Top 50 Hardware Angel Investors in Turkey (September 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Nevzat Aydın
Angel
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7 | Turkey, United States, France | Seed, Angel | Software, Internet, E-Commerce | $100k–$2.7M |
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Ali Demir Akel
Angel
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3 | Turkey | Convertible Note, Seed, Series A | Analytics, 3D Printing, 3D Technology | $287k–$3.2M |
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Murat Balcı
Angel
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3 | Germany, Turkey | Seed | Apps, Fitness, mHealth | $637k–$2.5M |
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İlter Terzioğlu
Angel
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3 | Turkey | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | 3D Technology, Medical Device, Test and Measurement | |
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Onur Topac
Angel
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3 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Equity Crowdfunding | Software, Apps, SaaS | $350k–$637k |
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Umur Ozal
Angel
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3 | Turkey, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel | Internet, Software, SaaS | $11k–$1.5M |
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Fatih Isbecer
Angel
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3 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Internet, Health Care | $20k–$9M |
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Lale Saral Develioglu
Angel
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3 | Turkey | Seed, Convertible Note | Analytics, Computer Vision, Machine Learning | |
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Tolunay Yıldız
Angel
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3 | Turkey | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, AgTech, Coffee | $180k–$750k |
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Caglar Karatas
Angel
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3 | Turkey | Seed, Angel | Internet, Messaging, Information Technology | |
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Melih Odemis
Angel
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3 | Turkey, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Mobile | $135k–$1.9M |
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Figen Korun
Angel
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3 | Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, FinTech, Software | $18k–$2M |
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Firat Isbecer
Angel
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3 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | SaaS, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $20k–$3.8M |
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Yavuz Altun
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Angel | E-Commerce, B2B, Delivery | $101k–$3M |
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İzzet Halyo
Angel
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2 | Turkey, Germany, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel | Education, Artificial Intelligence, Dental | $140k–$1.2M |
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Ahu Serter
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United States, Greece | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Transportation, Internet | $87k–$1.5M |
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Atakan Atalar
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, Rental, Software | $100k–$100k |
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Ahmet Bilgen
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United Kingdom, Estonia | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, Education, E-Commerce | $50k–$1.2M |
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Korhan Kasap
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed | Animation, Marketing, Advertising | |
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Mustafa Temiz
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Convertible Note | Analytics, Computer Vision, Machine Learning | |
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Davut Kohen
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Series A | 3D Technology, Medical Device, Test and Measurement | |
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Doğan Baran Kurtoğlu
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed | Animation, Marketing, Advertising | |
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Tarkan Ersubaşı
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Convertible Note | Retail, Internet, Analytics | $1.9M–$3.2M |
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Semih Incedayi
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Convertible Note | Analytics, Computer Vision, Machine Learning | |
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Gökhan Eyigün
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United Kingdom, Norway | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Energy | $30k–$1M |
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Merve Gürel
Angel
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2 | Turkey, Estonia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Apps, Mobile Apps, CRM | $168k–$300k |
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Kerim Kotan
Angel
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2 | Turkey, Canada, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $9.9k–$3M |
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Ahmed Faruk Karslı
Angel
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2 | Turkey, Estonia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note | E-Commerce, Art, Retail | $461k–$4M |
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Ömer Aras
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Angel | Retail, Biopharma, Marketing | $280k–$4M |
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Agah Ugur
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Food and Beverage, Business Development | $134k–$1.2M |
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Naci Topçuoğlu
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Angel, Convertible Note | Analytics, Biopharma, Video Games | $230k–$3.2M |
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Melih Herman Simon
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United States, The Netherlands | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Human Resources | $131k–$2.8M |
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Berkan Burla
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Angel | SaaS, Retail, Electronics | |
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Kamer Dikran Alyanakyan
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Convertible Note, Venture - Series Unknown | Gaming, PC Games, Automotive | $480k–$4.2M |
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Ebru Dorman
Angel
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2 | Turkey, Germany, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Apps | $100k–$1.2M |
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Eren N. Sarıkaya
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Pre-Seed | Medical, Robotics, Biotechnology | $4.5k–$38k |
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Sinan Güler
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United States, Germany | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Fitness, Software, Wellness | $135k–$2.5M |
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Umur Özal
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Electronics, Baby, Rental | $63k–$1.5M |
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Naser Alim
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Series A, Convertible Note | Shopping, E-Commerce, 3D Technology | |
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Belkıs Kuşçulu Özer
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Series A | Shopping, E-Commerce, 3D Technology | $362k–$559k |
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Yüksel Açık
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Series A | 3D Technology, Medical Device, Test and Measurement | |
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Mustafa Bağcı
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Series A | Shopping, E-Commerce, 3D Technology | $362k–$559k |
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Arman Eker
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Angel | Software, FinTech, Finance | $1M–$1.2M |
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Muzaffer Akpınar
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Convertible Note | 3D Printing, 3D Technology, Consumer Electronics | |
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Bedii Can Yucaoglu
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Series A | Marketplace, Mobile, Big Data | $525k–$4.7M |
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Sina Afra
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United States, Germany | Seed, Series A, Angel | E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet | $100k–$11M |
