Top 40 Life Science Startup Investors in Turkey (November 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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TRANGELS
VC Fund
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6 | Turkey, United States, Estonia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $55k–$1.4M |
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Hatcher+
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Italy, Australia | Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $50k–$1.5M |
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Isil Kurnaz
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Series A | Life Science, Biotechnology, Manufacturing | |
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Diffusion Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $59k–$3M |
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Vestel Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Software, Energy, SaaS | $44k–$40M |
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CVentures
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States | Seed | Delivery, Software, CleanTech | $470k–$3M |
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Lallemand
VC Fund
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Ali Rıza Babaoğlan
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Mobile Apps, TV, CRM | |
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Hale Umul
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Angel | Biotechnology, Local, AgTech | $100k–$850k |
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Fark Labs
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States, Estonia | Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed | Software, Manufacturing, Automotive | $87k–$1.6M |
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Meltem Aydın
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed | AgTech, Marketing, Advertising | |
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Yasemin Mistikoglu
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Grant | AgTech, Life Science, Biotechnology | |
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CHS Industrial Products
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey | Series A | Life Science, Biotechnology, Manufacturing | |
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Keiretsu Forum Turkey
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $28k–$1.5M |
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Aytul Ercil
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Series A | Biotechnology, Biopharma, Life Science | |
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TÜBİTAK
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $25k–$521k |
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Candan Karabagli
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Angel, Series A | Biotechnology, Analytics, Biopharma | $280k–$1.1M |
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TT Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $21k–$10M |
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Ethos Asset Management
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey | Series A, Private Equity | Recycling, Life Science, Waste Management | |
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Keiretsu Forum
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, Turkey | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Health Care, Software, Biotechnology | $65k–$8.1M |
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Sente Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Turkey, Israel | Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note | Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Information Technology | $38k–$1.5M |
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Rıza Sarıkamış
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | AgTech, Life Science, Biotechnology | |
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iLab Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Medical, mHealth | |
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Evyap
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Life Science, Biotechnology | |
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Bosphorist Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Finance, Life Science, Retail Technology | $185k–$1M |
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String Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Turkey, Switzerland | Seed, Angel | Software, Analytics, Social Media | $120k–$3.5M |
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Elemental Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Series E | Legal, Blockchain, Life Science | |
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Maxis
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce | $100k–$50M |
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Arya Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Internet | $150k–$22M |
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Nergiz ÖZDEMİR
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | AgTech, Life Science, Biotechnology | |
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Lale Şahin
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Series A | Life Science, Biotechnology, Manufacturing | |
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Funda Şerifoğlu
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Series A | Life Science, Biotechnology, Manufacturing | |
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Nilgun Keles
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Series A | Life Science, Biotechnology, Manufacturing | |
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Pelin Dilek
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Series A | Life Science, Biotechnology, Manufacturing | |
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StartupIst VC
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Turkey, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, B2B, Artificial Intelligence | $200k–$11M |
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T3 Venture Capital Investment
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey | Series A, Seed | Manufacturing, Electronics, AgTech | $1.2M–$4M |
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Ozlem Tumer Eke
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant | Biotechnology, AgTech, Beauty | $495k–$2M |
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Selcan Yilmaz
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Series A | Life Science, Biotechnology, Manufacturing | |
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Gülin Yücel
Angel
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1 | Turkey, The Netherlands | Pre-Seed, Series A, Convertible Note | Artificial Intelligence, Analytics, Life Science | |
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CHS
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey | Corporate Round | Life Science, Biotechnology, Manufacturing | |
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 60
- 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.
Hatcher+ is a data-driven venture capital firm that uses AI and machine learning-based technologies to identify early-stage opportunities in partnership with leading accelerators and investors, worldwide.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: United States, Italy, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 195
- Round size: Seed $50k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $50k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Inaam — inaam is an Australian impact investing app. Pick five themes, customise them and read every company you hold by name. Flat $10 a month, $100 minimum to invest.
- M-Based — M-Based develops next-generation biomaterials using mushroom, redefining sustainability in design and materials.
- Kybele's Garden — Kybele's Garden focus on algae-based bioponics and algae fermentation methods. Their differentiation strategy boosts harvest yield, source efficiency, and functional content, while improving sensory attributes and shelf life. These technologies can be used in agrifood and skin care, and integrated into existing producers' systems.
Isil Kurnaz is an angelinvestor.
