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Top 50 Gaming Angel Investors in Middle East (August 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in Middle East Gaming startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Middle East Gaming startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Angel round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Hasan Aslanoba
Angel
7 Turkey, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Internet, Software $175k–$30M
Husnu Babayigit
Angel
7 Turkey, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Gaming, Mobile Apps, Video Games $425k–$30M
Firat Isbecer
Angel
6 Turkey, United States Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed SaaS, Artificial Intelligence, Internet $20k–$3.8M
Volkan Bicer
Angel
4 Turkey, Singapore, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Online Games, Mobile $130k–$2.7M
Emre Gönül
Angel
4 Turkey Seed, Pre-Seed Video Games, Online Games, Mobile $99k–$3M
Beni Nofech
Angel
4 Israel Pre-Seed, Series A Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Nutrition $450k–$2M
Ali Ilci
Angel
4 Turkey, Switzerland, United States Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note Hotel, Advice, Gaming $123k–$400k
Ayşe Araz
Angel
3 Turkey Seed, Angel Coffee, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage $87k–$180k
Yossi Ackerman
Angel
3 Israel, United States Seed, Angel, Series A Apps, Local, Mobile
Enis Hulli
Angel
3 United States, Turkey, Poland Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Gaming $425k–$4.5M
Rafi Gidron
Angel
3 Israel, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Financial Services $100k–$8M
Ersan Öztürk
Angel
3 Turkey Seed, Convertible Note Content, Delivery, Logistics $1.5M–$3M
John Wright
Angel
3 Turkey Seed, Angel Gaming, Software, Blockchain
Agah Ugur
Angel
3 Turkey, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Apps, Food and Beverage $134k–$1.2M
Ramazan Evren
Angel
3 Turkey Seed, Angel Coffee, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage $87k–$180k
Omer Duran
Angel
3 Turkey Seed, Angel Coffee, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage $87k–$180k
Kagan Çevik
Angel
3 Turkey Seed, Angel Cooking, Food Processing, Food and Beverage $550k–$600k
Tunç Yalgın
Angel
3 Turkey, Germany, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Video Games, SaaS, Mobile $7k–$600k
Sake Bosch
Angel
3 The Netherlands, France, Israel Seed, Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, Biotechnology $1.3M–$77M
Nuri Sahin
Angel
3 Turkey Angel, Pre-Seed Printing, Collectibles, Card and Board Games $403k–$486k
Elad Kushnir
Angel
3 Israel, United States, Germany Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B Gaming, Software, Travel $1M–$35M
Ali Rıza Babaoğlan
Angel
3 Turkey Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed TV, CRM, Apps
Emre Can
Angel
3 Turkey Angel, Pre-Seed Printing, Collectibles, Card and Board Games $403k–$486k
Nevzat Aydın
Angel
3 Turkey, United States, France Seed, Angel Software, Internet, E-Commerce $100k–$3M
Ahmet Özokur
Angel
3 Turkey Seed, Angel Cooking, Food Processing, Food and Beverage $550k–$600k
Ahu Serter
Angel
3 Turkey, United States, Greece Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, Transportation, Electronics $87k–$3.6M
Firat Ileri
Angel
3 Turkey, United States, Sweden Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Gaming, Robotics $600k–$200M
Aydın Harezi
Angel
3 Turkey Seed, Angel Cooking, Food Processing, Food and Beverage $550k–$600k
Uri Levine
Angel
3 Israel Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Travel, FinTech, Apps $3M–$12M
Kristian Segerstrale
Angel
2 United States, Finland, India Seed, Series A, Angel Gaming, PC Games, Online Games $796k–$24M
Vladimir Nikolsky
Angel
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Yahya Ülker
Angel
2 Turkey, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Food and Beverage, Software, SaaS
Yenwen Feng
Angel
2 Israel Seed Gaming, Software, Blockchain $3M–$3M
Ali Kutay
Angel
2 United States, Turkey, Germany Seed, Angel, Series A Software, Internet, Information Technology
Yoni Assia
Angel
2 Israel, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Software, SaaS, Gaming $3M–$3M
Yılmaz Yıldız
Angel
2 Turkey Seed Procurement, Waste Management, Retail $64k–$992k
Uğur Şeker
Angel
2 Turkey, United States, Estonia Seed, Angel, Convertible Note Internet, Marketing, Information Technology $64k–$4.5M
Tarık Bayar
Angel
2 Turkey Seed Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services $64k–$64k
Ömer Faruk Akarca
Angel
2 Turkey Seed Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services $64k–$64k
Haluk Can Hür
Angel
2 Turkey, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Mobile, Retail, Shopping $64k–$520k
Emre Kurttepeli
Angel
2 Turkey, United States, Singapore Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $135k–$3M
Danny Grander
Angel
2 Israel, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, Developer Tools $1.8M–$21M
Bassam Falah
Angel
2 Iraq Seed, Convertible Note Retail, Internet, Shopping
Ercan Solmaz
Angel
2 Turkey Seed Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services $64k–$64k
Engin Kale
Angel
2 Turkey, United States, The Netherlands Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Apps, Gaming, Jewelry
Mehmet Ayan
Angel
2 Turkey Seed, Pre-Seed Online Games, Gaming, Mobile
Mehmet Emin Çiftçi
Angel
2 Turkey Seed, Pre-Seed Shipping, Logistics, E-Commerce
David Buttress
Angel
2 United Kingdom, United States, Egypt Seed, Series A Mobile, E-Commerce, Restaurants $2.1M–$16M
Ali Karakuş
Angel
2 Turkey Seed Toys, PC Games, Online Games
Semih Hakyemez
Angel
2 Turkey Seed Toys, PC Games, Online Games
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Hasan Aslanoba
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 7 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

business in the water industry. By 2005, the company succeeded in the Turkish bottled water industry under his guidance.In 2006, Erikli Water partnered its Turkish operations with Nestle Waters, the global leader of the bottled water industry.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 113
  • Round size: Seed $175k–$2.3M; Series A $350k–$3M; Series B $825k–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

