Top 50 Mobile Apps Angel Investors in Turkey in May 2025
A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Mobile apps startups based in Turkey. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Mobile apps companies from Turkey. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Mobile Apps Angel Investors in Turkey in May 2025
Investor | Mobile Apps Turkey investments |
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Akin Babayigit | 5 |
Mine Şenuysal Özgür | 3 |
Faik Ulutaş | 3 |
Hüseyin Nalbantoğlu | 2 |
Alper Şener | 2 |
Nevzat Aydın | 2 |
Figen Korun | 2 |
Omer Erkmen | 2 |
Volkan Bicer | 2 |
Mustafa Sevinç | 2 |
Kaan Karamanci | 2 |
Mustafa Vardalı | 2 |
Doğukan Doru Alkan | 2 |
Erman Kumcu | 2 |
Elvan Sevi Bozoğlu | 2 |
Firat Ileri | 1 |
Ufuk Sarı | 1 |
Sercan Alici | 1 |
N. Kemal Yılmaz | 1 |
Kaya Diker | 1 |
İlker Diker | 1 |
Ihsan Elgin | 1 |
Fabrice Grinda | 1 |
Mert Batı | 1 |
Ali Rıza Babaoğlan | 1 |
Kerim Kotan | 1 |
Apostolos Apostolakis | 1 |
Burak Günsev | 1 |
Burak Şen | 1 |
Ali Rıza Babaoğlan | 1 |
Frederic Pagy | 1 |
Asuman Dayıcan | 1 |
Madilet Eda Akyumuk | 1 |
Levent Kuşgöz | 1 |
Riccardo Zacconi | 1 |
Ugur Ethem AYDIN | 1 |
Michael Moritz | 1 |
Ali Kutay | 1 |
Tunç Yalgın | 1 |
Mustafa Sandal | 1 |
Oğuzhan Öztürk | 1 |
Mehmet Ali Aydemir | 1 |
Alp Avni Yelkenbiçer | 1 |
Burak Saglik | 1 |
Mert Gür | 1 |
Joakim Achren | 1 |
Hakkı Alkan | 1 |
Jose Marin | 1 |
Ali Ilci | 1 |
Jose Marin | 1 |
Akin Babayigit is currently a co-founder of Tripledot Studios, a mobile games studio based in London. Before starting Tripledot, Akin was an active investor & advisor to various companies in the gaming space as well as serving as the Head of Business Operations & Special Projects at King Digital Entertainment. Before his experience at King,Akin was the head of Facebook Audience Network in EMEA.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Mobile Apps, PC Games
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Turkey, United States, France
Portfolio highlights
- Sett — Sett AI is building technology that helps mobile game teams find winning creatives faster and grow their games into global hits.
- Layer AI — The Collaborative MLOps platform
- Cypher Games — Cypher Games is a mobile gaming company founded by passionate gamers with a dream of building a global success story. We aim to shape the future of mobile gaming together with our colleagues, investors and thought partners.
Mine Şenuysal Özgür is an Angel Investor
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Investment focus
- Mobile Apps, Cosmetics, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Bartme — Bartme is a c2c Barter Platform. Our mission is to put barter back in our daily life to maximise lifespan of any book today and any product tomorrow. Globally. Innovatively.We see a very strong tech-driven hype in 2nd hand (i.e. pre-owned) market. However, there is immense untapped potential in traditional barter. We have examined prominentproblems in barter concept and developed a unique, brand new mobile app to make barter a favorable option in 2nd hand trade.Happy Barter,Bartme Team
- Meloknows — Meloknows is a mobile application that provides a marketplace for beauticians and hairdressers to provide beauty services.
Faik Ulutaş is a General Manager at Mensa Sinai Ticaret Ve Mali Yatirimlar AS (MEMSA).
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Investment focus
- Software, Mobile Apps, Mobile
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Turkey, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Shippn — Shop online from more than 40 countries and get it delivered to your doorstep! Sign up for free and start shopping from anywhere in the world with Shippn.
- Myth AI — Myth AI provides artificial intelligence-based "state of the art" pattern design tools that brings together designers and businesses.
- Meloknows — Meloknows is a mobile application that provides a marketplace for beauticians and hairdressers to provide beauty services.