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- Industry: Life Science, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Biolive — BIOLIVE was founded as a start-up company in Incubation Centre at Istanbul Technical University in 2016. The company transitioned to becoming a corporation with an investment from Vestel Ventures, a subsidiary of Zorlu Holding in 2017. Currently, the company produces bioplastic raw materials such as Bio-PE, Bio-PP, and Bio-ABS in scale-up andnext-gen materials such as plant-based leather and also offers sustainable solutions.
Diffusion Capital Partners (DCP) is Turkey's leading Venture Capital fund manager with a focus on deep-tech opportunities.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 65
- Round size: Seed $350k–$3M; Pre-Seed $59k–$1.4M
- Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $35M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- BigOmics — Get robust and reproducible results in a few clicks with Omics Playground: your user-friendly Omics Data Analysis Software.
- Etched — Transformers etched into silicon. By burning the transformer architecture into our chips, we're creating the world's most powerful servers for transformer inference.
- GoWit Technology — Unlock your retail media potential with GoWit's omnichannel Retail Media Advertising platform. Expand your audience reach, optimize bidding, and leverage first-party data for maximum conversions and privacy protection.
Vestel Ventures is the corporate investment company of Vestel Group of Companies.
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- Industry: Software, Energy, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $44k–$2.5M; Series A $1M–$40M; Venture - Series Unknown $2M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $50M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Splitvolt — At Splitvolt, their mission is to deliver products that Empower the Adoption of Electric Vehicles(TM) by making the experience of owning and charging an electric vehicle a simple and affordable one.Tremendous progress has been achieved for adoption from the automotive industry and battery technology advancement, infrastructure and EVSE suppliersexpansion, to government incentives—both financial and convenience-based. Today, electric vehicles have ample range (300-400 miles) , plentiful remote charging infrastructure along major highway systems, cost 1/3 to operate compared to gas cars, and no longer require trips to the gas station or service centers for maintenance.
- Mindsite — Monitor pricing, availability, retailer search, content, reviews and retail media with Mindsite. Turn digital shelf data into commercial decisions.
- Electric Miles — Unlock the Power of EV Charging
CVentures is a corporate venture capital firm of Coşkunöz Holding.
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- Industry: Delivery, Software, CleanTech
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $470k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Blueit — Blueit is an optimized hardware and software Water Management System that monitors and monitors the water spent in consumption.
- UP School — UP School fills in the gap of female participation in society’s most important technology roles by offering free educational programs for women through technical education programs that train them in a specific area of technology. UP School launched two pilot programs in Robotic Process Automation and in Data Science, and have two activecorporate-sponsored programs in Data Analytics and Android Development in partnership with Ford Motor Company, and Akbank.Students who graduated from the program have been recruited by globally lead companies such as Ford Motor Company, Unilever, Siemens and Coca Cola Company.
- Saha Robotik — Saha Robotics primarily engages in delivering groceries, cargo and custom items with autonomous cloud connected robots.
Lallemand believes that success comes from cooperation. They put all our company resources at the service of our customers and partners, from our production facilities, experience, and network of experts, to our knowledge, energy, and the innovative spirit of our people.
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LIVZYM Biotechnology — LIVZYM is a biotechnology research center. They provide services that include microorganisms, fermentation, filtration, drying, and packaging. An online inquiry form is available on the company's website.
I am a business professional since 2008 and a financial investor since 2015, having strategic positions in several scale-up tech companies/startups and real-estate assets. I continue to invest in the tech domain with a focus on SaaS solutions for B2B and B2C markets, and real estate options in developing markets with ROI targets.Grow inEMEA, the company I started in 2015, focuses on East Europe, Turkey, and the Middle East markets mostly for tech and real estate options and portfolio management. Also, my team provides market access services to Baltics, Turkey, and UAE / Saudi and gives investment advisory services.Prior to the investment focus, I worked in Linkedin EMEA Headquarter where I hold Director of Turkish Speaking Territory in Dublin, Ireland. Before, I have been with SAP AG and IBM in Turkey. I also give speeches at local and global investment events. I gave keynotes on ARAB NET in Lebanon, IT Arena in Ukraine, Rise Up Summit in Egypt, and NEXT in Germany. I also spoke at several closed corporate events of Roche, VESTEL, SAP AG, DenizBank, Turkish Economy Ministry, Turkish Exporters Assembly, Bakioğlu Holding, and AGT.Now, I am living in Tallinn, Estonia.Email: alib@growinemea.com Web: https://alibabaoglan.com Photos: https://gie.investments/my-photos
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- Industry: Mobile Apps, TV, CRM
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ekmob — Ekmob creates mobile projects for companies which have mobile field teams and operations. Companies with mobile teams and field operations have some common problems such as inefficiency in management of mobile teams, communication difficulties, inability to get instant data from field, offline mobile team on the field. All these problems lead tolack or deficiency in decision-support systems.
