Top 50 Fashion Startup Investors in Turkey (October 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Aslanoba Capital
VC Fund
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13 | Turkey, United States, Ireland | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Internet, Software | $175k–$9M |
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Sina Afra
Angel
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5 | Turkey, United States, Germany | Seed, Series A, Angel | E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet | $100k–$11M |
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Nevzat Aydın
Angel
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3 | Turkey, United States, France | Seed, Angel, Convertible Note | Software, Internet, E-Commerce | $100k–$3.2M |
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Angel Effect
VC Fund
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2 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps | $50k–$995k |
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212
VC Fund
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2 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $235k–$22M |
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Earlybird Venture Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Germany, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $1.5M–$75M |
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STC Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Arab Emirates, Japan | Series B, Series C, Series A | Wireless, Mobile, Retail | $2.4M–$175M |
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Earlybird Digital East Fund
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Turkey, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Software | $1M–$112M |
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Wamda Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United Arab Emirates, United States, Turkey | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services | $600k–$65M |
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Goldman Sachs
VC Fund
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2 | United States, India, China | Debt Financing, Series C, Series B | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $12M–$1.6B |
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APY Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming | $100k–$2.5M |
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Burak Divanlioglu
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Angel, Series A | E-Commerce, Internet, Pet | $350k–$2.5M |
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Serkan Borancılı
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Series A, Seed, Angel | Internet, E-Commerce, Location Based Services | $350k–$2.5M |
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Vanora Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey | Pre-Seed | Mobile Advertising, Marketing Automation, Artificial Intelligence | $50k–$80k |
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Amplify Growth
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates | Debt Financing | Fashion, FinTech, Software | $5M–$15M |
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SOSV SF & NY (Fka IndieBio)
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note | Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical | $50k–$5M |
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TT Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $21k–$10M |
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Alima Ventures BV
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Artificial Intelligence, PaaS, Retail | $300k–$600k |
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Founder One
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed | EdTech, Software, E-Commerce | $100k–$1.4M |
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Seyfettin Erol
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce | $369k–$400k |
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Kemal Cihan Seyithanoğlu
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce | |
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EBRD (Türkiye)
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, Egypt, Hungary | Private Equity, Debt Financing, Series B | Banking, Financial Services, Software | $9.8M–$341M |
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RePie Asset Management
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, Canada, Germany | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | FinTech, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps | $244k–$38M |
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Halidun Orakçıoğlu
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed | Retail, Fashion, Metaverse | |
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Yusuf Karahan
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Pre-Seed, Private Equity | Art, Music, Fashion | |
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Volkan Bicer
Angel
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1 | Turkey, Singapore, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Online Games, Mobile | $130k–$2.7M |
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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, Egypt, Ukraine | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Private Equity | Financial Services, Banking, Energy | $5.1M–$369M |
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Organik Kimya
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey | Seed | GreenTech, Machine Learning, Waste Management | $28k–$470k |
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Mehmet Ayan
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Fashion, Shopping, E-Commerce | |
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Genesis Consortium
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed | Biotechnology, Fashion, Biopharma | $525k–$3.6M |
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Albaraka Fintech Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $45k–$3.7M |
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Runet Labs
VC Fund
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1 | India, Turkey, Pakistan | Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed | B2B, Apps, AgTech | $3M–$12M |
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Barbaros Özbugutu
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Retail, Soccer, Sports | $80k–$1.1M |
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SOSV
VC Fund
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1 | United States, China, Canada | Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed | Biotechnology, Health Care, Software | $50k–$5M |
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EBRD Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Turkey, Hungary | Series B, Series A, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $3.3M–$44M |
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International Finance Corporation
VC Fund
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1 | India, Brazil, United States | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Venture - Series Unknown | Financial Services, Finance, Banking | $5M–$420M |
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AI Startup Factory
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning | $30k–$2.5M |
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Süleyman Orakçıoğlu
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed | Retail, Fashion, Metaverse | |
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Arda Turan
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Fashion, Jewelry, Shopping | |
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Hakan Bas
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Marketplace, Apps | $300k–$1.2M |
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Pragma
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, Estonia, Singapore | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Blockchain, Bitcoin, Cyber Security | $1M–$9M |
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Melis Guctas
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Series A | Shoes, Fashion, Jewelry | |
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Hummingbird Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Turkey, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $1.2M–$60M |
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Tuncay Tunckol
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Fashion, E-Commerce, Manufacturing | |
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Inventures
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States, Spain | Seed, Series A, Angel | FinTech, E-Commerce, Software | $100k–$7M |
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Onur Gargılı
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce | |
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Maxis
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce | $100k–$50M |
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Defacto
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce | |
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Emre Kurttepeli
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United States, Singapore | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $135k–$3M |
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Enver Doğuş Kuran
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce | |
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Aslanoba Capital is an early stage investor in tech startups in Turkey and the US. The company invests in startups pursuing disruptive ideas in areas such as marketplaces, e-commerce, mobile, classifieds, content, and SaaS with a consideration of investment between $0.25 million and $2 million. Aslanoba was founded in 2013 and is based in Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 159
- Round size: Seed $175k–$2.3M; Series A $350k–$3M; Series B $825k–$9M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $80M in 2015
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.