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.
  • RemoteTeam (acquired by Gusto) — Global Payroll, PEO and EOR Services, tax compliances, IC contracts, and HR apps. All designed for Remote First teams.
  • Local Greens — Local Greens is an indoor farming company operating in metropolitan cities to grow healthy, premium quality and delicious vegetables.While our combination of natural sunlight, LED grow lights and hydroponic growing methods ensure that we are using the resources as efficient as possible, our "grow local & sell local" approach allowsus to sell our greens without middleman and logistics costs, and deliver our greens as fresh as possible.
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Husnu Babayigit
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 7 investments in Middle East Gaming startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Akin Babayigit is currently a co-founder of Tripledot Studios, a mobile games studio based in London. Before starting Tripledot, Akin was an active investor & advisor to various companies in the gaming space as well as serving as the Head of Business Operations & Special Projects at King Digital Entertainment. Before his experience at King,Akin was the head of Facebook Audience Network in EMEA.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Mobile Apps, Video Games
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$10M; Pre-Seed $425k–$8.4M; Series A $15M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Palabra.ai — AI-Powered Speech Translation & Voice Interpreter App. Get real-time translation in 30+ languages with minimal latency for smooth global communication.
  • Pixel Flow — Stuck on Pixel Flow? Get instant solution for ANY level just by uploading a screenshot. Beat Pixel Flow very hard levels fast with easy cheat & walkthrough.
  • Cypher Games — Cypher Games is a mobile gaming company founded by passionate gamers with a dream of building a global success story. We aim to shape the future of mobile gaming together with our colleagues, investors and thought partners.
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Firat Isbecer
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 6 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Round size: Seed $727k–$3.8M; Angel $20k–$3.5M; Pre-Seed $70k–$430k
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Crait AI — Empowering your eComm and marketing visuals with power of AI creativity and actionable data insight.
  • 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
  • Paket Mutfak — Paket Mutfak develops delivery-focused food brands and operates them from its ghost kitchens. They create restaurant brands for takeaway and serve good food all over the city with their cloud kitchens. The company allows consumers to use online digital channels to reinvent the local meal delivery experience.
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Volkan Bicer
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 4 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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 AI portfolio studio building, testing and scaling consumer apps and B2B AI tools.
  • Komunite — Komünite is Turkey's methodology-driven digital entrepreneurship platform, founded in 2021 to transform how independent creators and micro-entrepreneurs build sustainable businesses. Rather than relying on innate talent or chance, Komünite champions a systematic approach to venture building—what it calls "Metot Girişimcilik"(Methodical Entrepreneurship)—where learnable frameworks replace guesswork and data-driven iteration replaces intuition.The platform operates across three integrated verticals:• Komünite (Core Platform): An online community of digital entrepreneurs, content creators, designers, and freelancers supported by 36 specialized forum channels, structured mentorship programs, and regular events including Tool Night, AMA sessions, Speed Networking, and Founder's Talk. Members gain access to educational resources, collaborative project opportunities, and the Katma Değer Fonu—an in-house investment fund providing $2,000–$7,000 in seed capital to promising digital ventures in exchange for 30% equity stakes.• Komünite Space: A 160m² physical innovation hub located in Vadistanbul, Istanbul, featuring event capacity for 80 seated or 160 standing attendees, a professional video production studio, and flexible workspace configurations. The venue hosts workshops, corporate training programs, and sector-specific networking events that bridge online community engagement with real-world collaboration.• Lokomotif AI: The corporate training arm delivering generative AI programs to enterprises. Offerings include AI Leadership seminars for executives, AI Literacy workshops for teams, AI Strategy development programs, and monthly AI Trends briefings. Lokomotif AI also provides automation consulting and custom AI-powered digital product development services.Komünite addresses a structural gap in Turkey's entrepreneurship ecosystem: the isolation, resource scarcity, and methodological uncertainty that constrain independent digital creators. Through its rolling fund model, physical infrastructure, and enterprise training revenue streams, the platform has built a self-reinforcing ecosystem where corporate clients fund community growth, successful ventures generate reinvestable returns, and members progress from learners to mentors to founders.The platform's venture studio arm, Komünite Stüdyo, develops digital products for external clients while serving as a proving ground for member talent, matching projects with specialists from its internal database based on demonstrated competencies and track records.
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Emre Gönül
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 4 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Emre Gönül