- N'oluyo — N’oluyo is a TV program-based social platform and is your favorite buddy while watching TV.
- Kahvegibikahve — Kahvegibikahve started with a crowdfunding campaign to make brewing real coffee easy and available everywhere. With high quality coffee beans and special Fiber Filtre™, your coffee is brewed properly, and without any hassle, you enjoy it.
Hale Umul
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Local, AgTech
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $100k–$850k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% 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.
- Bak-Tek — Bak-Tek is a technology company that produces bioguy, biosea, bioguy enzyme plus, bioguy tabs, and refresher. They stand for sustainable, unique environmental solutions using the trademarked biological technologies to decrease the stress factors caused by increasing population and industrialization. The company creates bioengineered goods andsolutions for the sustainable use of natural resources.
- Nanomik Biotechnology — Biochemistry leading change in life sciences. With our proprietary technologies, we develop solutions for Crop Health, Animal Health and Food preservation.
Fark Labs is a global innovation and transformation hub that aims to build a better future for all. We help entrepreneurs, startups, corporations, and investors transform into more connected, innovative, and future-ready versions of themselves so they have a positive impact on the world. We apply an investment portfolio approach to our innovationstrategy, touching all stages of the startup lifecycle from incubator to investor in Turkey, which is strengthened by our strong global network of regional accelerators and VC partners in our key global geographies. We use this approach for our 4 focus verticals: mobility, life sciences, sustainable lifestyle, and emerging technologies, which we call our curiosity cabinet.We back change-makers who transform industries and create new ones. Our sweet spot is investing early, and we continue to provide support and investment up to Series A. We envision a better future by championing entrepreneurship, innovation, and frontier technologies that transform legacy businesses and build future-proof startups.We also drive innovation and transformation through collaborative intelligence. We build a unique ecosystem that connects difference-makers, leading corporations, venture capital firms, universities, and government agencies across our 4 verticals.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Automotive
- Stage:Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $100k–$1.6M; Pre-Seed $87k–$676k
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ADASTEC — ADASTEC delivers the most advanced Level-4 automation platform for full-size buses and coaches currently available. The ADASTEC Open Automated Bus Platform called “flowride.ai” is designed for large-scale public transport along pre-defined routes on public roads. “flowride.ai” allows OEMs to build the best-automated bus configurations for the needsof public transportation operators.
- MaestroHub — MaestroHub is the industrial context platform, in Gartner's Industrial Data Management category. Its 100+ connectors reach over 120 kinds of machines and systems, so people and AI agents can see the plant, understand it and act on it, on your own infrastructure.
- Twin Science & Robotics — AI literacy, combined with the safest tools, empowers your school to build real-world AI skills with confidence.
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- Industry: AgTech, Marketing, Advertising
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ingosa — Power your customer experience and boost your sales with intelligent virtual assistants and conversational display ads with Ingosa!
- Nanomik Biotechnology — Biochemistry leading change in life sciences. With our proprietary technologies, we develop solutions for Crop Health, Animal Health and Food preservation.
Yasemin Mistikoglu
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- Industry: AgTech, Life Science, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Grant
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nanomik Biotechnology — Biochemistry leading change in life sciences. With our proprietary technologies, we develop solutions for Crop Health, Animal Health and Food preservation.
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- Industry: Life Science, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Biolive — BIOLIVE was founded as a start-up company in Incubation Centre at Istanbul Technical University in 2016. The company transitioned to becoming a corporation with an investment from Vestel Ventures, a subsidiary of Zorlu Holding in 2017. Currently, the company produces bioplastic raw materials such as Bio-PE, Bio-PP, and Bio-ABS in scale-up andnext-gen materials such as plant-based leather and also offers sustainable solutions.