- obilet.com — Obilet.com, founded in 2012, is an end-to-end ticketing platform listing hundreds of bus operators, airlines and ferry companies as well as offerings from hotels and car rental companies. Obilet also provides bus operators with its best-in-class Inventory Management System (IMS) as a SaaS.Obilet is the indisputable market leader in Turkey both inB2B and B2C segments with 400+ bus carriers using its IMS software, 25 million visitors per month, and 15 million app downloads.Obilet is projected to sell more than 40 million tickets annually in 2024, making it one of the top-3 bus ticketing platforms in the world. Obilet also set its vision to be the one-stop-shop for whole needs of users regarding the tourism and travel products by expanding its category offerings with the addition of hotel booking and car rental services. Moreover, Obilet has launched its international expansion project in H2 2022, has one of the largest coverage of markets globally.
- StratiFi — An AI-powered client investment workflow software for wealth managers
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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- Industry: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $100k–$4.2M; Angel $150k–$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.
Nevzat Aydın is the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, the first and biggest online food delivery portal in Turkey.Born in 1976 in İstanbul, Nevzat Aydın completed his secondary education at the Bursa Anatolian High School. Following his graduation from Boğaziçi University Department of Computer Engineering, he went to the United States where he receivedhis MBA at the University of San Francisco in Silicon Valley.During his stay in the United States, Aydın followed the latest developments on e-trade before he returned to Turkey in 2000 to launch his project, Yemeksepeti.com. Serving as the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, Nevzat Aydın introduced a brand new dimension to e-trade in Turkey.In 2007, Yemeksepeti.com was selected the “Endeavor Entreprenur” by Endeavor Turkey. Aydin was also selected the “Most Successful Turkish Young Entrepreneur” by the CNBC-e Business magazine in 2010 for his successful work since the foundation of Yemeksepeti.com.As the founder and CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, which celebrated its 11th anniversary in 2012, he won the first prize in 2011 in the “Male Entrepreneur of the Year” category at the “Businesspeople of the Year” survey conducted by the Ekonomist magazine among nearly 3,000 business people.Aydin is a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Supreme Board of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, and a founding member of Galata Business Angels.Aydın was one of the 150 entrepreneurs invited from all over the world to the Entrepreneurship Summit held by US President Barack Obama on April 26-27, 2010.He was also among the speakers at the DLD (Digital-Life-Design) Conference, which is deemed as one of the world's most prestigious conferences with its content on innovation and developments in the digital world. He is also an editorial advisor of GQ Turkey, one of the 5 “dragons” of the Dragons’ Den Turkey show, and a Board Member of Trabzonspor sports club.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 62
- Round size: Seed $233k–$2.7M; Angel $100k–$800k; Convertible Note $100k–$3.2M
- 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.
We are a team of successful entrepreneurs, corporate leaders and people who know the impact of creating value together. Together, we invest in high-impact, early-stage companies led by amazing teams with global mindset all over the world.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Seed $50k–$755k; Pre-Seed $102k–$995k
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ULive — ULive is a digital fitness platform. With ULive, users can develop physically, mentally and spiritually. Indoor Cycling using UBikes, Yoga, Pilates, Stretch, Dance and bUUt (functional body training) classes, which they can attend live every day and whenever they want, using mobile application.
- & New Me — Explore the best aesthetic treatments in Turkey with New Me. Book a consultation, read reviews, and find the right doctor for your beauty journey.
- Njoykidz — njoyKidz was founded in 2021 with the simple idea of creating ad-free and safe game platforms for the kids while they learn. We develop game
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 75
- Round size: Seed $280k–$4M; Pre-Seed $235k–$4.7M; Series A $1.7M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $56M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Promake — Get your business online. Website, domain, payments. All from one chat.
- Wellbees — Wellbees provides a digital platform that helps organizations support employee wellbeing and engagement through personalized experiences and wellbeing programs. The platform offers access to one-on-one sessions with specialists such as psychologists, dietitians, physical trainers, and therapists, as well as educational content, webinars, and guidedactivities. Employees can participate in clubs, events, and challenges, track their progress, and receive AI-based recommendations tailored to their individual needs. For employers, Wellbees includes analytics tools, employee surveys, and dashboards that provide aggregated insights into wellbeing, engagement, and platform usage. The platform integrates with workplace applications such as Microsoft Teams and Slack and is available through web and mobile applications.
- Provenance — Every model, deck, and source document on one record. Prove where any number came from.
Founded in 1997, Earlybird is a pan-European VC investor backing tech-enabled companies and investing in their growth and development. Funds include Earlybird, Earlybird Health, Growth Opportunities.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 402
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$14M; Series A $3.5M–$35M; Series B $6M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $422M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Avrea — Drop-in replacement for GitHub Actions runners. About 2x faster on hardware alone, up to 10x with cache hits. Deep observability on every job.
- finmid — Scale bigger by building your business on finmid's lending infrastructure. Our APIs enable tech companies to offer credit cards, transaction-based lending, and working capital to their business customers.
- ColibrITD — ColibriTD leader of Simulation solutions using Quantum computing
STC Ventures is an independently managed venture capital fund whose anchor investor is the Saudi Telecom Company. Our goal is to empower entrepreneurs to create market leading technology businesses. We are focused on equity investments that will help to build leading companies in the information technology, telecommunications, and digitalmedia/entertainment sectors. One of the key objectives of our fund is to support the development of innovative technology companies in the GCC, wider MENA region and Turkey, in addition to funding globally minded international companies seeking capital and access to the MENA region.