Hüseyin Nalbantoğlu
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Mobile Apps, Sharing Economy
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Bartme — Bartme is a c2c Barter Platform. Our mission is to put barter back in our daily life to maximise lifespan of any book today and any product tomorrow. Globally. Innovatively.We see a very strong tech-driven hype in 2nd hand (i.e. pre-owned) market. However, there is immense untapped potential in traditional barter. We have examined prominentproblems in barter concept and developed a unique, brand new mobile app to make barter a favorable option in 2nd hand trade.Happy Barter,Bartme Team
Alper Şener
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Hospitality, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Bartme — Bartme is a c2c Barter Platform. Our mission is to put barter back in our daily life to maximise lifespan of any book today and any product tomorrow. Globally. Innovatively.We see a very strong tech-driven hype in 2nd hand (i.e. pre-owned) market. However, there is immense untapped potential in traditional barter. We have examined prominentproblems in barter concept and developed a unique, brand new mobile app to make barter a favorable option in 2nd hand trade.Happy Barter,Bartme Team
- Missafir — Missafir is a PropTech start-up in Istanbul. We are the first short/mid term home rental management company in Turkey!We deliver for our customers through a combination of thoughtful interior design and attentive hotel-style services that deliver superior earnings from short/mid term rental management through our strength in data-drivendynamic pricing solutions.
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
- Internet, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Eachlabs — AI marketplace for developers.
- Shark Guitar — Shark Guitar sells innovative electric guitars.
- A.M.A Selections — Exclusive luxury holiday villa rentals in Europe, Africa & The Caribbean with A.M.A Selections. Some of the best & most luxurious villas to rent in Europe & across The World.
Figen Korun
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Coffee, Sharing Economy
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Ni-CAT Battery Materials and AI Company — Ni-CAT is working on AI-assisted research and development of next-generation battery materials, which is the key to the transition to battery electric vehicles. Ni-CAT believes that the speed of EV transition is still not enough to prevent global warming and replace carbon-based fuels in near future, and it is not related to money or resources. Webelieve that speeding up EV transition is possible with our novel methodology, which combines three approximation to the solution: our unique AI-assisted materials research, digitalized reactor farm and our novel surfactant-assisted synthesis.As the electrification of the automotive industry expands, we deliver state-of-the-art technologies to meet the industry’s high-quality standards. To help our customers to step up the EV transition, we will be working on our research and development of lower-cost/higher performance, ultra-high energy density battery materials to serve innovative solutions for a brighter future. With our expertise in the application of machine learning in material science, we are developing low cobalt/high nickel lithium cathode materials. Cathode determines the type of a lithium battery and is the limiting factor for nickel-based batteries. Further improvement in battery performance is possible through AI-assisted custom high nickel cathode materials with increased charge rate, charge to discharge ratio, tap density, or any other specifications. By our unique computer-controlled digital reactor farm, we numerize synthesis parameters and output specifications for the machine learning algorithm we have been developing.
- İletmen — İletmen is a food delivery app which takes packages, products or orders from your business and deliver them to your customers.
- Riskoptima — 0-DTE SPX options
Omer Erkmen is the co-founder at Yeni Nesil Kafası. Omer Erkmen attended UC Santa Barbara.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Analytics
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Salvor — These are the ideas and the philosophy behind Salvor.io; why it exists, how it will adapt to the newer ways of creation by forming a bridge between ideas and effort. Salvor is a combination of fresh understanding of contemporary digital arts and assets, adaptive of the new free economy, and a sustainable approach to new ways of doing creativebusiness taking advantage of the collective internet culture. We have the dreams, we have the talent and we have the will.
- WeFarm — WeFarm maintains vacant fields for you and converts them into productive farms.
- Mindsite — Mindsite provides e-commerce analytics. Easily monitor key metrics from price to visibility in real time. Increase your online sales.
Volkan Biçer is the co-founder of Mobilike, a mobile advertisement network.Bicer’e employment history includes his time as product manager of Turkcell’s mobile marketing and advertising department, and community manager at Yahoo, Turkey.Bicer holds a bachelor’s degree in management information systems from Boğaziçi University and an MBAfrom Galatasaray University.
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Investment focus
- Online Games, iOS, Mobile
- Seed, Funding Round
- Turkey, Singapore, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Makromusic — Meet people with similar music taste with you, see your music taste in common with your friends, and share about your favorite artists and music. Create your music profile!
- Ontrail Store — Ontrail Store offers a wide range of clothes and accessories.
- Evolution Group — Evolution Group is an operator of mobile advertising services.
Mustafa Sevinç is the CFO and Founder at Teknasyon.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Fitness, Health Care
- Seed, Angel
- Turkey, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Moovbuddy — Get started with MoovBuddy app to fix posture, relieve pain, & increase wellbeing. Access to personalized exercises prepated by physiotherapists
- Panteon — Panteon is a mobile game developing company established at ODTU Teknokent in 2012 by an experienced team that has been developing games since 2004.