Keiretsu Forum is a private equity investment network of angel investors, venture capitalists, and corporate/institutional investors.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 80
- Round size: Seed $28k–$1.2M; Angel $53k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $49k–$550k
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Abonesepeti — Abonesepeti is a subscription management platform that helps you subscibe, manage and unsubscribe your subscriptions in one app. The company offers its members a unique understanding of their subscriptions and a suite of valuable services that save them time and money. Members can manage subscriptions, lower their bills, build budgets andautomatically set aside money to reach their savings goals. - Managing Subscriptions : Plan, monitor and optimize all your subscriptions in one place. - Canceling subscriptions : Your concierge is there when you need them to cancel unwanted subscriptions so you don't have to. - Spending Insights : Track spending across all of your subscriptions in one screen - Paying Bills : We’ll alert and push notifications for you and you can pay your bill easily - AutoPilot Savings : Turn on autopilot to save money without thinking about it. Abonesepeti learns your subscriptions and offers the right subscriptions at the right time. - Comparing Brands: Compare service providers and easily subscribe
- 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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- Industry: Biotechnology, Biopharma, Life Science
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Biolive — BIOLIVE was founded as a start-up company in Incubation Centre at Istanbul Technical University in 2016. The company transitioned to becoming a corporation with an investment from Vestel Ventures, a subsidiary of Zorlu Holding in 2017. Currently, the company produces bioplastic raw materials such as Bio-PE, Bio-PP, and Bio-ABS in scale-up andnext-gen materials such as plant-based leather and also offers sustainable solutions.
- PhiTech Bioinformatics — PhiTech pioneers the integration of DNA & RNA sequencing data with AI for rare disease diagnostics. We offer the first RNA-based diagnostic support tool.
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) is the leading agency for management, funding and conduct of research in Turkey. It was established in 1963 with a mission to advance science and technology, conduct research and support Turkish researchers. The Council is an autonomous institution and is governed by a Scientific Board whose members are selected from prominent scholars from universities, industry and research institutions. TÜBİTAK is responsible for promoting, developing, organizing, conducting and coordinating research and development in line with national targets and priorities. TÜBİTAK acts as an advisory agency to the Turkish Government on science and research issues, and is the secretariat of the Supreme Council for Science and Technology (SCST), the highest S&T policy making body in Turkey.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $50k–$161k; Grant $25k–$230k; Pre-Seed $30k–$521k
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Navirid — Navirid is a technology company specializing in IoT and embedded systems, dedicated to developing advanced radar technologies and safety solutions to connect motorcyclists to life and enhance their riding experience.The radar-based systems we develop provide riders with real-time environmental awareness, establishing a new safety standard inmotorcycle use with critical features like blind spot detection, collision warning, and multi-target tracking.Our vision is to make motorcycles an integral part of the intelligent transportation ecosystem; our mission is to connect riders more firmly to life on every journey.
- 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.
- Procux AI & Technology Inc. — Procux is an autonomous AI C-Suite platform designed for modern businesses. The platform features an AI CEO Orchestrator and 15 specialized executive agents including CFO, COO, CTO, CMO, CHRO, CLO, CIO, CSO, CPO, CRO, CDO, CCO, CAIO, CGO, and CXO.These AI executives analyze company documents, operations, data, and business objectives toautonomously: - Generate strategic recommendations - Produce executive-level reports - Conduct risk analysis - Deliver financial insights - Identify growth opportunities - Optimize operations - Provide actionable guidance to leadershipProcux enables companies to scale their executive capacity, reduce operational costs, and improve decision quality. The platform serves as an affordable AI-powered executive layer at $299/month, positioning as a cost-effective alternative to enterprise solutions like Salesforce Agentforce ($2,150/month).Built with a modern tech stack (Next.js, FastAPI), Procux supports 19 languages and uses proprietary multi-model AI orchestration for optimized performance and reliability.Procux operates from Balıkesir University Technology Development Zone (Teknokent) and holds a Teknogirişim Badge from Turkey's Ministry of Industry and Technology.
Candan Karabagli - Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı, CHAIRMAN @ GS Yuasa
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Analytics, Biopharma
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $280k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Biolive — BIOLIVE was founded as a start-up company in Incubation Centre at Istanbul Technical University in 2016. The company transitioned to becoming a corporation with an investment from Vestel Ventures, a subsidiary of Zorlu Holding in 2017. Currently, the company produces bioplastic raw materials such as Bio-PE, Bio-PP, and Bio-ABS in scale-up andnext-gen materials such as plant-based leather and also offers sustainable solutions.