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Koray Bahar
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Artificial Intelligence, CRM, Dental | $74k–$200k |
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Vedat Çavuşoğlu
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | SaaS, Gaming, Software | |
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Uygar Mesudiyeli
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Equity Crowdfunding | Wedding, Software, E-Commerce | |
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Dilek Dayinlarli
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence | $345k–$10M |
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Nevzat Aydın is the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, the first and biggest online food delivery portal in Turkey.Born in 1976 in İstanbul, Nevzat Aydın completed his secondary education at the Bursa Anatolian High School. Following his graduation from Boğaziçi University Department of Computer Engineering, he went to the United States where he receivedhis MBA at the University of San Francisco in Silicon Valley.During his stay in the United States, Aydın followed the latest developments on e-trade before he returned to Turkey in 2000 to launch his project, Yemeksepeti.com. Serving as the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, Nevzat Aydın introduced a brand new dimension to e-trade in Turkey.In 2007, Yemeksepeti.com was selected the “Endeavor Entreprenur” by Endeavor Turkey. Aydin was also selected the “Most Successful Turkish Young Entrepreneur” by the CNBC-e Business magazine in 2010 for his successful work since the foundation of Yemeksepeti.com.As the founder and CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, which celebrated its 11th anniversary in 2012, he won the first prize in 2011 in the “Male Entrepreneur of the Year” category at the “Businesspeople of the Year” survey conducted by the Ekonomist magazine among nearly 3,000 business people.Aydin is a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Supreme Board of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, and a founding member of Galata Business Angels.Aydın was one of the 150 entrepreneurs invited from all over the world to the Entrepreneurship Summit held by US President Barack Obama on April 26-27, 2010.He was also among the speakers at the DLD (Digital-Life-Design) Conference, which is deemed as one of the world's most prestigious conferences with its content on innovation and developments in the digital world. He is also an editorial advisor of GQ Turkey, one of the 5 “dragons” of the Dragons’ Den Turkey show, and a Board Member of Trabzonspor sports club.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Seed $233k–$2.7M; Angel $100k–$800k
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Enquire AI — Enquire is on a mission to make organizations knowledge-efficient. We provide the world’s leading enterprises an AI-powered platform to leverage global subject-matter expertise in real time.Our uniqueness is defined by our software, which starts with Network Pulse. Through Network Pulse, all that clients need to do is submit a question. Fromthere, our AI-driven multifactor algorithm identifies the experts best placed to provide tailored, actionable analysis in 250 words, which smartly arrives in the client’s dashboard within minutes. There on, clients can assess answers according to the experts’ professional background and platform ratings and go deeper with any expert of their choice on a Pulse Call or collaborate longer-term on a Pulse Project. We have made this knowledge journey uniquely empowering and seamless for the client by fitting it to their established workflows for data gathering and research.
- Komunite — Komünite is Turkey's methodology-driven digital entrepreneurship platform, founded in 2021 to transform how independent creators and micro-entrepreneurs build sustainable businesses. Rather than relying on innate talent or chance, Komünite champions a systematic approach to venture building—what it calls "Metot Girişimcilik"(Methodical Entrepreneurship)—where learnable frameworks replace guesswork and data-driven iteration replaces intuition.The platform operates across three integrated verticals:• Komünite (Core Platform): An online community of digital entrepreneurs, content creators, designers, and freelancers supported by 36 specialized forum channels, structured mentorship programs, and regular events including Tool Night, AMA sessions, Speed Networking, and Founder's Talk. Members gain access to educational resources, collaborative project opportunities, and the Katma Değer Fonu—an in-house investment fund providing $2,000–$7,000 in seed capital to promising digital ventures in exchange for 30% equity stakes.• Komünite Space: A 160m² physical innovation hub located in Vadistanbul, Istanbul, featuring event capacity for 80 seated or 160 standing attendees, a professional video production studio, and flexible workspace configurations. The venue hosts workshops, corporate training programs, and sector-specific networking events that bridge online community engagement with real-world collaboration.• Lokomotif AI: The corporate training arm delivering generative AI programs to enterprises. Offerings include AI Leadership seminars for executives, AI Literacy workshops for teams, AI Strategy development programs, and monthly AI Trends briefings. Lokomotif AI also provides automation consulting and custom AI-powered digital product development services.Komünite addresses a structural gap in Turkey's entrepreneurship ecosystem: the isolation, resource scarcity, and methodological uncertainty that constrain independent digital creators. Through its rolling fund model, physical infrastructure, and enterprise training revenue streams, the platform has built a self-reinforcing ecosystem where corporate clients fund community growth, successful ventures generate reinvestable returns, and members progress from learners to mentors to founders.The platform's venture studio arm, Komünite Stüdyo, develops digital products for external clients while serving as a proving ground for member talent, matching projects with specialists from its internal database based on demonstrated competencies and track records.
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Ali Demir Akel
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- Industry: Analytics, 3D Printing, 3D Technology
- Stage:Convertible Note, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Convertible Note $287k–$3.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Zaxe — Discover the Unique FDM 3D Printing Experience. Zaxe 3D Printers Provides Easy to Use with xDestop Slicer Software. Get Advantage in Additive Manufacturing with Zaxe Filaments
- Vispera — Drive your retail execution to perfection with Vispera image recognition technologies and intelligent retail solutions.
Murat Balci is an angel investor.
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- Industry: Apps, Fitness, mHealth
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Germany, Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $637k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Meditopia — Join 36 million users of Meditopia to get daily mental health support for you and your team. Sleep well, stress less and get 1-1 support if you need.
- Thread In Motion — Looking for wearables to digitize your operations? Hands-free and ergonomic new generation smart gloves are here to help you reduce cost and risks.
- Meditopia — Join 36 million users of Meditopia to get daily mental health support for you and your team. Sleep well, stress less and get 1-1 support if you need.
İlter Terzioğlu
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- Industry: 3D Technology, Medical Device, Test and Measurement
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Digime — Whether you're a fitness professional, doctor, or even a life coach, Digime3D softwares enables you to extract key body shape and measurements relevant to your industry.
Onur Topac was born in 1990 in Istanbul. He graduated from Istanbul’s Austrian High School in 2009 and went on to receive a Bachelor’s degree from Koç University, Department of Industrial Engineering in 2013. Currently, he is pursuing a Master’s degree in Financial Engineering at Ozyegin University. Mr. Topac started his career in finance in 2008as a web site specialist at Gedik Investment; subsequently, he interned at FXCM in London in 2012. The following year, he participated in the establishment of the Investment Banking Department at Gedik Investment, leading the way in the Department’s technological transformation. Since April 2015, he has served as CEO at Gedik Girişim Sermayesi Yatırım Ortaklıgı A.S (Gedik Venture Capital Investment Partnership). Onur Topac started to provide support to technology investments and ventures as an individual investor before obtaining the necessary certification to operate as an angel investor in 2015.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $350k–$637k
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Poltio — We help the world's top brands access, engage with and learn from their users with interactive content and declared data.
