# Top 50 Financial Services Angel Investors in Turkey in June 2026 ## Sertaç Özinal - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Internet, Gaming Sertaç Özinal ## Emre Tok - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Mobile, Payments, Shopping Emre, the former VP of Growth and Digital Marketing at Careem, Emre has 21 years of experience in Product Marketing, Development & Management, Digital, Customer Analytics, Growth and Internet Business Development. He has embarked on many successful projects in multinational companies in UAE, the UK and Turkey. Growth & Product MarketingConsultant. He is the CEO in One Tech Capital LLC, a start-up studio owning www.cofeapp.com the first coffee marketplace in GCC Region.- Industrial Engineer with an MBA - Former VP of Growth – Free-Now - Former VP of Growth & Digital – Careem (Acquired by Uber for 3.2B $) - Former Microsoft Senior Product Marketing Manager – UK - Former Microsoft Online & Compete Lead – Turkey - Former Turkcell, Leading TELCO In Turkey, Head of Value Added Internet Services ## Ali Kolaghassi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Mobile, Payments, Shopping Ali Kolaghassi ## Tunç Mehmet Berkman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Mobile, Payments, Shopping Tunç Mehmet Berkman ## Atakan Atalar - Type: Angel - Location: Izmir, Izmir, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Rental, Software Atakan Atalar is the Founder of Atanova Ventures. He previously worked at RemoteTeam.com (acquired by Gusto) as an Investor. Atakan Atalar attended Istanbul Kultur University. ## Kamil Guclu - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Banking, FinTech, Payments Kamil Guclu is active angel investor, Former Oracle Executive, Board Member of the Adastec, has been appointed as Senator at the Grand Assembly of the World Business Angels Investment Forum. Senator Guclu will represent Silicon Valley, US in the Global Startup Committee of the Grand Assembly. ## Caglar Erol - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Retail, Travel, Fashion Caglar Erol is the co-founder of cember.net, a Turkish online business networking platform acquired by XING AG in January 2008.Erol is an angel investor and serial entrepreneur in Turkey. His first investment after cember.net was doktorsitesi.com, a health site in Turkey. He also invested in Tasit.com, Gelirortaklari affiliate network, andCivicSolar.Erol currently serves as the co-founder and CEO of Enuygun.com, a service comparison site on bank loans, insurance, flight tickets, ADSL, and mobile phone tariffs. ## Sevda Taner - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Finance, Analytics, Cryptocurrency Sevda Taner ## Şafak Müderrisgil - Type: Angel - Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Retail, FinTech, Leasing Şafak Müderrisgil is the Co-founder and Chair of Executive Committee at Etkiyap (Impact Investing Turkey). She attended University of Oxford. ## Nevzat Aydın - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce Nevzat Aydın is the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, the first and biggest online food delivery portal in Turkey.Born in 1976 in İstanbul, Nevzat Aydın completed his secondary education at the Bursa Anatolian High School. Following his graduation from Boğaziçi University Department of Computer Engineering, he went to the United States where he receivedhis MBA at the University of San Francisco in Silicon Valley.During his stay in the United States, Aydın followed the latest developments on e-trade before he returned to Turkey in 2000 to launch his project, Yemeksepeti.com. Serving as the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, Nevzat Aydın introduced a brand new dimension to e-trade in Turkey.In 2007, Yemeksepeti.com was selected the “Endeavor Entreprenur” by Endeavor Turkey. Aydin was also selected the “Most Successful Turkish Young Entrepreneur” by the CNBC-e Business magazine in 2010 for his successful work since the foundation of Yemeksepeti.com.As the founder and CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, which celebrated its 11th anniversary in 2012, he won the first prize in 2011 in the “Male Entrepreneur of the Year” category at the “Businesspeople of the Year” survey conducted by the Ekonomist magazine among nearly 3,000 business people.Aydin is a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Supreme Board of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, and a founding member of Galata Business Angels.Aydın was one of the 150 entrepreneurs invited from all over the world to the Entrepreneurship Summit held by US President Barack Obama on April 26-27, 2010.He was also among the speakers at the DLD (Digital-Life-Design) Conference, which is deemed as one of the world's most prestigious conferences with its content on innovation and developments in the digital world. He is also an editorial advisor of GQ Turkey, one of the 5 “dragons” of the Dragons’ Den Turkey show, and a Board Member of Trabzonspor sports club. ## Nihan Colak Erol - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Travel, FinTech Nihan Colak Erol - Founder & COO @ Wingie Enuygun Group ## Firat Isbecer - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, SaaS, Software