Top 50 Internet 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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13 | Turkey, United States, France | Seed, Angel | Software, Internet, E-Commerce | $100k–$2.7M |
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Omer Hayrı Erkmen
Angel
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10 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Analytics, E-Commerce | $29k–$1.9M |
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Firat Isbecer
Angel
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9 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | SaaS, Artificial Intelligence, Internet | $20k–$3.8M |
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Utku Öz
Angel
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7 | Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed | Internet, Analytics, E-Commerce | $378k–$1.9M |
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Sina Afra
Angel
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6 | Turkey, United States, Germany | Seed, Series A, Angel | E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet | $15k–$11M |
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Serkan Borancılı
Angel
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6 | Turkey | Series A, Seed, Angel | Internet, E-Commerce, Location Based Services | $350k–$2M |
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Sertaç Özinal
Angel
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6 | Turkey | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Internet | $55k–$2.5M |
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Bedii Can Yucaoglu
Angel
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6 | Turkey | Seed, Series A | Marketplace, Mobile, Big Data | $525k–$4.7M |
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Mehmet Onarcan
Angel
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5 | Turkey, Germany, Ireland | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Social Media, Apps, Mobile | |
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Emre Acikel
Angel
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5 | Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Marketplace, Mobile | $200k–$1.9M |
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Burak Divanlioglu
Angel
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5 | Turkey | Seed, Angel, Series A | E-Commerce, Internet, Pet | $500k–$879k |
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Joachim Behrendt
Angel
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4 | Turkey, United States, Germany | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | SaaS, Software, Social Media | $11k–$1.9M |
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Kivilcim Cayli
Angel
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4 | Turkey, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Travel, Leisure, Internet | $18k–$1.3M |
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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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Kemal Cılız
Angel
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3 | Turkey | Seed, Angel, Series A | Apps, Psychology, Advertising | |
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Alp Saul
Angel
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3 | Turkey | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | SaaS, VoIP, Mobile | $101k–$200k |
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Atakan Atalar
Angel
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3 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, Rental, Software | $100k–$100k |
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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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Caglar Karatas
Angel
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3 | Turkey | Seed, Angel | Internet, Messaging, Information Technology | |
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Banu Küçükel
Angel
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3 | Turkey | Seed | Internet, Marketplace, Real Estate | $525k–$1.2M |
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Ali Sabanci
Angel
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3 | Turkey | Seed, Angel, Series A | Delivery, Logistics, Advertising | $3.7M–$3.8M |
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Emre Berkin
Angel
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3 | Turkey | Seed, Angel, Series A | Advertising, Information Technology, Location Based Services | |
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Tuğra Gönden
Angel
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3 | Turkey, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Mobile Apps, Apps, SaaS | $13k–$120k |
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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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Hande Enes
Angel
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3 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence | $29k–$4.1M |
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Turgut Gürsoy
Angel
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3 | Turkey | Seed, Angel, Series A | Advertising, Machine Learning, Information Technology | |
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Umur Ozal
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel | Internet, Software, SaaS | $11k–$1.5M |
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Melih Borderci
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed | Delivery, E-Commerce, Online Portals | |
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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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Ali Kutay
Angel
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2 | United States, Turkey, Germany | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, Internet, Information Technology | |
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Ahu Serter
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United States, Greece | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Transportation, Electronics | $87k–$1.5M |
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Murat Aksöz
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Angel, Pre-Seed | Rental, PropTech, E-Commerce | $66k–$66k |
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Arif Akdağ
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United States, Poland | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Internet, Software, Computer | |
