Ihsan Elgin
Co-Founder @ Startups.Watch
Istanbul, Turkey
Ihsan Elgin is a seed investor at Startups.Watch in Istanbul focused on Software and FinTech. Ihsan Elgin is the Co-Founder of Startups.Watch. He was a Co-Founder and Executive VP, EMEA at ClimateMinder. He attended Koç University.
- Total investments:
- 17
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 47%
Last updated:
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Industries Ihsan Elgin invests in
Stages Ihsan Elgin invests in
Countries Ihsan Elgin invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $244k–$4M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (24%)
- FinTech 3 (18%)
- Financial Services 3 (18%)
- Information Technology 3 (18%)
- Finance 2 (12%)
Stage
- Seed 12 (71%)
- Funding Round 2 (12%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (6%)
- Convertible Note 1 (6%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (6%)
Country
- Turkey 12 (71%)
- United Kingdom 2 (12%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Mindsite
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Mindsite enables eCommerce professionals to boost their online sales by tracking and analyzing eCommerce fundamentals such as product availability, price&promo strategy, product content and brand visibility. | $2M / Jan 14, 2026 | |
Makromusic
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Makromusic is a music app where users can match and meet with people who have the same music taste or listen to the same music at the same time. | Seed / Nov 11, 2024 | |
Hayhay
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Hayhay operates a mobile application that manages financial transactions. It provides an online tool that sends, receives, and processes different kinds of payments. Hayhay was founded in 2020 and is based in Istanbul, Turkey. | $243.8K / Seed / Aug 09, 2024 | |
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Mindsite
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Mindsite enables eCommerce professionals to boost their online sales by tracking and analyzing eCommerce fundamentals such as product availability, price&promo strategy, product content and brand visibility. | $1.5M / Seed / Jul 01, 2024 | |
Tirport
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TIRPORT is a Turkey-based startup, aiming to make logistics effortless to any shipper regardless of size and buying power. It is a digital logistics platform that allows carriers and shippers to connect. The company offers end-to-end logistics solution that combines a freight marketplace with company drivers and strategic partnerships to provide arange of services.TIRPORT ERP automatically tracks and keeps logistics updated on any shipment's progress. Its technology provides real-time freight monitoring services for load owners. The company was founded in 2016 and based in Istanbul, Turkey. | $1.9M / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 22, 2024 | |
Trendbox
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Trendbox collects real-time data from retailer of FMCG, PetShops, Hardware Stores, Pharmacy. Then instant smart reports are generated with AI and serviced to manufacturers and distributers.Some of our value added reports that we services: “Who is my competitor? Or Sold together?", "Was the promotion effective?", "What shouldmy price level be?", ”What should my stock level be? ", ”Where should I prioritize in distribution? ", "Did I position the products in my portfolio correctly?" If you want to see the sales, region and consumer behavior trends, then yes Trendbox is what you are looking for! SELL IT SMARTER, NOW! | $663.5K / Seed / Jan 17, 2024 | |
wamo
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wamo is a digital business account provider and growth partner for SMEs. Founded in 2018, wamo’s mission is to provide digital business account with a human touch to any company anywhere looking to open a business account and do business in the UK and Europe. | $1.6M / Seed / Sep 19, 2023 | |
Ekmob
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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. | $500K / Seed / Jul 26, 2023 | |
Taksit Market
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Taksit Market is an e-commerce platform to sell electronic products. | $180K / Seed / Apr 27, 2023 | |
Passion Punch
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Passion Punch develops mobile games boosted by notable art and effective story that will touch players' daily lives. | $4M / Seed / Mar 20, 2023 | |
| See all 17 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
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FAQ
What does Ihsan Elgin invest in?
Ihsan Elgin invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Ihsan Elgin's check size?
Ihsan Elgin typically joins rounds of $244k–$4M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ihsan Elgin participates in.
When did Ihsan Elgin last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Ihsan Elgin closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 17 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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