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- Industry: Wireless, Mobile, Retail
- Stage:Series B, Series C, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Arab Emirates, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Series A $2.4M–$5.5M; Series B $3.5M–$12M; Series C $5.4M–$175M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $50M in 2011
Portfolio highlights
- Scality — Object storage for AI, cyber resilience and sovereign data. Scality delivers secure, scalable storage for enterprise workloads.
- Nile — Reliability and predictability in enterprise network performance and TCO - backed by SLA guarantees. The Nile solution just works.
- Yallacompare — Compare the best car insurance, credit card and personal loan providers in Dubai & the UAE with yallacompare
Earlybird Digital East Fund is an investment firm that focuses on early stage companies in Eastern Europe and Turkey.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Turkey, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 84
- Round size: Seed $1M–$7.5M; Series A $1.8M–$30M; Series B $4M–$112M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FintechOS — FintechOS is the AI platform for financial product operations. Design, price, launch, and evolve financial products with governed AI and reduced core dependency.
- Simr (formerly UberCloud) — UberCloud's HPC Simulation Platform helps engineers run faster simulations and helps overworked IT teams gain control.
- Picus — The Complete Security Control Validation Platform | Stay proactive by validating your security controls with attack scenarios, empower your Red, Purple, Blue teams.
We are a leading venture capital firm in Dubai, UAE, focused on supporting entrepreneurs in the MENA region at the seed- and early-stage building great companies.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, United States, Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 133
- Round size: Seed $600k–$6.5M; Series A $2.2M–$10M; Series B $3.5M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $70M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- HeyBreez AI — Breez AI is a no-code voice orchestration platform built for reliable, scalable real-time voice AI. The system unifies carrier connectivity, media delivery, AI models, and orchestration into one global routing layer, stabilizing phone operations and enabling companies to scale voice automation without engineering or additional headcount.
- Hala — Hala offers a payment and wallet solution for individuals and point-of-sale (PoS) services that enable merchants to accept credit card payments.
- Anecdote —
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series C, Series B
- Geography: United States, India, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 990
- Round size: Series B $12M–$139M; Series C $20M–$145M; Debt Financing $60M–$1.6B
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $43M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- ReNew — ReNew(NASDAQ: RNW),a global renewable company offering clean & green energy with a portfolio of 13.7 GW including Wind, Solar, Hybrid & Hydro Power.
- Imaging Advantage — Imaging Advantage provides evidence-based, end-to-end, technology-enhanced radiology solutions to hospitals in the U.S.
- Riverbed Technology — Unlocking the full potential of your digital experiences has never been more accessible. Illuminate, accelerate and fully leverage the full breadth of possibilities with Riverbed.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 125
- Round size: Seed $212k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $14M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Nuvolog — Revolutionize logistics operations with Nuvolog. Features like spot procurement, carbon tracking, and time slot management enhance efficiency and streamline operations.
- Circle Games — Circle Games is a mobile gaming company dedicated to create high-quality experiences with user-centered design.
- Spektra Games — We create the most realistic simulation/racing games for mobile!
Burak Divanlıoglu is the Founder of UZMANTV and he was a Founder at GittiGidiyor. He attended Istanbul Technical University.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Pet
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $500k–$879k; Series A $350k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kito — Kito provides natural, fresh, and healthy food for both cats and dogs.
- Modacruz — Modacruz is a mobile social marketplace, serving more than 1 million women in Turkey, enabling women to buy and sell pre-owned brand name fashion items. Users can sign up to the platform to either find and purchase products or to sell their own. Modacruz was launched in 2014 and is headquartered in Istanbul
- denebunu.com — Founded in 2016, Denebunu is a revolutionary data-driven digital marketing platform with a community of +1,5M members that connects brands with their consumers via technology, sampling and consumer insights. We redefined the way consumers shop for FMCG & Cosmetics products by a monthly delivery of personalised samples. We partner with thebest brands in the industry such as Unilever, P&G, L’Oréal, Henkel, Estee Lauder, Nestlé etc. , and use a proprietary algorithm to meet right products w/ right consumers , based on their preferences and profiles on denebunu.com
Serkan Borançılı is the founding partner of GittiGidiyor, Turkey's leading consumer-to-consumer marketplace, which was acquired by eBay in 2011 for $220 million dollars. Born in 1971 in Ankara, Borançılı graduated from Istanbul Technical University with a degree in Architecture. After working as a freelance architect, he founded ARKInformation Technologies with Burak Divanlıoğlu in 1999. Up to 2004 GittiGidiyor was administered by ARK. Borançılı is also the co-founder of UzmanTV, a video website specializing in curated content by experts, and Istanbul.net, Turkey's largest online dating platform. Borançılı is also the first investor in BiTaksi, Turkey's leading taxi-hailing app. Since, he has also invested in Modacruz, a marketplace for secondhand luxury fashion.
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- Industry: Internet, E-Commerce, Location Based Services
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $500k–$879k; Series A $350k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BiTaksi — BiTaksi is a mobile application that enables its users to book taxis. It enables its users to locate a taxi through its online map and provides traffic data and turn-by-turn directions for drivers. BiTaksi is available for iOS and Android operating systems.