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Ali Cebi
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United States, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed | Mobile, Mobile Apps, Social Media | $70k–$1.5M |
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Onur Canlıtepe
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom, Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note | EdTech, Education, Machine Learning | $333k–$420k |
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Tunç Yalgın
Angel
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2 | Turkey, Germany, Australia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Video Games, Information Technology, SaaS | $7k–$600k |
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Seha İşmen Özgür
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed | Internet, Marketplace, Real Estate | $525k–$1.2M |
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Mehmet Celikol
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed | Rental, Travel, Boating | $100k–$992k |
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Sinan Düztaş
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed | SaaS, Mobile, Travel | |
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ONUR BAYINDIR
Angel
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2 | Turkey, Germany | Seed, Angel | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $110k–$2M |
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Korhan Kasap
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed | Animation, Marketing, Advertising | |
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Yusuf Karahan
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Pre-Seed, Private Equity | Art, Music, Fashion | |
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Engin Utkan
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Art, AgTech, Farming | $15k–$1.3M |
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Doğan Baran Kurtoğlu
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed | Animation, Marketing, Advertising | |
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Melih Odemis
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Mobile | $170k–$1.9M |
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Faruk Eczacıbaşı
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Convertible Note, Angel | Software, SaaS, Big Data | $400k–$3.5M |
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Namık Kemal Gökalp
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Series A | FinTech, Internet, Marketplace | $75k–$1M |
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Varol Civil
Angel
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2 | Turkey, Poland | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, Baby, SaaS | $63k–$3.7M |
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Gülsüm Çıracı
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United States, Canada | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, B2B, SaaS | $500k–$884k |
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Burak Şen
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Angel, Series A | SaaS, Beauty, Mobile | |
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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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Omer Erkmen is the co-founder at Yeni Nesil Kafası. Omer Erkmen attended UC Santa Barbara.
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- Industry: Software, Analytics, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $110k–$1.9M; Angel $44k–$250k; Pre-Seed $29k–$100k
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Blaze Labs — Blaze is real-time video infrastructure with wallet-native subscriptions and tips with instant payouts, delivering low-latency live streaming at global scale.
- Mindsite — Mindsite provides e-commerce analytics. Easily monitor key metrics from price to visibility in real time. Increase your online sales.
- Onlayer — Our powerful solutions suite streamlines onboarding, compliance, monitoring and insights to mitigate risk and secure growth at every stage of the digital business lifecycle.
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, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Seed $727k–$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.
Utku is a Partner based in our Istanbul office. He is the leader of the “Digital and Analytics” Practice in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, helping clients create value with data, innovative tools and techniques. He serves a wide range of industries, including financial services, telecoms, manufacturing and retail.
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- Industry: Internet, Analytics, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $378k–$1.9M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mindsite — Mindsite provides e-commerce analytics. Easily monitor key metrics from price to visibility in real time. Increase your online sales.
- Mizanplus Kitchens — Mizanplus Kitchens provides delivery service multi-brand dark store network.
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 $15k–$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.
Serkan Borançılı is the founding partner of GittiGidiyor, Turkey's leading consumer-to-consumer marketplace, which was acquired by eBay in 2011 for $220 million dollars. Born in 1971 in Ankara, Borançılı graduated from Istanbul Technical University with a degree in Architecture. After working as a freelance architect, he founded ARKInformation Technologies with Burak Divanlıoğlu in 1999. Up to 2004 GittiGidiyor was administered by ARK. Borançılı is also the co-founder of UzmanTV, a video website specializing in curated content by experts, and Istanbul.net, Turkey's largest online dating platform. Borançılı is also the first investor in BiTaksi, Turkey's leading taxi-hailing app. Since, he has also invested in Modacruz, a marketplace for secondhand luxury fashion.
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- Industry: Internet, E-Commerce, Location Based Services
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $500k–$879k; Series A $350k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BiTaksi — BiTaksi is a mobile application that enables its users to book taxis. It enables its users to locate a taxi through its online map and provides traffic data and turn-by-turn directions for drivers. BiTaksi is available for iOS and Android operating systems.