- Yancep — Yancep is a web-based application. The company offers portfolios that can be modeled according to the investment goals and risk preferences of users. Investors can become anyone with this platform.
- Thread In Motion — Looking for wearables to digitize your operations? Hands-free and ergonomic new generation smart gloves are here to help you reduce cost and risks.
Umur Ozal is the Founding and Managing Partner of Valuta Capital Partners. He previously worked at Fynergy Consulting as a Partner. Umur Ozal attended Boston University.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $11k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fitwell — Your personal fitness and nutrition coach that combines fitness technology with sports science to help you achieve your goals.
- Getmobil — Getmobil operates a smart device platform for buying and selling secondhand cellphones, laptops, and tablets. The company's platform repairs defective devices as quickly as possible offers a wide selection of device accessories, buys used electronic devices in good condition from consumers, determines the problems by passing them throughextensive tests, repairs them with an expert technical team, and resells them, allowing consumers to get a new or refurbished product at an affordable, reliable, and competitive price.
- Angelfish — High revenues for your mobile apps and sites.
Fatih Isbecer - Founder & CEO @ Dataroid
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $70k–$9M; Angel $20k–$174k; Pre-Seed $200k–$675k
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mindway — Mindway is a fully immersive meditation app that proves mindfulness doesn't have to be boring.
- Gleam Games — Unique and exciting gaming experiences to enhance gamers' lives. We believe gaming is all about creating a world of unmatched collaboration, immersion, and emotion. At the heart of every gaming experience we create, we aim to bring you the best in-game experiences through design and technology.
- Flora — Flora is the only sustainable brand platform acquiring and growing Amazon FBA brands with a world-class team of professionals.
Experienced Executive- 24 years experience in marketing, strategy and business development in multinational companies; mainly in telecommunications and FMCG.Experienced Board Director- Independent Board member at various companies; Board member and chairman experience in 9 Turkcell group companies in Turkey, CIS countries and Europe;Certificates from INSEAD International Directors Program and The Mentoring Program for More Women on Boards in Turkey.
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- Industry: Analytics, Computer Vision, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nuvia — Nuvia combines business know how with technical expertise via it’s elite workforce to create innovative IoT solutions focusing on heating, cooling and lighting to improve the wellbeing & comfort of consumers.Cosa Smart Thermostat is Nuvia’s first and cornerstone IoT product for the Smart Home offering. Cosa provides 30% savings inhousehold's energy bill
- Vispera — Drive your retail execution to perfection with Vispera image recognition technologies and intelligent retail solutions.
Tolunay Yıldız
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- Industry: E-Commerce, AgTech, Coffee
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $180k–$750k
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Digime — Whether you're a fitness professional, doctor, or even a life coach, Digime3D softwares enables you to extract key body shape and measurements relevant to your industry.
- ForFarming — Sbobet88 penyedia link resmi untuk Anda yang ingin bertaruh judi bola dan mix parlay dengan transparan serta menyediakan pasaran judi bola terlengkap odds kompetitif yang mudah di temui.
- Yollando.com — Yollando.com is a Turkish-based shopping and package forwarding service that facilitates shopping. They offer a variety of services such as Discounted packet forwarding, Buy for me, Package consolidation, Repackaging, Package tracking, Order returns/cancels, and Free storage for orders. They provide lower shipping rates to abroad with discountrates up to 80 percent.Yollando.com was established to contribute to the export of Turkish brands. Apart from shopping consultancy, they are already producing alternative solutions for logistics and product supply to individual persons and companies in Turkey and abroad.
Caglar Karatas is a Co-Founder at GastroClub. He attended Harvard Business School.
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- Industry: Internet, Messaging, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BlindID — BlindID is a unique social media platform which allows users to make one hundred percent anonymous voice calls with random people for a limited time. BlindID does not use information such as user name, phone number, profile photo, and gender. Enjoyable time with BlindID spending is only left to communication ability and creativity.
- Doktorderki — Doktorderki is an online system that allows people to directly talk to doctors about their questions and problems regarding health. It aims to establish a scalable B2C growth model along with the investment it is taking and to do B2B work with pharmacists and mainly dermocosmetics companies.The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered inIstanbul, Turkey.
- HIZLIÇEVİRİ — HIZLIÇEVİRİ is a professional translation platform that enables its users to get contracts, academic papers, technical specifications, and many other documents translated from professional and certified translators. The platform offers translation services for over 36 languages.HIZLIÇEVİRİ was launched in 2014 and is operated from Istanbul,Turkey.
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Browse database — It's Free!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.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Seed $170k–$1.9M; Angel $135k–$1.4M; Pre-Seed $200k–$510k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LIOM — Pioneering in non-invasive glucose monitoring technology, seamlessly integrated with health metrics for a revolutionary wearable experience.
- Deplike — Everyone can make music!
- UP School — UP School fills in the gap of female participation in society’s most important technology roles by offering free educational programs for women through technical education programs that train them in a specific area of technology. UP School launched two pilot programs in Robotic Process Automation and in Data Science, and have two activecorporate-sponsored programs in Data Analytics and Android Development in partnership with Ford Motor Company, and Akbank.Students who graduated from the program have been recruited by globally lead companies such as Ford Motor Company, Unilever, Siemens and Coca Cola Company.
