# Top 50 Internet Angel Investors in Turkey in June 2026 ## Omer Hayrı Erkmen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Analytics, E-Commerce Omer Erkmen is the co-founder at Yeni Nesil Kafası. Omer Erkmen attended UC Santa Barbara. ## Nevzat Aydın - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce Nevzat Aydın is the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, the first and biggest online food delivery portal in Turkey.Born in 1976 in İstanbul, Nevzat Aydın completed his secondary education at the Bursa Anatolian High School. Following his graduation from Boğaziçi University Department of Computer Engineering, he went to the United States where he receivedhis MBA at the University of San Francisco in Silicon Valley.During his stay in the United States, Aydın followed the latest developments on e-trade before he returned to Turkey in 2000 to launch his project, Yemeksepeti.com. Serving as the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, Nevzat Aydın introduced a brand new dimension to e-trade in Turkey.In 2007, Yemeksepeti.com was selected the “Endeavor Entreprenur” by Endeavor Turkey. Aydin was also selected the “Most Successful Turkish Young Entrepreneur” by the CNBC-e Business magazine in 2010 for his successful work since the foundation of Yemeksepeti.com.As the founder and CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, which celebrated its 11th anniversary in 2012, he won the first prize in 2011 in the “Male Entrepreneur of the Year” category at the “Businesspeople of the Year” survey conducted by the Ekonomist magazine among nearly 3,000 business people.Aydin is a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Supreme Board of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, and a founding member of Galata Business Angels.Aydın was one of the 150 entrepreneurs invited from all over the world to the Entrepreneurship Summit held by US President Barack Obama on April 26-27, 2010.He was also among the speakers at the DLD (Digital-Life-Design) Conference, which is deemed as one of the world's most prestigious conferences with its content on innovation and developments in the digital world. He is also an editorial advisor of GQ Turkey, one of the 5 “dragons” of the Dragons’ Den Turkey show, and a Board Member of Trabzonspor sports club. ## Utku Öz - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Analytics, E-Commerce 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. ## Sina Afra - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet Sina Afra is the CEO and Founder of Tiko. He previously worked at Markafoni as a CEO and Founder. Sina Afra attended the University of Münster. ## Sertaç Özinal - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Internet, Gaming Sertaç Özinal ## Firat Isbecer - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, SaaS, Software Firat Isbecer is an entrepreneur and a seed investor. His first venture Pozitron, a mobile software company focusing on digital banking, commerce and mobile payments, became one of the fastest growing enterprise software companies in Europe with clients across the globe. After multi years of growth and a successful international expansion, Pozitronwas acquired by London-based fin-tech star Monitise plc in 2014.After the acquisition, he joined Monitise and oversaw the company’s regional operations as the MEA Managing Director. Monitise MEA quickly became one of the most profitable business units of Monitise Group. In 2017, Monitise Group was fully acquired by the US-based, Fiserv Inc, one of the world's largest fin-tech companies with more than 50,000 employees.Shortly after the acquisition, he left Fiserv and founded his newest venture, Commencis. Commencis helps leading brands grow and scale in digital, powered by it’s Big Data, Analytics and Cloud products.In September 2019, Commencis expanded to Berlin, Germany by announcing finbyte, a joint-venture in fintech solutions. Besides Commencis, he is also an active seed investor. Member of Galata Business Angels, Turkey’s first angel investor group.After graduating from Robert College in Istanbul, Firat received his Bachelor’s Degree from Galatasaray University, and his Master’s Degree from a joint programme by Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and École Normale Supérieure in Paris. ## Emre Acikel - Type: Angel - Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Mobile Angel Investor. Investing in Turkey (member of Sharks & Partners) & Switzerland (member of Business Angels Switzerland). ## Bedii Can Yucaoglu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Marketplace, Mobile, Big Data Bedii Can Yucaoglu - Advisor @ Hesapkurdu ## Mehmet Onarcan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Internet, Social Media 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. ## Joachim Behrendt - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Software, Social Media Joachim Behrendt is the Head of the Advisory Board at Vali Berlin. ## Ahu Serter - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Transportation 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. ## Fatih Isbecer - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, Health Care Fatih Isbecer - Founder & CEO @ Dataroid ## Atakan Atalar - Type: Angel - Location: Izmir, Izmir, Turkey - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Rental, Software Atakan Atalar is the Founder of Atanova Ventures. He previously worked at RemoteTeam.com (acquired by Gusto) as an Investor. Atakan Atalar attended Istanbul Kultur University. ## Serkan Borancılı - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Angel, Series B - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Shoes 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. ## Arif Akdağ - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, Computer Arif Akdağ ## Burak Divanlıoğlu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Shoes Burak Divanlıoglu is the founder at GittiGidiyor, a Turkish e-shopping mall offering auctions, stores, and fixed price listings. ## Melih Odemis - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile Melih is one of the pioneer Internet entrepreneurs in Turkey. Born in Istanbul, he studied Computer Engineering and MBA at Bogazici University. After one year of professional experience in Citibank, Melih founded yemeksepeti.com with his partners in 