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Video Games, Online Games, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $99k–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sentez — An AI portfolio studio building, testing and scaling consumer apps and B2B AI tools.
  • Fortune Mine Games — Fortune Mine is a mobile social gaming company with target operating markets in North America & Oceania. Freshly founded in 2021, we are headquartered in Istanbul; one of the major mobile gaming hubs.
  • Novart Space Technologies — Novart Space Technologies is an aerospace engineering company specializing in space exploration through propulsion technologies.
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Beni Nofech
Angel · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel · 4 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Beni Nofech is a food-tech investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Nutrition
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $450k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Remilk — Remilk is a food-tech company that uses microbes to produce the key ingredients in milk. The company is developing technology for creating a milk substitute that is similar to cow milk in flavor, nutritional composition, composition, and functionality. It was founded in 2019 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.
  • Oshi — Alternative Protein - Stealth Mode
  • 50CUT — Mush Foods is an Israeli-based food tech company, growing edible mushroom mycelium to create innovative and sustainable animal-free protein as an ingredient for the food and beverage industry. We harness the fantastic power and innate intelligence of mushrooms to face future global challenges and provide sustainable groundbreaking food solutions tothe food of the future.
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Ali Ilci
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 4 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Pardon AI — Boost your business with Pardon AI 3.0, cutting-edge technology. Discover AI-driven insights to increase sales, enhance customer satisfaction, and streamline operations. Transform your hospitality experience today!
  • Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
  • Copyright Capital — Copyright Capital funds YouTubers and influencers worldwide. Apply for global creator funding to grow your channel, scale your influence, and earn more.
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Ayşe Araz
Angel · 3 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Ayşe Araz

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Coffee, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $87k–$180k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kahvegibikahve — Kahvegibikahve started with a crowdfunding campaign to make brewing real coffee easy and available everywhere. With high quality coffee beans and special Fiber Filtre™, your coffee is brewed properly, and without any hassle, you enjoy it.
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Yossi Ackerman
Angel · 3 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Joseph Ackerman, also known as Yossi, served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Elbit Systems Ltd., the holding company of Elbit Security Systems Ltd. and Harpia Sistemas S.A. from 1996 to March 31, 2013. From 1994 to 1996, Joseph Ackerman served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Elbit Ltd.'s Defense Systems Division(EDS.). He joined Elbit Ltd. in 1982 and held various management positions, including General Manager of EFW, Senior Vice President of Operations Group, Vice President of Operations and Vice President of Advanced Battlefield Systems. He serves as the Chairman of MediGuide Ltd. He served as the Chairman of Elbit Systems EW and SIGINT - Elisra Ltd. and Elbit Systems Ltd. He served as the Chairman of Tadiran Communications Ltd. since August 2005. He served as the Chairman of Elbit Systems Ltd. from 1996 to 2004. He served as the Vice Chairman of Elbit Systems Ltd. from April 1, 2013 to November 19, 2013. He serves as a Director of Imagesat International N.v. He served as a Director of Elbit Systems Ltd., the holding company of Elbit Systems EW and SIGINT - Elisra Ltd. from 1996 to 2004. Joseph Ackerman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Israel Institute of Technology (the Technion).

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Local, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Israel, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Phytolon — Phytolon revolutionizes the way food colors are produce, by Leveraging a novel and sustainable technology for production of healthy food colors in high quality at low costs. Phytolon's mission is to exploit scientific advancement promote human health and environmental sustainability
  • Musketeer — Help anywhere, anytime. Musketeer enables personal safety, alerting people close by and emergency services that someone needs help. In addition, it builds real life communities and promotes proactive safety by allowing people to ask for assistance, such as having someone walk them to their car because it's night and they don't want to bealone. All for free.Musketeer is the first social network dedicated to personal safety. By leveraging 21st century technology (crowdsourcing, cloud, and mobile) Musketeer enables users to seek assistance from people around them in case of distress. The system also provides safety related information in real-time and in aggregate for smarter Region/City management.
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Enis Hulli
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 3 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Enis is a General Partner of 500 Startups and the Host of cc: Podcast. Prior to that, he was a Research Assistant at McGill University. He graduated from McGill University and Istanbul Technical University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Gaming
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Turkey, Poland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $425k–$3.2M
  • Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FERASET — FERASET builds next-gen apps by combining deep AI expertise with cutting-edge technology.
  • Caretta — Realtime AI for sales calls that helps reps answer hard questions, handle objections, and stay sharp before, during, and after every meeting.
  • Paket Mutfak — Paket Mutfak develops delivery-focused food brands and operates them from its ghost kitchens. They create restaurant brands for takeaway and serve good food all over the city with their cloud kitchens. The company allows consumers to use online digital channels to reinvent the local meal delivery experience.
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Rafi Gidron
Angel · 3 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Rafi Gidron is the Founder and Chairman of Israel Brain Technologies. He previously worked at Lucent as a VP of Optical networks. Rafi Gidron attended Columbia University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Israel, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$8M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vyzer — One platform for investment tracking, financial planning, data-driven insights, document analysis & more! Ideal for diverse portfolios.
  • Dig — dig is a social listening platform using AI to analyze social video. Track brand mentions and sentiment analysis with our real-time media monitoring tool.
  • The Digital Pets Company — pay77 situs gacor yang memberikan akses lengkap dengan fitur apk mobile dapat lebih mudah menemukan dan bermain di situs pay77, ayo install aplikasunya dan manfaatkan semua fitur yang tersedia di kami
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Ersan Öztürk
Angel · 3 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer @ TikTak

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Delivery, Logistics
  • Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Paket Mutfak — Paket Mutfak develops delivery-focused food brands and operates them from its ghost kitchens. They create restaurant brands for takeaway and serve good food all over the city with their cloud kitchens. The company allows consumers to use online digital channels to reinvent the local meal delivery experience.
  • Swipeline Media — 119K Followers, 207 Following, 1,461 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Swipeline TR (@swipeline_tr)
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John Wright
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 3 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