Figen Korun
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- Industry: E-Commerce, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $18k–$2M; Pre-Seed $49k–$178k
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ni-CAT Battery Materials and AI Company — Ni-CAT is working on AI-assisted research and development of next-generation battery materials, which is the key to the transition to battery electric vehicles. Ni-CAT believes that the speed of EV transition is still not enough to prevent global warming and replace carbon-based fuels in near future, and it is not related to money or resources. Webelieve that speeding up EV transition is possible with our novel methodology, which combines three approximation to the solution: our unique AI-assisted materials research, digitalized reactor farm and our novel surfactant-assisted synthesis.As the electrification of the automotive industry expands, we deliver state-of-the-art technologies to meet the industry’s high-quality standards. To help our customers to step up the EV transition, we will be working on our research and development of lower-cost/higher performance, ultra-high energy density battery materials to serve innovative solutions for a brighter future. With our expertise in the application of machine learning in material science, we are developing low cobalt/high nickel lithium cathode materials. Cathode determines the type of a lithium battery and is the limiting factor for nickel-based batteries. Further improvement in battery performance is possible through AI-assisted custom high nickel cathode materials with increased charge rate, charge to discharge ratio, tap density, or any other specifications. By our unique computer-controlled digital reactor farm, we numerize synthesis parameters and output specifications for the machine learning algorithm we have been developing.
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- Hummingdrone — Hummingdrone provides cutting-edge autonomous drones and software solutions designed specifically for the solar energy industry.
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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- Industry: SaaS, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 35
- Round size: Seed $500k–$3.8M; Angel $20k–$3.5M; Pre-Seed $70k–$450k
- 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.
- 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.
- Podbee Media — Podbee Media primarily engages in the production of Podcasts.
Chief Executive at Happy Center.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, B2B, Delivery
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $101k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ultegra — Ultegra offers end-to-end solutions to manage stocks through a central inventory system.
- Bosforas — Bosforas is a B2B e-commerce platform that serves Turkey and other countries to facilitate and develop B2B trade through logistics and technology-enabled solutions.
- Saha Robotik — Saha Robotics primarily engages in delivering groceries, cargo and custom items with autonomous cloud connected robots.
İzzet Halyo
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- Industry: Education, Artificial Intelligence, Dental
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $300k–$1.2M; Angel $140k–$346k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- İyi Yaşa — İyi Yaşa offers highest quality trainings and videos, inspire and activate both sports and health enthusiasts and those who want to step into a good life with suitable alternatives for all levels. It offers fitness, yoga, mindfulness classes and healthy recipes, nutrition informations and workshops.
- dentalPrices — Your dental health is important to you. Don't postpone your appointment anymore, make an online appointment now.!
- 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.
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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- Industry: Software, Transportation, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Greece
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Seed $104k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $87k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% 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.
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.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Rental, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $100k–$100k
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Roombadi — Roombadi is a rental apartment platform that enables users can find a roommate or a house whenever they want by posting free ads.
- TRANGELS — Early Stage Investment Fund and Network
- StartupFon — StartupFon is the first and leading equity-based online investment platform based in Turkey and has been founded to capitalize technology-based ventures with qualified angel investors and its own venture capital fund, namely the AngelFund. Startupfon gives their members the opportunity to invest in seed / early-stage technology startups eitherthrough its venture capital AngelFund or co-invest with it independently. As a tool under Startupfon, AngelFund is a micro VC of around USD10 mn. Investors can make investments either on a deal by deal basis or they can allocate some of their budgets to AngelFund to let Startupfon invest on behalf of themselves. Startupfon has been founded by Istanbul Startup Angels (“ISA”) as its online investment platform in 2016. ISA is a leading angel investor platform accredited in 2014 discovering ambitious startups in their early-stage while mentoring them in the process. ISA also organizes angel investor academies for high net worth individuals and accelerator programs for corporates. ISA performs with 4.3x TVPI on a total of TL 10 mn investments in 27 ventures as of March 2019.
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
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- Industry: Software, Education, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $250k–$1.2M; Angel $74k–$140k; Pre-Seed $50k–$250k
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FlexyWatt — FlexyWatt provides a dedicated solution for energy management systems.
- Topi — Topi is an B2B e-commerce platform for wholesale market.
- admarket.co — Admarket is a trailblazing AdTech startup that's reshaping the advertising landscape. By offering a streamlined and secure platform for reserving, purchasing, and selling ad spaces, it connects advertisers and media owners like never before. With just one click, advertisers can book various types of ad spaces - including TV, radio, digitalscreen, outdoor, in-store, and in-flight - from anywhere in the world.Admarket simplifies the process of securing ad spaces from preferred media owners and agencies, while its payment service provider, Stripe, ensures top-notch security for customer credit card information. Media owners benefit by gaining access to a global customer base and boosting their revenue.Designed for ease of use, Admarket allows advertisers to view ad spaces on a map, similar to hotel booking sites. Its innovative AdsChange feature enables media owners to swap ad spaces with one another, like exchanging billboard space for radio ads. Plus, advertisers can swiftly broadcast urgent announcements via TV or radio.Looking ahead, Admarket aims to leverage AI technology for identifying sector-specific advertising needs, planning, and design. It will also incorporate automatic bid strategies for outdoor media, TV, and radio ad spaces. Advertisers will be able to view cost-effective advertising options on various timeframes through chart data, akin to flight ticket pricing. Moreover, the AdBroker feature will enable media owners to earn additional income through Admarket's profit-sharing program.In a nutshell, Admarket is a groundbreaking AdTech startup that's revolutionizing the advertising industry by streamlining ad space booking for advertisers and expanding the customer base for media owners. With plans to introduce even more cutting-edge features, Admarket will continue to drive innovation for both advertisers and media owners.
Korhan Kasap
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- Industry: Animation, Marketing, Advertising
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Volans Video Agency — Volans Video Agency is full-service creative video agency for brands and agencies. Explainer Videos, 3D Videos, Promotion Videos, Testimonial Videos!
Mustafa Temiz
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- Industry: Analytics, Computer Vision, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vispera — Drive your retail execution to perfection with Vispera image recognition technologies and intelligent retail solutions.
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- Industry: 3D Technology, Medical Device, Test and Measurement
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Digime — Whether you're a fitness professional, doctor, or even a life coach, Digime3D softwares enables you to extract key body shape and measurements relevant to your industry.