- Modacruz — Modacruz is a mobile social marketplace, serving more than 1 million women in Turkey, enabling women to buy and sell pre-owned brand name fashion items. Users can sign up to the platform to either find and purchase products or to sell their own. Modacruz was launched in 2014 and is headquartered in Istanbul
- denebunu.com — Founded in 2016, Denebunu is a revolutionary data-driven digital marketing platform with a community of +1,5M members that connects brands with their consumers via technology, sampling and consumer insights. We redefined the way consumers shop for FMCG & Cosmetics products by a monthly delivery of personalised samples. We partner with thebest brands in the industry such as Unilever, P&G, L’Oréal, Henkel, Estee Lauder, Nestlé etc. , and use a proprietary algorithm to meet right products w/ right consumers , based on their preferences and profiles on denebunu.com
Vanora Ventures invests in design and builds technology start-ups from scratch by providing, experienced team and technology support.
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- Industry: Mobile Advertising, Marketing Automation, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Pre-Seed $50k–$80k
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Biyaku — Biyaku is a Mindfulness app for sexual health.
- GxLocal — Connect your store, browse the curated catalog and list products in new markets within minutes.
- Workflex — Workflex is an e-commerce and consultancy platform that matches and develops the best talents in their fields.
We provide flexible debt capital for dynamic entrepreneurs and their venture capital partners
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- Industry: Fashion, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Debt Financing
- Geography: Turkey, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Debt Financing $5M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Abhi — Abhi provides employees salary advances based on accrued wages.
- ZIWO — Cloud Contact Center Software - API Based CRM plugins - Virtual phone numbers in 145+ countries - Call tracking - Call masking - CDR - IVR
- Touché Privé — Our story began in the summer of 2014 when Touché debuted its first collection. Modest and modern styles came together in Touché designs for the first time which generated great sensation in Turkey. Touché has redefined modest fashion with its colorful, young and dynamic designs and offers an alternative for all women to wear and reflect theirpersonalities. This courageous and reformative movement is the most distinctive characteristic of Touché. Touché’s innovative designs have been met with great enthusiasm in the market. In a short time period; Touché reached high volume of sales through wholesale and retail alike. 2016 is considered a milestone in our journey when Touché launched its e-commerce channel. E-commerce is a valuable opportunity to bolster volume and penetrate new markets abroad. By leveraging the reach from the new sales channel; Touché has begun to convey its free spirit to all women in Turkey and has had the chance to tell its story all over the world. Now; Touché pursues its operations with 4 stores and 100+ sales points. In addition; by strategic collaboration with its business partner in Europe and Middle East, it reinforces its existence in the global market. In its most powerful sales channel, toucheprive.com; Touché hosts 2 million guests annually; providing various language and currency options to customers in 100+ countries. Touché’s success story is evident not only its courageous designs but also in its customer oriented communication. The guiding star in the company culture is providing extraordinary customer satisfaction. This obsession with excellent customer experience can be seen in every aspect of our company. Our mission is to expand our free spirit and innovative designs to all over world and demonstrate that women can be modest without sacrificing their modern, young, chic, sport and colourful attributes.
IndieBio, re-named SOSV SF and SOSV NY in 2026, are two of SOSV’s three deeply resourced facilities for deep tech founders. The third is SOSV's HAX, in Newark, NJ. SOSV is the most active deep tech venture capital firm globally.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 676
- Round size: Seed $250k–$5M; Pre-Seed $50k–$525k; Convertible Note $150k–$950k
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FluoSphera — Fluosphera better predicts the effects of molecules through animal-free microphysiological systems, helping you to discover more efficient drugs with less adverse side effects.
- Giraffe Bio — Giraffe Bio uses AI and biomolecules to optimize metal extraction, increase yield, and reduce environmental impact. Revolutionizing sustainable mining technology.
- Transition Metal Solutions — Transition harnesses wild microbial communities to recover copper and other critical metals from low-grade mining resources.
TT Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Turk Telekom.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 74
- Round size: Seed $30k–$2M; Pre-Seed $21k–$400k; Venture - Series Unknown $500k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- VenueX — VenueX enables retailers to showcase their products, POI and indoor maps to shoppers searching online!
- OctoXLabs — Connect 700+ security, IT, cloud, and identity sources into one continuously updated view of every asset. Prioritize risk with confidence.
- Mindsite — Monitor pricing, availability, retailer search, content, reviews and retail media with Mindsite. Turn digital shelf data into commercial decisions.
Alima Ventures BV is an investment firm of Turkey
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, PaaS, Retail
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $300k–$600k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Clotie — Clotie offers a brand new shopping experience to its users by offering an online personal styling service. It creates a unique customer experience by combining technology with the personal touches of experienced stylists and sends monthly outfits suitable for its users’ style. Clotie primarily focuses on eliminating online and offline shoppingproblems by providing a personalized, plus accessible styling service for those who do not have time for shopping but still want to be stylish.
- Sertifier — Sertifier is an all-in-one education data collection tool that makes smart certificates and open badges easy to issue, enjoyable to earn, and simple to analyze.
- Magnus — Power your investment with the AI magic. Sky is the only limit.
Founder One makes investment at the idea and seed stage in initiatives with measurable impact goals.
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- Industry: EdTech, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Seed $100k–$600k; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.4M
- Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $19M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- MilkApp — MilkApp is a developer of raw milk analysis, tracking, and identification systems. They also develop a mobile milk analyzer system. They also provide research and development services for agricultural fields.
- PoiLabs — PoiLabs has solutions for shopping malls, museums, industries, warehouses, hospitals and more. You can visit our website to learn more about our solutions.