- Vispera — Drive your retail execution to perfection with Vispera image recognition technologies and intelligent retail solutions.
- PhiTech Bioinformatics — PhiTech pioneers the integration of DNA & RNA sequencing data with AI for rare disease diagnostics. We offer the first RNA-based diagnostic support tool.
TT Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Turk Telekom.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 74
- Round size: Seed $30k–$2M; Pre-Seed $21k–$400k; Venture - Series Unknown $500k–$10M
- 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 — Connect 900+ security, IT, cloud, and identity sources into one continuously updated view of every asset. Prioritize risk with confidence.
- Mindsite — Monitor pricing, availability, retailer search, content, reviews and retail media with Mindsite. Turn digital shelf data into commercial decisions.
Ethos Asset Management specializes in buying and selling fixed-income assets and securities, crisis financing, and funding services.
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- Industry: Recycling, Life Science, Waste Management
- Stage:Series A, Private Equity
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- REM People — The art form of Retail Execution Monitoring
- Plastic Bank — Collectors exchange gathered plastic for extra income. Join free and we gather 50 bottles in your name, tracked on your own live impact page.
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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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 608
- Round size: Seed $125k–$3M; Series A $500k–$8.1M; Venture - Series Unknown $65k–$6.8M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% 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 — In a system built for lenders, Apriority works for borrowers: no hidden lender fees, continuous rate monitoring, and we never sell your data.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: United States, Turkey, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 44
- Round size: Pre-Seed $38k–$1.5M; Convertible Note $50k–$50k
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kfobix Inc. — Revolutionizing Grid Maintenance with AI and Robotics
- M-Based — M-Based develops next-generation biomaterials using mushroom, redefining sustainability in design and materials.
- Kybele's Garden — Kybele's Garden focus on algae-based bioponics and algae fermentation methods. Their differentiation strategy boosts harvest yield, source efficiency, and functional content, while improving sensory attributes and shelf life. These technologies can be used in agrifood and skin care, and integrated into existing producers' systems.
Rıza Sarıkamış is an angel investor.
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- Industry: AgTech, Life Science, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nanomik Biotechnology — Biochemistry leading change in life sciences. With our proprietary technologies, we develop solutions for Crop Health, Animal Health and Food preservation.
iLab Ventures was founded in 2000 as a part of Access Turkey Capital Group. Its mandate was to invest venture capital in early-growth stages of companies operating in sectors with high-growth potential. The company focuses on the petrochemical, iron-steel, human resources, software development, and insurance sectors.iLab Ventures is based inIstanbul, Turkey.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, mHealth
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TRAICK — Using Artificial Intelligence to Predict Risk of Thyroid Cancer Analysis, Yapay Zeka ile Tiroid Kanser Risk Tahmini
- RapidSOS — As the leading public safety AI company, RapidSOS unlocks mission-critical intelligence for first responders and security teams.
The story of Evyap, which started with soap production in 1927 in Erzurum, now extends from soap to shower gels, from shampoos to shaving products, from skin care to fine fragnance, from baby diapers to toothpaste, and many other categories of products in over 100 countries.Evyap, by now, is one of the leading soap and personal care productsmanufacturers of the world. Evyap, which carries out a large portion of the export of soap and personal care products from Turkey, is among the 100 Top Turkish industrial firms. Evyap is growing steadily in order to meet the demands of the market. Aside from the facilities in Turkey, Evyap has a factory in Egypt that became operational in 2002.
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- Industry: Life Science, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LIVZYM Biotechnology — LIVZYM is a biotechnology research center. They provide services that include microorganisms, fermentation, filtration, drying, and packaging. An online inquiry form is available on the company's website.
Bosphorist is a venture capital investment fund that supports business development, finance, M&A, and other strategic management decisions.The firm's main investment expertise is on E-commerce services, Agriculture Technologies, Finance Technologies, the Internet of Things, Biotechnology and Artificial Intelligence. Investment priorityis given to SaaS products that have a B2B business model. The ventures we work with are selected from ventures that have the potential to be scaled up globally with our support.
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- Industry: Finance, Life Science, Retail Technology
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $185k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- REM People — The art form of Retail Execution Monitoring
- Metamorfoz ICT INC. — Metamorfoz is an R&D and technology company that provides end-to-end solutions for the mobile communications and financial services sectors. The company conducts its projects with various MNOs, banks, and retailers worldwide. Metamorfoz was founded by Ergi Sener, Ugur Yigit, and Alp Sardag in 2013. It is based in Istanbul, Turkey.
