Top 45 Retail Angel Investors in Turkey (September 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Firat Isbecer
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | SaaS, Artificial Intelligence, Internet | $20k–$3.8M |
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Ömer Aras
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Angel | Retail, Biopharma, Marketing | $280k–$4M |
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Nevzat Aydın
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United States, France | Seed, Angel | Software, Internet, E-Commerce | $100k–$2.7M |
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Ali Demir Akel
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Convertible Note, Seed, Series A | Retail, Analytics, 3D Printing | |
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Ahmed Faruk Karslı
Angel
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2 | Turkey, Estonia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note | E-Commerce, Art, Retail | $461k–$4M |
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Umur Özal
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Electronics, Baby, Rental | $63k–$1.5M |
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Oskar Hartmann
Angel
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1 | Germany, India, Russian Federation | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Internet, Automotive | $125k–$52M |
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Berkan Burla
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Angel | SaaS, Retail, Electronics | |
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Iskender Kökey
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Retail, Software, E-Commerce | |
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Onder Oztarhan
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Angel | E-Commerce, Pet, SaaS | $135k–$150k |
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Umur Ozal
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel | Internet, Software, SaaS | $11k–$1.5M |
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Anıl Simsek
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Retail, Internet, E-Commerce | |
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Emre Kenci
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Art, Retail, Security | |
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Süleyman Orakçıoğlu
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed | Retail, Fashion, Metaverse | |
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Çetin Amato
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Retail, Internet, E-Commerce | |
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Deniz Güven
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Retail, Internet, E-Commerce | |
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Nuri Demirdöven
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Retail, Internet, E-Commerce | |
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Sercan Isik
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Retail, Electronics, Procurement | |
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Aras Bulut İynemli
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Retail, Recycling, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods | |
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Ata Uzunhasan
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United States, Italy | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet | $63k–$1.5M |
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Birol Yücel
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Series A | Retail, Electronics, Procurement | $2.9M–$2.9M |
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Onur Orakçıoğlu
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Retail, Electronics, Procurement | |
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Hakan Mehmet Maltepe
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Retail, Software, E-Commerce | |
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Şafak Müderrisgil
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Retail, FinTech, Leasing | $134k–$2.5M |
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Uygar Mesudiyeli
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Equity Crowdfunding | Wedding, Software, E-Commerce | |
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Onur Gargılı
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce | |
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Görkem Güven
Angel
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1 | Turkey, Poland, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Internet, Retail, Software | $500k–$1.5M |
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Seyfettin Erol
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce | $369k–$400k |
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Alp Avni Yelkenbiçer
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Angel | Gaming, Retail, Software | $7k–$700k |
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Filip Minasyan
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Retail, Software, Metaverse | $369k–$740k |
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Levent Kuşgöz
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Angel | E-Commerce, Baby, Gaming | $7k–$700k |
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Tarkan Ersubaşı
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Convertible Note | Retail, Internet, Analytics | $1.9M–$3.2M |
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Mandeep Manocha
Angel
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1 | India, Turkey | Seed, Series A | SaaS, Retail, E-Commerce | $550k–$4M |
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Barbaros Özbugutu
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Retail, Soccer, Sports | $80k–$1.1M |
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Cem Topcuoglu
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | SaaS, Retail, Software | |
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İzzet Zakuto
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed | Apps, Music, AgTech | $350k–$1.5M |
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Sina Afra
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United States, Germany | Seed, Series A, Angel | E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet | $15k–$11M |
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Dogukan Dudaroglu
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Retail, Electronics, Procurement | |
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Orhan Serkan ÖZKAN
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Retail, Software, E-Commerce | |
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Yılmaz Yıldız
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | Procurement, Retail, E-Commerce | $64k–$1.5M |
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Halidun Orakçıoğlu
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed | Retail, Fashion, Metaverse | |
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Naci Topçuoğlu
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Angel, Convertible Note | Retail, Analytics, Biopharma | $280k–$2.5M |
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Ali Demir
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Convertible Note | Retail, Analytics, Computer Vision | |
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Ibrahim Ulukaya
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | AgTech, Gaming, Retail | $31k–$700k |
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Candan Karabagli
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Angel, Series A | Retail, Analytics, Biopharma | $280k–$1.1M |
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Firat Isbecer is an entrepreneur and a seed investor. His first venture Pozitron, a mobile software company focusing on digital banking, commerce and mobile payments, became one of the fastest growing enterprise software companies in Europe with clients across the globe. After multi years of growth and a successful international expansion, Pozitronwas acquired by London-based fin-tech star Monitise plc in 2014.After the acquisition, he joined Monitise and oversaw the company’s regional operations as the MEA Managing Director. Monitise MEA quickly became one of the most profitable business units of Monitise Group. In 2017, Monitise Group was fully acquired by the US-based, Fiserv Inc, one of the world's largest fin-tech companies with more than 50,000 employees.Shortly after the acquisition, he left Fiserv and founded his newest venture, Commencis. Commencis helps leading brands grow and scale in digital, powered by it’s Big Data, Analytics and Cloud products.In September 2019, Commencis expanded to Berlin, Germany by announcing finbyte, a joint-venture in fintech solutions. Besides Commencis, he is also an active seed investor. Member of Galata Business Angels, Turkey’s first angel investor group.After graduating from Robert College in Istanbul, Firat received his Bachelor’s Degree from Galatasaray University, and his Master’s Degree from a joint programme by Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and École Normale Supérieure in Paris.
