# Top 50 FinTech 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 ## Sina Afra - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Tunç Mehmet Berkman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Mobile, Payments, Shopping Tunç Mehmet Berkman ## 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 ## 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. ## 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. ## 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 ## 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. ## 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. ## 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. ## 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. ## Amrish Rau - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Amrish Rau is the CEO of Pine Labs. ## Serkan Koç - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Price Comparison Serkan Koç is the Co-Founder at E-Ticaret Merkezim. Attended Marmara University. ## Jamal Fayoumi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Marketing, Crowdfunding, Financial Services Jamal Fayoumi ## Yeşim Çevik - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: InsurTech, Insurance, Health Insurance Yeşim Çevik ## Selim Gündoğan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: InsurTech, Insurance, Health Insurance Selim Gündoğan ## Şamil Demir - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: InsurTech, Insurance, Health Insurance Şamil Demir ## Kutay Pinarci - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Banking, FinTech, Payments With over 17 years of experience in strategy consulting, capital & finance management, strategic growth, business modelling and development; he helps scale-ups and enterprises to grow rapidly and sustainably in competitive and dynamic markets. A proven track record of leading and executing complex & high-impact cases and engagementsacross multiple industries and geographies, delivering solid value for clients, stakeholders and teams.His roles required overseeing the formulation, execution, and monitoring diversified portfolio of businesses, ranging from B2B to B2C, within various verticals such as energy, manufacturing, healthcare, finance to edge-technology.As well as having a startup portfolio as an angel investor, thanks to 10 years of senior leadership in M&A and 5 years of tech-enabled startup background, he lead the identification, evaluation, and integration of potential acquisition targets. These experiences cover LP fund raising, acquisitions, sell-side fundraising and joint venture initiatives in large scale mergers. Kutay is passionate to enable and facilitate the challenging visions through innovation and commercial growth as a tech-enthusiastic business leader and active investor. ## Nilüfer Günhan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, FinTech, Finance Nilüfer Günhan ## Ayla Cönger - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Education Ayla Cönger ## Barış Conger - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Education Barış Conger - Advisor @ manibux ## Kerem Bilgin - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Banking, FinTech, Payments Kerem Bilgin ## Nazan Zeybek - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Finance Nazan Zeybek ## Akın İdil - Type: Angel - Location: Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Big Data, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency Akın İDİL is a Co-Founder at Veacon. ## Ihsan Elgin - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Ihsan Elgin is the Co-Founder of Startups.Watch. He was a Co-Founder and Executive VP, EMEA at ClimateMinder. He attended Koç University. ## Yahya Acun - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Marketing, Crowdfunding, Financial Services Yahya Acun ## Burak Günsev - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Education Burak Günsev - Advisor @ manibux ## 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. ## Murat Tora - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Big Data, Software, Analytics Managing Partner at Innovera AS & Co-Founder AtarLabs AS ## 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. ## Koray Gultekin Bahar - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Sharing Economy Koray Gultekin Bahar is a Co-Founder & CEO at Figopara.Koray attended Eastern Mediterranean University. ## Yusuf Sevim - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Apps, FinTech, Software Yusuf Sevim ## İbrahim Ozer - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: CRM, Beauty, Gaming İbrahim Özer ## Emre Kozlu - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, InsurTech Emre Kozlu is a Director Strategy & Program Delivery at Philip Morris International. ## Hys Sevim - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Apps, FinTech, Software Hys Sevim ## Yakup Doğan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services Yakup Doğan ## Taner Selamioğlu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: InsurTech, Insurance, Health Insurance Taner Selamioğlu ## Serpil Dedeoğlu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: InsurTech, Insurance, Health Insurance Serpil Dedeoğlu ## Metin Tarakçı - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services Metin Tarakçı ## Selman Delil - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: InsurTech, Insurance, Health Insurance Selman Delil ## 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. ## 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. ## Ravish Naresh - Type: Angel - Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Internet, Apps Ravish Naresh is a serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Housing.com and Khatabook. Prior to that, he worked as a summer intern at Deloitte. Naresh holds a bachelor’s degree from IIT Bombay. ## Edward Lando - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology Edward Lando is the founder of Pareto Holdings. He previously worked at Horizons School of Technology as a co-founder. Edward Lando attended the Wharton School. ## Sema Sarsar - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Finance Sema Sarsar ## Ertan Aksu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Marketing, Crowdfunding, Financial Services Ertan Aksu ## Figen Korun - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Coffee, Battery Figen Korun # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co