String Ventures Believe in Founders and Makers.They Help Build Great Products,Because Great Products Create Markets. Their Focus is Seed and Early Stage.They Bring Funds, Product Design and Growth Marketing Skills.They Move Fast and Offer Founder-Friendly Terms.They Invest in Both Consumer and Enterprise Products: They LovePerceptual Computing,Mobile & Location-Based Services,Data Visualization and Internet of Things. They Focus on Emerging Startup Ecosystems.
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- Industry: Software, Analytics, Social Media
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Turkey, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $120k–$3.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rebuslabs — Rebus Labs AG provides automated audit for cold chain monitoring
- Lisa AI — Lisa is a mobile app that predicts engagement of Instagram photos before they are posted. We use state of the art deep learning methods to analyze the visual content and help users to choose which photo to publish to maximize the engagement of their audience.
- CryptoFacilities — CryptoFacilities is a financial services firm that provides FCA-regulated risk management and trading solutions for digital assets such as bitcoin. It also operates as a broker for exchange-traded futures and options. The company's products serve to trade and manage the price risk of bitcoin and other digital tokens. It offers a platform forits customers to make bitcoin transactions online. Users of the platform are able to open accounts, verify them by uploading addresses and identifications, and deposit bitcoins to the provided addresses once the verification is confirmed. CryptoFacilities is based in London, United Kingdom.
Elemental offers a unique capital investment opportunity for technology firms focused on developing B2B enterprises. We are an early-stage venture capital firm that makes seed investments in promising entrepreneurs and their businesses.
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- Industry: Legal, Blockchain, Life Science
- Stage:Seed, Series E
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- M-Based — M-Based develops next-generation biomaterials using mushroom, redefining sustainability in design and materials.
- Harvey — Harvey is an artificial intelligence technology service provider.
Private Equity Investment arm of Isbank
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 91
- Round size: Seed $100k–$2M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.5M; Venture - Series Unknown $250k–$50M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $18M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Disera — Disera is a supplier and seller of medical products.
- M-Based — M-Based develops next-generation biomaterials using mushroom, redefining sustainability in design and materials.
- Promake — Get your business online. Website, domain, payments. All from one chat.
Arya GSYF is Turkiye's first and only venture capital fund focused on gender balance. With a commitment to high returns and high impact, it offers unique
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $311k–$4M; Pre-Seed $1M–$1.5M; Series A $150k–$22M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Promake — Get your business online. Website, domain, payments. All from one chat.
- 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.
- 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.
Nergiz ÇAKMAK ÖZDEMİR is the CEO of Coskunoz Holding.
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- Industry: AgTech, Life Science, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nanomik Biotechnology — Biochemistry leading change in life sciences. With our proprietary technologies, we develop solutions for Crop Health, Animal Health and Food preservation.
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Browse database — It's Free!Lale Şahin is an angel investor.
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- Industry: Life Science, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Biolive — BIOLIVE was founded as a start-up company in Incubation Centre at Istanbul Technical University in 2016. The company transitioned to becoming a corporation with an investment from Vestel Ventures, a subsidiary of Zorlu Holding in 2017. Currently, the company produces bioplastic raw materials such as Bio-PE, Bio-PP, and Bio-ABS in scale-up andnext-gen materials such as plant-based leather and also offers sustainable solutions.
Funda Sivrikaya Şerifoğlu is an angel investor.
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- Industry: Life Science, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Biolive — BIOLIVE was founded as a start-up company in Incubation Centre at Istanbul Technical University in 2016. The company transitioned to becoming a corporation with an investment from Vestel Ventures, a subsidiary of Zorlu Holding in 2017. Currently, the company produces bioplastic raw materials such as Bio-PE, Bio-PP, and Bio-ABS in scale-up andnext-gen materials such as plant-based leather and also offers sustainable solutions.
Nilgun Keles is an angel investor.
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- Industry: Life Science, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Biolive — BIOLIVE was founded as a start-up company in Incubation Centre at Istanbul Technical University in 2016. The company transitioned to becoming a corporation with an investment from Vestel Ventures, a subsidiary of Zorlu Holding in 2017. Currently, the company produces bioplastic raw materials such as Bio-PE, Bio-PP, and Bio-ABS in scale-up andnext-gen materials such as plant-based leather and also offers sustainable solutions.