- Werover — AI & IoT solutions for predictive maintenance
Seyfettin Erol is a Partner, Head of Audit & Assurance Services
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- Industry: Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $369k–$400k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Clotie — Clotie offers a brand new shopping experience to its users by offering an online personal styling service. It creates a unique customer experience by combining technology with the personal touches of experienced stylists and sends monthly outfits suitable for its users’ style. Clotie primarily focuses on eliminating online and offline shoppingproblems by providing a personalized, plus accessible styling service for those who do not have time for shopping but still want to be stylish.
- 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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- Industry: Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Clotie — Clotie offers a brand new shopping experience to its users by offering an online personal styling service. It creates a unique customer experience by combining technology with the personal touches of experienced stylists and sends monthly outfits suitable for its users’ style. Clotie primarily focuses on eliminating online and offline shoppingproblems by providing a personalized, plus accessible styling service for those who do not have time for shopping but still want to be stylish.
Information on European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's (EBRD) equity projects.
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- Industry: Banking, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Private Equity, Debt Financing, Series B
- Geography: Turkey, Egypt, Hungary
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Series B $12M–$231M; Debt Financing $9.8M–$67M; Private Equity $11M–$341M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Euro Manganese — Ultra High Purity Manganese Products World Class Environmental and Social Standards In The Heart of Europe
- Feka Automotive — Feka Automotive supplies OEM and Tier 1 businesses in Turkey and around the world with automotive systems and parts. The company primarily sells completed trim pieces, water expansion and steering hydraulic oil tanks, rearview mirrors, and interior and outdoor illumination.
- NLB Komercijalna Banka — NLB Banka Beograd is a banking institution that offers a wide range of financial services. These services include personal banking, business banking, and digital banking services. Personal banking services encompass various types of accounts, loans, and cards. Business banking services cater to the needs of small businesses, corporations, andentrepreneurs, providing them with accounts, loans, and other financial solutions. The bank also offers digital banking services through its NLB eKlik and NLB eBizKlik platforms, allowing customers to manage their finances online. In addition, NLB Banka Beograd provides customer support through its contact center.
RE-PIE is Turkey's first alternative asset management company that was authorized by Capital Markets Board of Turkey to establish real estate investment funds in 2015. With our top-quality management team that has many years of professional experience in various markets, it is our privilege to serve our investors to generate best in classinvestment returns in accordance with their risk perceptions and return expectations in line with our well-structured investment process and risk management guidelines. We aim to provide new funding opportunities and resources for Turkish Capital Markets in order to enable new investments and to grow steadily by increasing our fund size with wide range of products in various asset classes.
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- Industry: FinTech, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Turkey, Canada, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 73
- Round size: Seed $244k–$3.7M; Series A $1M–$38M; Venture - Series Unknown $500k–$20M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $70M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- VenueX — VenueX enables retailers to showcase their products, POI and indoor maps to shoppers searching online!
- Goldtag — Digital Asset Development
- Vimesoft — Manage secure team communication and AI-powered learning with Vimesoft on one platform, while keeping your data under your control on your own infrastructure.
Halidun Orakçıoğlu
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- Industry: Retail, Fashion, Metaverse
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Clotie — Clotie offers a brand new shopping experience to its users by offering an online personal styling service. It creates a unique customer experience by combining technology with the personal touches of experienced stylists and sends monthly outfits suitable for its users’ style. Clotie primarily focuses on eliminating online and offline shoppingproblems by providing a personalized, plus accessible styling service for those who do not have time for shopping but still want to be stylish.
- GoArt Metaverse — GoArt functions as the exclusive gateway into the metaverse for users and businesses wishing to design, utilize and engage through an immersive virtual experience. Our goal is to offer a rich, well-crafted retail experience in the metaverse that can only be found via time portals, complemented with augmented reality technology.
CEO @ XMAA CEO @ Menols
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- Industry: Art, Music, Fashion
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Private Equity
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- XMAA — We care art, not popularity! | hi@xmaa.org
- Menols — Menols is a multidisciplinary creative agency working with clients worldwide. Our specialities include web design, graphic design and branding, products and packaging, social media and ad campaigns. We innovate and create at the intersection of digital, advertising and design to provide the best possible impact for our clients & partners.
Volkan Biçer is the co-founder of Mobilike, a mobile advertisement network.Bicer’e employment history includes his time as product manager of Turkcell’s mobile marketing and advertising department, and community manager at Yahoo, Turkey.Bicer holds a bachelor’s degree in management information systems from Boğaziçi University and an MBAfrom Galatasaray University.
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- Industry: Software, Online Games, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $130k–$2.7M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Paydas — Paydas is a prop-fintech startup enabling individuals to invest digitally in income and appreciation of selected global real estate.
- Sentez — An autonomous product studio. Self-operating apps and Qualia, the company brain & AI employee.
- 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.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) invests in changing lives. Through our financial investments, business services and work on policy reform, we're doing more than ever before to build open, market economies across 3 continents.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Banking, Energy
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Private Equity
- Geography: Turkey, Egypt, Ukraine
Investor stats
- Total investments: 502
- Round size: Post-IPO Debt $17M–$369M; Debt Financing $5.1M–$247M; Private Equity $15M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 76% lead, 24% follow
Portfolio highlights
- İşbank — İşbank is a Turkish commercial banking service provider.