John Wright is based out of London, England, and is the CEO of Turborilla. John previously worked at Kwalee as a Vice President of Mobile Publishing. John Wright attended the University of Westminster.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Software, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • BitPet — BitPet is an Augmented Reality multiplayer mobile game where players take care of virtual pets. The game improves the player’s physical health and social well-being.
  • Mixer — Pioneers who shape the entertainment of the future
  • Zoe Studios — Zoe Studios is a mobile gaming company specialising in unique puzzle games, with a goal of making chess more accessible and enjoyable for casual players.
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Agah Ugur
Angel · 3 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Agah Uğur

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Apps, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $134k–$1.2M; Pre-Seed $400k–$425k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Malty — Malty manufactures malt-based healthy snacks that provide new food products made from sustainable components. The company uses sustainable and repurposed raw materials, and its products are natural and vegan, with no added sugar, preservatives, or flavor, allowing consumers to enjoy a snack with high nutritional value, dietary fiber, andnon-additive content.
  • Workhy — More than 20,000 entrepreneurs chose us for company formation, financial process management, tax return preparation, and bookkeeping services.
  • Mükellef — Mükellef is a fintech company that provides financial services, digital transformation, and accounting services.
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Ramazan Evren
Angel · 3 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Ramazan Evren

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Coffee, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $87k–$180k
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kahvegibikahve — Kahvegibikahve started with a crowdfunding campaign to make brewing real coffee easy and available everywhere. With high quality coffee beans and special Fiber Filtre™, your coffee is brewed properly, and without any hassle, you enjoy it.
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Omer Duran
Angel · 3 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Omer Duran

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Coffee, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $87k–$180k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kahvegibikahve — Kahvegibikahve started with a crowdfunding campaign to make brewing real coffee easy and available everywhere. With high quality coffee beans and special Fiber Filtre™, your coffee is brewed properly, and without any hassle, you enjoy it.
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Kagan Çevik
Angel · 3 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Founder

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cooking, Food Processing, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $550k–$600k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rafinera Cloud Kitchen — The Rafinera Cloud Kitchen operates various brand, last-mile satellite restaurants where these are finished once ordered, delivered very quickly, and provided at a very high service level. Our consumers adore the great flavors of the comfort food brands that we own and operate.
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Tunç Yalgın
Angel · Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal · 3 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Entrepreneur and investor, enjoys helping entrepreneurs and being part of their journey (currently obsessed with AI)

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Video Games, SaaS, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey, Germany, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $7k–$600k
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Convose
  • Sopsy — Sopsy is a next-generation e-commerce platform that enables small businesses and creators to launch online stores in minutes — without any technical knowledge. Founded in 2013 and restructured as a Delaware C-Corp in 2019, Sopsy operates between the United States and Türkiye, empowering thousands of entrepreneurs who value speed, simplicity, andsecurity in digital commerce.Currently expanding its product ecosystem, Sopsy is preparing to introduce two new tiers — Sopsy Free and Sopsy Plus — designed to make digital entrepreneurship even more accessible. These upcoming plans will integrate website creation, payment processing, and store management within a single seamless experience, enhanced by AI-powered tools, automated invoicing, and local payment integrations.Guided by the philosophy “Fast, Easy, and Secure,” Sopsy’s mission is to remove the complexity of selling online. With a growing community across Türkiye, Europe, and the Middle East, Sopsy is redefining how small businesses start, grow, and succeed in the digital economy — building a future where commerce is effortless, secure, and universal.
  • Hero Concept — Hero Concept is a computer games company that develops visionary reimaginations of the timeless classics of arcade gaming. The company studies the histories of the ever-present classics in order to carry them into the 21st century--with panache. Hero Concept was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Sake Bosch
Angel · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands · 3 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Sake Bosch is a Founder and Managing Partner of Prime Ventures since 1999. Sake brings over 25 years of experience in marketing and sales and venture capital to Prime. Prior to founding Prime in 1999, Sake was a Senior Principal at Holland Venture and was responsible for managing investments in technology companies. Sake was involved in many ofthe Holland Venture technology investments including Applicare Medical Imaging (acquired by GE Medical Systems), BWise (acquired by Nasdaq), SQL Systems (acquired by Datastream) and Freecom (acquired by Mitsubishi Kagaku Media). Before joining Holland Venture in 1994, Sake worked as an Independent Corporate Finance Consultant focusing primarily on early stage companies. Prior to this position Sake was a Sales Executive at Securitas Group. Sake started his career in 1989 as a Strategic Market Analyst at VNU. Sake serves on the board of directors of Civolution, 4C, Dealerdirect, Digital Origin, Greetz, Forcare, SaaSPlaza, SlimPay and Takeaway.com. Previous investments include: 3mensio Medical Imaging (acquired by Esaoto), eBuddy (acquired by Booking.com), Global Collect (acquired by General Atlantic), MarketXS (acquired by Markit), Nedstat (acquired by comScore Inc.), Tridion (acquired by SDL) and Watermark (acquired by Qurius). Sake holds an M.Sc. degree in Business Administration as well as a B.A. degree in Management Science and Industrial Engineering.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: The Netherlands, France, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 33
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$7.2M; Series A $6.9M–$29M; Series B $7.1M–$77M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Alfa AI — Alfa AI is a recruitment technology company specializing in AI-driven hiring solutions.
  • TerraSpark — TerraSpark Energy specializing in software solutions for renewable energy asset management. The product, TerraSpark Hub, provides comprehensive oversight of commercial and technical data for green energy assets like solar and wind projects.
  • Recupere Metals — Recupere Metals focused on recycling copper scrap into high-quality electrical wires. It uses a patented mechanical process enhanced by AI to boost conductivity from impure scrap, bypassing energy-intensive smelting.
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Nuri Sahin
Angel · 3 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Nuri Şahin is a Turkish football player.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Printing, Collectibles, Card and Board Games
  • Stage:Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Angel $403k–$486k
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mythos Cards — Mythos Cards is the leading collectible card company of Turkey. The company holds licenses to top Turkish Super league clubs and entertainments properties. Innovation lays at the centre of Mythos Cards.
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Elad Kushnir
Angel · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel · 3 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Elad Kushnir