Pelin Dilek is an angel investor.
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- Industry: Life Science, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Biolive — BIOLIVE was founded as a start-up company in Incubation Centre at Istanbul Technical University in 2016. The company transitioned to becoming a corporation with an investment from Vestel Ventures, a subsidiary of Zorlu Holding in 2017. Currently, the company produces bioplastic raw materials such as Bio-PE, Bio-PP, and Bio-ABS in scale-up andnext-gen materials such as plant-based leather and also offers sustainable solutions.
StartupIst VC is an investment firm.
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- Industry: Software, B2B, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Turkey, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $200k–$11M; Pre-Seed $500k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Gengage — Gengage gives every retail visitor an e-commerce agent that finds products, compares trade-offs, answers deciding questions and completes the next step.
- Enuygun Innovation — Enuygun Innovation A.Ş. is the tehcology hub of the Wingie Enuygun Group, a leading online travel agency in the MENA and EU regions.Our primary focus is on developing advanced AI solutions to offer a seamless travel experience for over 50 million travelers.
- LIVZYM Biotechnology — LIVZYM is a biotechnology research center. They provide services that include microorganisms, fermentation, filtration, drying, and packaging. An online inquiry form is available on the company's website.
T3 Venture Capital Investment is an Investment firm.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Electronics, AgTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Series A $1.2M–$4M
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Buyutech — Democratizing the autonomy by changing the way of perception. We work for a world where your loved ones are safe on the roads we offer affordable and scalable products that will become the eyes of the millions.
- Saykal — Saykal develops electronic product design technology intended for EV transformation. Saykal manufactures advanced sensing, detection, and imaging systems for strategic and scalable industries with automotive applications. Saykal aligns its product development with customer requirements and strives for timely delivery.
- Nanomik Biotechnology — Biochemistry leading change in life sciences. With our proprietary technologies, we develop solutions for Crop Health, Animal Health and Food preservation.
Ozlem Tumer Eke is an angel Investor.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, AgTech, Beauty
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $850k–$2M; Pre-Seed $495k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- text2test — Transform plain text into comprehensive automated tests. Powered by AI. Ready in seconds.
- Nanomik Biotechnology — Biochemistry leading change in life sciences. With our proprietary technologies, we develop solutions for Crop Health, Animal Health and Food preservation.
- PhiTech Bioinformatics — PhiTech pioneers the integration of DNA & RNA sequencing data with AI for rare disease diagnostics. We offer the first RNA-based diagnostic support tool.
Selcan yilmaz is an Independent Financial Services Professional.
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- Industry: Life Science, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Biolive — BIOLIVE was founded as a start-up company in Incubation Centre at Istanbul Technical University in 2016. The company transitioned to becoming a corporation with an investment from Vestel Ventures, a subsidiary of Zorlu Holding in 2017. Currently, the company produces bioplastic raw materials such as Bio-PE, Bio-PP, and Bio-ABS in scale-up andnext-gen materials such as plant-based leather and also offers sustainable solutions.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Analytics, Life Science
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Biolive — BIOLIVE was founded as a start-up company in Incubation Centre at Istanbul Technical University in 2016. The company transitioned to becoming a corporation with an investment from Vestel Ventures, a subsidiary of Zorlu Holding in 2017. Currently, the company produces bioplastic raw materials such as Bio-PE, Bio-PP, and Bio-ABS in scale-up andnext-gen materials such as plant-based leather and also offers sustainable solutions.
- Vispera — Drive your retail execution to perfection with Vispera image recognition technologies and intelligent retail solutions.
- Bounce Watch — Bounce Watch offers an AI-powered platform that provides actionable insights on startup performance and helps investors optimize scouting process and deal flow management
CHS is a leading global agribusiness and the largest farmer-owned cooperative in the United States. Our diversified agronomy, grains and energy businesses provide critical crop and livestock inputs, market access and risk management services that help farmers feed the world.
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- Industry: Life Science, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Corporate Round
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Biolive — BIOLIVE was founded as a start-up company in Incubation Centre at Istanbul Technical University in 2016. The company transitioned to becoming a corporation with an investment from Vestel Ventures, a subsidiary of Zorlu Holding in 2017. Currently, the company produces bioplastic raw materials such as Bio-PE, Bio-PP, and Bio-ABS in scale-up andnext-gen materials such as plant-based leather and also offers sustainable solutions.
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