Entrepreneur, Brand Consultant Founder/CEO @volansvideoagency
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- Industry: Animation, Marketing, Advertising
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Volans Video Agency — Volans Video Agency is full-service creative video agency for brands and agencies. Explainer Videos, 3D Videos, Promotion Videos, Testimonial Videos!
Tarkan Ersubaşı is the Founder of Speechouse. He previously worked at ITD Turkey as a Chief Technology Officer. Tarkan Ersubaşı attended Ege University.
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- Industry: Retail, Internet, Analytics
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Convertible Note $1.9M–$3.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vispera — Drive your retail execution to perfection with Vispera image recognition technologies and intelligent retail solutions.
- Clickme Live — Clickme Live is the operator of a v-commerce site created for the next generation of online shopping. With hundreds of branded reels and talking head videos in different categories, the company appeals to all types of consumers. It combines entertainment, commerce, and content in one setting, providing clients with highly engaging brands.
CEO @ Dogus Technology
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- Industry: Analytics, Computer Vision, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vispera — Drive your retail execution to perfection with Vispera image recognition technologies and intelligent retail solutions.
In 2007, Mr. Eyigün joined Sabancı Group where he contributed to Strategy and Business Development department at various executive roles until 2018. He served as the Secretary General of Sabancı Holding and the General Manager of Exsa, Tursa and AEO companies between 2018 and 2021; and he worked as the Executive Board Member of Temsa Motor Vehiclesbetween 2020 and 2021, in addition. He was appointed as the Group President of Strategy and Business Development at Sabancı Holding in 2021. He continues to serve as the Secretary General of Sabancı Holding at the same time.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Energy
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom, Norway
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $30k–$1M; Pre-Seed $30k–$495k
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vispera — Drive your retail execution to perfection with Vispera image recognition technologies and intelligent retail solutions.
- Digime — Whether you're a fitness professional, doctor, or even a life coach, Digime3D softwares enables you to extract key body shape and measurements relevant to your industry.
- Albert Health — 50% of people with chronic diseases do not take medications as prescribed. Improper medication use, especially for elderly patients, leads to hospitalizations and costs insurers billions of dollars. Current apps in the market are too complicated and difficult to use for the elderly who suffer the most from chronic diseases. Albert is a voice-basedhealth assistant which is accessible through mobile app, Amazon Alexa and Google assistant. Our machine learning algorithms create a unique conversational medication management experience. Elderly patients don’t have to text anymore. They will talk with Albert to manage their medications in an easy and effortless way. Patients can easily track health measurements, keep medical diary and set pill reminder by voice command. Furthermore, “Caregiver Mode” allows family members to manage and monitor their relatives’ treatment remotely. Albert helps elderly patients to take the right dose at the right time and help insurers to have less medical expenses, more satisfied customers.
Merve Gürel is an investor.
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- Industry: Apps, Mobile Apps, CRM
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Pre-Seed $168k–$300k
- 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.
- Astopia — Discover yourself guided by the stars! With Astopia, explore birth chart analysis, zodiac insights, and astrological interpretations.
- BlindID — BlindID is a unique social media platform which allows users to make one hundred percent anonymous voice calls with random people for a limited time. BlindID does not use information such as user name, phone number, profile photo, and gender. Enjoyable time with BlindID spending is only left to communication ability and creativity.
Kerim Kotan
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Turkey, Canada, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $9.9k–$2M; Pre-Seed $1M–$1M; Venture - Series Unknown $715k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Buluttan — Buluttan delivers AI-powered hyper-local weather intelligence for energy, aviation, agriculture, logistics, and insurance. Accurate forecasts, severe-weather alerts, and operational decision support.
- Werover — AI & IoT solutions for predictive maintenance
- Innovasion Labs PINC — Next Generation of Energy Storage
Ahmed Karslı is the chairman of the board at Papara.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Art, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $461k–$4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Artcomun — Artcomun aims to enable everyone to create, collect and trade art in one platform by the power of algorithms.
- Getmobil — Getmobil operates a smart device platform for buying and selling secondhand cellphones, laptops, and tablets. The company's platform repairs defective devices as quickly as possible offers a wide selection of device accessories, buys used electronic devices in good condition from consumers, determines the problems by passing them throughextensive tests, repairs them with an expert technical team, and resells them, allowing consumers to get a new or refurbished product at an affordable, reliable, and competitive price.
- Glocalzone — Glocalzone is a platform that connects shoppers who want to buy products from abroad and travelers who want to make a profit.
Ömer Aras
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- Industry: Retail, Biopharma, Marketing
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $280k–$4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LIVAD Technologies — LIVAD develops cutting-edge live stream monetization products connecting brands with streamers. Our technology enables brands to reach their target audience authentically at scale while allowing streamers of all sizes to monetize their content consistently.
- Getmobil — Getmobil operates a smart device platform for buying and selling secondhand cellphones, laptops, and tablets. The company's platform repairs defective devices as quickly as possible offers a wide selection of device accessories, buys used electronic devices in good condition from consumers, determines the problems by passing them throughextensive tests, repairs them with an expert technical team, and resells them, allowing consumers to get a new or refurbished product at an affordable, reliable, and competitive price.
- PhiTech Bioinformatics — PhiTech pioneers the integration of DNA & RNA sequencing data with AI for rare disease diagnostics. We offer the first RNA-based diagnostic support tool.
Agah Uğur
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- Industry: Software, Food and Beverage, Business Development
- 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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Browse database — It's Free!Naci Topçuoğlu is a Chairman of Istcapital. He previously worked as Vice President at Kasmir Hali.
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- Industry: Analytics, Biopharma, Video Games
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $230k–$1.1M; Convertible Note $1.9M–$3.2M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vispera — Drive your retail execution to perfection with Vispera image recognition technologies and intelligent retail solutions.
- TeaTechs — Web & mobile based 'Smart Solutions' specific to each sector.