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- Industry: SaaS, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Seed $727k–$3.8M; Angel $20k–$3.5M; Pre-Seed $70k–$450k
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Crait AI — Empowering your eComm and marketing visuals with power of AI creativity and actionable data insight.
- Paket Mutfak — Paket Mutfak develops delivery-focused food brands and operates them from its ghost kitchens. They create restaurant brands for takeaway and serve good food all over the city with their cloud kitchens. The company allows consumers to use online digital channels to reinvent the local meal delivery experience.
- Podbee Media — Podbee Media primarily engages in the production of Podcasts.
Ömer Aras
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- Industry: Retail, Biopharma, Marketing
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $280k–$4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LIVAD Technologies — LIVAD develops cutting-edge live stream monetization products connecting brands with streamers. Our technology enables brands to reach their target audience authentically at scale while allowing streamers of all sizes to monetize their content consistently.
- Getmobil — Getmobil operates a smart device platform for buying and selling secondhand cellphones, laptops, and tablets. The company's platform repairs defective devices as quickly as possible offers a wide selection of device accessories, buys used electronic devices in good condition from consumers, determines the problems by passing them throughextensive tests, repairs them with an expert technical team, and resells them, allowing consumers to get a new or refurbished product at an affordable, reliable, and competitive price.
- PhiTech Bioinformatics — PhiTech pioneers the integration of DNA & RNA sequencing data with AI for rare disease diagnostics. We offer the first RNA-based diagnostic support tool.
Nevzat Aydın is the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, the first and biggest online food delivery portal in Turkey.Born in 1976 in İstanbul, Nevzat Aydın completed his secondary education at the Bursa Anatolian High School. Following his graduation from Boğaziçi University Department of Computer Engineering, he went to the United States where he receivedhis MBA at the University of San Francisco in Silicon Valley.During his stay in the United States, Aydın followed the latest developments on e-trade before he returned to Turkey in 2000 to launch his project, Yemeksepeti.com. Serving as the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, Nevzat Aydın introduced a brand new dimension to e-trade in Turkey.In 2007, Yemeksepeti.com was selected the “Endeavor Entreprenur” by Endeavor Turkey. Aydin was also selected the “Most Successful Turkish Young Entrepreneur” by the CNBC-e Business magazine in 2010 for his successful work since the foundation of Yemeksepeti.com.As the founder and CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, which celebrated its 11th anniversary in 2012, he won the first prize in 2011 in the “Male Entrepreneur of the Year” category at the “Businesspeople of the Year” survey conducted by the Ekonomist magazine among nearly 3,000 business people.Aydin is a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Supreme Board of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, and a founding member of Galata Business Angels.Aydın was one of the 150 entrepreneurs invited from all over the world to the Entrepreneurship Summit held by US President Barack Obama on April 26-27, 2010.He was also among the speakers at the DLD (Digital-Life-Design) Conference, which is deemed as one of the world's most prestigious conferences with its content on innovation and developments in the digital world. He is also an editorial advisor of GQ Turkey, one of the 5 “dragons” of the Dragons’ Den Turkey show, and a Board Member of Trabzonspor sports club.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Seed $233k–$2.7M; Angel $100k–$800k
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Enquire AI — Enquire is on a mission to make organizations knowledge-efficient. We provide the world’s leading enterprises an AI-powered platform to leverage global subject-matter expertise in real time.Our uniqueness is defined by our software, which starts with Network Pulse. Through Network Pulse, all that clients need to do is submit a question. Fromthere, our AI-driven multifactor algorithm identifies the experts best placed to provide tailored, actionable analysis in 250 words, which smartly arrives in the client’s dashboard within minutes. There on, clients can assess answers according to the experts’ professional background and platform ratings and go deeper with any expert of their choice on a Pulse Call or collaborate longer-term on a Pulse Project. We have made this knowledge journey uniquely empowering and seamless for the client by fitting it to their established workflows for data gathering and research.