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Software, Travel
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Israel, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$7.4M; Series B $35M–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Huuuge Games — Huuuge is a gaming company on a mission to build world's largest real-time social casual gaming platform connecting millions of players to have fun & socialize & play awesome games.They are passionate about transforming mobile casual gaming into massively fun, real-time, social experiences.Their mission is to be the global leaderof real-time free-to-play casual gaming on mobile: re-defining casual arcade, puzzle and casino categories.
  • Luna Labs — Luna Labs is the maker of a creative management platform used to create mobile ads. Luna Labs technology allows app developers from enterprises to indie developers to create, manage and optimize their playable ad and video ads, at a fast speed and on a large scale.
  • Mad Brain Games — Challenge your brain with this fun, free word scapes game!Solve puzzles to save the farm! Word Farm Adventure Game Save...
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Ali Rıza Babaoğlan
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 3 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

I am a business professional since 2008 and a financial investor since 2015, having strategic positions in several scale-up tech companies/startups and real-estate assets. I continue to invest in the tech domain with a focus on SaaS solutions for B2B and B2C markets, and real estate options in developing markets with ROI targets.Grow inEMEA, the company I started in 2015, focuses on East Europe, Turkey, and the Middle East markets mostly for tech and real estate options and portfolio management. Also, my team provides market access services to Baltics, Turkey, and UAE / Saudi and gives investment advisory services.Prior to the investment focus, I worked in Linkedin EMEA Headquarter where I hold Director of Turkish Speaking Territory in Dublin, Ireland. Before, I have been with SAP AG and IBM in Turkey. I also give speeches at local and global investment events. I gave keynotes on ARAB NET in Lebanon, IT Arena in Ukraine, Rise Up Summit in Egypt, and NEXT in Germany. I also spoke at several closed corporate events of Roche, VESTEL, SAP AG, DenizBank, Turkish Economy Ministry, Turkish Exporters Assembly, Bakioğlu Holding, and AGT.Now, I am living in Tallinn, Estonia.Email: alib@growinemea.com Web: https://alibabaoglan.com Photos: https://gie.investments/my-photos

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Investment focus

  • Industry: TV, CRM, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ekmob — Ekmob creates mobile projects for companies which have mobile field teams and operations.Companies with mobile teams and field operations have some common problems such as inefficiency in management of mobile teams, communication difficulties, inability to get instant data from field, offline mobile team on the field. All these problems lead tolack or deficiency in decision-support systems.
  • N'oluyo — N’oluyo is a TV program-based social platform and is your favorite buddy while watching TV.
  • Kahvegibikahve — Kahvegibikahve started with a crowdfunding campaign to make brewing real coffee easy and available everywhere. With high quality coffee beans and special Fiber Filtre™, your coffee is brewed properly, and without any hassle, you enjoy it.
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Emre Can
Angel · 3 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Emre Can

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Printing, Collectibles, Card and Board Games
  • Stage:Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Angel $403k–$486k
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mythos Cards — Mythos Cards is the leading collectible card company of Turkey. The company holds licenses to top Turkish Super league clubs and entertainments properties. Innovation lays at the centre of Mythos Cards.
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Nevzat Aydın
Angel · 3 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 57
  • Round size: Seed $233k–$2.7M; Angel $100k–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Enquire AI — Enquire is on a mission to make organizations knowledge-efficient. We provide the world’s leading enterprises an AI-powered platform to leverage global subject-matter expertise in real time.Our uniqueness is defined by our software, which starts with Network Pulse. Through Network Pulse, all that clients need to do is submit a question. Fromthere, our AI-driven multifactor algorithm identifies the experts best placed to provide tailored, actionable analysis in 250 words, which smartly arrives in the client’s dashboard within minutes. There on, clients can assess answers according to the experts’ professional background and platform ratings and go deeper with any expert of their choice on a Pulse Call or collaborate longer-term on a Pulse Project. We have made this knowledge journey uniquely empowering and seamless for the client by fitting it to their established workflows for data gathering and research.
  • Komunite — Komünite is Turkey's methodology-driven digital entrepreneurship platform, founded in 2021 to transform how independent creators and micro-entrepreneurs build sustainable businesses. Rather than relying on innate talent or chance, Komünite champions a systematic approach to venture building—what it calls "Metot Girişimcilik"(Methodical Entrepreneurship)—where learnable frameworks replace guesswork and data-driven iteration replaces intuition.The platform operates across three integrated verticals:• Komünite (Core Platform): An online community of digital entrepreneurs, content creators, designers, and freelancers supported by 36 specialized forum channels, structured mentorship programs, and regular events including Tool Night, AMA sessions, Speed Networking, and Founder's Talk. Members gain access to educational resources, collaborative project opportunities, and the Katma Değer Fonu—an in-house investment fund providing $2,000–$7,000 in seed capital to promising digital ventures in exchange for 30% equity stakes.• Komünite Space: A 160m² physical innovation hub located in Vadistanbul, Istanbul, featuring event capacity for 80 seated or 160 standing attendees, a professional video production studio, and flexible workspace configurations. The venue hosts workshops, corporate training programs, and sector-specific networking events that bridge online community engagement with real-world collaboration.• Lokomotif AI: The corporate training arm delivering generative AI programs to enterprises. Offerings include AI Leadership seminars for executives, AI Literacy workshops for teams, AI Strategy development programs, and monthly AI Trends briefings. Lokomotif AI also provides automation consulting and custom AI-powered digital product development services.Komünite addresses a structural gap in Turkey's entrepreneurship ecosystem: the isolation, resource scarcity, and methodological uncertainty that constrain independent digital creators. Through its rolling fund model, physical infrastructure, and enterprise training revenue streams, the platform has built a self-reinforcing ecosystem where corporate clients fund community growth, successful ventures generate reinvestable returns, and members progress from learners to mentors to founders.The platform's venture studio arm, Komünite Stüdyo, develops digital products for external clients while serving as a proving ground for member talent, matching projects with specialists from its internal database based on demonstrated competencies and track records.
  • ya da multicosmetics — ya da multicosmetics is a cosmetics brand and aims to accelerate its R&D efforts, support its growth.
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Ahmet Özokur
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 3 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