- Modacruz — Modacruz is a mobile social marketplace, serving more than 1 million women in Turkey, enabling women to buy and sell pre-owned brand name fashion items. Users can sign up to the platform to either find and purchase products or to sell their own. Modacruz was launched in 2014 and is headquartered in Istanbul
- denebunu.com — Founded in 2016, Denebunu is a revolutionary data-driven digital marketing platform with a community of +1,5M members that connects brands with their consumers via technology, sampling and consumer insights. We redefined the way consumers shop for FMCG & Cosmetics products by a monthly delivery of personalised samples. We partner with thebest brands in the industry such as Unilever, P&G, L’Oréal, Henkel, Estee Lauder, Nestlé etc. , and use a proprietary algorithm to meet right products w/ right consumers , based on their preferences and profiles on denebunu.com
Sertaç Özinal
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $55k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $63k–$123k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
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- Interactive Loan — Interactive Loan provide financial assistance by providing trainings about credit, bond trading, or leasing methods.
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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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Mehmet Onarcan is the Founder of Mentors Network Turkey. He previously worked at Project House as an Advisory Board Member - Digital Transformation. Mehmet Onarcan attended Yildiz Technical University.
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- Industry: Social Media, Apps, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, Germany, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Letz — Letz is a mobile app that lets you find available people for all activities to hang out with.
- Missafir — Missafir creates value both for homeowners and short/mid term house rental guests. Missafir’s comprehensive services including profile management on more than 15 platforms, dynamic pricing and tech-enabled operational support services enable homeowners to rent their homes through a fast, reliable, high-profit and stress-free model. On theother side, 24/7 service support, concierge and cleaning services, provide 5-star hotel quality experience to the guests.
- Influanza — Influanza is an influencer marketing platform for startups. Influanza is a marketplace that connects video creators with marketers who want to sponsor their content.
Angel Investor. Investing in Turkey (member of Sharks & Partners) & Switzerland (member of Business Angels Switzerland).
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $200k–$1.9M; Pre-Seed $200k–$660k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mindsite — Mindsite provides e-commerce analytics. Easily monitor key metrics from price to visibility in real time. Increase your online sales.
- 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.
- Mizanplus Kitchens — Mizanplus Kitchens provides delivery service multi-brand dark store network.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Pet
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $500k–$879k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kito — Kito provides natural, fresh, and healthy food for both cats and dogs.
- Modacruz — Modacruz is a mobile social marketplace, serving more than 1 million women in Turkey, enabling women to buy and sell pre-owned brand name fashion items. Users can sign up to the platform to either find and purchase products or to sell their own. Modacruz was launched in 2014 and is headquartered in Istanbul
- denebunu.com — Founded in 2016, Denebunu is a revolutionary data-driven digital marketing platform with a community of +1,5M members that connects brands with their consumers via technology, sampling and consumer insights. We redefined the way consumers shop for FMCG & Cosmetics products by a monthly delivery of personalised samples. We partner with thebest brands in the industry such as Unilever, P&G, L’Oréal, Henkel, Estee Lauder, Nestlé etc. , and use a proprietary algorithm to meet right products w/ right consumers , based on their preferences and profiles on denebunu.com
Joachim Behrendt is the Head of the Advisory Board at Vali Berlin.
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- Industry: SaaS, Software, Social Media
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $11k–$1.9M; Angel $15k–$250k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Influanza — Influanza is an influencer marketing platform for startups. Influanza is a marketplace that connects video creators with marketers who want to sponsor their content.
- Kolay Randevu — Kolay Randevu is an online beauty booking marketplace and salon management software for salons.
- Local Guddy, Inc. — A marketplace connecting travelers and locals through unique guddy tours from locals all around the world. Taste local foods, drinks; see must see places, night life, views etc.