- Infinity Power — Infinity Power is the largest African renewable energy company, offering innovative solutions in solar power, wind energy, and low-carbon hydrogen technologies. Discover our projects and commitment to sustainable energy solutions.
- Tbc Bank Group — TBC Bank Group PLC is the UK-based parent company of JSC TBC Bank and its affiliates, Georgia's largest banking group.
Organic Chemistry specialises in providing chemical and adhesive solutions for various industries.
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- Industry: GreenTech, Machine Learning, Waste Management
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $28k–$470k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Blueit — Blueit is an optimized hardware and software Water Management System that monitors and monitors the water spent in consumption.
- Swatchloop — Swatchloop identifies waste technically for more efficient recycling of textile waste and offers smart suggestions to provide correct sorting and collaboration with machine learning. In addition, it provides data analysis with the ability to tracking all recycling processes in a sustainable and be transparent, from the QR code to the finalconsumer.
Mehmet Ayan is an angel investor.
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- Industry: Fashion, Shopping, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ontrail Store — Ontrail Store produces fabrics, wooden folding equipment, mugs and flasks, candles, notebooks, hats, berets, neck collars, eyeglass lanyards, carrying lanyards, mini accessories, and socks. They manufacture nature-friendly and environment-friendly products.
Meet the unqiue investing entities that originated at SOSV and remain closely aligned with our fund.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Fashion, Biopharma
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $525k–$3.6M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MAA'VA — MAA’VA™ is developing a proprietary sustainable carbon negative construction material, turning plastic and nonplastic waste into eco-material, advancing solutions to climate change crisis, waste crisis, global river sand shortage, water scarcity and rapid urbanization. Our eco-concrete can be used for both conventional and 3D printingconstruction. By optimizing 3D printing technology we can build environmentally friendly low cost housing with eco-concrete in one day for 1/10th of the construction cost and half of the construction waste.
- Wayfinder Biosciences — We design RNA for next generation biomanufacturing and smart therapeutics.
- Calder Biosciences — Conformationally locked best-in-class RSV & Universal Flu subunit vaccines
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $45k–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Clotie — Clotie offers a brand new shopping experience to its users by offering an online personal styling service. It creates a unique customer experience by combining technology with the personal touches of experienced stylists and sends monthly outfits suitable for its users’ style. Clotie primarily focuses on eliminating online and offline shoppingproblems by providing a personalized, plus accessible styling service for those who do not have time for shopping but still want to be stylish.
- Dusyeri — Children are 100% safe in the digital world.
- denebunu.com — Founded in 2016, Denebunu is a revolutionary data-driven digital marketing platform with a community of +1,5M members that connects brands with their consumers via technology, sampling and consumer insights. We redefined the way consumers shop for FMCG & Cosmetics products by a monthly delivery of personalised samples. We partner with thebest brands in the industry such as Unilever, P&G, L’Oréal, Henkel, Estee Lauder, Nestlé etc. , and use a proprietary algorithm to meet right products w/ right consumers , based on their preferences and profiles on denebunu.com
Runet Labs is a 3 month entrepreneurs program.
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- Industry: B2B, Apps, AgTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: India, Turkey, Pakistan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Pre-Seed $6M–$6M; Series A $3M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bijak — Bijak | Online Agri Commodity Trade & Mandi Rate App for Buyers, Loaders
- Tapzo. — Tapzo was an all-in-one app that was acquired by Amazon Pay in India. On Tapzo, you could book flights, hail cabs, order food, recharge your phone etc. with a unified payment experience.
- Krave Mart — Krave Mart is a quick-commerce startup offering the delivery of groceries and other products in 10 minutes.
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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- 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)
SOSV offers pre-seed capital and follow-on financial support to startups focusing on deep technology and scientific innovation. Founders utilize purpose-built laboratory facilities and engineering spaces to accelerate product development and testing. The firm facilitates connections between entrepreneurs and a network of investors through structured matchmaking events and technology summits.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, China, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3729
- Round size: Seed $150k–$5M; Pre-Seed $50k–$1.6M; Convertible Note $50k–$3.6M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $306M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Halla — Halla Intelligence is a digital solution that leverages over 100 billion shopper and product data points to recommend and promote what grocery items.
- Simply Good Jars — Simply Good Jars is a B-Corp company that delivers healthy meals in reusable + returnable packaging through use of smart refrigerated kiosks placed in offices, transit centers, universities and health-systems. Driven by purpose to change that way people think about consumption, SGJ introduces sustainable business practices into their everydayoperations with a zero-waste goal. For every jar returned back to the company for reuse, they will help feed someone in need and ensure that no packaging materials end up in landfills.
- Verdex Technologies — Verdex Technologies is an advanced materials platform technology that uses nanofibers to disrupt industries. Verdex doesn't just compete, it innovates and disrupts.
EBRD VC is the venture investing arm of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, investing in high growth technology companies across all verticals
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Seed
- Geography: United States, Turkey, Hungary
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $3.3M–$7M; Series A $3.7M–$25M; Series B $6M–$44M
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ominimo — Ominimo is a digital insurance provider supported by some of the world's leading insurance companies, blending decades of industry expertise with cutting-edge technology to streamline insurance across Europe. Our transparent, flexible, and straightforward solutions are carefully tailored to meet the unique needs of individuals and businesses,eliminating unnecessary complexities.Driven by a passionate team of insurance experts, data scientists, and software engineers, we are committed to delivering intuitive, user-friendly experiences. Ominimo is redefining insurance—making it simpler, more reliable, and truly customer-centric.