Firat Isbecer is an entrepreneur and a seed investor. His first venture Pozitron, a mobile software company focusing on digital banking, commerce and mobile payments, became one of the fastest growing enterprise software companies in Europe with clients across the globe. After multi years of growth and a successful international expansion, Pozitronwas acquired by London-based fin-tech star Monitise plc in 2014.After the acquisition, he joined Monitise and oversaw the company’s regional operations as the MEA Managing Director. Monitise MEA quickly became one of the most profitable business units of Monitise Group. In 2017, Monitise Group was fully acquired by the US-based, Fiserv Inc, one of the world's largest fin-tech companies with more than 50,000 employees.Shortly after the acquisition, he left Fiserv and founded his newest venture, Commencis. Commencis helps leading brands grow and scale in digital, powered by it’s Big Data, Analytics and Cloud products.In September 2019, Commencis expanded to Berlin, Germany by announcing finbyte, a joint-venture in fintech solutions. Besides Commencis, he is also an active seed investor. Member of Galata Business Angels, Turkey’s first angel investor group.After graduating from Robert College in Istanbul, Firat received his Bachelor’s Degree from Galatasaray University, and his Master’s Degree from a joint programme by Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and École Normale Supérieure in Paris. ## Sina Afra - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet Sina Afra is the CEO and Founder of Tiko. He previously worked at Markafoni as a CEO and Founder. Sina Afra attended the University of Münster. ## Mustafa Sandal - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Education Mustafa Sandal - Advisor @ manibux ## Nazan Zeybek - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Finance Nazan Zeybek ## Ilker Sozdinler - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services Ilker Sozdinler is the Founder, CEO of United Payment. ## Ihsan Elgin - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Blockchain Ihsan Elgin is the Co-Founder of Startups.Watch. He was a Co-Founder and Executive VP, EMEA at ClimateMinder. He attended Koç University. ## Efe Duran Sarikaya - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Shipping, Shopping, Software Efe Duran Sarikaya ## Namik Kural - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, Local, Security Namik Kural is a Board Member at Visionteractive. ## Ahmet Bilgen - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Education, E-Commerce, Sharing Economy Ahmet Bilgen Turkish Cypriot entrepreneur and angele investor. He lives in Famagusta-North Cyprus. He finished primary school and high School in Famagusta. He has been a very active person all throughout his life, he received a Black Belt II. Dan in TaeKwon-do, played in the local soccer team while studying at Canbulat high school. Ahmet was alsohelping his family with their farming business by selling the produce to shops, making some money in the meanwhile which he used to buy his first bicycle, first ball or his first pair of sneakers. Ahmet graduated with Bsc in Applied Marth and Computer Science from Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) in 1993. Between 1993 and 1995 he got his Masters degree in Computer Science. Right after he started his PhD degree in Computer Science but decided to quit academia after his first semester. During his masters and PhD degrees, he took part in developing intelligent user interfaces and inmemory data concepts for mobile devices. After leaving academic life, Ahmet worked in various IT companies for about 2 years and then joined SAP where he had his first professional work experience. Ahmet joined SAP Turkey as the Technology Consultant, and therefore took part in the implementation of more than 100 SAP projects with companies like Yaşar, Koç, Sabancı, Havelsan, Arena etc. as these were the first implementers of SAP ERP in Turkey. During his tenure at SAP, he worked in various roles such as technical consultant, business analyst, project and team manager and architect. Ahmet, after working at SAP for 2 years and getting enough project experience and honing on his technical skils, he decided to set up FIT “Future Information Technology” Solutions together with 3 of his friends in 1999. By the end of 1999 FIT had already made its first million USD revenue. FIT has integrated Turkey’s most important e-commerce platform named “Arena Computer Supplier Portal” with SAP. This was featuted as an international success story by SAP Inside magazine in 2001. FIT Solutions(lately became Foriba) has a lot of experience from completing many software integration projects. Working with the top 250 companies also gives the company the advantage to have a more extensible, scalable, sustainable and supportable product. These experiences and know-how attained over the years put the company in an advantageous position to achieve end-to-end e-invoicing solutions. in 2019 Ahmet Bilgen exited from Foriba. Foriba did: - Series A With Revo Capital - Series B With Revo, IFC, Endeavor Catalyst - Exit ## Ayla Cönger - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Education