Kıvılcım Çaylı is the author of "Startup Investor's Handbook", a technology company investor with 18 investments in 5 countries, management consultant, and private equity professional.He holds an MBA (Master of Business Administration), CPEP™ (Chartered Private Equity Professional), and FMVA® (Financial Modeling & ValuationAnalyst) degrees and a Capital Markets Activities License Level 3. After many years of corporate business experience in global companies and entrepreneurial experience in the companies he founded, he has contributed to the growth journey of nearly a hundred companies in his management consultancy career.He is the CEO of Kanvas Management Consultancy Company and Kılıç Çaylı & Partners Law Office and Private Equity & Venture Capital (PE & VC) Director & Partner at Financial Axis A.Ş. | GGI. He makes his personal investments under the Pareto Ventures brand.
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- Industry: Travel, Leisure, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $18k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fonbulucu — fonbulucu is a crowding funding platform that provide innovative financing and investment system benefit to entrepreneurs and investors.
- 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.
- UnderTheDoormat — UnderTheDoormat Group is a prop-tech company that empowers property owners, portfolio owners and property companies to generate higher income through the short-term rental industry. Our mission is to help every property fulfil its potential every day, by to connecting them with quality guests through our 3 products.Firstly, we operate short termrentals for those who don’t have the capabilities - UnderTheDoormat London has 300 units across the city, including the flagship aparthotel 3 Sloane Gardens operated on behalf of Cadogan Estate. Secondly, we distribute for providers who can provide quality hospitality, but not distribution. The tech landscape in short term rentals is hugely fragmented, and our B2B SaaS platform Hospiria integrates the stack so property companies and managers have a ready-made platform so they can focus on what they’re good at - hosting guests. And finally, our TrustedStays platform is the world’s first platform which connects professional home rentals with Government and Corporate procurement. Until now, short-term rentals haven’t been able to enter this world, and we’re connecting it.All three arms enable owners to earn higher return from short term accommodation.
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.
Prof. M. Kemal Ciliz received his B.S degree in 1985 from Middle East Technical University, Turkey and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in 1987 and 1990, respectively, from Syracuse University, USA, all in electrical engineering. He also received an M.A. degree in 1994 from Yale University, USA in International Economics.Since 1990, he has been with theElectrical and Electronics Engineering Department of Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey where he is currently a Professor. Between 1993 and 1994, he worked in the Center for Systems Science at Yale University and at University of California, Berkeley as a research engineer.After his return to Turkey, he worked as a consultant in the Turkish IT sector. He also served as the International Chapters Coordinator of the IEEE (www.ieee.org) Control Systems Society, between 1995-1999 and he is also the founding chairman of the IEEE Turkey Section, Control Systems Society Chapter. He was the program co-chair of the 1997 IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control. Between 1997-2000, he was the Director of Engineering Operations at Global One, an International Telecom Operator. In 1995, Dr. Ciliz has started three Information Technology companies in Istanbul. Between 2000-2002 he was the General Manager of Comnet, one of Turkey’s first Internet Service Providers. One of the companies he started in 1995, Infonet Information Technologies Ltd, is still active today and one of the leading companies in the Turkish IT Security market. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Tursign, Turkey’s first Certificate Authority for Digital Signatures. Prof. Ciliz is also active in various civil service organizations. He is a board member of TUBISAD (Turkish Businessman Assosiation of IT Companies, www.tubisad.org.tr) and TBV (Turkish Informatics Foundation, www.tbv.org.tr). Dr. Ciliz is a member of the engineering honor societies Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi and a senior member of IEEE.
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- Industry: Apps, Psychology, Advertising
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Blesh — Blesh offers enterprises, advertisers and apps a unique location intelligence platform where they can reach the right audience at the right place and time.
- Hiwell — Hiwell app is an online psychological counseling app that helps people without leaving their homes.
Alp Saul - Cofounder and Chairman of the Board @ Pronet
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- Industry: SaaS, VoIP, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $101k–$200k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AloTech — At AloTech, we gained years of experience in helping businesses around the world ace their contact center operations.With our SaaS that provides:- Scalability, - Time/cost efficiency, - CX-centric processes, - Innovative tools and features, and - Next-gen capabilities,AloTech will be a game-changer for you too! Contact us to learn moreabout how AloTech can help you perfect your contact center operations.