- Assistant App — Muslim Assistant, an islamic website for Prayer Times and Adhan Times, Islamic Days, Dhikr Counter, Dua, Qibla Direction and Live Kaaba Broadcast.
Kaan Karamanci is Co-founder at Gram Games.
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Investment focus
- Mobile, Marketing, Automotive
- Seed, Angel, Series B
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Garajyeri — NAGATOTO88 menyediakan link alternatif resmi untuk login game togel online dengan fitur WAP, memastikan akses cepat, aman, dan nyaman bagi pemain.
- incir.com — Incir is a Turkish internet marketing tech infrastructure provider that develops e-commerce systems and related services such as domain name registration, operations support, stock payment infrastructure, free marketing training, virtual POS, and more. Incir was founded in July 2012.
- Gram Games — Gram Games is a mobile game development studio, committed to delivering high quality mobile games that create real bonds through play. Founded in 2012 with headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey, Gram Games has built a team of industry professionals focused on creating engaging games for mobile platforms. Due to the development and growth of Gram Games,a London office was opened in 2017.
Mustafa Vardalı is the CMO & Founder at Teknasyon.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Fitness, Software
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Turkey, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Moovbuddy — Get started with MoovBuddy app to fix posture, relieve pain, & increase wellbeing. Access to personalized exercises prepated by physiotherapists
- Panteon — Panteon is a mobile game developing company established at ODTU Teknokent in 2012 by an experienced team that has been developing games since 2004.
- Assistant App — Muslim Assistant, an islamic website for Prayer Times and Adhan Times, Islamic Days, Dhikr Counter, Dua, Qibla Direction and Live Kaaba Broadcast.
Doğukan Doru Alkan is an Angel Investor.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Mobile Apps, Sharing Economy
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Bartme — Bartme is a c2c Barter Platform. Our mission is to put barter back in our daily life to maximise lifespan of any book today and any product tomorrow. Globally. Innovatively.We see a very strong tech-driven hype in 2nd hand (i.e. pre-owned) market. However, there is immense untapped potential in traditional barter. We have examined prominentproblems in barter concept and developed a unique, brand new mobile app to make barter a favorable option in 2nd hand trade.Happy Barter,Bartme Team
Erman Kumcu is an Angel Investor
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Mobile Apps, Sharing Economy
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Bartme — Bartme is a c2c Barter Platform. Our mission is to put barter back in our daily life to maximise lifespan of any book today and any product tomorrow. Globally. Innovatively.We see a very strong tech-driven hype in 2nd hand (i.e. pre-owned) market. However, there is immense untapped potential in traditional barter. We have examined prominentproblems in barter concept and developed a unique, brand new mobile app to make barter a favorable option in 2nd hand trade.Happy Barter,Bartme Team
Elvan Sevi Bozoğlu is an Angel Investor.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Diici — Diici is a digital entrepreneurship ecosystem guide.
- Bartme — Bartme is a c2c Barter Platform. Our mission is to put barter back in our daily life to maximise lifespan of any book today and any product tomorrow. Globally. Innovatively.We see a very strong tech-driven hype in 2nd hand (i.e. pre-owned) market. However, there is immense untapped potential in traditional barter. We have examined prominentproblems in barter concept and developed a unique, brand new mobile app to make barter a favorable option in 2nd hand trade.Happy Barter,Bartme Team
Firat is a Partner at Hummingbird Ventures. His current portfolio includes Armut, Argent, Aspire, Billiontoone, Brigit, Ciceksepeti, Instacarro, Kernal Biologics and Layer.He previously worked with Frontier Car Group, Gram Games, Peak Games and Merlin prior to their acquisition. He is interested in marketplaces, frontier tech, fintech and gaming.Previously, he worked at J.P. Morgan at the Emerging Markets Structuring and Solutions group. He received B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Management Science and a Master of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT.
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Investment focus
- Software, Gaming, Biotechnology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Turkey, United States, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- Ace Games — Gaming
- Magic Games — Magic Games is a mobile gaming company with new genre of casual multiplayer puzzle games.
- Heltia — Salus provides online counseling services for mental health conditions. Their services include mental health programs, therapies, science-backed self-help resources, and consultations for mental health.
Ufuk Sarı is the Angel Investor.
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Investment focus
- Music, Dating, Podcast
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Makromusic — Meet people with similar music taste with you, see your music taste in common with your friends, and share about your favorite artists and music. Create your music profile!
