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Top 50 Internet Startup Investors in Turkey (September 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Turkey Internet startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Turkey Internet startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Angel round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Alesta Yatırım
VC Fund
28 Turkey, United States, Estonia Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $26k–$4.6M
Aslanoba Capital
VC Fund
19 Turkey, United States, Ireland Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Internet, Software $175k–$30M
Boğaziçi Ventures
VC Fund
16 Turkey, United States, Switzerland Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Gaming, Software, Video Games $50k–$2M
RePie Asset Management
VC Fund
15 Turkey, Canada, Germany Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown FinTech, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps $244k–$38M
Nevzat Aydın
Angel
13 Turkey, United States, France Seed, Angel Software, Internet, E-Commerce $100k–$2.7M
Keiretsu Forum Turkey
VC Fund
12 Turkey, United States Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $28k–$2M
TRANGELS
VC Fund
11 Turkey, United States, Estonia Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $55k–$1.4M
StartersHub
VC Fund
10 United States, Turkey, Germany Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $20k–$884k
Omer Hayrı Erkmen
Angel
10 Turkey, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, Analytics, E-Commerce $29k–$1.9M
Maxis
VC Fund
10 Turkey, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce $100k–$2.5M
Firat Isbecer
Angel
9 Turkey, United States Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed SaaS, Artificial Intelligence, Internet $20k–$3.8M
Vinci Venture Capital
VC Fund
9 Turkey, United Kingdom, Germany Seed, Convertible Note Software, Logistics, Energy $91k–$5.5M
APY Ventures
VC Fund
8 Turkey, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming $100k–$2.5M
BIC Angels
VC Fund
8 Turkey, United States, Germany Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Internet, Apps, Education $11k–$514k
Earlybird Venture Capital
VC Fund
7 Germany, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $1.4M–$75M
Utku Öz
Angel
7 Turkey Seed, Pre-Seed Internet, Analytics, E-Commerce $378k–$1.9M
Earlybird Digital East Fund
VC Fund
6 Seed $1.2M–$7.5M
Angel Effect
VC Fund
6 Turkey, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps $50k–$995k
Sertaç Özinal
Angel
6 Turkey Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Financial Services, FinTech, Internet $55k–$2.5M
Bedii Can Yucaoglu
Angel
6 Turkey Seed, Series A Marketplace, Mobile, Big Data $525k–$4.7M
ACT Venture Partners
VC Fund
6 Turkey, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Convertible Note Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology $345k–$9.5M
TT Ventures
VC Fund
6 Turkey, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $21k–$2M
Sina Afra
Angel
6 Turkey, United States, Germany Seed, Series A, Angel E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet $15k–$11M
Serkan Borancılı
Angel
6 Turkey Series A, Seed, Angel Internet, E-Commerce, Location Based Services $350k–$2M
Inveo Ventures
VC Fund
6 Turkey, Germany, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Artificial Intelligence, Software, SaaS $175k–$2M
Collective Spark
VC Fund
6 Turkey, United States, United Arab Emirates Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, SaaS $193k–$8M
StartersHub XO
VC Fund
6 Turkey, France, Bulgaria Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Mobile $6.8k–$100k
Mehmet Onarcan
Angel
5 Turkey, Germany, Ireland Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Social Media, Apps, Mobile
Emre Acikel
Angel
5 Turkey Seed, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Marketplace, Mobile $200k–$1.9M
Burak Divanlioglu
Angel
5 Turkey Seed, Angel, Series A E-Commerce, Internet, Pet $500k–$879k
Teknoloji Yatirim
VC Fund
5 Turkey, United States, Germany Seed, Series A, Convertible Note Artificial Intelligence, Analytics, SaaS $550k–$2.4M
QNBEYOND Ventures
VC Fund
5 Turkey, United States, United Kingdom Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A SaaS, Software, Information Technology $200k–$26M
Teknasyon
VC Fund
5 Turkey, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Angel Apps, Mobile Apps, Fitness $112k–$15M
ŞirketOrtağım
VC Fund
5 Turkey, United Kingdom Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $66k–$725k
TechOne VC
VC Fund
5 Turkey, United States, Estonia Seed, Pre-Seed Software, SaaS, Information Technology $30k–$2.4M
Keiretsu Forum
VC Fund
5 United States, India, Turkey Seed, Series A Health Care, Software, Biotechnology $102k–$8.6M
Albaraka Fintech Fund
VC Fund
4 Turkey Seed, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $45k–$3.7M
Joachim Behrendt
Angel
4 Turkey, United States, Germany Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed SaaS, Software, Social Media $11k–$1.9M
Arz Portfolio
VC Fund
4 Turkey, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $100k–$3.9M
Geometry Venture Development
VC Fund
4 Turkey, United States, Estonia Pre-Seed, Seed, Equity Crowdfunding Artificial Intelligence, Software, SaaS $25k–$5M
GirişimTürk
VC Fund
4 Turkey, United States Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Wedding, Big Data $250k–$1.9M
AB PLUS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
VC Fund
4 Turkey Seed, Pre-Seed Recruiting, Information Technology, Location Based Services $75k–$1.3M
Kivilcim Cayli
Angel
4 Turkey, United Kingdom, United States Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Travel, Leisure, Internet $18k–$1.3M
Istanbul Startup Angels
VC Fund
4 Turkey, United States, Israel Seed, Angel SaaS, Software, Mobile Apps $45k–$1.5M
Nexus Ventures
VC Fund
4 Turkey, United States, India Seed, Angel, Series A Internet, Software, Artificial Intelligence $1k–$53M
Inventures
VC Fund
4 Turkey, United States, Spain Seed, Series A, Angel E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services $100k–$7M
Sharks & Partners
VC Fund
3 Turkey, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Internet, E-Commerce, SaaS $80k–$2.5M
AI Startup Factory
VC Fund
3 Turkey, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning $30k–$2.5M
Atakan Atalar
Angel
3 Turkey, United States Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Rental, Software $100k–$100k
212
VC Fund
3 Turkey, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $250k–$27M
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Alesta Yatırım
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 28 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Ales Venture Capital Investment Trust Inc. 100% Escort Technology Investment Co., Ltd. was established in late 2012 as a subsidiary of an investment company subject to the Capital Markets Board legislation.Their target audience was primarily started to produce products or services are targeted at companies with existing customers and growth.However, the product or service to switch to the sales and marketing process, although in need of ready finance companies also take interest in Their initiative.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 134
  • Round size: Seed $30k–$600k; Pre-Seed $26k–$150k; Convertible Note $30k–$4.6M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5M in 2012