- Komunite — Komünite is Turkey's methodology-driven digital entrepreneurship platform, founded in 2021 to transform how independent creators and micro-entrepreneurs build sustainable businesses. Rather than relying on innate talent or chance, Komünite champions a systematic approach to venture building—what it calls "Metot Girişimcilik"(Methodical Entrepreneurship)—where learnable frameworks replace guesswork and data-driven iteration replaces intuition.The platform operates across three integrated verticals:• Komünite (Core Platform): An online community of digital entrepreneurs, content creators, designers, and freelancers supported by 36 specialized forum channels, structured mentorship programs, and regular events including Tool Night, AMA sessions, Speed Networking, and Founder's Talk. Members gain access to educational resources, collaborative project opportunities, and the Katma Değer Fonu—an in-house investment fund providing $2,000–$7,000 in seed capital to promising digital ventures in exchange for 30% equity stakes.• Komünite Space: A 160m² physical innovation hub located in Vadistanbul, Istanbul, featuring event capacity for 80 seated or 160 standing attendees, a professional video production studio, and flexible workspace configurations. The venue hosts workshops, corporate training programs, and sector-specific networking events that bridge online community engagement with real-world collaboration.• Lokomotif AI: The corporate training arm delivering generative AI programs to enterprises. Offerings include AI Leadership seminars for executives, AI Literacy workshops for teams, AI Strategy development programs, and monthly AI Trends briefings. Lokomotif AI also provides automation consulting and custom AI-powered digital product development services.Komünite addresses a structural gap in Turkey's entrepreneurship ecosystem: the isolation, resource scarcity, and methodological uncertainty that constrain independent digital creators. Through its rolling fund model, physical infrastructure, and enterprise training revenue streams, the platform has built a self-reinforcing ecosystem where corporate clients fund community growth, successful ventures generate reinvestable returns, and members progress from learners to mentors to founders.The platform's venture studio arm, Komünite Stüdyo, develops digital products for external clients while serving as a proving ground for member talent, matching projects with specialists from its internal database based on demonstrated competencies and track records.
- ya da multicosmetics — ya da multicosmetics is a cosmetics brand and aims to accelerate its R&D efforts, support its growth.
Ali Demir Akel
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- Industry: Retail, Analytics, 3D Printing
- Stage:Convertible Note, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Zaxe — Discover the Unique FDM 3D Printing Experience. Zaxe 3D Printers Provides Easy to Use with xDestop Slicer Software. Get Advantage in Additive Manufacturing with Zaxe Filaments
- Vispera — Drive your retail execution to perfection with Vispera image recognition technologies and intelligent retail solutions.
Ahmed Karslı is the chairman of the board at Papara.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Art, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $461k–$4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Artcomun — Artcomun aims to enable everyone to create, collect and trade art in one platform by the power of algorithms.
- Getmobil — Getmobil operates a smart device platform for buying and selling secondhand cellphones, laptops, and tablets. The company's platform repairs defective devices as quickly as possible offers a wide selection of device accessories, buys used electronic devices in good condition from consumers, determines the problems by passing them throughextensive tests, repairs them with an expert technical team, and resells them, allowing consumers to get a new or refurbished product at an affordable, reliable, and competitive price.
- Glocalzone — Glocalzone is a platform that connects shoppers who want to buy products from abroad and travelers who want to make a profit.
Umur Özal is an angel investor.
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- Industry: Electronics, Baby, Rental
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $63k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Getmobil — Getmobil operates a smart device platform for buying and selling secondhand cellphones, laptops, and tablets. The company's platform repairs defective devices as quickly as possible offers a wide selection of device accessories, buys used electronic devices in good condition from consumers, determines the problems by passing them throughextensive tests, repairs them with an expert technical team, and resells them, allowing consumers to get a new or refurbished product at an affordable, reliable, and competitive price.
- Kiralarsın — Kiralarsın is a rental service to rent electronic devices.
- Mutlubiev — A leading online cleaning services platform. It thrives on providing high-quality cleaning solutions and satisfying clients' personal needs.