Sercan Alici
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Investment focus
- Pet, Hospitality, Photography
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Turkey, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- DogGO — DogGO is a pet service app that uses a mobile application to offer safe and professional dog walking and grooming services to dog owners. It also offers its users a detailed profile of their pets, as well as an easy service request and tracking feature, smart and suitable matching, and 24/7 customer service to support all of their pet'sneeds. Their application has over 150,000 users and tens of thousands of pet profiles. Furthermore, by entering into agreements with corporate companies for their employees or users, they ensure that all pet families have access to DogGO when they need it.
- Albumera — Stunning, convenient 30 minute photo shoots by talented local pros. Your session is complimentary - you only pay for the photos you love!
- Makromusic — Meet people with similar music taste with you, see your music taste in common with your friends, and share about your favorite artists and music. Create your music profile!
N. Kemal Yılmaz is an Angel Investor.
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Investment focus
- Music, Dating, Podcast
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Makromusic — Meet people with similar music taste with you, see your music taste in common with your friends, and share about your favorite artists and music. Create your music profile!
Kaya Diker is the Co-Founder and CTO of Faladdin and Vision Technology. He previously worked at Michigan State University as a Research Assistant. Kaya attended Michigan State University.
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Investment focus
- Music, Dating, Podcast
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Makromusic — Meet people with similar music taste with you, see your music taste in common with your friends, and share about your favorite artists and music. Create your music profile!
İlker Diker - Co-Founder - CPO @ Papara
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Investment focus
- Art
- Pre-Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Artcomun — Artcomun aims to enable everyone to create, collect and trade art in one platform by the power of algorithms.
- Glocalzone — Glocalzone is a platform that connects shoppers who want to buy products from abroad and travelers who want to make a profit.
- Makromusic — Meet people with similar music taste with you, see your music taste in common with your friends, and share about your favorite artists and music. Create your music profile!
Ihsan Elgin is the Co-Founder of Startups.Watch. He was a Co-Founder and Executive VP, EMEA at ClimateMinder. He attended Koç University.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Turkey, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Turan — Aiming to be the only financial application that primarily provides services to people of Turkish descent in their own language, Turan wants to convey this journey that it started in Turkey to the Turkic States such as Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan in a short time.
- Makromusic — Meet people with similar music taste with you, see your music taste in common with your friends, and share about your favorite artists and music. Create your music profile!
- Passion Punch — Passion Punch develops mobile games boosted by notable art and effective story that will touch players' daily lives.
Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors.He has over $300 million in exits and 150 angel investments. Fabrice has served as CEO for three multinational companies and has an impressive track record as an early investor in Alibaba, Lending Club, Delivery Hero and Brightroll.Fabrice is currentlyinvesting in startups and building companies through FJ Labs, which he cofounded with business partner Jose Marin. Fabrice is also co-founder and executive chairman of Beepi, a next generation used car marketplace. Beepi recently raised $60 million in series B funding.Prior to FJ Labs and Beepi, Fabrice was co-founder and co-CEO of OLX, one of the largest websites in the world with over 200 million unique visitors per month. The company operates in 40 countries and has over 1,200 employees. OLX is the largest classifieds site in India, Brazil, Pakistan, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal and many other emerging markets.Before OLX, Fabrice was co-founder and CEO of Zingy, one of the largest wireless media companies in the Americas. Fabrice successfully grew the business to $200 million in sales in four years.Fabrice started his entrepreneurial journey in 1998, at 23, when he co-founded and was CEO of Aucland. Soon after, Aucland grew into one of the largest auction sites in Europe. Before his entrepreneurial endeavors, Fabrice worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.Fabrice holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1996, and was awarded the Halbert White prize, given to the most distinguished economics student, as well as The Wolfe Balleisen memorial prize, awarded for best thesis.In his free time, Fabrice likes to travel the world, kitesurf, play tennis, and blog about his personal and professional life at www.fabricegrinda.com.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Marketplace, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, France, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- OTPless — Explore top-notch authentication solutions like WhatsApp, SMS or email-based Numeric codes and Magic Link with OTPless. High conversion, flexible integrations, and robust security features await you!
- PIXmania.com — PIXmania is a pan-European electrical e-tailer operating in 26 countries. PIXmania has been growing its market positions across Europe while leveraging the benefits of being part of the Dixons Retail Group. Pixmania now serves more than 7 million customers over Europe with a wide range of product categories.
- Le Collectionist — Le Collectionist is a luxury travel brand offering the discerning traveller a selection of exquisite holiday rentals around the world with hotel-like services.