Portfolio highlights

  • GlaucoT — GlaucoT develops contact-free intraocular pressure monitoring and neuroprotective treatment technology for glaucoma disease.
  • Kozmonot — Kozmonot is a mobile competition application with real money prizes focused on knowledge, research and intelligence.
  • ConverJinn — AI-powered product categorization and conversion optimization for online stores. Boost conversions and make every product page count.
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Aslanoba Capital
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 19 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Aslanoba Capital is an early stage investor in tech startups in Turkey and the US. The company invests in startups pursuing disruptive ideas in areas such as marketplaces, e-commerce, mobile, classifieds, content, and SaaS with a consideration of investment between $0.25 million and $2 million.Aslanoba was founded in 2013 and is based inIstanbul, Turkey.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 117
  • Round size: Seed $175k–$3.5M; Series A $350k–$3M; Series B $825k–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $80M in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • BiSU — BiSU is a mobile platform that enables its users to order drinkable water in Turkey. Through the platform, its users have the ability to order water from any brand available nationally.BiSU is completely free of commission or fees and aims to democratize access to bottled water in Turkey by increasing transparency in prices and quality of water.The platform allows its customers to compare prices and pay with their credit cards for delivered bottled water.BiSU was launched in 2015 by Ergin Uner & Ozan Alptekin. It is based in Istanbul.
  • obilet.com — Obilet.com, founded in 2012, is an end-to-end ticketing platform listing hundreds of bus operators, airlines and ferry companies as well as offerings from hotels and car rental companies. Obilet also provides bus operators with its best-in-class Inventory Management System (IMS) as a SaaS.Obilet is the indisputable market leader in Turkey both inB2B and B2C segments with 400+ bus carriers using its IMS software, 25 million visitors per month, and 15 million app downloads.Obilet is projected to sell more than 40 million tickets annually in 2024, making it one of the top-3 bus ticketing platforms in the world. Obilet also set its vision to be the one-stop-shop for whole needs of users regarding the tourism and travel products by expanding its category offerings with the addition of hotel booking and car rental services. Moreover, Obilet has launched its international expansion project in H2 2022, has one of the largest coverage of markets globally.
  • StratiFi — An AI-powered client investment workflow software for wealth managers
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Boğaziçi Ventures
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 16 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Boğaziçi Ventures has been established in 2015 with the purpose of supporting entrepreneurship to take their global success to a next level. We aim to invest in technology start-ups which have talented teams by providing business models and looking for funds and mentoring support for future exponential growth.BV Growth fund will only focus on thetechnology startups established in Turkey at the growth stage while having the ambition to get into the global market.BV Crypto fund will be closed with a minimum fund size of $50M to invest in cryptocurrency and blockchain projects. People are interested in investing in cryptocurrency, especially new initial coin offerings (ICO), but they don’t know which one is reliable. We have an extremely capable team dedicated to cryptocurrency. Our analysts search hundreds of ICO projects, follow their communication, investigate the commitment of their teams, make interviews and if they have a chance, even visit them at their locations to give a much better decision.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Software, Video Games
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 87
  • Round size: Seed $134k–$2M; Pre-Seed $50k–$600k; Series A $228k–$431k
  • Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $7.3M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Ideanote — Ideanote is your complete innovation platform. It's faster, more efficient, and lets you build a fully customizable idea management flow from start to finish.
  • Lucida AI — Enhance your employees' language skills with our AI-powered tool, tailored to your company regulations using end-to-end encryption.
  • Ono — OneNewOne, which operates in the Human Resources vertical, uses artificial intelligence technology to classify and match the CV Pool in minutes and to enable artificial intelligence to do preliminary interviews using its "Smart Pre-Interview" module.
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RePie Asset Management
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 15 investments in Turkey Internet startups

RE-PIE is Turkey's first alternative asset management company that was authorized by Capital Markets Board of Turkey to establish real estate investment funds in 2015. With our top-quality management team that has many years of professional experience in various markets, it is our privilege to serve our investors to generate best in classinvestment returns in accordance with their risk perceptions and return expectations in line with our well-structured investment process and risk management guidelines. We aim to provide new funding opportunities and resources for Turkish Capital Markets in order to enable new investments and to grow steadily by increasing our fund size with wide range of products in various asset classes.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Turkey, Canada, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 73
  • Round size: Seed $244k–$3.7M; Series A $1M–$38M; Venture - Series Unknown $500k–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $70M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • VenueX — VenueX enables retailers to showcase their products, POI and indoor maps to shoppers searching online!
  • Goldtag — Digital Asset Development
  • Vimesoft — Manage secure team communication and AI-powered learning with Vimesoft on one platform, while keeping your data under your control on your own infrastructure.
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Nevzat Aydın
Angel · 13 investments in Turkey Internet startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 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.
  • ya da multicosmetics — ya da multicosmetics is a cosmetics brand and aims to accelerate its R&D efforts, support its growth.
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Keiretsu Forum Turkey
VC Fund · Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey · 12 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Keiretsu Forum is a private equity investment network of angel investors, venture capitalists, and corporate/institutional investors.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 77
  • Round size: Seed $28k–$1.2M; Angel $50k–$2M; Pre-Seed $49k–$550k
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Abom — Abom heated anti-fog goggles use state-of-the-art technology to keep your goggles fog-free for snowmobiling, snowboarding and skiing. Check out our optics!
  • Hummingdrone — Hummingdrone provides cutting-edge autonomous drones and software solutions designed specifically for the solar energy industry.
  • Interactive Loan — Interactive Loan provide financial assistance by providing trainings about credit, bond trading, or leasing methods.
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TRANGELS
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 11 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Early Stage Investment Fund and Network

