# Mahmut Akten

> Mahmut Akten is a post-ipo debt investor at Garanti Bankasi backing Textiles and Industrial. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Garanti Bankasi](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/garanti-bankasi)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Mahmut Akten is a post-ipo debt investor at Garanti Bankasi focused on Textiles and Industrial.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Textiles | 1 | 100% |
| Industrial | 1 | 100% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kordsa | Kordsa is the manufacturer of industrial nylon and polyester yarn, tire cord fabric and single end cord. Kordsa provides high quality service and end to end solutions with a high level of technical competency. The main objective of the company is to "progress with innovative value added technologies" by continuously investing in itscustomers, its shareholders and its employees. | $50M | Post-IPO Debt | May 01, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Garanti Bankasi

VC Fund · Istanbul, Turkey

Established in 1946, Garanti Bank is Turkey's second largest private bank with consolidated assets exceeding US$ 104,5 billion. Garanti is an integrated financial services group operating in every segment of the sector together with its subsidiaries in pension and life insurance, leasing, factoring, brokerage, and asset management besidesinternational subsidiaries in the Netherlands, Russia and Romania. Providing a comprehensive range of financial services with close to 19 thousand employees to more than 12.4 million customers, Garanti offers customer-oriented, innovative products and services through an extensive distribution network of 1001 branches, over 4000 ATMs, Call Center, internet, mobile and social banking platforms built on superior technological backbone.

4 contacts available at Garanti Bankasi.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ilker Kuruoz | EVP of Engineering and Data | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ilker-kuruoz |
| Mahmut Akten | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mahmut-akten |
| Monica Dragomir | Compensation&Benefits Specialist | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monica-dragomir |
| Onur Güven | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/onur-g%C3%BCven-12b4 |

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## FAQ

### What does Mahmut Akten invest in?

Mahmut Akten invests primarily in Textiles, Industrial and Manufacturing startups, most often at Post-IPO Debt stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Mahmut Akten last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mahmut Akten closed in May 2024. Shizune tracks 1 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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