Mert is co founder at forTaksi.
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Investment focus
- Marketing, Advertising, Mobile Apps
- Pre-Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- forTaksi — forTaksi is an advertising technologies company in Istanbul. forTaksi was launched in 2021 by Mert Batı, Rasim Zengin, Mehmet Ali Aydemir and is based Istanbul.
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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Investment focus
- TV, CRM, Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Turkey
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.
Kerim Kotan
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Software, Internet of Things
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- Turkey, Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- FormaStar — FormaStar is a Sports-focused digital ecosystem.
- Innovasion Labs PINC — Next Generation of Energy Storage
- TelomEye Pharmaceuticals — TelomEye Pharmaceuticals provides treatments to prevent and improve age-related ophthalmologic disorders.
Apostolos is a serial entrepreneur turned investor. He started his career at Boston Consulting Group where he spent 2 years consulting businesses. On his entrepreneurial path, he has co-founded e-shop.gr, Openfund, e-food, doctoranytime and was a key investor in Taxibeat. Since 2010 he has invested and supported a large number of startups with afocus on e-marketplaces and SaaS. He studied civil engineering at NTUA and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, Apps
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Greece, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- HairRemoval.co.uk — HairRemoval UK is an international recognized company that is specialized in laser hair removal treatments.
- Packhelp — Packhelp makes it easy for anyone to create, order and manage fully custom-branded packaging. It connects customers with the most suitable production possibilities, offering them a broad range of packaging products. Packhelp covers everything from local deliveries of small quantities to global procurement of large volumes, with Packhelp Studio – anonline editor for small businesses, instantly purchasable products and orders from 30 pieces, and Packhelp Plus, which helps mid-market companies scale their packaging needs. Founded in 2015, Packhelp currently serves 50,000 customers from over 30 countries. The list of customers includes brands recognized worldwide, like BMW, H&M, Google, L’Oreal, T-Mobile, Uber, Bolt and Wrangler, and many of the local champions from Europe.
- Kriptomat — Buying, trading, and investing in cryptocurrencies has never been easier! Register in seconds, and start trading crypto in minutes on Kriptomat.
Burak Günsev - Advisor @ manibux
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Finance, Education
- Angel
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Manibux — ManiBux is a pocket money management system and prepaid card where parents can take responsibility for their young people's money, where they can send and receive easy and safe pensions for their children and provide control.ManiBux is an application where our children can safely manage and track their allowances, they can learn to save withdiscounts for them, and they will be able to have fun, freedom, responsibility and acting together with their families who will support them in their early years.
Burak Şen
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Beauty, Mobile
- Angel, Series A
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Yeniben.com — Yeniben brings transparency to the elective medical & aesthetic treatment market which represents a wide range of services—from a simple skin treatment to cosmetic surgery. At the heart of Yeniben is a community of people sharing personal experiences, unbiased stories, and candid advice. Hundreds of medical experts also participate onYeniben. Doctors and clinicians have posted over one thousand answers to questions and routinely upload educational videos, special offers, and patient before & after photos. The company is an Istanbul based startup and has achieved profitability.
- Webee — Discover WeBee's high-tech hospitality solutions, ensure a contactless guest experience, improve TripAdvisor scores and maximize revenue.
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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Investment focus
- TV, CRM, Apps
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Turkey
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.
Frederic Pagy
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Mobile Apps
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- VAR Online — VAR Online is a Turkey based football federation company that offers mobile application to determine public opinion.
Asuman Dayıcan
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Investment focus
- Cosmetics, Marketplace, Mobile Apps
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Meloknows — Meloknows is a mobile application that provides a marketplace for beauticians and hairdressers to provide beauty services.
Madilet Eda Akyumuk
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Investment focus
- Mobile Apps, Food Delivery
- Pre-Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- YEMMEK — Yemmek, order your favourite food with us!
Levent Kuşgöz
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- Baby, Gaming, Children
- Seed
- Turkey
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- TutumluAnne — TEXAS88 dikenal sebagai situs judi slot terpercaya yang menyediakan play demo slot gratis tanpa melakukan deposit untuk member texas88.
- VAR Online — VAR Online is a Turkey based football federation company that offers mobile application to determine public opinion.