- PhiTech Bioinformatics — PhiTech pioneers the integration of DNA & RNA sequencing data with AI for rare disease diagnostics. We offer the first RNA-based diagnostic support tool.
Melih helps ‘scale-up startups’ in their fundraising processes. He has more than 15 years of experience in the startup ecosystem. As an entrepreneur, he founded two startups in gaming & B2B SaaS and successfully exited his family business in healthcare. As an investor, he is an LP in 7 different funds. He specializes in Series A-level B2B SaaSstartups on healthtech, cybersecurity, fintech and future of work & education. He maintains direct contact with over 600 VCs in the US & Europe.After graduating from Saint-Joseph French High School, Melih received a BA from Koç University, a Master’s from Bosphorus University, and an MBA from IESE & London Business School. Having lived in six different countries, he speaks four languages and has previously worked for international companies such as Medtronic in Switzerland and Amazon in Luxembourg. Melih has a passion for sports, including sailing, rock climbing, trekking, and tennis.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Human Resources
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$2.8M; Pre-Seed $131k–$168k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Idenfit — Cloud based human resources software and workforce management. Idenfit online human resources and workforce management software brings a holistic approach to human resources functions and it helps you to review and manage hr processes all in one place. Idenfit is cloud based HR software for SMEs as well as international companies that have outgrownspreadsheets. We automate many of the most tedious HR functions and create time for you to do meaningful work. Whether you’re an employee trying to request time-off or an HR manager looking forward to grow and develop your company’s workforce, Idenfit is your all-in-one HR management solution.
- Spiky.AI — Spiky.ai delivers real-time coaching, CRM sync, and multilingual AI insights to boost sales performance and streamline meetings.
- DataPad — Say hello to the World's easiest metric tracking tool. Track everything in one place. Enable your entire team. Build data culture. All with no code, no development.
Berkan Burla is the Founder of REDPEP Textile.
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- Industry: SaaS, Retail, Electronics
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Getmobil — Getmobil operates a smart device platform for buying and selling secondhand cellphones, laptops, and tablets. The company's platform repairs defective devices as quickly as possible offers a wide selection of device accessories, buys used electronic devices in good condition from consumers, determines the problems by passing them throughextensive tests, repairs them with an expert technical team, and resells them, allowing consumers to get a new or refurbished product at an affordable, reliable, and competitive price.
- Abonesepeti — Abonesepeti is a subscription management platform that helps you subscibe, manage and unsubscribe your subscriptions in one app. The company offers its members a unique understanding of their subscriptions and a suite of valuable services that save them time and money. Members can manage subscriptions, lower their bills, build budgets andautomatically set aside money to reach their savings goals. - Managing Subscriptions : Plan, monitor and optimize all your subscriptions in one place. - Canceling subscriptions : Your concierge is there when you need them to cancel unwanted subscriptions so you don't have to. - Spending Insights : Track spending across all of your subscriptions in one screen - Paying Bills : We’ll alert and push notifications for you and you can pay your bill easily - AutoPilot Savings : Turn on autopilot to save money without thinking about it. Abonesepeti learns your subscriptions and offers the right subscriptions at the right time. - Comparing Brands: Compare service providers and easily subscribe
Kamer Dikran Alyanakyan
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- Industry: Gaming, PC Games, Automotive
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $480k–$4.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Buyutech — Democratizing the autonomy by changing the way of perception. We work for a world where your loved ones are safe on the roads we offer affordable and scalable products that will become the eyes of the millions.
- Lokum Games — Lokum Games is a mobile game development company.
- Mafia Games — Mafia Games is a developer of hybrid casual games based on luck and skill.
Ebru Dorman
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $100k–$480k; Pre-Seed $500k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Refabric — Discover the Power of AI in Fashion Design #fashionai #aifashiondesign #refabric
- Genz Biotech — Genz is a biotech research & development company, developing novel diagnostic solutions for complex diseases, like cancer, coronavirus pandemic. Genz provides solutions for medical centers and/or end-users in cooperation with genetic disease and diagnostic centers. To date, Genz received 4 R&D grants and approval by Turkish Ministryof Health for 3 genetic tests.
- Thread In Motion — Looking for wearables to digitize your operations? Hands-free and ergonomic new generation smart gloves are here to help you reduce cost and risks.
I graduated from (Radiology)Vocational High School of Health in 2017. During my two-year internship in the healthcare sector, I gained practical knowledge in areas such as anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, and biomedical technologies. In 2019, I completed the English preparatory program at the School of Foreign Languages, Manisa Celal BayarUniversity, and subsequently began my studies in Bioengineering at the Faculty of Engineering. I also enrolled in a double major program in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering.Throughout my university years, I took part in various engineering projects, gaining both theoretical and hands-on experience. I presented academic work on topics such as COVID-19 vaccine technologies, atmospheric water harvesting towers, and bioinformatics analysis. As a recipient of the TÜBİTAK 2247-C Internship Researcher Scholarship, I participated in a TÜBİTAK-1002-funded research project focused on developing wound dressing materials from okra mucilage.Inspired by muscle biomechanics, I began designing an electromechanical artificial muscle in 2013. In 2021, I filed a national patent application via my university through the Turkish Patent Office. In 2022, this project won first place in a national competition on biomimetic engineering solutions. It later progressed into an international patent application and was further developed under the TÜBİTAK 2209-B university-industry cooperation program in 2024.The same year, I won the TÜBİTAK 1812 Investment-Based Entrepreneurship Grant and co-founded Vexnor Technology Inc., backed by the Turkey Development Fund and TÜBİTAK BİGG Fund. Our core project also earned first place in a university startup competition. My engineering and entrepreneurial work has primarily focused on developing biomimetic actuator systems for exoskeletons and humanoid robotics.My projects cover end-to-end engineering design, prototyping, and patenting stages. I continue to play an active role in R&D and innovation, particularly in the interface between biomechanics and next-generation wearable robotics.
