Top 10 Local Startup Investors in Turkey (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Atakan Atalar
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, Rental, Software | |
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Singtel Innov8
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Singapore, China | Series A, Series C, Series B | Software, Mobile, Cyber Security | $4M–$80M |
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Istanbul Startup Angels
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States | Angel, Seed | SaaS, Local, Hardware | $45k–$250k |
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Endure Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Egypt, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $120k–$40M |
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Namik Kural
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Angel | Apps, Local, Security | $365k–$645k |
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Mehmet Sacit Sungu
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Angel | Information Technology, Apps, Local | $15k–$645k |
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NUS Enterprise
VC Fund
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1 | Singapore, Turkey, United States | Pre-Seed, Grant, Seed | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $4k–$1.8M |
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Nexus Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States, India | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, Internet, SaaS | $1k–$53M |
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Erdem Gülen
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Series A | Local, Mobile, Medical | |
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Adam Goldstein
Angel
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1 | United States, Turkey | Seed, Series A, Convertible Note | Software, Internet, Enterprise Software | |
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Atakan Atalar is the Founder of Atanova Ventures. He previously worked at RemoteTeam.com (acquired by Gusto) as an Investor. Atakan Atalar attended Istanbul Kultur University.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Rental, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- 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.
Singtel Innov8, the venture capital arm of the Singtel Group, invests in and partners with innovative tech start-ups worldwide. It has a fund size of US$250 million and its own set of decision making, approval and funding processes. Beyond funding, Singtel Innov8 is a gateway for start-ups to tap on the resources and expertise of the Singtel Group,while enabling the Group to gain access to emerging technologies. Singtel Innov8 focuses its investments on technologies and solutions that can lead to quantum changes in network capabilities, next generation devices, digital services and enablers to enhance customer experience. Headquartered in Singapore, Singtel Innov8 also has offices in San Francisco and Tel Aviv.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Cyber Security
- Stage:Series A, Series C, Series B
- Geography: United States, Singapore, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 145
- Round size: Series A $4M–$22M; Series B $9M–$60M; Series C $11M–$80M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $350M in 2010
Portfolio highlights
- Qubole — Qubole is the open data lake company . Open, simple and secure data lakes for machine learning, streaming analytics, data exploration, and ad-hoc analytics.
- Synack — Synack is a crowdsourced security platform that protects organizations with unparalleled ethical hacker talent and proprietary scanning technology. More than 1,500 of the world’s best security researchers from 82 countries are part of the Synack Red Team community that hunts for critical vulnerabilities. Their smarts combined with Synack’s powerfulsoftware safeguards leading global banks, federal agencies, DoD sensitive assets, and close to $1 trillion in Global 2000 revenue.The company was started in 2013 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.
- Venuemob — Find & book top venues and event suppliers in Australia & New Zealand. Compare 5,000+ listings trusted by 150K+ customers for every type of event.
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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- Industry: SaaS, Local, Hardware
- Stage:Angel, Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $50k–$175k; Angel $45k–$250k
- 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.
- 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.
- Parkkolay — Parkolay mobile app enables users to make parking reservations and paying parking fee via mobile phone. It is a platform that helps drivers to find a parking spot in under 1 minute. The company aims to make every step of parking more simple and easier with other parking solutions. The mobile app is available for IOS and Android operating sytems.
Endure Capital is an early stage investment fund headed by entrepreneurs looking for startup teams. They look for founders who are relentlessly resourceful and imaginative, solving genuine problems that matter to a lot of people and building high growth companies that endure.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Egypt, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 75
- Round size: Seed $120k–$6.4M; Series A $1M–$33M; Series B $6M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $50M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Pyka — We believe that electrification and automation will make aviation safer, more affordable, and more accessible than has ever been possible in human history.
- Cash Cows — Cash Cows helps startups hone their operations and strategies so they can expand profitably and create better brands. They collaborate with customers to close the gap between traditional business practices (experience) and cutting-edge approaches (solutions), allowing companies to operate successfully.
- TwentyToo — TwentyToo is a user-centric approach and the application of AI and ML.
Namik Kural is a Board Member at Visionteractive.
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- Industry: Apps, Local, Security
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $365k–$645k
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
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.
- 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.
- eTasin — https://etasin.com
Mehmet Sacit Sungu
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- Industry: Information Technology, Apps, Local
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $15k–$645k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
- Diici — Diici is a digital entrepreneurship ecosystem guide.
- eTasin — https://etasin.com
NUS Enterprise provides an entrepreneurial and innovative dimension to the National University of Singapore’s core research and educational activities.By encouraging the entrepreneurial spirit, partnering for success, and nurturing future entrepreneurial leaders, NUS Enterprise aims to make a positive impact on Singapore’s economy and beyond.This is done through three key thrusts: entrepreneurship support, industry engagement and partnerships, and experiential education.NUS Enterprise was founded in 2001 and is based in Singapore.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Grant, Seed
- Geography: Singapore, Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $4k–$1.8M; Grant $6k–$8k; Pre-Seed $22k–$600k
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- YoRipe — Co-create with Inspiring Communities and Brands
- Guardara — The most comprehensive negative testing / fuzz testing platform to hunt down bugs and zero-day vulnerabilities.
- Responsible Cyber with IMMUNE — Responsible Cyber Landing Page
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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- Industry: Software, Internet, SaaS
- 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 is able to track and organize expenses, bills, and account balances. It is able to derive finance information from SMSs.Money View enables its users to set and follow budgets, view their bank account balance, obtain reminders about bills, and spit bills with the other users. It also facilitates Savings+ andTaxSaver+ that allows its users to save money.Money View was founded in April 2014 by Sanjay Aggarwal and Puneet Agarwal. It is based in Bangalore, Karnataka.
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- Industry: Local, Mobile, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Scotty — Scotty Rideshare is the first and only two-wheel rideshare Company in Turkey
- Scotty — Leading e-commerce logistics player in Turkey
- Genz Biotech — Genz is a biotech research & development company, developing novel diagnostic solutions for complex diseases, like cancer, coronavirus pandemic. Genz provides solutions for medical centers and/or end-users in cooperation with genetic disease and diagnostic centers. To date, Genz received 4 R&D grants and approval by Turkish Ministryof Health for 3 genetic tests.
Adam Goldstein is a Visiting Scientist at Levin Lab. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2006 to 2010.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Geography: United States, Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Arist — Inspired by Stanford research, Arist helps leading companies deliver microlearning, training, and nudges in the flow of work via Slack, Microsoft Teams, and text messages.
- Scotty — Scotty Rideshare is the first and only two-wheel rideshare Company in Turkey
- Scotty — Leading e-commerce logistics player in Turkey
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