# Alper Akcan

> Alper Akcan is a seed investor at Galata Business Angels backing Apps. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Galata Business Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/galata-business-angels)
- Location: Istanbul, Turkey
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Nov 2023
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: http://tr.linkedin.com/in/alperakcan
- Website: https://x.com/alperakcan
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/alperakcan

Alper Akcan is a seed investor at Galata Business Angels in Istanbul focused on Apps and Fitness. Alper Akcan is the founder and CEO of Mikro Odeme AS, a micropayments service provider in Turkey and the Middle East.Akcan worked for two years at Yapı Kredi Investments, for four years at Vestel Information Technologies, and for five years at Turkcell, the largest GSM operator in Turkey. He started Mikro Odeme after he left Turkcell in theyear 2008 and guided it to be the largest mobile payment company in Turkey.Akcan owns a bachelor’s degree in engineering, and an MBA and PhD in contemporary management. He currently lives in Istanbul, Turkey.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $350k–$2.5M |
| Angel | $100k–$346k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 17% |
| Fitness | 1 | 17% |
| mHealth | 1 | 17% |
| Wellness | 1 | 17% |
| Ticketing | 1 | 17% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Angel | 2 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 2 | 33% |
| Germany | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Usersdot | Usersdot uses data science and AI solutions to improve customer experience, increase operational efficiency and maximize sales performance | $350K | Seed | Nov 02, 2023 | https://tr.usersdot.com/ |
| Usersdot | Usersdot uses data science and AI solutions to improve customer experience, increase operational efficiency and maximize sales performance | $346K | Angel | Aug 25, 2021 | https://tr.usersdot.com/ |
| 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. | $400K | Seed | Dec 03, 2019 | https://www.asklisa.ai |
| Meditopia | Founded in 2017, Meditopia is one of the world’s leading global mental wellbeing platforms and the #1 App globally for non-English speaking countries. With over 30 million members in over 120 countries, Meditopia's content has been localized by experts in 12 different languages.A platform with a strong focus on coaching and meditation,Meditopia was founded with the clear mission to provide mental health practices anytime, anywhere for everyone around the world.The platform, available on iOS, Android and web and present in over 120 countries, offers content for meditation, sleep, and motivation in different formats including audio, music, texts and, most recently art. This content has been exclusively developed by mental health and wellbeing professionals including psychologists, mental health coaches, sleep experts, etc, from across the globe, localizing the materials to address the specific needs of individuals from different cultures and backgrounds, and unique daily challenges.Meditopia has achieved impressive growth in numbers of users and, most importantly, in satisfaction and trustworthiness consistently rating above 4.8* in over 500.000 reviews in all app stores. In 2021, Meditopia launched “Meditopia For Work,” a series of tailored mental health solutions for companies. Working already with over 80 businesses worldwide, Meditopia For Work provides services ranging from one-to-one coaching sessions with employees, to comprehensive support to the HR and people’s departments in tracking, measuring and understanding the state of mental wellness of their companies and developing mental health programs tailored to their specific needs. | $2.5M | Seed | Aug 06, 2019 | https://meditopia.com/ |
| Alivex | Marketplace for activity registrations. | $100K | Angel | Feb 26, 2018 | http://www.alivex.com |
| Meditopia | Founded in 2017, Meditopia is one of the world’s leading global mental wellbeing platforms and the #1 App globally for non-English speaking countries. With over 30 million members in over 120 countries, Meditopia's content has been localized by experts in 12 different languages.A platform with a strong focus on coaching and meditation,Meditopia was founded with the clear mission to provide mental health practices anytime, anywhere for everyone around the world.The platform, available on iOS, Android and web and present in over 120 countries, offers content for meditation, sleep, and motivation in different formats including audio, music, texts and, most recently art. This content has been exclusively developed by mental health and wellbeing professionals including psychologists, mental health coaches, sleep experts, etc, from across the globe, localizing the materials to address the specific needs of individuals from different cultures and backgrounds, and unique daily challenges.Meditopia has achieved impressive growth in numbers of users and, most importantly, in satisfaction and trustworthiness consistently rating above 4.8* in over 500.000 reviews in all app stores. In 2021, Meditopia launched “Meditopia For Work,” a series of tailored mental health solutions for companies. Working already with over 80 businesses worldwide, Meditopia For Work provides services ranging from one-to-one coaching sessions with employees, to comprehensive support to the HR and people’s departments in tracking, measuring and understanding the state of mental wellness of their companies and developing mental health programs tailored to their specific needs. | $480K | Seed | Jan 05, 2018 | https://meditopia.com/ |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Teknasyon](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/teknasyon) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Arya GSYF](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arya-gsyf) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arya Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arya-ventures-139c) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Atlantic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlantic-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Maxis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maxis-19c6) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Nuwa Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nuwa-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Galata Business Angels

VC Fund · Istanbul, Turkey

The Galata Business Angels (GBA) is an organization that supplemented by guidance in the formation of Inovent which committed to scouting, mentoring and finding funding to great young companies from start through a successful exit and that aims to increase the quantity, quality and success of angel investments in Turkey and in doing so create agreater pool of capital for innovative start-up companies.GBA operates as a not-for-profit organization and acts as a platform where member angel investors and aspiring entrepreneurs meet to exchange ideas about startups and discuss opportunities. GBA also provides access to active national and international networks that enable improved access to follow on capital, markets, and mentoring for emerging businesses.GBA comprises of executives, entrepreneurs and seasoned angel investors who aid in accelarating innovative, impactful, cutting edge startup companies to market leadership.The current members of GBA have founded and built world-class companies like Mynet, Airties, Gittigidiyor, Yemeksepeti, Markafoni, Pozitron, Vepa Grup, ReklamZ, DBI, 41-29 and been senior executives at pioneering companies like Apple, eBay, Maxim, Turkcell. They come from a wide array of industry expertise and together create an extensive network of entrepreneurial support. They mentor and coach the entrepreneurs, provide networking and help with team building, strategy and fundraising.

5 contacts available at Galata Business Angels.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ata Uzunhasan | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ata-uzunhasan-3 |
| Melih Odemis | Founding Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/melih-odemis |
| Elif Arslan | Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elif-arslan-9aec |
| Emre Kurttepeli | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emre-kurttepeli |
| Onder Oztarhan | Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/onder-oztarhan |

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## FAQ

### What does Alper Akcan invest in?

Alper Akcan invests primarily in Apps, Fitness and mHealth startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Alper Akcan's check size?

Alper Akcan typically joins rounds of $350k–$2.5M at Seed and $100k–$346k at Angel. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Alper Akcan participates in.

### How do I contact Alper Akcan?

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### When did Alper Akcan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alper Akcan closed in Nov 2023. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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