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- Industry: Medical, Robotics, Biotechnology
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Pre-Seed $4.5k–$38k
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vexnor Technology — Biomimetic Actuators, Wearable Robotics, Exoskeleton Technology, Artificial Muscles, Human-Machine Integration, Assistive Robotics, Industrial Ergonomics, Electromechanical Systems, HealthTech, DeepTech, Biomechanics, Robotics R&D, MedTech
Sinan Güler is a Co-Founder at Guler Legacy. He attended Carroll College.
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- Industry: Fitness, Software, Wellness
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $150k–$2.5M; Angel $135k–$248k
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Insumo — Insumo is a personalized productivity & habit building assistant that works with other productivity tools.
- Uniqgene — Uniqgene combines the innate genetic data of individuals with physical parameters and transforms them into meaningful data, thus aiming to always be by your side by offering personalized reports to athletes, sports clubs and people who love to engage in sports activities.
- DeepSport — DeepSport is a new-gen mobile fitness app powered by AI to coach you in real time. It sees the user through the mobile phone camera and pinpoints the joints. This way, it calculates the angles of the body and defines the body position, giving real-time voice feedback, counting reps and calculating the accuracy.
Umur Özal is an angel investor.
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- Industry: Electronics, Baby, Rental
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $63k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Getmobil — Getmobil operates a smart device platform for buying and selling secondhand cellphones, laptops, and tablets. The company's platform repairs defective devices as quickly as possible offers a wide selection of device accessories, buys used electronic devices in good condition from consumers, determines the problems by passing them throughextensive tests, repairs them with an expert technical team, and resells them, allowing consumers to get a new or refurbished product at an affordable, reliable, and competitive price.
- Kiralarsın — Kiralarsın is a rental service to rent electronic devices.
- Mutlubiev — A leading online cleaning services platform. It thrives on providing high-quality cleaning solutions and satisfying clients' personal needs.
Naser Alim
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- Industry: Shopping, E-Commerce, 3D Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Digime — Whether you're a fitness professional, doctor, or even a life coach, Digime3D softwares enables you to extract key body shape and measurements relevant to your industry.
- Yollando.com — Yollando.com is a Turkish-based shopping and package forwarding service that facilitates shopping. They offer a variety of services such as Discounted packet forwarding, Buy for me, Package consolidation, Repackaging, Package tracking, Order returns/cancels, and Free storage for orders. They provide lower shipping rates to abroad with discountrates up to 80 percent.Yollando.com was established to contribute to the export of Turkish brands. Apart from shopping consultancy, they are already producing alternative solutions for logistics and product supply to individual persons and companies in Turkey and abroad.
Belkıs Kuşçulu Özer is an Angel investor.
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- Industry: Shopping, E-Commerce, 3D Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $362k–$559k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Digime — Whether you're a fitness professional, doctor, or even a life coach, Digime3D softwares enables you to extract key body shape and measurements relevant to your industry.
- Yollando.com — Yollando.com is a Turkish-based shopping and package forwarding service that facilitates shopping. They offer a variety of services such as Discounted packet forwarding, Buy for me, Package consolidation, Repackaging, Package tracking, Order returns/cancels, and Free storage for orders. They provide lower shipping rates to abroad with discountrates up to 80 percent.Yollando.com was established to contribute to the export of Turkish brands. Apart from shopping consultancy, they are already producing alternative solutions for logistics and product supply to individual persons and companies in Turkey and abroad.
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Browse database — It's Free!Yüksel Açık is the President & CEO at Açık Holding. He attended İstanbul University.
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- Industry: 3D Technology, Medical Device, Test and Measurement
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Digime — Whether you're a fitness professional, doctor, or even a life coach, Digime3D softwares enables you to extract key body shape and measurements relevant to your industry.
Mustafa Bağcı is an Angel investor.
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- Industry: Shopping, E-Commerce, 3D Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $362k–$559k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Digime — Whether you're a fitness professional, doctor, or even a life coach, Digime3D softwares enables you to extract key body shape and measurements relevant to your industry.
- Yollando.com — Yollando.com is a Turkish-based shopping and package forwarding service that facilitates shopping. They offer a variety of services such as Discounted packet forwarding, Buy for me, Package consolidation, Repackaging, Package tracking, Order returns/cancels, and Free storage for orders. They provide lower shipping rates to abroad with discountrates up to 80 percent.Yollando.com was established to contribute to the export of Turkish brands. Apart from shopping consultancy, they are already producing alternative solutions for logistics and product supply to individual persons and companies in Turkey and abroad.
Arman Eker
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $1M–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Figopara — Figopara is a solution that discounts companies' e-invoices before their due dates with the offers received by financial institutions. It provides secure information to the financial companies that the customer is associated with and wants to reach by providing them with printed invoice information.
- Robomotion — Hire or build AI agents that work alongside your team. Robomotion is the Agentic RPA platform where agents act on your real systems - securely, using your own credentials. The practical evolution of RPA.
Mehmet Muzaffer Akpinar is a businessperson who is associated with organisations like Penta Tekstil, MV Holding, Kvk Teknoloji Urunleri Ve Ticaret AS, Penta Textile, etc. He is an alumni of Bogazici University.
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- Industry: 3D Printing, 3D Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Zaxe — Discover the Unique FDM 3D Printing Experience. Zaxe 3D Printers Provides Easy to Use with xDestop Slicer Software. Get Advantage in Additive Manufacturing with Zaxe Filaments
Bedii Can Yucaoglu - Advisor @ Hesapkurdu
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- Industry: Marketplace, Mobile, Big Data
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $525k–$4.7M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tapu.com — Tapu.com has built the first managed real estate marketplace in Turkey and started selling from its first week of launch in 2015. Tapu.com is the first online real estate auction platform for the Turkish market, bringing many sellers like financial institutions, companies and individuals together with qualified buyers. Tapu.com has launched aneasy-to use platform that leverages the competitive bidding process on verified properties with a mission to make transactions easier and more transparent. Tapu.com has completed 4 major investment rounds from Earlybird Venture Capital and prominent Turkish angel investors.
