Melih Odemis
Founding Member @ Galata Business Angels
London, United Kingdom
Melih Odemis is a seed investor at Galata Business Angels in London focused on Software and E-Commerce. Melih is one of the pioneer Internet entrepreneurs in Turkey. Born in Istanbul, he studied Computer Engineering and MBA at Bogazici University. After one year of professional experience in Citibank, Melih founded yemeksepeti.com with his partners in 2000. Yemeksepeti.com became the online food delivery giant first in Turkey, and then in Middle East and Eastern Europe. As a co-founder, Melih has acted as CTO of the company until 2013 and as Board Member until May 2015, when the company was acquired by Delivery Hero writing one of the biggest Internet exit stories in the region. Melih has been selected an Endeavor Entrepreneur in 2007. Since 2011 he has been an active angel investor in internet and technology companies with more than 30 investments. He is one of the cofounders of Galata Business Angels, which is one of the first business angel networks in Turkey. He is a founding member of EO Turkey. Melih lives in London now with his family and continues to invest in tech start-ups globally.
- Total investments:
- 31
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Melih Odemis invests in
Stages Melih Odemis invests in
Countries Melih Odemis invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $173k–$1.9M
- Angel
- $135k–$1.4M
- Pre-Seed
- $200k–$510k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 8 (26%)
- E-Commerce 6 (19%)
- Mobile 4 (13%)
- SaaS 3 (10%)
- Travel 3 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 14 (45%)
- Angel 5 (16%)
- Pre-Seed 3 (10%)
- Series A 2 (6%)
- Funding Round 2 (6%)
Country
- Turkey 11 (35%)
- United Kingdom 4 (13%)
- United States 3 (10%)
- Greece 2 (6%)
- Switzerland 1 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| LIOM is a Swiss deep-tech company building the ultimate health wearable for conscious living – a continuous, needle-free window into your body's chemistry, starting with glucose. Through this, we empower users to make informed lifestyle choices and live healthier and longer lives. Developed in Switzerland over 8+ years by 50+ scientists,validated across 130+ subjects, and protected by 23 patent families. | $16.4M / Series A / Dec 18, 2025 | ||
| Guitar Amps and Effects Processor on Android and iOS | $504.8K / Seed / May 20, 2023 | ||
| UP School fills in the gap of female participation in society’s most important technology roles by offering free educational programs for women through technical education programs that train them in a specific area of technology. UP School launched two pilot programs in Robotic Process Automation and in Data Science, and have two activecorporate-sponsored programs in Data Analytics and Android Development in partnership with Ford Motor Company, and Akbank.Students who graduated from the program have been recruited by globally lead companies such as Ford Motor Company, Unilever, Siemens and Coca Cola Company. | $481.7K / Seed / Jan 26, 2023 | ||
| HotelRunner is a cloud-based digital marketing and sales platform for hotels and travel agencies, helping them obtain a tailored and efficient online presence.HotelRunner, helps hotels and travel agencies to go online from offline, while creating innovative sales channels via state of the art technologies, and enabling users to achieve higherrecognition in international markets, broader customer outreach, and higher profitability. Once connected, HotelRunner automates inventory distribution, maximizes direct channel revenues, and boosts profit margins. HotelRunner is the platform for online sales, management and digital marketing activities for hotels, daily rentals and travel agencies. Moreover, it is a marketplace for the tourism industry, bringing together hotels, travel agencies and service providers on the same platform. Hotels can market their property to various travel agencies, while both improve their online visibilities, and buy variety of goods and services. | $6.5M / Series A / Jan 17, 2023 | ||
| YapıRadar.com is an online market place created for the exchange of goods and services between suppliers and contractors. It includes information on Project Authority, Stage Information of Construction, Project and Current Site Images, Location, Construction Area. YapıRadar.com was founded in 2018 and is based in Istanbul. | $200K / Seed / Dec 21, 2022 | ||
| investment firm | $759K / Oct 14, 2022 | ||
| investment firm | $1.4M / Angel / Oct 14, 2022 | ||
| Revel Games engages in the creation of mobile gaming apps. | $4.5M / Seed / Mar 15, 2022 | ||
| Cutting-edge technological solutions aimed at data inconsistency and inefficiencies in the real estate industry. | $275K / Angel / Aug 15, 2020 | ||
| Otsimo, was founded in 2016 with the aim of democratizing early childhood education. They strive for providing a unique and informative experience to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Offering families and special education teachers an opportunity to assist the progress of the child. Developing games with the ABA™ technique, they reach morethan 25.000 people in 86 countries and make it possible for families and teachers to have full access on the child’s learning progress. Their award-winning and Teachers with Apps Certified application is designed for iOS devices (iPhone, iPad) and Android smartphones and tablets. Headquartered in San Francisco, they have R&D office in Turkey. | $330.1K / Seed / Feb 14, 2020 | ||
| See all 31 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
About Galata Business Angels
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 a greater 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.
Galata Business Angels Contacts
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Ata Uzunhasan
Managing Director
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Melih Odemis
Founding Member
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Elif Arslan
Analyst
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Emre Kurttepeli
President
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Onder Oztarhan
Member
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FAQ
What does Melih Odemis invest in?
Melih Odemis invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 31 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Melih Odemis invest in?
Melih Odemis typically joins rounds of $173k–$1.9M at Seed, $135k–$1.4M at Angel and $200k–$510k at Pre-Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Melih Odemis's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Melih Odemis took part in.
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When did Melih Odemis last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Melih Odemis closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 31 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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