- idemama — Idemama is an online platform that provides its users with web and graphic design services. It is based in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Sports Digitale — Sports Digitale is a sports media company that works in a variety of sports, such as basketball and football and creates content for social media and YouTube. The company builds a comprehensive brand in sports communication by working on e-commerce, app development, event management, and influencer marketing projects.
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.
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.
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.
Banu Küçükel
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- Industry: Internet, Marketplace, Real Estate
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $525k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% 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.
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Browse database — It's Free!Ali Sabanci has held the position of Chairman of the Board in Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi A.S since 2005. Between 1991 and 1997, he held various positions in Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Akbank T.A.S. and held office as Deputy Executive Manager of Strategy and Business Development between 2001 and 2004. He also holds a member position inthe Board of Directors of Esas Holding. He has a Master’s degree in Economics and Politics from Tufts University and a Bachelor’s degree in International Finance obtained from Columbia University Business Administration Faculty.He is Chairman of the Young Entrepreneurs Board within the Union of Chambers and Commodities of Turkey, and also member to the Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO) and Turkish-American Business Council (TAIK).
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- Industry: Delivery, Logistics, Advertising
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $3.7M–$3.8M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Blesh — Blesh offers enterprises, advertisers and apps a unique location intelligence platform where they can reach the right audience at the right place and time.
- Dusyeri — Children are 100% safe in the digital world.
- 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.
Emre Berkin currently serves as the Vice President of Europe Middle East & Africa at Microsoft Corp.Berkin has a strong background in managing and developing company strategies in the IT sector and has overall responsibility of 79 countries. Mr. Berkin is credited with accelerating the growth and expansion of Microsoft’s operations inMiddle East and Africa (MEA) operations. Besides his commitment to the development and deployment of IT, Mr. Berkin has a strong passion for education in the developing markets. He is personally leading Touch Group Plc’s community affairs efforts through which Microsoft has contributed to various community activities improving education and helping under privileged people in the region over the years. Mr. Berkin serves as the Chairman of Microsoft’s Middle East and Africa (MEA) operations. He has been an Independent Non-Executive Director at Thomas Cook Group plc since November 1, 2012. He served as a Non-Executive Director of Touch Group Plc from October 20, 2005 to November 2006.
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- Industry: Advertising, Information Technology, Location Based Services
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Blesh — Blesh offers enterprises, advertisers and apps a unique location intelligence platform where they can reach the right audience at the right place and time.
Tuğra Gönden is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Grifon Capital.
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- Industry: Mobile Apps, Apps, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $13k–$13k; Pre-Seed $75k–$120k
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% 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.
- Influanza — Influanza is an influencer marketing platform for startups. Influanza is a marketplace that connects video creators with marketers who want to sponsor their content.
- Evde Mimar — Evde Mimar is focused home painting. The company has biggest web site traffic in this industy in Turkey. Evde Mimar provide home service for become beautiful home.
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.
Hande Enes
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $125k–$4.1M; Angel $50k–$280k; Pre-Seed $29k–$430k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- WORDEGO — Transform your ecommerce business with Wordego. Leverage unique AI technology to segment visitors by value in real-time, personalizing campaigns for maximum efficiency. Boost your revenue by over 25% and reduce advertising costs by up to 30% with Wordego's precision analytics.
- Crait AI — Empowering your eComm and marketing visuals with power of AI creativity and actionable data insight.
- ServisSoft — Servissoft is a software service provider for business especially sales, after-sales with cloud infrastructure.
Turgut Gürsoy - Founder @ Lidya Ventures
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- Industry: Advertising, Machine Learning, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Blesh — Blesh offers enterprises, advertisers and apps a unique location intelligence platform where they can reach the right audience at the right place and time.