- Garaj Sepeti — Garaj Sepeti leads the digital transformation of used car market in Turkey, 5th biggest used car market on the planet with more than 8m transactions per year. Our B2B and B2C marketplaces brings trust and convenience to car dealers and individuals while buying and selling cars.
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Sina Afra is a serial entrepreneur and early-stage investor with over two decades of experience building, scaling, and exiting technology-driven companies.He is best known as the founder of Markafoni, one of Turkey’s first large-scale digital commerce companies and a defining success of the country’s early internet economy. In 2011, Naspers Groupacquired a majority stake in Markafoni in one of the landmark transactions of the Turkish internet sector.Over the course of his career, Sina has founded more than 20 companies, completed 12 exits, and angel-invested in over 60 early-stage startups across Europe, Africa, and the United States.He is a Founding Partner at Founder One, an impact venture capital fund, and the Founder and Chairman of the Entrepreneurship Foundation (Girişimcilik Vakfı), which focuses on developing entrepreneurial talent and strengthening the long-term infrastructure of the startup ecosystem in Turkey.Earlier in his career, Sina worked at KPMG and held leadership roles at eBay, where he gained first-hand experience in operating and scaling global internet platforms.His work has been recognized with more than 20 international awards and honors, including being named Internet Entrepreneur of the Year, Business Angel of the Year, and Forbes’ Brightest Minds Alive in Turkey, with features in Wired and Forbes.Sina holds a degree from the University of Münster and is an alumnus of Harvard Business School. He speaks five languages and is actively engaged in the European and Turkish technology and venture ecosystems.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Seed $100k–$4.2M; Angel $150k–$1.5M; Series A $2M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Odeal — Oedeal is a developer of an app designed for companies to take payments via mobile. With the help of the company's platform, shops can do away with cash registers and accept payments from customers using tablets, smartphones, or point-of-sale devices, allowing them to finish their purchases right away. Making it simpler for all entrepreneursto access financial services is central to their mission of boosting the competitiveness of both enterprises and the nation.
- Faturalab — Faturalab is a mobile app that provides supply chain financing, payments, financial benefits, and capital management services.
- MARS — MARS provides digital financial services with unique card options and rewards programs.
Koray Bahar is an investor at Ekmob.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, CRM, Dental
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Angel $74k–$200k; Pre-Seed $80k–$168k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Dusyeri — Children are 100% safe in the digital world.
- OppZone — OppZone offers a wide range of content marketing services.
- dentalPrices — Your dental health is important to you. Don't postpone your appointment anymore, make an online appointment now.!
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- Industry: SaaS, Gaming, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
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- PowerDev — PowerDev allows renewable energy contenders to make decisive and sustainable battery storage and green hydrogen investments.
- Wide Game Studio — Wide Game Studio aims to provide people with innovative virtual reality gaming and application experiences that are unmatched. With great enthusiasm and excitement. Wide Game Studio strives to be an innovator in the virtual reality industry by pushing the frontiers of imagination.
Uygar Mesudiyeli is the Founder and Managing Partner of PragmaTech. He previously worked at Beylerbeyi UK Ltd. as a Co-Founder. Uygar Mesudiyeli attended the University of London.
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- Industry: Wedding, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- artlabs — Fast and Scalable 3D Generation with AI | 3D Asset Interoperability | Hyper-Realistic Augmented Reality and Virtual Try-On Experiences
- Weddingbouquet.com — DüğünBuketi is a web and special event organization portal that brings wedding firms together to get price quotes. It was founded in 2017 and is based in Izmir, Turkey.
- KABİ Partners — KABİ Partners develops data-driven products for the solution of all needs before, during and after the wedding.
Dilek was actively investing as an angel and being an active chairwomen since 2017. She has been an angel investor in companies like Picus Security, DataRow (acquired by AWS), Genomize, and Genialis, having a board seat on multiple of them.Previously she was an investor at 212, an early-stage technology venture capital in İstanbul. She investedin companies like IyziCo, the biggest Fintech company in the region and Insider, global marketing automation software, funded by Sequoia Capital and so on.Prior to 212, Dilek worked at Groupon as Director of Strategy and Analysis, Management Consultant at Accenture and Business Developer at Koc Group. She started her career in the USA, where she held different project management positions and also started her own startup.Dilek received a BA honors degree in Mechanical Engineering from Yildiz Technical University and MBA from Johnson & Wales University, both with honor degrees. Dilek is also one of the first Kauffman Fellows, chosen from Turkey and distinguished by scholarship. She is also a founding member and leader of Arya Women Investment Platform. She is a guest lecturer at Stanford University and a judge at European Commission. Dilek was awarded as One of the Most Successful Women Leaders in Turkey, thanks to her contributions and impact on tech industry.Outside the office, Dilek loves to experience authenticity in new destinations. She is a competitive basketball player, a serious artwork collector, and an avid reader of books. She puts deliberate effort to spend quality time with her loving family and friends; informative pastry cooking sessions with her daughter, sophisticated board games while drinking coffee with relatives and friends, or book clubs to foster intellectual curiosity between friends and colleagues. She also jumps every morning to find the leaders of future who will be able to create big impact and help them at their journey. It is fascinating to witness how her life outside the office enriches her work as an investor.
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- Industry: Software, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $345k–$10M; Pre-Seed $1.3M–$3.8M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
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- Deplike — Everyone can make music!
- liftOS — liftOS allows you to find, access and work with your SaaS tools without friction. Organise your data & apps and spend less time switching tabs.
- Genialis — Genialis is a precision medicine data science company focused on new ways to treat disease. Blending computational biology and AI-based methods, Genialis merges and models data at the intersection of clinical and translational medicine and drug discovery. Genialis is trusted by biopharma and big pharma alike, to validate targets, predict biomarkersand optimally position novel drugs. Together, Genialis and its partners are bringing improved solutions to drug discovery to change people's lives.
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