Oskar Hartmann currently works as an Angel Investor for YAP. He previously worked at Flaschenpost SE as an Investor. Oskar Hartmann attended WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Automotive
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, India, Russian Federation
Investor stats
- Total investments: 69
- Round size: Seed $1M–$52M; Pre-Seed $125k–$200k; Series A $7.4M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tiggy — 15 minute grocery delivery on a mission to forever change the way we buy everyday essentials. Now live in Vancouver
- Lumaly — Lumaly is a browser extension that automatically tries out and uses all available voucher codes in the cart when shopping online.
- MoonAI Inc — MoonAI enables businesses to deploy no-code AI agents—referred to as “AI salespersons”—within one day, with no installation cost. These agents automate lead qualification, escalate warm leads to managers, schedule meetings, and integrate with CRMs, messaging platforms.The solution operates 24/7, supports multiple languages (includingRussian, English, and informal Kazakh), and processes customer interactions in just seconds. It has helped companies double the volume of processed inquiries, reduce response times from minutes to seconds, and even autonomously close a portion of leads—all while reducing sales team workload and improving customer satisfaction.
Berkan Burla is the Founder of REDPEP Textile.
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- Industry: SaaS, Retail, Electronics
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Getmobil — Getmobil operates a smart device platform for buying and selling secondhand cellphones, laptops, and tablets. The company's platform repairs defective devices as quickly as possible offers a wide selection of device accessories, buys used electronic devices in good condition from consumers, determines the problems by passing them throughextensive tests, repairs them with an expert technical team, and resells them, allowing consumers to get a new or refurbished product at an affordable, reliable, and competitive price.
- Abonesepeti — Abonesepeti is a subscription management platform that helps you subscibe, manage and unsubscribe your subscriptions in one app. The company offers its members a unique understanding of their subscriptions and a suite of valuable services that save them time and money. Members can manage subscriptions, lower their bills, build budgets andautomatically set aside money to reach their savings goals. - Managing Subscriptions : Plan, monitor and optimize all your subscriptions in one place. - Canceling subscriptions : Your concierge is there when you need them to cancel unwanted subscriptions so you don't have to. - Spending Insights : Track spending across all of your subscriptions in one screen - Paying Bills : We’ll alert and push notifications for you and you can pay your bill easily - AutoPilot Savings : Turn on autopilot to save money without thinking about it. Abonesepeti learns your subscriptions and offers the right subscriptions at the right time. - Comparing Brands: Compare service providers and easily subscribe
Dr. Iskender Kökey is based out of İzmir, Türkiye and is the Managing Partner of XGEN ENERGY. Iskender previously worked at Wind-Er as a Managing Partner.
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- Industry: Retail, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- artlabs — Fast and Scalable 3D Generation with AI | 3D Asset Interoperability | Hyper-Realistic Augmented Reality and Virtual Try-On Experiences
Onder Oztarhan
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Pet, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Angel $135k–$150k
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kito — Kito provides natural, fresh, and healthy food for both cats and dogs.
- nivo — Nivogo renews goods that couldn't pass to the consumption stage by putting them through a 6-step process and bring them to consumers.
- HIZLIÇEVİRİ — HIZLIÇEVİRİ is a professional translation platform that enables its users to get contracts, academic papers, technical specifications, and many other documents translated from professional and certified translators. The platform offers translation services for over 36 languages.HIZLIÇEVİRİ was launched in 2014 and is operated from Istanbul,Turkey.
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Browse database — It's Free!Umur Ozal is the Founding and Managing Partner of Valuta Capital Partners. He previously worked at Fynergy Consulting as a Partner. Umur Ozal attended Boston University.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $11k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fitwell — Your personal fitness and nutrition coach that combines fitness technology with sports science to help you achieve your goals.
- Getmobil — Getmobil operates a smart device platform for buying and selling secondhand cellphones, laptops, and tablets. The company's platform repairs defective devices as quickly as possible offers a wide selection of device accessories, buys used electronic devices in good condition from consumers, determines the problems by passing them throughextensive tests, repairs them with an expert technical team, and resells them, allowing consumers to get a new or refurbished product at an affordable, reliable, and competitive price.
- Angelfish — High revenues for your mobile apps and sites.
Founding Member @ Codeway
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- Industry: Retail, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Clickme Live — Clickme Live is the operator of a v-commerce site created for the next generation of online shopping. With hundreds of branded reels and talking head videos in different categories, the company appeals to all types of consumers. It combines entertainment, commerce, and content in one setting, providing clients with highly engaging brands.