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 59
  • Round size: Seed $67k–$1.4M; Angel $100k–$500k; Pre-Seed $55k–$500k
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Datasance — Securely deploy, manage, and scale containerized workloads across thousands of heterogeneous far-edge and IoT environments.
  • Trawell Data — Trawell Data is a mobile data services company that provides travelers to use mobile data on their mobile phones without changing phones or sim cards. It enables the phone to digitally connect and use the local operator. Trawell Data was established in 2015 and is headquartered in Syosset, New York.
  • Visionteractive — Visionteractive develops social media based, fun and interactive physical and digital products, bridging the gap between online and actual world. The company aims to bring a brand together with the target audience by developing various creative products, while enhancing the memorability owing to the interactive experience with the users.Visionteractive was founded on 2013 and is based in Turkey.
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StartersHub
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 10 investments in Turkey Internet startups

An early-stage VC that backs, mainly but not limited to, Turkey & CEE's founders who work to disrupt the system for good.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: United States, Turkey, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 66
  • Round size: Seed $50k–$884k; Pre-Seed $20k–$554k; Convertible Note $25k–$30k
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • FenixPyre — FenixPyre provides Post-Authentication Data Security (PADS) to prevent ransomware, mitigate insider threats, and enforce TPRM. It blocks bad actors from stealing sensitive files, enhancing perimeter security while remaining seamless to users.
  • heybooster — heybooster is the creator of a platform for marketing analysis that aids e-commerce managers in finding chances for revenue growth and in making better choices. It provides clients with digital reporting, online meetings, online communication, an online project management system, and an online playbook that helps them discover problems, findpossibilities for revenue growth, and cut expenses.
  • Visionteractive — Visionteractive develops social media based, fun and interactive physical and digital products, bridging the gap between online and actual world. The company aims to bring a brand together with the target audience by developing various creative products, while enhancing the memorability owing to the interactive experience with the users.Visionteractive was founded on 2013 and is based in Turkey.
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Omer Hayrı Erkmen
Angel · 10 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Omer Erkmen is the co-founder at Yeni Nesil Kafası. Omer Erkmen attended UC Santa Barbara.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Maxis
VC Fund · Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey · 10 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Private Equity Investment arm of Isbank

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 89
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$2M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $18M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Hardal — Cookieless, first-party, server-side attribution tracking to improve ROAS. Unified attribution across Web, iOS, Android & Shopify Apps.
  • Promake — Talk to AI, get your business online. Manage your website and domain, accept payments.
  • Sapro Temizlik Ürünleri — Sapro Temizlik Ürünleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. manufactures and exports a variety of sanitary products, including cosmetics, personal care items, and home cleaning products. The company is known for its private label wet wipes, which are produced with botanical ingredients. Sapro adapts its processes and products to meet the needs of the Earth andall living beings, emphasizing sustainability and innovation in its operations.
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Firat Isbecer
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 9 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Firat Isbecer is an entrepreneur and a seed investor. His first venture Pozitron, a mobile software company focusing on digital banking, commerce and mobile payments, became one of the fastest growing enterprise software companies in Europe with clients across the globe. After multi years of growth and a successful international expansion, Pozitronwas acquired by London-based fin-tech star Monitise plc in 2014.After the acquisition, he joined Monitise and oversaw the company’s regional operations as the MEA Managing Director. Monitise MEA quickly became one of the most profitable business units of Monitise Group. In 2017, Monitise Group was fully acquired by the US-based, Fiserv Inc, one of the world's largest fin-tech companies with more than 50,000 employees.Shortly after the acquisition, he left Fiserv and founded his newest venture, Commencis. Commencis helps leading brands grow and scale in digital, powered by it’s Big Data, Analytics and Cloud products.In September 2019, Commencis expanded to Berlin, Germany by announcing finbyte, a joint-venture in fintech solutions. Besides Commencis, he is also an active seed investor. Member of Galata Business Angels, Turkey’s first angel investor group.After graduating from Robert College in Istanbul, Firat received his Bachelor’s Degree from Galatasaray University, and his Master’s Degree from a joint programme by Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and École Normale Supérieure in Paris.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 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.
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Vinci Venture Capital
VC Fund · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands · 9 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Vinci is a venture capital investment firm strategically funded by Inci Holding, a family-owned, industrial holding company active in the manufacturing of wheels, car and industrial batteries, hotel equipment, and logistics services. We are a financial investor but beyond funding, we aim to add value by providing corporate resources, experience,and the long-term view of a true strategic partner for small businesses. Our lead investor, Inci Holding, allows us to provide hands-on support and actively contribute to the growth and prosperity of our investees. Vinci is run by a team made up of Inci Board members and experienced venture capital professionals, who bring relevant know-how to support start-ups on their path to commercial success.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Logistics, Energy
  • Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $91k–$5.5M; Convertible Note $628k–$750k
  • Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Intelijus — At Intelijus, we have embarked on a quest not just to innovate, but to transform the world through legal technology. Our mission is to empower legal professionals across the globe with LIVIA, our trailblazing Legal Virtual Assistant. LIVIA isn’t just another piece of AI technology. It’s a manifestation of our drive to revolutionize the legal field,making operational tasks more efficient so that the focus can return to the human side of law – to justice itself.Our vision stretches beyond the realms of the present into a future where justice is accessible to everyone. Through the power of LIVIA’s generative artificial intelligence, grounded in sophisticated natural language processing, we foresee a world where legal processes are not just optimized but completely redefined. A world where our technology becomes the cornerstone of decision-making in legal matters globally, ushering in an era of unprecedented accuracy and efficiency.
  • Perciv AI — Perciv provides artificial intelligence (AI)-based software solutions to unlock the latent possibilities of radars and allow resilient and economical autonomous systems with Lidar-like performance even in severe weather circumstances.
  • 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.
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APY Ventures
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 8 investments in Turkey Internet startups, 14 in the past 12 months