2000. Yemeksepeti.com became the online food delivery giant first in Turkey, and then in Middle Eastand Eastern Europe. As a co-founder, Melih has acted as CTO of the company until 2013 and as Board Member until May 2015, when the company was acquired by Delivery Hero writing one of the biggest Internet exit stories in the region. Melih has been selected an Endeavor Entrepreneur in 2007. Since 2011 he has been an active angel investor in internet and technology companies with more than 30 investments. He is one of the cofounders of Galata Business Angels, which is one of the first business angel networks in Turkey. He is a founding member of EO Turkey. Melih lives in London now with his family and continues to invest in tech start-ups globally. ## Onur Topac - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: SaaS, Big Data, Hardware 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. ## Kivilcim Cayli - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Travel, Leisure, Internet Cayli began his career in 2000 and held various positions for Roche, Johnson & Johnson, Boston Scientific, and Turev. Founded and led two healthcare companies (Idea and Invivo) and two consultancy companies (Kanvas and Biovenka).He holds a BSc and an MBA, both from Middle East Technical University (aka ODTU).As a seasoned investor, he has 8personal investments including British, Irish, American, Swedish, and Turkish companies, and serves on the Board of some. He also consults startups on behalf of TUBITAK (Turkish Scientific & Technological Research Council). He is a member of BIC Angels and GAIN Global. ## Mehmet Celikol - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Online Portals, Dental Mehmet Celikol ## Hande Enes - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Social Media Hande Enes ## Murat Balcı - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, Fitness, mHealth Murat Balci is an angel investor. ## Namık Kemal Gökalp - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Focus: Internet 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. ## Burak Şen - Type: Angel - Location: Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Beauty, Mobile Burak Şen ## Alp Saul - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Mobile, Internet, E-Commerce Alp Saul - Cofounder and Chairman of the Board @ Pronet ## Volkan Bicer - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Online Games, iOS, Mobile Volkan Biçer is the co-founder of Mobilike, a mobile advertisement network.Bicer’e employment history includes his time as product manager of Turkcell’s mobile marketing and advertising department, and community manager at Yahoo, Turkey.Bicer holds a bachelor’s degree in management information systems from Boğaziçi University and an MBAfrom Galatasaray University. ## Ahmet Bilgen - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Education 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 ## Oğuz Özmen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Data Governance, Data Integration, Internet of Things Oğuz Özmen is a CEO at Cevher Group ## Mehmet Toprak - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Rental, Online Portals Mehmet Toprak is the Chief Executive Officer at Topraklar Manufacturing Export Limited Company and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Strategic and Innovative Investors Association (SIYA). ## Eren Hursit - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Data Governance, Data Integration, Internet of Things Eren Hursit is a Managing Director at Fark Labs US ## Goksen Tore Sancak - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Data Governance, Data Integration, Internet of Things Goksen Tore Sancak is a Board Member at Lila Kagit ## Halit Buyukkusoglu - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence Halit Büyükkuşoğlu serves as board member at Farplas. ## Yılmaz Yıldız - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Waste Management, Procurement, Retail Yılmaz Yıldız ## Caglar Karatas - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Mobile, Internet, Messaging Caglar Karatas is a Co-Founder at GastroClub. He attended Harvard Business School. ## Erdem Gezer - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: eSports, Video Games, Social Media Erdem Gezer ## Ahmet Giray Ölmez - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Procurement Ahmet Giray Ölmez ## Demirhan Büyüközcü - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: eSports, Video Games, Social Media Demirhan Büyüközcü - Co-Founder @ Onedio ## Yalcin Ayaydin - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Q&A, Internet, Social Media Yalcin Ayaydin ## Alphan Manas - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Q&A, Internet, Social Media Alphan Manas - Country Manager - Türkiye Başkanı @ ERA Real Estate Türkiye Kıbrıs ## Omer Burhanoglu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Recycling, Electronics Omer Burhanoglu is the Co-founder and CEO at Farel Plastic. Omer attended Bogazici University and Istanbul Technical University. ## Kerim Kotan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: SaaS, Software, Internet of Things Kerim Kotan ## Zoran Arsovski - Type: Angel - Location: Sofia, Grad Sofiya, Bulgaria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, FinTech Zoran and his team focus on Digital Marketing Consulting for B2B growth-stage companies supported by the leading technology VC funds. ## Ali Cebi - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Transportation, Mobile, Internet Ali Çebi ## Emrullah Saku - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Social Network Emrullah Saku ## Ayhan Ağırgöl - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Social Network Ayhan Ağırgöl ## Kaan Kural - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: eSports, Video Games, Social Media Kaan Kural ## Orhan Bayram - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet Orhan Bayram ## Semih Gökmen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Analytics, E-Commerce Semih Gökmen ## Umur Özal - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Baby, Rental, Retail Umur Özal is an angel investor. ## Ebru Dorman - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: Health Care, Apps, Fitness Ebru Dorman # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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