Previously, Riccardo served as vice president of European Sales and Marketing at uDate.com Ltd., an online dating service, and was involved in driving market penetration and partnerships until the company was acquired by InterActive Corporation in 2002. Before that, he was managing director for Spray Network GmbH an online portal based inHamburg with a presence in Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, Denmark and Norway. In this role, Riccardo demonstrated his understanding for developing solid company strategy, intelligent plans for sustainable growth and strategic partnerships, which supported the successful sale of Spray Network to Lycos for $764 million. In addition, Riccardo has been an entrepreneur-in-residence at Benchmark Capital Partners, a Qualified Case Leader at The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. and a consultant at LEK Consulting LLP. He holds a B.A. in Economics from LUISS University, Italy. Riccardo’s favourite King game used to be Jungle Bubble. He’s currently deciding on his new favourite King game.
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- Gaming, Apps, Online Games
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Estonia, United Kingdom
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- Zaver — Zaver develops innovative payment solutions to accelerate the revolution in mobile payments. All for companies and individuals to be able to shop in a more accessible and smarter way - offline and online.
- Revyze — Revyze is a community-powered app with a sharp focus on high school education.
- Cypher Games — Cypher Games is a mobile gaming company founded by passionate gamers with a dream of building a global success story. We aim to shape the future of mobile gaming together with our colleagues, investors and thought partners.
I am the Art and Code Director at Metromedya Digital Ad Agency. In addition to my role as director, I am also a skilled programmer, designer, and musician. I have expertise in iOS and MacOS development and enjoy snowboarding in my free time. As a self-proclaimed geek, I am always seeking to learn and grow in my field. I am passionate about creatinginnovative and visually appealing designs and using my coding skills to bring them to life.
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- iOS, Software, macOS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Turkey
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- Toboti — Toboti Game Studio is a game development company that specializes in creating games for various platforms. The company has a particular passion for designing games that draw inspiration from classic arcade machines, with a primary focus on the Apple platform. Toboti is known for its commitment to creating fun and engaging games that are optimizedfor mobile devices.The team at Toboti Game Studio utilizes cutting-edge technology and innovative design techniques to produce high-quality games that are both entertaining and challenging. They are dedicated to providing gamers with a unique and nostalgic experience, while also bringing a fresh perspective to the gaming industry.Toboti Game Studio strives to create games that meet the demands of today's gamers, offering exciting gameplay, immersive graphics, and intuitive controls. With a focus on quality and creativity, Toboti Game Studio is poised to become a leading force in the world of game development.
- Notes.io — A free note-taking app. Online Notes on everywhere.
Michael Moritz is Chairman & Partner of Sequoia Capital where he has worked since 1986. He has always had an eclectic set of investment interests and today represents Sequoia's interests in Klarna, Green Do, and Stripe, LinkedIn the world's professional nework, Instacart, PopSugar, the entertainment and fashion site for women24-7-customer an outsourcing customer service company and The Melt a grilled cheese restaurant chain.
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- Software, Internet, Information Technology
- Series B, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Israel
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- Getir — Getir combines urban logistics and mobile technology to provide instant delivery of goods in urban areas. Its application enables its users to order a range of products and pay for them through their credit cards. Once purchased, the goods will be delivered to its users. The application features live tracking, which enables its users to track thelocation of their orders.Getir was launched in 2015 by Nazim Salur, Serkan Borancili, Tuncay Tutek, Dogan Dalyan, and Mert Salur and is based in Istanbul.
- Sola Security — Get security done with Sola: Create custom security apps to fit your exact needs, faster, with AI built for security. Start now for free.
- Boom Supersonic — Making the World Dramatically More Accessible
Ali Kutay is a successful serial entrepreneur, executive and investor with 35 years of experience. Before founding Striim, Inc., Ali was the Chairman and CEO of GoldenGate Software, the leading infrastructure software company for high availability, that was acquired by Oracle. Previously, Ali was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AltoWeb,Inc., a provider of e-business infrastructure software. He was an angel investor, President and Chief Executive Officer of WebLogic, Inc., the company that pioneered the Application Server technology which became one of the major building blocks of web-enabled applications. WebLogic merged with BEA Systems, Inc. and was acquired by Oracle in 2007. He was the President and CEO of Formtek, one of the first enterprise infrastructure software firms, founded in 1984 as a Carnegie-Mellon University spin-off and was acquired by Lockheed Corporation in 1989. He ran Formtek as its CEO under Lockheed Martin for 7 years. He serves on the boards of public and private companies and advises startups. Ali completed his undergraduate and masters degrees at Middle East Technical University and his PhD work at Carnegie Mellon University.
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- Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- United States, Turkey, Germany
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- HiveMQ — HiveMQ is the proven enterprise MQTT platform designed to connect, communicate, and control IoT data under real-world stress. Learn more.
