Istanbul Startup Angels
VC Fund
Istanbul, Turkey
Istanbul Startup Angels is a VC fund in Istanbul focused on SaaS and Software. 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.
- Total investments:
- 30
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 3%
Last updated:
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Industries Istanbul Startup Angels invests in
Stages Istanbul Startup Angels invests in
Countries Istanbul Startup Angels invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $50k–$1.5M
- Angel
- $45k–$270k
Investment Focus
Industry
- SaaS 3 (10%)
- Software 3 (10%)
- Mobile Apps 3 (10%)
- Transportation 3 (10%)
- Internet of Things 3 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 14 (47%)
- Angel 10 (33%)
Country
- Turkey 15 (50%)
- United States 6 (20%)
- Israel 1 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gülsüm Çıracı
Founding Partner
|
Founding Partner | Total investments: 12 | Find email | |
Kadir Boysan
Founding Partner
|
Founding Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy Buddy is the maker of Hitag, the smart apparel security tag and the connected analytics platform, that help the retailers manage inventory, customer behavior and employee efficiency. Hitag gives customers the option to automatically self-checkout on their phones, without the hassle of having to wait in line, while giving the dynamicinventory data to the store managers and the detailed analytics/reporting to the retailers.Beyond replacing the known RFID security against theft, Buy Buddy allows customers to directly pay through their mobiles and check out, skipping the queues at cash counters. Hitags collect in-store customer behavior, in-depth inventory data, dynamic employee performance, and product efficiency for retailers. The Buy Buddy platform in turn presents this data and reporting to companies in real-time.Buy Buddy is an end to end solution for retailers to democratize easy check-out, manage in-store inventory and make informed merchandising decisions based on dynamic data. | Seed / Sep 23, 2024 | ||
| 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. | $50K / Seed / Mar 27, 2019 | ||
| Anatolian Technologies & Labs focused on developing software and device based new technologies. Currently, they have "SeaSong" to make vehicles smarter. In the future all devices will be connected safely and will be smarter with "SeaSong Enterprise Artificial Intelligence Framework". | $100K / Seed / Jan 01, 2019 | ||
| Creosafe brings asset and cash ledger together and provides decentralized services through smart contracts. It provides a low cost & SEC compliant market on the Ethereum Blockchain for angel investors and VCs holding SAFE, SAFT, Convertible Notes and Equity, allowing- Asset backed security tokenization including VC portfolio - Liquidity -Asset and VC portfolio bundles - New Investment Opportunities - Risk Diversification | Seed / Oct 09, 2018 | ||
| Carbon is a cloud-based technology service powered by artificial intelligence that collects the information and data of companies' vehicles. It analyzes, processes, and transforms all data. It produces meaningful results and reports for companies. | Angel / May 24, 2018 | ||
| 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. | $45K / Angel / Jan 01, 2018 | ||
| 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. | $66K / Angel / Jan 01, 2018 | ||
| Sinemia offers its users with unlimited cinema tickets to all movie theaters for a fixed monthly fee. The private cinema club enables its members to go to cinemas without limitations. Its AI technology is an integration of mobile application and payment card. Developed location-based technologies communicates with the Sinemia card and the membersget privilege experiences.Sinemia is founded in 2015 by Rifat Oguz. | Seed / Dec 13, 2017 | ||
| Our mission is providing companies to gain competitive advantage and it enables companies to activities such as campaign, pricing insightful and low costly. Gives you the following features: Right positioning on pricing Reduce your workload with automated algorithm Automated product matching Get continuous and historical data | $148.3K / Seed / Oct 09, 2017 | ||
| Buy Buddy is the maker of Hitag, the smart apparel security tag and the connected analytics platform, that help the retailers manage inventory, customer behavior and employee efficiency. Hitag gives customers the option to automatically self-checkout on their phones, without the hassle of having to wait in line, while giving the dynamicinventory data to the store managers and the detailed analytics/reporting to the retailers.Beyond replacing the known RFID security against theft, Buy Buddy allows customers to directly pay through their mobiles and check out, skipping the queues at cash counters. Hitags collect in-store customer behavior, in-depth inventory data, dynamic employee performance, and product efficiency for retailers. The Buy Buddy platform in turn presents this data and reporting to companies in real-time.Buy Buddy is an end to end solution for retailers to democratize easy check-out, manage in-store inventory and make informed merchandising decisions based on dynamic data. | $50K / Seed / May 02, 2017 | ||
| See all 30 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Istanbul Startup Angels invest in?
Istanbul Startup Angels invests primarily in SaaS, Software and Mobile Apps startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 30 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Istanbul Startup Angels's check size?
Istanbul Startup Angels typically joins rounds of $50k–$1.5M at Seed and $45k–$270k 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 Istanbul Startup Angels participates in.
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Who are the partners at Istanbul Startup Angels?
The team at Istanbul Startup Angels includes Gülsüm Çıracı (Founding Partner) and Kadir Boysan (Founding Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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