Turkey eSports startups

Kadir Kurtuluş is a licensed angel investor, attorney, and the founding partner of Kurtuluş & Partners Law Firm, based in Istanbul. He holds a law degree from Ankara University and completed his MBA at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David in the UK.He has practiced law both in Turkey and the UK, serving on the board of variousinternational legal and media organizations, including the Turkish-British Lawyers Association and the Turkish-British Journalists Association.Kurtuluş is the President of the Eurasia Blockchain and Digital Currency Research Association and a member of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe. He frequently appears in national media as a legal commentator and contributes to various publications.As a certified angel investor licensed by the Prime Ministry of Turkey, he has invested in and mentored multiple early-stage startups, with a particular focus on blockchain, IP law, fintech, and emerging technologies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: eSports
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • TEAMWARS — TEAMWARS is a data-driven esports infrastructure platform that tracks tournaments and player performance, transforming short-term events into long-term value. We empower organizers with scalable systems, brands with measurable impact, and players with the tools to build real careers in esports.
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Roman Neustadter
Angel · Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation · 1 investments in Turkey eSports startups

Roman Neustadter

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Investment focus

  • Industry: eSports, Internet, Information Technology
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Gamer Arena — Gamer Arena is an online competitive esports platform where you can match and compete with opponents and teams of your skill level across numerous gaming titles, earn money, enter and work your way through the ladder all the way to professional gaming stardom.
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Mustafa Tatlıcı
Angel · 1 investments in Turkey eSports startups

Mustafa Tatlıcı

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Investment focus

  • Industry: eSports, Internet, Information Technology
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Gamer Arena — Gamer Arena is an online competitive esports platform where you can match and compete with opponents and teams of your skill level across numerous gaming titles, earn money, enter and work your way through the ladder all the way to professional gaming stardom.
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Demirhan Buyukozcu
Angel · 1 investments in Turkey eSports startups

Founder and CEO @ V-Count Co-Founder @ Onedio

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Investment focus

  • Industry: eSports, Video Games, Social Media
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Playz — Playz is a social media platform for gamers.
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Emre Gerçek
Angel · 1 investments in Turkey eSports startups

Emre Gerçek

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Investment focus

  • Industry: iOS, Apps, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kidolog — Kidolog offers developmental processes for children from pregnancy to the age of 18 and provides support in different categories to children and parents. They provide counseling services via video, voice, or messaging. Their purpose is that the child development process is carried out by their skilled personnel in collaboration with parents.
  • Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
  • CatchJobs — CatchJobs is an application that offers staffing and recruitment services to users. It is a video-based employment platform connecting hospitality job seekers with employers.
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Demirhan Büyüközcü
Angel · 1 investments in Turkey eSports startups

Demirhan Büyüközcü - Co-Founder @ Onedio

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Mobile, eSports
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Playz — Playz is a social media platform for gamers.
  • Wudya — Wudya is a social gaming company developing social and mobile games. Wudya developed 8 social games on Facebook like Magnificent Millennium and The Message, playable globally in Turkish, English and Arabic. In total 1.2 million users played these games.Our next product, a unique game, specially designed for smartphones and tablets offers a wholenew way of gaming experience combined with the old school methods. Whole story, design documents and a playable prototype is ready for the game.
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Nevzat Aydın
Angel · 1 investments in Turkey eSports startups

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

  • 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.
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Erdem Gezer
Angel · 1 investments in Turkey eSports startups

Erdem Gezer

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Investment focus

  • Industry: eSports, Logistics, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $369k–$679k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Playz — Playz is a social media platform for gamers.
  • Git Kargo — Git Kargo; Yeni Nesil Kargo #gitkargo
  • Healmeup — Evimdekipsikolog.com is a digital platform that provides accessible, easy, and cost-effective expert support to anyone who wants to get psychological counseling while struggling with the difficulties of life. Evimdekipsikolog.com works with a large number of experienced Psychologists and Psychological Counselors who are licensed and trained invarious fields.
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Sina Afra
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 1 investments in Turkey eSports startups