General Partner

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cooking, Food Processing, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $550k–$600k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rafinera Cloud Kitchen — The Rafinera Cloud Kitchen operates various brand, last-mile satellite restaurants where these are finished once ordered, delivered very quickly, and provided at a very high service level. Our consumers adore the great flavors of the comfort food brands that we own and operate.
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Ahu Serter
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 3 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Transportation, Electronics
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, Greece

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 37
  • Round size: Seed $110k–$3.6M; Pre-Seed $87k–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Jobtogo — Jobtogo is a freelancer platform that offers solutions to the problems experienced by companies in the supply of talent.
  • Euronova — Euronova develops advanced raw materials based on the ideas of sustainability, recycling, and circular economy.
  • Tripy Mobility — Are you ready for the future of mobility? Download the Tripy app and start your journey with our shared electric vehicles.
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Firat Ileri
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 3 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Firat is a Partner at Hummingbird Ventures. His current portfolio includes Armut, Argent, Aspire, Billiontoone, Brigit, Ciceksepeti, Instacarro, Kernal Biologics and Layer.He previously worked with Frontier Car Group, Gram Games, Peak Games and Merlin prior to their acquisition. He is interested in marketplaces, frontier tech, fintech and gaming.Previously, he worked at J.P. Morgan at the Emerging Markets Structuring and Solutions group. He received B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Management Science and a Master of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Gaming, Robotics
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, Sweden

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$25M; Pre-Seed $800k–$7.5M; Series A $1M–$200M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ace Games — Gaming
  • Magic Games — Magic Games is a mobile gaming company with new genre of casual multiplayer puzzle games.
  • Heltia — Saat ini ayuslot sudah menghadirkan akses login game slot zeus pragmatic play terupdate 2026 yang sangat mudah di akses. Segera mainkan game slot zeus di ayuslot yang sudah terbukti akan membayar berapapun kemenangan para player.
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Aydın Harezi
Angel · 3 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Aydın Harezi

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cooking, Food Processing, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $550k–$600k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rafinera Cloud Kitchen — The Rafinera Cloud Kitchen operates various brand, last-mile satellite restaurants where these are finished once ordered, delivered very quickly, and provided at a very high service level. Our consumers adore the great flavors of the comfort food brands that we own and operate.
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Uri Levine
Angel · 3 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Uri Levine is the Founder, Chairman and Board member of Waze. He previously worked at HERE Technologies as a Board Member. Uri Levine attended Tel Aviv University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, FinTech, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $3.2M–$3.5M; Series A $3M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SeeTree — SeeTree offers you complete transparency into the health and production of each of your trees by leveraging the most powerful innovations available.
  • Oversee — AI growth engine for travel - Increase revenue, maximize savings, automate customer service and streamline operations
  • WeSki — WeSki allows you to compare endless ski holiday combinations, find the best deals and build your perfect ski holiday package, in just few clicks.
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Kristian Segerstrale
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Kristian Segerstrale is the Co-founder of Initial Capital and Board member of Supercell, as well as the Co-founder and CEO of Playfish. Kristian has been at the forefront of the rapidly transforming game industry since 2001.He was a co-founder of mobile gaming pioneer Macrospace – today Glu Mobile (Nasdaq: GLUU) in 2001 through the successfulIPO in 2007. He left to co-found Playfish, the social gaming pioneer, where he served as CEO through the company’s rapid growth to 60 Million players and the subsequent acquisition by Electronic Arts for $400M in 2009. After a period as EVP Digital at Electronic Arts driving the aggressive transformation of the company from packaged goods to digital, Kristian left in March 2013 to focus on startups. Today Kristian leads seed stage investments with Initial Capital and serves on the board of Supercell, the #1 iOS game company.Kristian has previously served on the board of LOVEFiLM, the European streaming video pioneer until its acquisition by Amazon.com.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, PC Games, Online Games
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Finland, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $796k–$7M; Angel $1M–$5M; Series A $10M–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Battlebound — Battlebound is on a mission to build memorable lifelong gaming communities that invite players into Heroic Stories, creating deep connections and positive life changes. Heroic stories are thrilling gameplay moments that bring players together and enrich players lives inside and outside the game. We believe blockchain technology will deepen these moments and enrich the player experience when paired with world-class gameplay.
  • Harmony Games — Harmony Games is a developer of next-generation hybrid-casual games.
  • Dead Astronauts — Reshaping open worlds
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Vladimir Nikolsky
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Vladimir Nikolsky joined Mail.Ru Group as Vice President of Online Games business in 2009 and became Chief Operating Officer (Russia) in 2013. Previously he was CEO of online game holding Astrum Online Entertainment (from 2007 to 2009) which subsequently became a part of Mail.Ru Group, and co-founder and CEO of online game company IT Territory(from 2004 to 2007). Vladimir graduated from Ivanovo State Power Engineering University.