- Tarentum — Tarentum AI develops solutions to critical business needs using machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies.
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.
Melih Borderci
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- Industry: Delivery, E-Commerce, Online Portals
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- B4mar — b4mar is a new and fast-expanding e-commerce marketplace in Turkey. Founded by two young entrepreneurs, b4mar serves as a link between buyers and sellers, making online buying in Turkey more convenient and secure.
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.
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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- 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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Browse database — It's Free!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, Electronics
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Greece
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- Round size: Seed $110k–$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.
Murat Aksöz is one among the Investor Members of My Company Partner.
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- Industry: Rental, PropTech, E-Commerce
- Stage:Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Angel $66k–$66k
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Varsapp — Varsapp is a data-driven rental and resale platform helping brands gain consumer insights, increase conversions, and reduce waste. Through its B2B2C model, brands can offer products for short-term rentals, allowing users to try before they buy.With over 200,000 users and partnerships. Varsapp enables brands to test demand, build loyalty, andmonetize refurbished or excess inventory via its newly launched Varsapp Market.Consumers rent high-quality items—especially in home appliances, electronics, and lifestyle categories—and decide whether to return or purchase.Currently active in Turkey and expanding into Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Varsapp supports circular consumption while generating measurable impact for both brands and users.
Arif Akdağ
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- Industry: Internet, Software, Computer
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Poland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- JETRACT — E-Auction: Digital Transformation For Your Auction Process Meet with your suppliers in cloud. Create competitive e-auctions with different auction types and high savings.E-Procurement: All of the procurement in the cloud. JETRACT enables you to complete your request for purchase, request for proposal, procurement approval and purchase orderprocesses on a digital platform. From beginning to end, all of the procurement process is optimised by a cloud based software.
- Replenit — Transform your repeat purchase revenue with Replenit's AI Decision Engine. Predict exactly when customers need to reorder based on individual consumption pat...
- Atlantic — The future of AI arrives with Atlantic.
Ali Çebi
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- Industry: Mobile, Mobile Apps, Social Media
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $150k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $70k–$75k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Insumo — Insumo is a personalized productivity & habit building assistant that works with other productivity tools.
- Tamamliyo — Tamamliyo is a business software developer who works with insurance firms and digital enterprises to integrate their systems. Their platform contacts many insurance companies and finds insurance products suitable for the digital platform, enabling businesses to configure.
- Volt Lines — Launched in April of 2018, Volt Lines is a subscription-based transportation network currently serving corporate customers in Istanbul, Turkey. A Volt Lines account gives its user access to unlimited rides on the ever-growing Volt Lines network of micro-transit.
Early Stage Investor in Industrial Digitalisation and Decarbonisation, Angel Investor, Mentor, Experienced Investment Banker
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- Industry: EdTech, Education, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: United Kingdom, Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $333k–$420k
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kodris — Kodris platform is a platform established primarily to teach coding to children between the ages of 8-16. Children's 21st-century skills with coding and algorithm; They gain the ability to look at problems from different aspects and produce solutions, to think systematically and creatively, and to offer the shortest solution suggestions.Because; When students grasp the logic of the algorithm, they understand that everything happens in a certain order and that the necessary actions do not take place when it is not in a certain order. Coding is not only limited to computer science but is also very important in terms of interdisciplinary interaction. The Kodris platform basically provides e-learning opportunities that are needed in primary and secondary education levels and that provide the basis for advanced computer skills by increasing students' algorithmic/computational thinking skills. In terms of its subject, kodris is an online e-commerce platform that has R&D in private and public schools (learning levels for different age groups, etc.), has a curriculum, is game-based, has student-teacher interaction, teaches how to set up algorithms, and teaches a real coding language. It is a learning platform.
- Octovan — Octovan is an online leading platform that combines reliable movers with users who need moving.