Ayla Cönger ## Cihan Demir - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Big Data, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency Cihan Demir is the Founder & CEO of Finartz. He previously worked at mypat as a Co-Founder. Cihan Demir attended Maltepe University. ## Metin Tarakçı - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services Metin Tarakçı ## Burak Günsev - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Education Burak Günsev - Advisor @ manibux ## Soner Casur - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Debt Financing - Focus: Apps, Gaming, Restaurants Soner Çaşur is Co-Founder at TaksidePOS. He attended Columbia Business School. ## Burak Dayıoğlu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Convertible Note - Focus: Big Data, Software, Analytics Dayioglu holds a BSc and MSc in Computer Engineering and holds CISSP, CSSLP, CRISC, CIPT certificates with a strong technology background. He is an active angel investor. ## Kerem Bilgin - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Banking, FinTech, Payments Kerem Bilgin ## Yusuf Sevim - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Apps, FinTech, Software Yusuf Sevim ## Barış Conger - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Education Barış Conger - Advisor @ manibux ## Engin Utkan - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Art, AgTech, Farming A. Engin Utkan is Senior Salesforce Consultant | Flow Automation Expert | Application Architect ## Akif Cahit Erdoğan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services Akif Cahit Erdoğan ## Aydın Mizrahi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, InsurTech, Logistics Aydın Mizrahi ## Nigel Morris - Type: Angel - Location: Alexandria, Virginia, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet Nigel Morris is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of QED Investors. Nigel has a BSC in Psychology from the East London University and a MBA with distinction from London Business School. ## Mehmet Sacit Sungu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Information Technology, Apps, Local Mehmet Sacit Sungu ## Arman Eker - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Robotics Arman Eker - CEO @ Trendbox ## Figen Korun - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Coffee, Battery Figen Korun ## Bilge Algul - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Big Data, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency Bilge Algul - Co-Founder @ Veacon ## Yahya Acun - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Marketing, Crowdfunding, Financial Services Yahya Acun ## Sema Sarsar - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Finance Sema Sarsar ## Kunal Shah - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet Kunal Shah ## Hakkı Alkan - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: Apps, Gaming, Mobile Apps Hakkı Alkan is the Founder and CEO at ShiftDelete. ## Alper Çetinkaya - Type: Angel - Location: Ankara, Ankara, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Banking, Finance, Financial Services Alper Çetinkaya ## Yakup Doğan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services Yakup Doğan ## Olugbenga Agboola - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance Olugbenga Agboola is the Co-Founder and CEO of Flutterwave. He previously worked at Africa Fintech Foundry as a Senior Entrepreneur In Residence. Olugbenga Agboola attended MIT Sloan School of Management. ## Ayberk Kuday - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Education Ayberk Kuday - Advisor @ manibux ## Amrish Rau - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Amrish Rau is the CEO of Pine Labs. ## Melih Odemis - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile Melih is one of the pioneer Internet entrepreneurs in Turkey. Born in Istanbul, he studied Computer Engineering and MBA at Bogazici University. After one year of professional experience in Citibank, Melih founded yemeksepeti.com with his partners in 2000. Yemeksepeti.com became the online food delivery giant first in Turkey, and then in Middle Eastand Eastern Europe. As a co-founder, Melih has acted as CTO of the company until 2013 and as Board Member until May 2015, when the company was acquired by Delivery Hero writing one of the biggest Internet exit stories in the region. Melih has been selected an Endeavor Entrepreneur in 2007. Since 2011 he has been an active angel investor in internet and technology companies with more than 30 investments. He is one of the cofounders of Galata Business Angels, which is one of the first business angel networks in Turkey. He is a founding member of EO Turkey. Melih lives in London now with his family and continues to invest in tech start-ups globally. ## Jitendra Gupta - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Jitendra Gupta is the Founder of Jupiter. ## E. Bora Uygun - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Mobile Apps E. Bora Uygun is the Founder and CEO of BORA&SONS. He holds a Ph.D. in information technologies from Marmara University and has an MBA from the same institution. ## Nilüfer Günhan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, FinTech, Finance Nilüfer Günhan