- REscan — Transforming spaces into data
- Medallia Strikedeck — Medallia's software platform provides keen insights to improve customer experience, contact center experience, employee experience and digital experience.
Tunç Yalgın was Entrepreneur and investor, passionate about everything high-tech, disruptive and, even better, both!
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- Video Games, Mobile, Sports
- Seed, Series A
- Turkey, Germany
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- Sponsoo — Sponsoo is an innovative online marketplace that connects non-professional athletes and sport teams with corporate sponsors. Athletes and teams create a profile on sponsoo.com, and sponsors search the database to find the perfect team(s) to sponsor.Important for German investors: Sponsoo is part of the INVEST grant programme that allows privateinvestors to claim back 20% of their investment sum as a grant from the German Department of Commerce.
- Gram Games — Gram Games is a mobile game development studio, committed to delivering high quality mobile games that create real bonds through play. Founded in 2012 with headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey, Gram Games has built a team of industry professionals focused on creating engaging games for mobile platforms. Due to the development and growth of Gram Games,a London office was opened in 2017.
- Hero Concept — Hero Concept is a computer games company that develops visionary reimaginations of the timeless classics of arcade gaming. The company studies the histories of the ever-present classics in order to carry them into the 21st century--with panache. Hero Concept was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey.
Mustafa Sandal - Advisor @ manibux
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- FinTech, Finance, Education
- Angel
- Turkey
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- Manibux — ManiBux is a pocket money management system and prepaid card where parents can take responsibility for their young people's money, where they can send and receive easy and safe pensions for their children and provide control.ManiBux is an application where our children can safely manage and track their allowances, they can learn to save withdiscounts for them, and they will be able to have fun, freedom, responsibility and acting together with their families who will support them in their early years.
Oğuzhan Öztürk
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- Hotel, Mobile Apps, Restaurants
- Seed
- Turkey
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- Pardon — Contact us for the best quality Smart QR Menu for restaurants, cafes and hotels, quick reference and much more. What are QR menu prices?
Mehmet is co founder at forTaksi.
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- Marketing, Advertising, Mobile Apps
- Pre-Seed
- Turkey
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- forTaksi — forTaksi is an advertising technologies company in Istanbul. forTaksi was launched in 2021 by Mert Batı, Rasim Zengin, Mehmet Ali Aydemir and is based Istanbul.
Alp Avni Yelkenbiçer
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- Gaming, Mobile Apps
- Seed
- Turkey
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- VAR Online — VAR Online is a Turkey based football federation company that offers mobile application to determine public opinion.
Burak Saglik - Co-Founder @ Teknasyon
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- Apps, Software, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Turkey, United States
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- 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.
- Otsimo — Otsimo offers special education and speech therapy apps for autism, down syndrome and other developmental disabilities. Click to see our autism apps!
- Panteon — Panteon is a mobile game developing company established at ODTU Teknokent in 2012 by an experienced team that has been developing games since 2004.
Mert Gür is the Founder and CEO of Loop Games. Mert attended Bilkent University.
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- Gaming, Mobile
- Pre-Seed
- United States
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- Pine Games — Pine Games operates as a mobile gaming company that creates impactful experiences with widespread appeal.
- Grand Games — Grand Games is shaping the future of gaming by creating genre-defining games played by millions worldwide.
Joakim Achren is Co Founder at Next Games. Previously, he has worked as Director of Analytics at Supercell.
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- Gaming, Mobile Apps, Mobile
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Finland, United States, Turkey
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- Black Block — Independant video game studio creating a game changing MMO.
- Tribo Games — Players deserve better
- Cypher Games — Cypher Games is a mobile gaming company founded by passionate gamers with a dream of building a global success story. We aim to shape the future of mobile gaming together with our colleagues, investors and thought partners.
Hakkı Alkan is the Founder and CEO at ShiftDelete.
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- Apps, Gaming, Mobile Apps
- Angel, Seed
- Turkey
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- Pickies — Pickies is a company that provides consumers with a simple, quick, and safe ordering procedure and facilitates simple online payments and orders.
- Poda — PODA is a new-generation work cabinet that allows you to work anywhere you choose, With its workstation, chair, rapid internet connection, UV-C air and environment sterilization, air conditioning, and sound insulation features,
- Lumier Games — Lumier Games is a game development studio located in Istanbul. Currently actively developing mobile web3 games.