APY Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 124
  • Round size: Seed $212k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $14M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Nuvolog — Revolutionize logistics operations with Nuvolog. Features like spot procurement, carbon tracking, and time slot management enhance efficiency and streamline operations.
  • Viseur AI — Viseur AI delivers a cutting-edge medical imaging solution powered by artificial intelligence. Our platform provides robust, scalable, cost-effective long-term radiology and digital pathology solutions through end-to-end automation.
  • Spektra Games — We create the most realistic simulation/racing games for mobile!
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BIC Angels
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 8 investments in Turkey Internet startups

BIC Angels is an investment firm that provides venture capital for startups engaged in the internet sector. It is primarily focused on companies engaged in SaaS, location-based services, and mobile applications. The Company's early-stage investment ranges from $25,000 to $1,000,000. BIC Angels is based in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Apps, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $11k–$514k; Angel $100k–$250k
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CEOtudent — Founded in May 2015, CEOtudent.com is a content-based website that focuses on providing a rich vision and lifestyle to university and young professionals with content focused on success.On our internet site, we offer numerous contents from personal development to marketing, from career to events, from entrepreneurship to current news.AtCEOtudent.com, we share every piece of information we think that we can provide benefits and inspiration, and we are constantly trying to learn something new.
  • Fithletic — Fithletic is an application designed to enhance the way individuals engage with sports and fitness. The platform offers a streamlined and user-friendly experience, allowing users to explore, evaluate, and select gyms or physical activities that best align with their preferences and schedules.
  • 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.
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Earlybird Venture Capital
VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 7 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Founded in 1997, Earlybird is a pan-European VC investor backing tech-enabled companies and investing in their growth and development. Funds include Earlybird, Earlybird Health, Growth Opportunities.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 386
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$14M; Series A $4.4M–$35M; Series B $6M–$75M
  • Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $422M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Hilo — Get stress-free readings round the clock with Hilo's clinically validated blood pressure monitor. Learn more
  • ColibrITD — ColibriTD leader of Simulation solutions using Quantum computing
  • Neuracore — The robot skill creation engine: collect demonstrations, curate datasets, train imitation and reinforcement learning policies, and deploy them on real robots, all on one platform.
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Utku Öz
Angel · 7 investments in Turkey Internet startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Earlybird Digital East Fund
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 6 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Earlybird Digital East Fund is an investment firm that focuses on early stage companies in Eastern Europe and Turkey.

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Investment focus

  • Stage:Seed

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 73
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$7.5M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FintechOS — FintechOS is the AI platform for financial product operations. Design, price, launch, and evolve financial products with governed AI and reduced core dependency.
  • Simr (formerly UberCloud) — UberCloud's HPC Simulation Platform helps engineers run faster simulations and helps overworked IT teams gain control.
  • Picus — The Complete Security Control Validation Platform | Stay proactive by validating your security controls with attack scenarios, empower your Red, Purple, Blue teams.
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Angel Effect
VC Fund · Kurucesme, Istanbul, Turkey · 6 investments in Turkey Internet startups

We are a team of successful entrepreneurs, corporate leaders and people who know the impact of creating value together. Together, we invest in high-impact, early-stage companies led by amazing teams with global mindset all over the world.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 37
  • Round size: Seed $50k–$755k; Pre-Seed $102k–$995k
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ULive — ULive is a digital fitness platform. With ULive, users can develop physically, mentally and spiritually. Indoor Cycling using UBikes, Yoga, Pilates, Stretch, Dance and bUUt (functional body training) classes, which they can attend live every day and whenever they want, using mobile application.
  • & New Me — Explore the best aesthetic treatments in Turkey with New Me. Book a consultation, read reviews, and find the right doctor for your beauty journey.
  • Njoykidz — njoyKidz was founded in 2021 with the simple idea of creating ad-free and safe game platforms for the kids while they learn. We develop game
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Sertaç Özinal
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 6 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Sertaç Özinal

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Investment focus

  • 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

  • Brix — Tokenized emerging markets yield. Trade the Macro.
  • Interactive Loan — Interactive Loan provide financial assistance by providing trainings about credit, bond trading, or leasing methods.
  • Defy — The cryptocurrency space's #1 most-trusted DeFi mobile app platform.Welcome to the space of decentralized finance. Use to earn feature is waiting for you. Connect/Create your wallet and start to earn! We support the future of finance. Buy, sell, swap, transfer cryptocurrency; track all cryptocurrency movements on networks.The TraderBag platform is the Easiest & Most Reliable Way to manage your DeFi portfolio and make copy-trade. You don't need to spend hours drawing graphs to be able to analyze.Reach all cryptocurrencies from a single platform. You can trade on all major networks(support multi-chain).Manage your crypto portfolio easily. Buy, sell, convert, transfer…You don't need to be an expert in the crypto space.Make your transactions securely with other wallets thanks to the Anti Money Laundering (AML) service.Track Talented Traders and Cryptocurrency wallets instantly with TraderBag!Thanks to TraderBag, get instant notification when there is a trade in the trader or whale wallets you follow and do not miss the opportunities.Easily see what coins are in crypto wallets; Search with WEB3 wallet address or wallet QR code and see cryptocurrencies, track wallet.Connect or Create your own crypto wallet 100% securely with WEB3 and Get 500 TRBAG. Keep earning TRBAG from the transactions you make with your wallet.Artificial intelligence robots research the market and give you instant news about the newly listed cryptocurrencies.Secret crypto wallets of popular people in the Trader Bag app.Trader Bag prepares daily cryptocurrency market analysis for you. You can instantly follow the most bought and sold cryptocurrencies daily, hourly, weekly. You can instantly see which crypto billionaires are investing in from the market analysis.You will not miss the market with the news it creates for you by examining the analyzes produced by artificial intelligence robots.You can easily access the purchase and sale price details of digital assets in the crypto bags of the people you follow.If you think that you are doing a very good analysis and following the market, you can start earning TRBAG through Trader Bag.
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Bedii Can Yucaoglu
Angel · 6 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Bedii Can Yucaoglu - Advisor @ Hesapkurdu