- Alcatraz AI — The Rock is an all-in-one touchless biometric access control device that combines facial biometrics, AI, and machine learning for top-notch security.
- RemotePass — RemotePass makes it easy to hire, onboard & pay your global team in full compliance, giving you everything you need to support them
A strong and engaged private sector is indispensible to ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. That's where IFC comes in - we have more than 60 years experience in unlocking private investment, creating markets and opportunities where they are needed most.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Finance, Banking
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: India, Brazil, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 761
- Round size: Post-IPO Debt $50M–$420M; Debt Financing $20M–$356M; Venture - Series Unknown $5M–$67M
- Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- Kuku FM — Discover the most popular audiobooks & podcasts on Kuku FM. Listen to trending shows, most-played content, and viral audio series everyone is loving.
- Altobridge — AltoBridge.com is a bold and dynamic domain name that exudes sophistication and innovation. This sleek and memorable name evokes a sense of elevation and connection, making it perfect for a wide range of industries looking to establish a st
- Lagos Free Zone — Lagos Free Zone is a leading industrial and commercial hub in Nigeria, offering businesses world-class infrastructure, tax incentives, and strategic access to global markets.
Artificial Intelligence Factory is a goal-oriented program focusing on cooperation and investment with Turkish AI initiatives, offering various support mechanisms for growth and international success.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Round size: Seed $100k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$495k; Venture - Series Unknown $30k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Flowla — From outreach to onboarding, create personalized sales stories, impress prospects, and build consensus with multiple stakeholders.
- Syntonym — Focusing on privacy enhancement in the visual data domain, Syntonym is a generative AI startup specializing in pioneering synthetic face generation technology. With use cases ranging from autonomous mobility to visual anonymity in digital health services, Syntonym provides usable privacy solutions, ensuring both compliance and personal privacyprotection. With its patent pending technology, Syntonym replaces faces in image/video with hyper realistic synthetically generated ones. These faces do not correspond to any real individual, preventing the face from being identified and recognized.
- Kahuna — Kahuna helps independent artists grow with smarter distribution, interest free funding, marketing support, and real time analytics that increase royalties.
Süleyman Orakçıoğlu
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- Industry: Retail, Fashion, Metaverse
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Clotie — Clotie offers a brand new shopping experience to its users by offering an online personal styling service. It creates a unique customer experience by combining technology with the personal touches of experienced stylists and sends monthly outfits suitable for its users’ style. Clotie primarily focuses on eliminating online and offline shoppingproblems by providing a personalized, plus accessible styling service for those who do not have time for shopping but still want to be stylish.
- GoArt Metaverse — GoArt functions as the exclusive gateway into the metaverse for users and businesses wishing to design, utilize and engage through an immersive virtual experience. Our goal is to offer a rich, well-crafted retail experience in the metaverse that can only be found via time portals, complemented with augmented reality technology.
Arda Turan is a Turkish footballer.
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- Industry: Fashion, Jewelry, Shopping
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Lidyana.com — Lidyana.com is a Turkish fashion e-commerce website selling a wide collection of branded clothing, accessories, shoes, bags, and cosmetics. The website features its products in categories for men, women, and kids.
Hakan Bas is the Founder and CEO of Ace Games. He previously worked at Raymond James as a Sr. Analyst. Hakan Bas attended Yale University.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $300k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- EasyCep — EasyCep, marketplace for refurbished electronics devices was founded in 2018 by Mehmet Akif Özdemir and İsmail Dinçer. Easycep makes it easier for consumers to sell their used electronic devices online. Also, it makes easier for consumers to find and buy professionally refurbished smartphones, tablets, computers and other some electronic devices aswell as 12 month warranty and at up to 70% of their original prices. With the prolongation of electronic products, EasyCep refurbishes them and offers them with a 12-month warranty.
- Garajyeri — garajyeri offers an online platform that enables its users to find, compare, and obtain car rental services. The services are categorized as economy, family, premium, comfort, and campaigns.garajyeri enables its customers to connect with car owners to obtain information and discounts.garajyeri was founded by Arda Askin in January 2015. And itis based in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Lotus Flow — Lotus Yoga is an online yoga, meditation, fitness, and mindfulness platform that offers both audio and video content in various languages.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Bitcoin, Cyber Security
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Turkey, Estonia, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $1M–$9M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rivalz Network — Join the connectivity infrastructure between AI Agents, DeFAI and Markets.
- bitSmiley — BitSmiley offers comprehensive Bitcoin DeFi solutions to bridge the stablecoin and lending infrastructure gaps within the Bitcoin ecosystem. Its main product is an over-collateralized stablecoin based on Bitcoin. Users can utilize Bitcoin as collateral for BitSmileyDAO and Mint BitUSD.
- Bitlayer — Bitlayer is the first Bitcoin second-layer network, based on BitVM, offering ultra-scalability and L1 security, aiming to be Bitcoin's computing layer.
Melis Guctas is the founder and CEO of ModaCruz, an online marketplace for women fashion. Formerly, she is a product manager of Amadeus, a Turkish travel agency. She is also previously affiliated with Phonoclick and Nutraclick. Melis studied at Wentworth Institute of Technology.