Sina Afra is a serial entrepreneur and early-stage investor with over two decades of experience building, scaling, and exiting technology-driven companies.He is best known as the founder of Markafoni, one of Turkey’s first large-scale digital commerce companies and a defining success of the country’s early internet economy. In 2011, Naspers Groupacquired a majority stake in Markafoni in one of the landmark transactions of the Turkish internet sector.Over the course of his career, Sina has founded more than 20 companies, completed 12 exits, and angel-invested in over 60 early-stage startups across Europe, Africa, and the United States.He is a Founding Partner at Founder One, an impact venture capital fund, and the Founder and Chairman of the Entrepreneurship Foundation (Girişimcilik Vakfı), which focuses on developing entrepreneurial talent and strengthening the long-term infrastructure of the startup ecosystem in Turkey.Earlier in his career, Sina worked at KPMG and held leadership roles at eBay, where he gained first-hand experience in operating and scaling global internet platforms.His work has been recognized with more than 20 international awards and honors, including being named Internet Entrepreneur of the Year, Business Angel of the Year, and Forbes’ Brightest Minds Alive in Turkey, with features in Wired and Forbes.Sina holds a degree from the University of Münster and is an alumnus of Harvard Business School. He speaks five languages and is actively engaged in the European and Turkish technology and venture ecosystems.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 46
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$4.2M; Angel $15k–$1.5M; Series A $2M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Odeal — Oedeal is a developer of an app designed for companies to take payments via mobile. With the help of the company's platform, shops can do away with cash registers and accept payments from customers using tablets, smartphones, or point-of-sale devices, allowing them to finish their purchases right away. Making it simpler for all entrepreneursto access financial services is central to their mission of boosting the competitiveness of both enterprises and the nation.
  • Faturalab — Faturalab is a mobile app that provides supply chain financing, payments, financial benefits, and capital management services.
  • MARS — MARS provides digital financial services with unique card options and rewards programs.
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Kaan Kalıpçı
Angel · 1 investments in Turkey eSports startups

Kaan Kalıpçı

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Recipes, eSports, Delivery
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Playz — Playz is a social media platform for gamers.
  • Bundle Kitchen — Bundle Kitchen App for Members Exclusive to the Campaign, Take Advantage of Benefits and Place an Order. Please submit.
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Selin Kiper
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 1 investments in Turkey eSports startups

Selin Kiper

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Soccer, Sports, eSports
  • Stage:Series A, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Scoutium — Scoutium is a technology company that provides a unique motivation for all players, clubs and federations around the world. Scoutium has ten thousands of analyses of football players from Germany, Poland and Turkey in its database. With tens of partner clubs, Scoutium is able to access hundreds of cities, towns, and villages in the countries withmore than hundreds video experts and scouts. We aim to democratise football by opening up young players' horizons and giving opportunities to players to be discovered. With Scoutium, licensed football players can improve themselves with exclusively created overview videos, analyses from professional scouts, and special training programs, and can be discovered by clubs with regards to these videos & analyses. Football fans can earn money by recording 90-minute videos or making player analyses and have the chance to pursue a professional scouting career. Thanks to our technology, clubs can access to our database formed by match recordings and scouting analyses.Until today, Scoutium has raised 2.5M$. With projects in Machine Learning and Data Science, Scoutium has become an ITU Teknokent company in 2018.With the mission of enabling all players around the world to be discovered, Scoutium’s goal is to change the game forever. For more, please visit scoutium.com or download our app from Google Play & App Store.
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Sercan Akkaş
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 1 investments in Turkey eSports startups

Sercan Akkas serves as Product Director at Yemeksepeti.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, iOS, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $209k–$600k; Pre-Seed $120k–$123k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kidolog — Kidolog offers developmental processes for children from pregnancy to the age of 18 and provides support in different categories to children and parents. They provide counseling services via video, voice, or messaging. Their purpose is that the child development process is carried out by their skilled personnel in collaboration with parents.
  • Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
  • CatchJobs — CatchJobs is an application that offers staffing and recruitment services to users. It is a video-based employment platform connecting hospitality job seekers with employers.
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Gizem Nilay Tuna
Angel · 1 investments in Turkey eSports startups

Gizem Nilay Tuna

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
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Fethi Ahmet Özbulut
Angel · 1 investments in Turkey eSports startups

Fethi Ahmet Özbulut

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
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Orkun Saitoğlu
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 1 investments in Turkey eSports startups

Orkun Saitoğlu is based out of Istanbul, Istanbul and is the Chief Executive Officer of iyzico. Orkun previously worked at PayPal as a Startup Lead. Orkun Saitoğlu attended the University Of Montpellier. Orkun Saitoğlu has received Prosus 10X Silicon Valley Leadership Program certification.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Soccer, Sports, eSports
  • Stage:Series A, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Scoutium — Scoutium is a technology company that provides a unique motivation for all players, clubs and federations around the world. Scoutium has ten thousands of analyses of football players from Germany, Poland and Turkey in its database. With tens of partner clubs, Scoutium is able to access hundreds of cities, towns, and villages in the countries withmore than hundreds video experts and scouts. We aim to democratise football by opening up young players' horizons and giving opportunities to players to be discovered. With Scoutium, licensed football players can improve themselves with exclusively created overview videos, analyses from professional scouts, and special training programs, and can be discovered by clubs with regards to these videos & analyses. Football fans can earn money by recording 90-minute videos or making player analyses and have the chance to pursue a professional scouting career. Thanks to our technology, clubs can access to our database formed by match recordings and scouting analyses.Until today, Scoutium has raised 2.5M$. With projects in Machine Learning and Data Science, Scoutium has become an ITU Teknokent company in 2018.With the mission of enabling all players around the world to be discovered, Scoutium’s goal is to change the game forever. For more, please visit scoutium.com or download our app from Google Play & App Store.
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Kaan Kural
Angel · 1 investments in Turkey eSports startups