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Investment focus

  • 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.
  • Heltia — Saat ini ayuslot sudah menghadirkan akses login game slot zeus pragmatic play terupdate 2026 yang sangat mudah di akses. Segera mainkan game slot zeus di ayuslot yang sudah terbukti akan membayar berapapun kemenangan para player.
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ACT Venture Partners
VC Fund · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands · 6 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Early stage deep tech investor

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Seed $345k–$3.2M; Series A $2.4M–$9.5M; Convertible Note $1M–$1.4M
  • Lead/follow: 69% lead, 31% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $22M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • NxLite — 3E Nano has developed and is commercializing a low cost, thermally and optically smart, Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) coating. This nano thin film applied to glass and other transparent media is targeted toward windows, windshields, greenhouses, and solar module manufacturers.
  • Qubitrium — We offer advanced quantum technology solutions in cryptography, communication, and sensing. We develop and produce cutting-edge quantum products and provide services to integrate these technologies into industrial organizations.
  • Cellbricks Therapeutics — Cellbricks offers plastic surgery and transplant medicine that rely on artificial materials devoid of physiological functions or immunosuppressive transplants from human and animal sources. It offers the bio-fabrication of human tissue and organs, a widespread medical procedure that enables people to live longer and in better condition.
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TT Ventures
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 6 investments in Turkey Internet startups

TT Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Turk Telekom.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 74
  • Round size: Seed $30k–$2M; Pre-Seed $21k–$400k
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • VenueX — VenueX enables retailers to showcase their products, POI and indoor maps to shoppers searching online!
  • OctoXLabs — Most Comprehensive Cybersecurity Asset Management Solution #CSAM #CAASM
  • Mindsite — Mindsite provides e-commerce analytics. Easily monitor key metrics from price to visibility in real time. Increase your online sales.
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Sina Afra
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 6 investments in Turkey Internet startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Serkan Borancılı
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 6 investments in Turkey Internet startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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
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Inveo Ventures
VC Fund · Maltepe, Istanbul, Turkey · 6 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Backed by our entrepreneurial and venture capital knowhow,we are creating value with the innovative and scalable tech companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Turkey, Germany, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Round size: Seed $175k–$1.8M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% 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.
  • Mindtail — Based in Istanbul, Mindtail is a mobile gaming studio dedicated to crafting the next evolution of hybrid mobile games. Founded by industry veterans whose previous titles have reached over 300+ million players worldwide
  • Portfoy Financial Tech Inc. — Portfoy Financial Tech is a financial technology company that provides a platform for tracking and managing investments. The app allows users to monitor stocks, cryptocurrencies, public offerings, and funds in real time. It offers instant balance tracking, showing the current value of investments and profit or loss. The platform includes tools foranalyzing performance and risk to support decision-making. It works with financial institutions and well-known companies as a trusted partners.
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Collective Spark
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 6 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Collective Spark is a venture capital fund focusing on early-stage technology ventures. They aims to back and elevate highly driven hustlers and hackers who want to build scalable, disruptive businesses. They consider ourselves partners for the long term, and define Collective Spark as an Operational VC where ventures get access to top specializedtalent and hands-on shared resources in distinct areas critical to their success.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 44
  • Round size: Seed $247k–$5M; Pre-Seed $193k–$2.6M; Series A $1.4M–$8M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $35M in 2018

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  • Invent Analytics — Invent.ai is empowering retailers with better planning and operational decisions that deliver immediate business value. Learn about our retail AI now.
  • Call Center Studio — AI Infused Cloud Contact Center Software
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StartersHub XO
VC Fund · 6 investments in Turkey Internet startups

XO is a 6 month long global program with KPI based objectives that guarantees investment upon program completion.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, France, Bulgaria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $6.8k–$100k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ottoo — Ottoo is a connected car and mobility platform that provides customized application solutions to mobility industries through real-time processing of behavioral, diagnostic, and contextual data. The artificial intelligence explores connections and correlations in a data set and improves opportunity for monetization across the value chain.Ready-to-deploy mobility, connected vehicles, and V2X components makes it very cost-efficient for clients to ship their mobility solution. The company aims to lead the paradigm shift of the automotive industry where all the focus is turning back on the user experience.
  • Onlock — Onlock Smart Lock is a smart lock ecosystem that adapted for the Europe and Turkey market and compatible most of the lock systems on the market. It allows users to lock/unlock their doors over its mobile application. Main advantage of Onlock is that it does not block your current lock system and allows that you can still use your regularphysical key without having an issue. Also, it does not require any additional tool nor drilling to install on your door. It is mounted inside of your house thus you can assure it is safe and its security is ensured by end-to-end encryption standard.Onlock is a solution for everyone that - frequently losing key - forgetting keys somewhere - losing time to search keys around - being afraid of security issues rising from cloning physical keys - suffering of changing lock system often - looking comfort of smart home system - sharing house with others - wanting to know who is in or out, when - and more...However, Onlock Smart Lock is best for people who - manages keys due to the short-term home rentals such as airbnb, homeaway - employs domestic workers like babysitter, nurse, housekeeper - runs Real-Estate Agency that has many houses in their portfolio to manage their keys and allow the people to enter and explore the house easily - has enterprise that may need to control the some rooms to be used as depot or cellar - has small offices that have to share keys with its employees - and so on...Onlock has a Smart Lock in its portfolio so far and wants to increase its product bundle with smart lock ecosystem that enables the comfort of people while enabling new business opportunities and unique user experiences through new smart home lifestyle.
  • 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.
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Mehmet Onarcan
Angel · 5 investments in Turkey Internet startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Emre Acikel
Angel · Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland · 5 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Angel Investor. Investing in Turkey (member of Sharks & Partners) & Switzerland (member of Business Angels Switzerland).