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- Industry: Shoes, Fashion, Jewelry
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Modacruz — Modacruz is a mobile social marketplace, serving more than 1 million women in Turkey, enabling women to buy and sell pre-owned brand name fashion items. Users can sign up to the platform to either find and purchase products or to sell their own. Modacruz was launched in 2014 and is headquartered in Istanbul
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Turkey, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 172
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$24M; Series A $2M–$51M; Series B $2.5M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $140M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Shutl — Shutl is a technology startup that offers convenient fulfillment services by connecting online retailers with local same-day couriers.The company solves fulfillment for retailers and shoppers by enabling immediate or convenient delivery of online purchases. Its platform creates a marketplace from the capacity of local courier firms and usesretail partners’ local stocks to fulfill purchases. It integrates with all major dispatch software and retailers’ existing technologies.Shutl operates in more than 50 towns across the United Kingdom with a virtual fleet of thousands of couriers who complete 10,000 deliveries every day.Shutl was founded in December 2009 by
- MarkaVIP — Markavıp is an exclusive, invitation-only online shopping community focused on the Middle Eastern market. The website specializes in offering flash sales to its customers.Markavıp was founded by Ahmed Alkhatib, who previously spent 12 years in Silicon Valley working in the e-commerce industry. The website enjoys memberships from over 3 millionexclusive members across eight Arabic speaking countries including Jordan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Bahrain, and Oman.
- Beat — Our mission is to help people move around the city quickly and conveniently. Simply put is your City, Your ride, your driver at a tap of a button.
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- Industry: Fashion, E-Commerce, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TUNÇKOL — Tunçkol is an e-commerce site and a smartphone Web Site for buying and selling handmade and vintage items. Users can find products in the categories of clothing and accessories, jewelry, craft supplies and tools, weddings, entertainment, home and living, kids and babies, vintage, and more.Tunçkol was launched by Tuncay Tunçkol, 2010 and is basedin Turkey
- COOL WATCH — Cool Watch is a manufacturing company that designs and manufactures watches for men and women. The company markets and sells its products through retailers in Turkey and internationally. It designs, develops, and produces in-house all the essential components of its watches, from the casting of the gold alloys to the machining, crafting, assembly,and finishing of the movement, case, dial, and bracelet. Cool Watch is also actively involved in supporting the arts, sports, exploration, the spirit of enterprise through a broad palette of sponsoring activities and philanthropic programs. It was founded in 2014 and is based in turkey
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- Industry: FinTech, E-Commerce, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $100k–$7M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
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- ELTA360 — ELTA360 transforms the way we experience properties in the digital realm. Creating 3D tours can appear complex, hence ELTA360 designed an uncomplicated learning journey that simplifies the process for anyone to start crafting digital twins of properties. It serves as the optimal instrument for real estate agents, architects, hospitality serviceproviders, and anyone else aspiring to showcase their spaces innovatively and incorporate them into their marketing channels
- 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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- Industry: Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Clotie — Clotie offers a brand new shopping experience to its users by offering an online personal styling service. It creates a unique customer experience by combining technology with the personal touches of experienced stylists and sends monthly outfits suitable for its users’ style. Clotie primarily focuses on eliminating online and offline shoppingproblems by providing a personalized, plus accessible styling service for those who do not have time for shopping but still want to be stylish.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 91
- Round size: Seed $100k–$2M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.5M; Venture - Series Unknown $250k–$50M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $18M in 2018
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- Disera — Disera is a supplier and seller of medical products.
- M-Based — M-Based develops next-generation biomaterials using mushroom, redefining sustainability in design and materials.
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- Industry: Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Clotie — Clotie offers a brand new shopping experience to its users by offering an online personal styling service. It creates a unique customer experience by combining technology with the personal touches of experienced stylists and sends monthly outfits suitable for its users’ style. Clotie primarily focuses on eliminating online and offline shoppingproblems by providing a personalized, plus accessible styling service for those who do not have time for shopping but still want to be stylish.
Emre Kurttepeli is a Serial Entrepreneur & Investor and is the Founder&CEO of Vuvy, a global mobile gaming company. Previously he has founded Mynet, Turkey’s leading internet company with over 32 million users.Columbia University/NY graduate, he has been the founder or the investor of over 50 internet and technology companies, mostlyleaders 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 Honorary President of Galata Business Angels (GBA), that are non-profit organizations helping to grow the entrepreneurship ecosystem. He serves on the Board of Endeavor Global. Besides being on the advisory board member of Columbia University Global Center in Istanbul, he also is a member Global Relations Forum.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $759k–$3M; Angel $135k–$450k
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Base64 — Base64 Document Intelligence Platform automates document processing with Agentic AI and over 3,000 prebuilt models.
- Insider One — Insider One is the #1 Customer Engagement AI Platform for marketing teams. Unify CDP, personalization & journey orchestration to engage customers everywhere.
- Keya Games — Keya Games is a mobile game studio founded by industry veterans who have shipped and operated numerous successful titles over the years. We've taken everything we learned about what makes a great casual game and built a studio around it.We stay lean and agile on purpose: small senior teams, fast iteration, and no bureaucracy between an ideaand the players. That's how we move from concept to live game quicker than studios many times our size.
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- Industry: Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Clotie — Clotie offers a brand new shopping experience to its users by offering an online personal styling service. It creates a unique customer experience by combining technology with the personal touches of experienced stylists and sends monthly outfits suitable for its users’ style. Clotie primarily focuses on eliminating online and offline shoppingproblems by providing a personalized, plus accessible styling service for those who do not have time for shopping but still want to be stylish.
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