Jose Marin started his professional career as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group.In 1999 he co-founded DeRemate.com (eBay model for Latin America). The company raised 75 M USD, did a partial cash-out sale to Terra and later merged with Mercado Libre that went Public in Nasdaq .Currently Jose is co-Founder and co-CEO of IGExpansion. IG takes successful internet business models into emerging markets (main focus Brazil). IG builds one project per year and will not build more than 6 (investing the first 3 to 5 M USD per project). 5 of the 6 are already operating being Viajanet (Expedia for Latam) its biggest success.Jose is also founder of Serendipity Investments, company that has invested in >70 start-ups. Before this, Jose invested in projects such as Bazee (auctions sold to eBay in 2005) and eDreams (European Travel site sold to TA Associates in 2006) obtaining top tier returns.Jose is a Mechanical and Electrical Engineer and holds an MBA and an MA in International development Economics from Stanford.
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- E-Commerce, Internet, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Brazil, United Kingdom
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- Borzo — Borzo is a global delivery service that enables intracity same-day delivery. Our algorithms optimize numerous parallel deliveries taking into account the geographical routes, packages’ contents, couriers and many others to ensure the feasibility of the same-day delivery. The services are available in 10 countries including Brazil, India, Indonesia,Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia, Turkey and Vietnam and are used by 3 million customers ranging from SMEs to enterprises.
- Printify — Sell custom t-shirts, phone cases, and 800+ products with your designs printed on demand. We will handle printing and shipping to your customers.
- Menu Next Door — Menu Next Door's chefs are enthusiasts from all walks of life who want to share their talents. So you'll always enjoy freshly-made, delicious meals originating from all over the world.On Menu Next Door, you'll find these quality meals at affordable prices because they're homemade and prepared locally with no delivery charges.It's great food for the many, not the few.What brings people together more than food? Community is the magic ingredient in Menu Next Door.Meeting your chef and getting the chance to talk to them about the dish they've prepared is what makes this something more than just a takeaway.
Exeter I Oxford I Former Investment Banker I Tech Executive I Online Lecturer I Author I Angel Investor
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- Hotel, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Turkey, Switzerland, United States
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- Yenir — Yenir is a platform Yenir that sells fresh products without producing waste.
- Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
- Copyright Capital — Copyright Capital specializes in financial services tailored specifically for creators across various platforms. The company focuses on enhancing creators' revenue profiles and addressing their unique financial needs through customized solutions. With a keen understanding of platform dynamics and macro trends, Copyright Capital offers accessto capital and strategic business advice to help creators mitigate risks associated with algorithm changes and platform uncertainties. The firm engages in detailed analysis and forecasting of revenue flows, ensuring a data-driven approach to financial support. Whether dealing with agencies or individual creators, Copyright Capital aims to provide financial solutions that align with each creator's specific situation and goals, thereby fostering a more secure and prosperous environment for creative content production.
Jose Marin started his professional career as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group.In 1999 he co-founded DeRemate.com (eBay model for Latin America). The company raised 75 M USD, did a partial cash-out sale to Terra and later merged with Mercado Libre that went Public in Nasdaq .Currently Jose is co-Founder and co-CEO of IGExpansion. IG takes successful internet business models into emerging markets (main focus Brazil). IG builds one project per year and will not build more than 6 (investing the first 3 to 5 M USD per project). 5 of the 6 are already operating being Viajanet (Expedia for Latam) its biggest success.Jose is also founder of Serendipity Investments, company that has invested in >70 start-ups. Before this, Jose invested in projects such as Bazee (auctions sold to eBay in 2005) and eDreams (European Travel site sold to TA Associates in 2006) obtaining top tier returns.Jose is a Mechanical and Electrical Engineer and holds an MBA and an MA in International development Economics from Stanford.
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- E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Brazil, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Borzo — Borzo is a global delivery service that enables intracity same-day delivery. Our algorithms optimize numerous parallel deliveries taking into account the geographical routes, packages’ contents, couriers and many others to ensure the feasibility of the same-day delivery. The services are available in 10 countries including Brazil, India, Indonesia,Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia, Turkey and Vietnam and are used by 3 million customers ranging from SMEs to enterprises.
- Printify — Sell custom t-shirts, phone cases, and 800+ products with your designs printed on demand. We will handle printing and shipping to your customers.
- Menu Next Door — Menu Next Door's chefs are enthusiasts from all walks of life who want to share their talents. So you'll always enjoy freshly-made, delicious meals originating from all over the world.On Menu Next Door, you'll find these quality meals at affordable prices because they're homemade and prepared locally with no delivery charges.It's great food for the many, not the few.What brings people together more than food? Community is the magic ingredient in Menu Next Door.Meeting your chef and getting the chance to talk to them about the dish they've prepared is what makes this something more than just a takeaway.
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