- Syntonym — Focusing on privacy enhancement in the visual data domain, Syntonym is a generative AI startup specializing in pioneering synthetic face generation technology. With use cases ranging from autonomous mobility to visual anonymity in digital health services, Syntonym provides usable privacy solutions, ensuring both compliance and personal privacyprotection. With its patent pending technology, Syntonym replaces faces in image/video with hyper realistic synthetically generated ones. These faces do not correspond to any real individual, preventing the face from being identified and recognized.
Entrepreneur and investor, enjoys helping entrepreneurs and being part of their journey (currently obsessed with AI)
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- Industry: Video Games, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, Germany, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $7k–$600k
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Wayy — Wayy is the first fully automated AI agent designed for solopreneurs and small business owners. Think of it as an AI business partner that helps bring in clients, and accomplish other key business goals. Unlike other sales agents, it doesn't require prior tech or sales experience to run it. Just turn on Wayy, and clients come automatically.
- Sponsoo — Sponsoo is an innovative online marketplace that connects non-professional athletes and sport teams with corporate sponsors. Athletes and teams create a profile on sponsoo.com, and sponsors search the database to find the perfect team(s) to sponsor.Important for German investors: Sponsoo is part of the INVEST grant programme that allows privateinvestors to claim back 20% of their investment sum as a grant from the German Department of Commerce.
- 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.
Seha İşmen Özgür
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- Industry: Internet, Marketplace, Real Estate
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $525k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% 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.
Mehmet Celikol
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- Industry: Rental, Travel, Boating
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $100k–$992k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Viravira — Choose among 12,000 yacht charter, boat rental & gulet holidays. Yachts, boats & gulets for charter with the lowest prices are at Europe's #1 platfom viravira.
- 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.
- Mizanplus Kitchens — Mizanplus Kitchens provides delivery service multi-brand dark store network.
Sinan Düztaş
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- Industry: SaaS, Mobile, Travel
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Webee — Discover WeBee's high-tech hospitality solutions, ensure a contactless guest experience, improve TripAdvisor scores and maximize revenue.
ONUR BAYINDIR
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $110k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Babiot — Babiot develops electronics online tools to access control and tracking systems. It offers indoor navigation, wireless technologies, and location-based services to safely track people. Babiot is based in Essen, Germany.
- Jobtogo — Jobtogo is a freelancer platform that offers solutions to the problems experienced by companies in the supply of talent.
- PlusDisc — PlusDisc provides tools for Candidate Assessment and Personality Tests.
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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!
CEO @ XMAA CEO @ Menols
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- Industry: Art, Music, Fashion
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Private Equity
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- XMAA — We care art, not popularity! | hi@xmaa.org
- Menols — Menols is a multidisciplinary creative agency working with clients worldwide. | hello@menols.co
A. Engin Utkan is Senior Salesforce Consultant | Flow Automation Expert | Application Architect
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- Industry: Art, AgTech, Farming
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $15k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Salvor — These are the ideas and the philosophy behind Salvor.io; why it exists, how it will adapt to the newer ways of creation by forming a bridge between ideas and effort. Salvor is a combination of fresh understanding of contemporary digital arts and assets, adaptive of the new free economy, and a sustainable approach to new ways of doing creativebusiness taking advantage of the collective internet culture. We have the dreams, we have the talent and we have the will.
- Tarfin — Using its cloud-based platform and smart algorithms, Tarfin provides underbanked farmers with high-quality farm inputs and competitive point-of-sale financing. Tarfin is the winner of EFSE's 2016 Financial Inclusion Challenge.
- Makswin Real Estate Technologies, Inc. — Cutting-edge technological solutions aimed at data inconsistency and inefficiencies in the real estate 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!
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: 28
- Round size: Seed $170k–$1.9M; Angel $275k–$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.
Faruk Eczacıbaşı - Deputy Vice President of Eczacıbaşı @ KWORKS Koç University Entrepreneurship Research Center
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Big Data
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $400k–$1.8M; Convertible Note $3M–$3.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Reengen — Dedicated software to help you manage your carbon, ESG and energy data
- 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.