Emre Kenci
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- Industry: Art, Retail, Security
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- fucimo — Fucimo is a technology-driven two-way marketplace in media & advertising that aims to democratize the industry and make it accessible to all. Our journey is fueled by our commitment to provide innovative solutions that leverage technology to make marketers and media owners more accessible and empower them to partner more effectively. We areworking towards creating a world where the media advertising industry is truly inclusive and accessible to all, and where marketers and publishers have the necessary tools and support they need to succeed in an efficient and effective manner.At fucimo, we believe that technology can help build meaningful relationships and nurture a supportive community through trust, kindness, and care. We take ownership of our work, holding ourselves accountable for the success of fucimo and our users, and we strive to make a positive impact on the industry as a whole.Join us in our mission to shape the future of media advertising, using the power of technology to build a better, more inclusive industry for everyone.
- Artcomun — Artcomun aims to enable everyone to create, collect and trade art in one platform by the power of algorithms.
- Getmobil — Getmobil operates a smart device platform for buying and selling secondhand cellphones, laptops, and tablets. The company's platform repairs defective devices as quickly as possible offers a wide selection of device accessories, buys used electronic devices in good condition from consumers, determines the problems by passing them throughextensive tests, repairs them with an expert technical team, and resells them, allowing consumers to get a new or refurbished product at an affordable, reliable, and competitive price.
Süleyman Orakçıoğlu
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- Industry: Retail, Fashion, Metaverse
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Clotie — Clotie offers a brand new shopping experience to its users by offering an online personal styling service. It creates a unique customer experience by combining technology with the personal touches of experienced stylists and sends monthly outfits suitable for its users’ style. Clotie primarily focuses on eliminating online and offline shoppingproblems by providing a personalized, plus accessible styling service for those who do not have time for shopping but still want to be stylish.
- GoArt Metaverse — GoArt functions as the exclusive gateway into the metaverse for users and businesses wishing to design, utilize and engage through an immersive virtual experience. Our goal is to offer a rich, well-crafted retail experience in the metaverse that can only be found via time portals, complemented with augmented reality technology.
Çetin Amato is an Angel Investor
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- Industry: Retail, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Clickme Live — Clickme Live is the operator of a v-commerce site created for the next generation of online shopping. With hundreds of branded reels and talking head videos in different categories, the company appeals to all types of consumers. It combines entertainment, commerce, and content in one setting, providing clients with highly engaging brands.
Deniz Güven is the founder of mox bank .
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- Industry: Retail, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Clickme Live — Clickme Live is the operator of a v-commerce site created for the next generation of online shopping. With hundreds of branded reels and talking head videos in different categories, the company appeals to all types of consumers. It combines entertainment, commerce, and content in one setting, providing clients with highly engaging brands.
Nuri Demirdöven is an Angel Investor
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- Industry: Retail, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Clickme Live — Clickme Live is the operator of a v-commerce site created for the next generation of online shopping. With hundreds of branded reels and talking head videos in different categories, the company appeals to all types of consumers. It combines entertainment, commerce, and content in one setting, providing clients with highly engaging brands.
Sercan Isik - CEO & Co-Founder @ Scorp
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- Industry: Retail, Electronics, Procurement
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Getmobil — Getmobil operates a smart device platform for buying and selling secondhand cellphones, laptops, and tablets. The company's platform repairs defective devices as quickly as possible offers a wide selection of device accessories, buys used electronic devices in good condition from consumers, determines the problems by passing them throughextensive tests, repairs them with an expert technical team, and resells them, allowing consumers to get a new or refurbished product at an affordable, reliable, and competitive price.
Aras Bulut İynemli is a Turkish actor.
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- Industry: Retail, Recycling, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- nivo — Nivogo renews goods that couldn't pass to the consumption stage by putting them through a 6-step process and bring them to consumers.
Ata Uzunhasan - Managing Director @ Galata Business Angels
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $63k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Juphy — Business that are highly active on social media can manage all social media DM’s, comments, ad comments, public reviews and so much more in a shared, unified inbox on Juphy. Easily turn all social media conversations into customer support tickets that can be categorized and prioritized based on product, department, urgency, and tone. Gathermarketing and agency team members in a single dashboard and accelerate team productivity by collaborating on incoming social media messages. Improve social customer service performance with actionable reports based on engagement volume and team performance.