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Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Top App Games — Top App Games specializes in mobile game creation and publishing, with a strong emphasis on strategic games.
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Yahya Ülker
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Yahya Ulker is the CEO at Yildiz Ventures.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Software, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Yenir — Yenir is a platform Yenir that sells fresh products without producing waste.
  • Refabric — Refabric stands as a premier provider of artificial intelligence software tailored for the fashion industry, establishing a new benchmark for creativity and efficiency driven by data, while promoting sustainable manufacturing practices. The company delivers comprehensive AI solutions that tackle challenges throughout the fashion value chain,beginning with ideation and design and continuing through production and commercialization. Notably, Refabric is the first and only AI fashion enterprise to receive recognition from LVMH.
  • Istegelsin — Istegelsin is an online supermarket that offers the next generation market shopping experience for consumers. The company solves the market shopping problems by developing technologies to provide mobile solutions that bring the freshest fruits and vegetables kept on cold storages, products from the best brands, out-of-the-oven bakery products tohouse for the same prices as the regular supermarkets. Istegelsin was foundedi n 2018 and is based in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Yenwen Feng
Angel · Taipei, T'ai-pei, Taiwan · 2 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Yenwen Feng - CEO and Co-Founder @ Gamelet

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Software, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MonkeyBall — MonkeyBall is a Solana-based play-to-earn soccer game – a kind of FIFA Street and Final Fantasy rolled into one fun monkey-themed game.
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Ali Kutay
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Ali Kutay is a successful serial entrepreneur, executive and investor with 35 years of experience. Before founding Striim, Inc., Ali was the Chairman and CEO of GoldenGate Software, the leading infrastructure software company for high availability, that was acquired by Oracle. Previously, Ali was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AltoWeb,Inc., a provider of e-business infrastructure software. He was an angel investor, President and Chief Executive Officer of WebLogic, Inc., the company that pioneered the Application Server technology which became one of the major building blocks of web-enabled applications. WebLogic merged with BEA Systems, Inc. and was acquired by Oracle in 2007. He was the President and CEO of Formtek, one of the first enterprise infrastructure software firms, founded in 1984 as a Carnegie-Mellon University spin-off and was acquired by Lockheed Corporation in 1989. He ran Formtek as its CEO under Lockheed Martin for 7 years. He serves on the boards of public and private companies and advises startups. Ali completed his undergraduate and masters degrees at Middle East Technical University and his PhD work at Carnegie Mellon University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Turkey, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HiveMQ — The real-time Industrial Data Platform powering Agentic AI. Built on MQTT to connect, contextualize, and analyze AI-ready data from edge to cloud.
  • REscan — Transforming spaces into data
  • Peak Games — Peak is a leading technology company with a team who values progress. We believe that the best products are created when talented people form autonomous teams striving for impact.
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Yoni Assia
Angel · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel · 2 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Yoni Assia is the Founder and Chairman of GoodDollar.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Israel, United States

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • MonkeyBall — MonkeyBall is a Solana-based play-to-earn soccer game – a kind of FIFA Street and Final Fantasy rolled into one fun monkey-themed game.
  • Spinach AI — Spinach.io helps you run faster, more focused standups. Cut standup time in half. Get sharper updates. Track progress and blockers in your existing tools.
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Yılmaz Yıldız
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Yılmaz Yıldız

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Procurement, Waste Management, Retail
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $64k–$992k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
  • Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
  • YapıRadar.com — YapıRadar.com is an online market place created for the exchange of goods and services between suppliers and contractors. It includes information on Project Authority, Stage Information of Construction, Project and Current Site Images, Location, Construction Area. YapıRadar.com was founded in 2018 and is based in Istanbul.
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Uğur Şeker
Angel · Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey · 2 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Uğur Şeker

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Marketing, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $64k–$4.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Glocalzone — Glocalzone is a platform that connects shoppers who want to buy products from abroad and travelers who want to make a profit.
  • Revel Games — Revel Games engages in the creation of mobile gaming apps.
  • Atlantic — Atlantic provides a hierarchical, multi-agent AI system designed to integrate with an enterprise's existing software stack and map directly to its organizational structure. The platform connects to workplace tools to automate, coordinate, and execute cross-departmental business tasks while maintaining structured reporting lines andhuman-in-the-loop oversight.
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Tarık Bayar
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Tarık Bayar

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $64k–$64k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
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Ömer Faruk Akarca
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Ömer Faruk Akarca

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $64k–$64k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
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Haluk Can Hür
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Haluk Can Hür

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Retail, Shopping
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $64k–$520k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
  • Shopi — All-in-One Store Platform for Omnichannel Retailing
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Emre Kurttepeli
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $700k–$3M; Angel $135k–$450k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Base64 — Base64 Document Intelligence Platform automates document processing with Agentic AI and over 2,800 prebuilt models.
  • RemoteTeam (acquired by Gusto) — Global Payroll, PEO and EOR Services, tax compliances, IC contracts, and HR apps. All designed for Remote First teams.
  • Insider One — Insider One is the #1 Customer Engagement AI Platform for marketing teams. Unify CDP, personalization & journey orchestration to engage customers everywhere.
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Danny Grander
Angel · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel · 2 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Entrepreneur (Snyk), Angel Investor, CTF Player (@pastenctf)