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Investment focus

  • 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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Burak Divanlioglu
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 5 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Burak Divanlıoglu is the Founder of UZMANTV and he was a Founder at GittiGidiyor. He attended Istanbul Technical University.

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Investment focus

  • 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
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Teknoloji Yatirim
VC Fund · Ankara, Ankara, Turkey · 5 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Teknoloji Yatırım is the first actor investing in early-stage technology companies in Turkey. Aiming at preparing the venture capital ecosystem for new players, Teknoloji Yatırım designs, develops and manages innovative tools to meet the financing needs of technology companies in the early and growth stages. What We Do: - Direct Investments: Wemake equity investments to technology companies having internationalization potential. - Co-Investments and Follow-on Investments: We make co-investments and follow-on investments to technology companies at scaling and growth stages, together with other Venture Capital Funds. - Consultancy Services: We offer consultancy solutions in the design, implementation and management of innovative investment tools and models.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Analytics, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $550k–$2.4M; Series A $773k–$2.2M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $22M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Branchsight — Scale your multi-location brand with Branchsight. Easily manage local digital ads for dealers and franchises from a single, automated platform.
  • BRANDEFENSE — Brandefense is a Unified Threat Intelligence platform that uses AI to detect, prioritize, and mitigate external cyber threats before impact.
  • Mindsite — Mindsite provides e-commerce analytics. Easily monitor key metrics from price to visibility in real time. Increase your online sales.
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QNBEYOND Ventures
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 5 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Like every other aspect of our lives financial services are changing. The next 10 years will be nothing like before.We know visionary founders will play a key role to pioneer this change. That is why we are driven to partner with audacious teams who also have strong resilience.As a strategic investor we are aiming to explore any chance tocollaborate as earliest as possible, where we can contribute with our insights and explore the potential opportunities within QNB Group.Our presence as QNB Group in more than 30 countries serving 24 million customers with a full spectrum of financial products, makes us confident we can bring an extensive global network and our business expertise thus when we partner, we deliver critical support besides capital to accelerate growth.So if you think you are that team, contact us and let’s define what’s beyond of banking together!

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$3.5M; Pre-Seed $375k–$2.5M; Series A $1.8M–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $15M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Rundle — Rundle is a tech rental service that lets you rent the latest electronics-like gaming consoles, cameras, smartwatches, and home gadgets-on flexible terms. You can try devices before buying, extend your rental, or return them easily. With a focus on sustainability, Rundle helps reduce e-waste by promoting a circular economy. Available across Englandand Wales, it’s a convenient, affordable way to access premium tech without the full purchase price.
  • HockeyStack — HockeyStack enables marketing teams to drive pipeline efficiently and sales teams to close deals faster with modern attribution, holistic buyer journeys, and account insights.
  • Kiralarsın — Kiralarsın is a rental service to rent electronic devices.
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Teknasyon
VC Fund · Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey · 5 investments in Turkey Internet startups

More than a single company. An operating system designed to create, grow, and scale new ventures.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Mobile Apps, Fitness
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Round size: Seed $112k–$1.5M; Series A $250k–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Deplike — Everyone can make music!
  • PulpoAR — PulpoAR Virtual Try-On Solution is realistic and easy to integrate and customize e-commerce platforms. We have specialized in the beauty industry. Increase your sales by giving your users the chance to try-on your products from the comfort of their homes. PulpoAR Virtual Try-On can be integrated into your e-commerce website, mobile app, smartmirror, and smart mirrors and QR codes as in-store solutions.
  • 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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ŞirketOrtağım
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 5 investments in Turkey Internet startups

The company's mission is to build angel investors with a platform that will bring together early stage initiatives. These platforms via venture capital from angel investors and is intended to ensure the transfer of knowledge.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Round size: Seed $90k–$400k; Angel $66k–$725k; Pre-Seed $71k–$236k
  • Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Itz Nutz — Itz Nutz is dedicated to making healthy eating both accessible and enjoyable for everyone by offering a delicious range of cashew-based, plant-based flavors that are nutritious, satisfying, and crafted to support a balanced lifestyle.
  • ThingsHappen — ThingsHappen - Your Personalized AI Broker
  • Visionteractive — Visionteractive develops social media based, fun and interactive physical and digital products, bridging the gap between online and actual world. The company aims to bring a brand together with the target audience by developing various creative products, while enhancing the memorability owing to the interactive experience with the users.Visionteractive was founded on 2013 and is based in Turkey.
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TechOne VC
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 5 investments in Turkey Internet startups

TechOne VC is a venture capital firm. It invests in innovative tech startups founded by visionary entrepreneurs solving global problems, to deliver superior returns for our investors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 72
  • Round size: Seed $115k–$2.4M; Pre-Seed $30k–$605k
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $29M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Co-one — Co-one empowers businesses to unlock the full potential of Generative AI. We provide data-driven solutions for LLM development, including evaluation and dataset generation.
  • 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.
  • Spiky.AI — Spiky.ai delivers real-time coaching, CRM sync, and multilingual AI insights to boost sales performance and streamline meetings.
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Keiretsu Forum
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 5 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Keiretsu Forum is a global angel investor network with more than 2,500 accredited investor members throughout 47 chapters on 3 continents.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 374
  • Round size: Seed $102k–$3M; Series A $600k–$8.6M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • Bliss — Skip long waitlists and expensive therapy. Book licensed online therapists in multiple languages with culturally informed care.
  • BatteryPool — BatteryPool offers battery charging solutions for EV fleets and commercial vehicles.
  • Apriority Financial — Apriority Financial is a debt optimization platform that manages and optimizes employee personal debt.
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Albaraka Fintech Fund
VC Fund · 4 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Fintech fund of Albaraka Turk