Kaan Kural

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Investment focus

  • Industry: eSports, Video Games, Social Media
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Playz — Playz is a social media platform for gamers.
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İrfan Ündevli
Angel · 1 investments in Turkey eSports startups

İrfan Ündevli

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
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Ercan Ergül
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 1 investments in Turkey eSports startups

Ercan Ergül is a Managing Director with SEAF, the manager of Southeast Europe Equity Fund II, L.P. (“SEEF”), a US$320 million private equity fund with investments in Turkey, Albania and Kosovo. Ercan is also a board member of Global Investment Holding, a listed investment group based in İstanbul with operations in ports, energy and financialservices. Prior to joining SEAF, he spent his career as a private equity and investment banking professional and began his career in the corporate credit group of Citibank in Turkey. Ercan received his undergraduate degree from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, and a Masters of Business Administration with concentration in Finance from the University of Florida.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Soccer, Sports, eSports
  • Stage:Series A, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Scoutium — Scoutium is a technology company that provides a unique motivation for all players, clubs and federations around the world. Scoutium has ten thousands of analyses of football players from Germany, Poland and Turkey in its database. With tens of partner clubs, Scoutium is able to access hundreds of cities, towns, and villages in the countries withmore than hundreds video experts and scouts. We aim to democratise football by opening up young players' horizons and giving opportunities to players to be discovered. With Scoutium, licensed football players can improve themselves with exclusively created overview videos, analyses from professional scouts, and special training programs, and can be discovered by clubs with regards to these videos & analyses. Football fans can earn money by recording 90-minute videos or making player analyses and have the chance to pursue a professional scouting career. Thanks to our technology, clubs can access to our database formed by match recordings and scouting analyses.Until today, Scoutium has raised 2.5M$. With projects in Machine Learning and Data Science, Scoutium has become an ITU Teknokent company in 2018.With the mission of enabling all players around the world to be discovered, Scoutium’s goal is to change the game forever. For more, please visit scoutium.com or download our app from Google Play & App Store.
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Barbaros Özbugutu
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 1 investments in Turkey eSports startups

Barbaros Serdar Özbugutu worked for FIRSTDATA, and later moved to KLARNA. In 2013, he officially launched Iyzico with his Co-Founder Tahsin Isin. Iyzico is transforming the payment processing experience for businesses through its bank-integrated, fraud-protected payment platform tailored to the nuances of the Turkish market.(https://www.iyzico.com/en)

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Soccer, Sports
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Turkey, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$1.1M; Pre-Seed $80k–$430k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fuudy — Fuudy is a new Food ordering app
  • Crait AI — Empowering your eComm and marketing visuals with power of AI creativity and actionable data insight.
  • Swipeline Media — 119K Followers, 207 Following, 1,461 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Swipeline TR (@swipeline_tr)
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Kaan Kayabalı
Angel · 1 investments in Turkey eSports startups

Kaan Kayabali, a Turkish entrepreneur, is the founder and CEO of Onedio Media and Internet Services Inc.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Mobile, eSports
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Playz — Playz is a social media platform for gamers.
  • Wudya — Wudya is a social gaming company developing social and mobile games. Wudya developed 8 social games on Facebook like Magnificent Millennium and The Message, playable globally in Turkish, English and Arabic. In total 1.2 million users played these games.Our next product, a unique game, specially designed for smartphones and tablets offers a wholenew way of gaming experience combined with the old school methods. Whole story, design documents and a playable prototype is ready for the game.
  • 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.
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Cem Büyükkaya
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Turkey eSports startups

Cem Büyükkaya

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
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Mustafa Emre Gündüz
Angel · Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany · 1 investments in Turkey eSports startups

Mustafa Emre Gündüz

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
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Can Hicbezmez
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 1 investments in Turkey eSports startups

Can Hicbezmez is the Co-founder of Arya Diamond.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
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Rıfat Elhadef
Angel · 1 investments in Turkey eSports startups

Rıfat Elhadef

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Investment focus

  • Industry: eSports, Video Games, Social Media
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Playz — Playz is a social media platform for gamers.
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Semiramis Kulak
Angel · 1 investments in Turkey eSports startups

Semiramis Kulak

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Aposto — All-in-one media service currently based in Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
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eSports Angel investor funding in Turkey at a glance

Stats across 13 deals from 33 investors.

33
investors
in Turkey eSports startups
13
deals
in Turkey eSports startups
$149k
median round
in Turkey eSports startups
9%
lead investors
lead at least one round
38%
Angel
most common funding stage

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