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Developer Tools
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Israel, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $6M–$12M; Pre-Seed $1.8M–$2M; Series A $17M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Firmbase — Firmbase is the modern financial planning and analysis platform for tech companies. Our founders have strong leadership, product and software development experience from Facebook, Stanford and Unit 8200. Our group of top-tier investors include unicorn startup founders and senior executives from Google, Amazon and Microsoft.
  • MagicYard — Hangout on the TV, play with friends or strangers
  • Wonderful — AI for the Bold Enterprise
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Bassam Falah
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Bassam Falah is a Founder and Managing Partner of Innovest Middle East VC.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Internet, Shopping
  • Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Iraq

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Orisdi — Orisdi provides customers with a wide range of products with a unique customer experience.
  • Alsaree3 — Alsaree3 offers a point of sale (POS) and hardware technologies to help restaurants handle their own orders while providing fast-delivery services for their end-users.
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Ercan Solmaz
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Ercan Solmaz

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $64k–$64k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
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Engin Kale
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Engin Kale is a partner/investor at Appsilon Enterprise.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Gaming, Jewelry
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, The Netherlands

Investor stats

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

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.
  • Teleporter — California and Istanbul based VR gaming company dedicated to pushing the boundaries of VR medium and creating high-quality experiences that redefine social interaction and gaming.
  • Appsilon Enterprise B.V. — At Appsilon, we use science and mastership to cultivate real diamonds in the lab.
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Mehmet Ayan
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Mehmet Ayan is a partner at Ludus Venture.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Online Games, Gaming, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Kidly — Kidly is an online broadcasting application that publishes illustrated and narrated books for kids and young children in the vicinity.
  • Fortune Mine Games — Fortune Mine is a mobile social gaming company with target operating markets in North America & Oceania. Freshly founded in 2021, we are headquartered in Istanbul; one of the major mobile gaming hubs.
  • Novart Space Technologies
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Mehmet Emin Çiftçi
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 2 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Mehmet Emin Çiftçi is an industrialist based on Istanbul, Turkey. He is currently serving as a Board Member at Akkök Holding

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Shipping, Logistics, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Navlungo — e-commerce shipping platform
  • Delivers.AI — Delivery droid operator
  • Paket Mutfak — On-demand food delivery management
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David Buttress
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

David Buttress is based out of London, England and is the Owner of Dragons RFC. David previously worked at OVO as a Chief Executive Officer. David Buttress attended the Middlesex University. David Buttress has been awarded as Glassdoor Highest Rated CEOs for 2016 - Employees' Choice Award, Entrepreneur Wales Awards, Debrett's 500 2015 -Entrepreneur, listed as one of Britain's 500 most influential people award.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, E-Commerce, Restaurants
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$5M; Series A $8.2M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • elmenus — Discover Delivery And Dineout Restaurant Menus from over 6,000 restaurants in Cairo. Order your food online and check out photos, reviews, ratings and phone numbers of the best restaurants
  • Paperclip — Paperclip aims to champion the sharing economy via a peer-to-peer marketplace for buying, selling, renting and donating within communities. This concept has been tentatively titled the 'social inventory movement' - a marketplace where listings never leave; an ecosystem of people's assets, with ownership transferred from profile toprofile following transactions.The overarching mission is to change the way people think about the things that they own, in the same manner that Airbnb changed the way people think about their properties - to empower people by unlocking the value of their everyday assets such as bikes, power tools, clothes, books and even food.
  • MyJam — A marketplace for cultural food.
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Ali Karakuş
Angel · 2 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Ali Karakuş is a Co-Founder at Doping Hafıza.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Toys, PC Games, Online Games
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Gamester — Gamester is a social gaming company located in Istanbul, Turkey. It develops and markets social games focusing on social interaction, playability and entertainment.Founded in 2009, Gamester provides users with free-to-play accessibility across a variety of social platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Google + and more. Hordemaster, Baldety,Oynaturka and Townster are some of the games developed by Gamester.Onur Karci, TurhanYigitbasi and Volkan Taban are the co-founders of Gamester.
  • Tiny Minies — Tiny Minies is an educational software that creates educational and learning games for preschoolers and children aged two to six.
  • Gamester Kids — Gamester's goal is to assist parents in giving their kids access to safe and instructive media so they can get the most out of their screen time. Their products are designed for families to play together every day to create, connect, and develop.
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Semih Hakyemez
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 2 investments in Middle East Gaming startups

Enabling to democratize the education with bringing the miracles of technology, I am helping the sponsors of tomorrow to utilize their knowledge on their way to become more innovative and entrepreneurial than ever before. Also, I am a firm believer of equal opportunity principle in regards to education and since the very first days of DopingTechnology my work has proven to create opportunities for the next generations.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Toys, PC Games, Online Games
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Gamester — Gamester is a social gaming company located in Istanbul, Turkey. It develops and markets social games focusing on social interaction, playability and entertainment.Founded in 2009, Gamester provides users with free-to-play accessibility across a variety of social platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Google + and more. Hordemaster, Baldety,Oynaturka and Townster are some of the games developed by Gamester.Onur Karci, TurhanYigitbasi and Volkan Taban are the co-founders of Gamester.
  • Tiny Minies — Tiny Minies is an educational software that creates educational and learning games for preschoolers and children aged two to six.
  • Gamester Kids — Gamester's goal is to assist parents in giving their kids access to safe and instructive media so they can get the most out of their screen time. Their products are designed for families to play together every day to create, connect, and develop.
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