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $45k–$3.7M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Clotie — Clotie offers a brand new shopping experience to its users by offering an online personal styling service. It creates a unique customer experience by combining technology with the personal touches of experienced stylists and sends monthly outfits suitable for its users’ style. Clotie primarily focuses on eliminating online and offline shoppingproblems by providing a personalized, plus accessible styling service for those who do not have time for shopping but still want to be stylish.
  • Dusyeri — Children are 100% safe in the digital world.
  • 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
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Joachim Behrendt
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 4 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Joachim Behrendt is the Head of the Advisory Board at Vali Berlin.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Arz Portfolio
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 4 investments in Turkey Internet startups

It is a portfolio management firm that manages equity-based venture capital and real estate investment funds, with a focus on technology and alternative investments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 39
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$2.4M; Venture - Series Unknown $250k–$3.9M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fasset — Fasset is an all-in-one financial super app that allows people and businesses to receive money, invest, earn, and make payments from anywhere in the world.
  • Onedocs — Onedocs' solutions simplify contract management operations, allowing users to simply generate, monitor, approve, and track contracts.
  • Branchsight — Scale your multi-location brand with Branchsight. Easily manage local digital ads for dealers and franchises from a single, automated platform.
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Geometry Venture Development
VC Fund · Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey · 4 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Rolling Fund + Syndicate Model with Modest Capital for Early Stage Startup Investors. Invests $50K in problem-solution stage technology startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, SaaS
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Seed $29k–$5M; Pre-Seed $25k–$190k; Equity Crowdfunding $171k–$205k
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sorbil — Sorbil is a subscription based e-learning organization platform. Sorbil is a ed-tech company. It has 100+ courses in 4 main categories. The categories are foreign language, coding, career development and self development. Subscribers purchase either a monthly or yearly subscription to fully access all courses in the platform.
  • Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
  • FenixPyre — FenixPyre provides Post-Authentication Data Security (PADS) to prevent ransomware, mitigate insider threats, and enforce TPRM. It blocks bad actors from stealing sensitive files, enhancing perimeter security while remaining seamless to users.
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GirişimTürk
VC Fund · 4 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Investment Company

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Wedding, Big Data
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Turkey, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$1.9M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Reneva — Reneva is a beverage company providing healthy and delicious drinks.
  • PackUpp — PackUpp is a new generation on-demand “Fast Delivery” technology company and we provide E-Commerce delivery solutions. We serve “Next-Day”, "Same-Day" and "3 Hours Express" deliveries to e-commerce companies. In addition to it, we form “Private Dedicated Field Delivery Teams” to companies as a special delivery team of brand. Wedigitalize all the delivery process by our unique software and technology.Focus on the job which you are best at! Rest, all your packages will be delivered by PackUpp, Fast Delivery Expert.
  • KABİ Partners — KABİ Partners develops data-driven products for the solution of all needs before, during and after the wedding.
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AB PLUS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
VC Fund · Kadikoy, Istanbul, Turkey · 4 investments in Turkey Internet startups

We are an investment company providing capital, solid business experience and a strong network in order to turn innovative ideas into successful businessesAB Plus is also an internet technologies incubator company that realizes the innovations and mobile applications, which enrich life, “from idea to product”.We think, develop and put intopractice technologies that will make difference in the world and in Turkey. Even if you have no entrepreneurship experience and if you have an idea that fills your dreams, you are in the right place. You are safe with AB PLUS, which has its know-how from its own stories.Verification, examination, and feasibility of your idea are completed, realistic commercial projections are shared in AB Plus. Your idea is turned into practice with AB PLUS experience and the guidance of engineering algorithms simultaneously after establishing the right project team.Entrepreneur candidate touches all processes with AB Plus, including the development of corporate identity, investment feasibility analysis, business plans, software process management, and legislation preparations.While the idea is maturing and turning into a product in AB Plus, entrepreneur candidate does MBA as in an entrepreneurship school, on the other hand :).

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Recruiting, Information Technology, Location Based Services
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $75k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Staffin — Staffin KPA Karakter Profili ve Yetkinlik Analizi
  • Summarify — We give you the competence to use your customers and employees in the most efficient way.NLP Services: Power up the understanding of your machine to another level. AI and Deep Learning based text processing tools for Turkish language.Consultancy: Summarify support team is always with you. We provide technical and usage consultancy.CustomizedProducts: We provide not only text summarization but also special tools for your company in various fields such as finance, sales and marketing. Get the solution that suits you with our scalable software services.Target Oriented Solutions: We produce solutions that can scale according to your company's goals and focus on results and goals.
  • Hoteltaffs — Hoteltaffs: Digital compass of your career
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Kivilcim Cayli
Angel · 4 investments in Turkey Internet startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Istanbul Startup Angels
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 4 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Istanbul Startup Angels is Turkey’s most active angel investment network with a focus on innovative and fast growing technology startups. Currently in the process of building a micro VC and starting Turkey’s first crowdfunding platform, ISA also partners with corporations to find the most promising and suitable startups for them, by running sectorfocused accelerator programs.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Software, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Round size: Seed $50k–$1.5M; Angel $45k–$270k
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MobilMed — Since 2015, we have been providing services in the field of mobile biomedical device design and application solutions. Our goal is to provide you with great customer experience and exceptional value services.
  • Buy Buddy — Buy Buddy is the maker of Hitag, the smart apparel security tag and the connected analytics platform, that help the retailers manage inventory, customer behavior and employee efficiency. Hitag gives customers the option to automatically self-checkout on their phones, without the hassle of having to wait in line, while giving the dynamicinventory data to the store managers and the detailed analytics/reporting to the retailers.Beyond replacing the known RFID security against theft, Buy Buddy allows customers to directly pay through their mobiles and check out, skipping the queues at cash counters. Hitags collect in-store customer behavior, in-depth inventory data, dynamic employee performance, and product efficiency for retailers. The Buy Buddy platform in turn presents this data and reporting to companies in real-time.Buy Buddy is an end to end solution for retailers to democratize easy check-out, manage in-store inventory and make informed merchandising decisions based on dynamic data.
  • Anatolian Technologies — Anatolian Technologies & Labs is founded in March, 2017. We dreamed to build a better and useful world for us and next generations to live easier...
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Nexus Ventures
VC Fund · Ankara, Ankara, Turkey · 4 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Nexus Ventures is an investment firm that invests in transformational businesses and creates meaningful partnerships with entrepreneurs. They support these ventures through its mentorship, business and technical know-how, vast network, and capital. The firm was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Ankara, Turkey.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Round size: Seed $1k–$4.7M; Angel $45k–$250k; Series A $6.2M–$53M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Smartstaff — Manage your workforce's attendance & payroll while using our powerful automation tools to optimize & improve their productivity
  • Iambic — Iambic has created a cutting-edge AI-driven platform to tackle the most challenging design problems in drug discovery and address unmet patient need.
  • Moneyview — Money View is an application that can track and organize expenses, bills, and account balances. It can derive finance information from SMSs.
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Inventures
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 4 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Inventures | Seed Stage Investor | Securing Startup DNA