- Good Sanitation Company — Good Sanitation Company provides a specific sanitation and hygiene solution for those in temporary accommodation environments.
Namık Kemal Gökalp worked as a Corporate Finance consultant, coordinator and senior manager in the finance sector. Currently; İnfo Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş., Hedef Private Equity Investment Ort. A.Ş., Seyitler Kimya Sanayi A.Ş. and Ideal Finans Teknolojier ve Danışmanlık A.Ş., as the chairman of the board of directors.
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- Industry: FinTech, Internet, Marketplace
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $75k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Artiox — Artiox is an investment company in METU Technopolis Area.
- TeklifimGelsin — TeklifimGelsin is a personalized Digital Banking Marketplace Platform that connects users and banks with banking requests. You can access TeklifimGelsin platform portal, via the web application to get personalized loan, deposit and credit card offerings from the commercial banks.TeklifimGelsin, helps platform members to make loan, deposit andcredit card applications in less than 40 seconds with its fast, reliable and easy use. In addition to customized banking offerings, TeklifimGelsin has a profile page where people can view their credit scores.
Varol Civil - General Manager @ Türk Ekonomi Bankası
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- Industry: Software, Baby, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, Poland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $63k–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- KolayBi — KolayBi' is a new generation cloud based bookkeeping and financial application platform with online bank account aggregation for SMEs. People can manage accounting processes, register data, and generate reports by recording its financial records . People can also add bank accounts to the system and convert their payments into a one-clickinvoice. KolayBi' was founded on 2017 and is headquartered in Istanbul.
- Replenit — Transform your repeat purchase revenue with Replenit's AI Decision Engine. Predict exactly when customers need to reorder based on individual consumption pat...
- Usersdot — Usersdot uses data science and AI solutions to improve customer experience, increase operational efficiency and maximize sales performance
Gülsüm Çıracı - Founding Partner @ Istanbul Startup Angels
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- Industry: Software, B2B, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $500k–$884k
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- JETRACT — E-Auction: Digital Transformation For Your Auction Process Meet with your suppliers in cloud. Create competitive e-auctions with different auction types and high savings.E-Procurement: All of the procurement in the cloud. JETRACT enables you to complete your request for purchase, request for proposal, procurement approval and purchase orderprocesses on a digital platform. From beginning to end, all of the procurement process is optimised by a cloud based software.
- TDSmaker — KOMBO99 x TDSmaker menghadirkan platform pembuatan datasheet, pengelolaan dokumen produk, dan manajemen konten teknis berbasis cloud yang praktis dan profesional.
- iyisahne.com — Founded in March of 2015 and based in Beyoğlu, İstanbul, iyisahne is a trusted community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book performance professionals for any kind of special events around Turkey online. With most preferred and experienced performers, iyisahne.com offers an easy way to book local entertainment and services for anytype of event. Whether a wedding orchestra or photographer for a wedding, a clown or magician for a birthday, or trio, quartet and DJ for a corporate event, iyisahne connects people to the performers for unique experiences in their special events, at any price point, with more than 300 music professionals for the first time in Turkey.
Burak Şen
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- Industry: SaaS, Beauty, Mobile
- Stage:Angel, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Yeniben.com — Yeniben brings transparency to the elective medical & aesthetic treatment market which represents a wide range of services—from a simple skin treatment to cosmetic surgery. At the heart of Yeniben is a community of people sharing personal experiences, unbiased stories, and candid advice. Hundreds of medical experts also participate onYeniben. Doctors and clinicians have posted over one thousand answers to questions and routinely upload educational videos, special offers, and patient before & after photos. The company is an Istanbul based startup and has achieved profitability.
- Webee — Discover WeBee's high-tech hospitality solutions, ensure a contactless guest experience, improve TripAdvisor scores and maximize revenue.
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