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$7M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cenoa — Cenoa - The smartest way to get paid globally!
  • ELTA360 — ELTA360 transforms the way we experience properties in the digital realm. Creating 3D tours can appear complex, hence ELTA360 designed an uncomplicated learning journey that simplifies the process for anyone to start crafting digital twins of properties. It serves as the optimal instrument for real estate agents, architects, hospitality serviceproviders, and anyone else aspiring to showcase their spaces innovatively and incorporate them into their marketing channels
  • Copyright Capital — Copyright Capital funds YouTubers and influencers worldwide. Apply for global creator funding to grow your channel, scale your influence, and earn more.
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Sharks & Partners
VC Fund · Göktürk, Istanbul, Turkey · 3 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Sharks & Partners is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, E-Commerce, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $80k–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hardal — Centralize your first-party data and connect it from any source to any destination for a better performance.
  • Wupdoc — We noticed that the number of patients who can't easily find the treatment/doctor/clinic they need or want is increasing day by day. Our goal is to help these individuals compare doctors/clinics/hospitals/treatments from different countries and find the right clinic/doctor according to their budget.Onwupdoc.com, a health platform where patients/visitors can easily access the information they need to find the right clinic/doctor for themselves, our aim is to enable every patient to easily and quickly find the right treatment by checking the most appropriate time to follow the relevant doctor, clinic team, correct price, consultation, and even procedure.On wupdoc.com, you can list verified doctors/clinics/hospitals, compare various clinics, doctors, and hospitals offering the treatment you need, and freely consult with the doctor of your choice and get a price.
  • Wellbees — Wellbees provides a digital platform that helps organizations support employee wellbeing and engagement through personalized experiences and wellbeing programs. The platform offers access to one-on-one sessions with specialists such as psychologists, dietitians, physical trainers, and therapists, as well as educational content, webinars, and guidedactivities. Employees can participate in clubs, events, and challenges, track their progress, and receive AI-based recommendations tailored to their individual needs. For employers, Wellbees includes analytics tools, employee surveys, and dashboards that provide aggregated insights into wellbeing, engagement, and platform usage. The platform integrates with workplace applications such as Microsoft Teams and Slack and is available through web and mobile applications.
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AI Startup Factory
VC Fund · Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey · 3 investments in Turkey Internet startups

Artificial Intelligence Factory is a goal-oriented program focusing on cooperation and investment with Turkish AI initiatives, offering various support mechanisms for growth and international success.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 49
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$495k; Venture - Series Unknown $30k–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Flowla — From outreach to onboarding, create personalized sales stories, impress prospects, and build consensus with multiple stakeholders.
  • 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.
  • Buyutech — Democratizing the autonomy by changing the way of perception. We work for a world where your loved ones are safe on the roads we offer affordable and scalable products that will become the eyes of the millions.
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Atakan Atalar
Angel · Izmir, Izmir, Turkey · 3 investments in Turkey Internet startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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

  • LOKI — LOKI is a cloud-based secure network platform that can be managed without any technical knowledge.The company enables companies to manage and secure their networks by changing how they interact with cybersecurity products. LOKI platform offers a cloud-based secure software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) infrastructure that automatically scansand protects all network traffic from threats.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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212
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 3 investments in Turkey Internet startups, 8 in the past 12 months

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 67
  • Round size: Seed $280k–$4M; Series A $1.7M–$22M; Series B $250k–$27M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $51M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Promake — Promake is an AI platform that lets non-technical users build and manage billable web apps, mobile apps, games, and content using simple language prompts. No coding, no dashboards. Products are live on day one — with working UI, backend, payments, and hosting — and fully manageable via prompts. Promake replaces admin panels with chat, letting usersrun their business like texting a teammate. Unlike other AI builders that stop at drafts, Promake handles the full lifecycle: from first launch to every tweak and update after.
  • Wellbees — Wellbees provides a digital platform that helps organizations support employee wellbeing and engagement through personalized experiences and wellbeing programs. The platform offers access to one-on-one sessions with specialists such as psychologists, dietitians, physical trainers, and therapists, as well as educational content, webinars, and guidedactivities. Employees can participate in clubs, events, and challenges, track their progress, and receive AI-based recommendations tailored to their individual needs. For employers, Wellbees includes analytics tools, employee surveys, and dashboards that provide aggregated insights into wellbeing, engagement, and platform usage. The platform integrates with workplace applications such as Microsoft Teams and Slack and is available through web and mobile applications.
  • RemotePass — RemotePass makes it easy to hire, onboard & pay your global team in full compliance, giving you everything you need to support them
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Internet Investor funding in Turkey at a glance

Stats across 191 deals from 231 investors.

231
investors
in Turkey Internet startups
191
deals
in Turkey Internet startups
$305k
median round
in Turkey Internet startups
27%
lead investors
lead at least one round
46%
Seed
most common funding stage
59/41
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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