- Getmobil — Getmobil operates a smart device platform for buying and selling secondhand cellphones, laptops, and tablets. The company's platform repairs defective devices as quickly as possible offers a wide selection of device accessories, buys used electronic devices in good condition from consumers, determines the problems by passing them throughextensive tests, repairs them with an expert technical team, and resells them, allowing consumers to get a new or refurbished product at an affordable, reliable, and competitive price.
- Replenit — Transform your repeat purchase revenue with Replenit's AI Decision Engine. Predict exactly when customers need to reorder based on individual consumption pat...
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- Industry: Retail, Electronics, Procurement
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Series A $2.9M–$2.9M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Getmobil — Getmobil operates a smart device platform for buying and selling secondhand cellphones, laptops, and tablets. The company's platform repairs defective devices as quickly as possible offers a wide selection of device accessories, buys used electronic devices in good condition from consumers, determines the problems by passing them throughextensive tests, repairs them with an expert technical team, and resells them, allowing consumers to get a new or refurbished product at an affordable, reliable, and competitive price.
- Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
Onur Orakçıoğlu
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- Industry: Retail, Electronics, Procurement
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Getmobil — Getmobil operates a smart device platform for buying and selling secondhand cellphones, laptops, and tablets. The company's platform repairs defective devices as quickly as possible offers a wide selection of device accessories, buys used electronic devices in good condition from consumers, determines the problems by passing them throughextensive tests, repairs them with an expert technical team, and resells them, allowing consumers to get a new or refurbished product at an affordable, reliable, and competitive price.
Hakan Mehmet Maltepe is based out of Istanbul, Türkiye and is the founding partner of Relocalist. Hakan previously worked at Cafe Italiano Karaköy as a Managing Partner.
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- Industry: Retail, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- artlabs — Fast and Scalable 3D Generation with AI | 3D Asset Interoperability | Hyper-Realistic Augmented Reality and Virtual Try-On Experiences
Şafak Müderrisgil is the Co-founder and Chair of Executive Committee at Etkiyap (Impact Investing Turkey). She attended University of Oxford.
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- Industry: Retail, FinTech, Leasing
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $134k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fintegre — Affordibility Solutions Platform for Retailers. Fintegre operates in many verticals from Consumer financing solutions to Trade-in programs
- Navlungo — e-commerce shipping platform
- WorqCompany — WorqCompany provides revenue based financing for e-commerce merchants. It also supports merchants with sales insights and backoffice support in target countries.
Uygar Mesudiyeli is the Founder and Managing Partner of PragmaTech. He previously worked at Beylerbeyi UK Ltd. as a Co-Founder. Uygar Mesudiyeli attended the University of London.
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- Industry: Wedding, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- artlabs — Fast and Scalable 3D Generation with AI | 3D Asset Interoperability | Hyper-Realistic Augmented Reality and Virtual Try-On Experiences
- Weddingbouquet.com — DüğünBuketi is a web and special event organization portal that brings wedding firms together to get price quotes. It was founded in 2017 and is based in Izmir, Turkey.
- KABİ Partners — KABİ Partners develops data-driven products for the solution of all needs before, during and after the wedding.
Onur Gargılı
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- Industry: Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Clotie — Clotie offers a brand new shopping experience to its users by offering an online personal styling service. It creates a unique customer experience by combining technology with the personal touches of experienced stylists and sends monthly outfits suitable for its users’ style. Clotie primarily focuses on eliminating online and offline shoppingproblems by providing a personalized, plus accessible styling service for those who do not have time for shopping but still want to be stylish.
Görkem Güven
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- Industry: Internet, Retail, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, Poland, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $500k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Getmobil — Getmobil operates a smart device platform for buying and selling secondhand cellphones, laptops, and tablets. The company's platform repairs defective devices as quickly as possible offers a wide selection of device accessories, buys used electronic devices in good condition from consumers, determines the problems by passing them throughextensive tests, repairs them with an expert technical team, and resells them, allowing consumers to get a new or refurbished product at an affordable, reliable, and competitive price.
- Replenit — Transform your repeat purchase revenue with Replenit's AI Decision Engine. Predict exactly when customers need to reorder based on individual consumption pat...
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Seyfettin Erol is a Partner, Head of Audit & Assurance Services
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- Industry: Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $369k–$400k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Clotie — Clotie offers a brand new shopping experience to its users by offering an online personal styling service. It creates a unique customer experience by combining technology with the personal touches of experienced stylists and sends monthly outfits suitable for its users’ style. Clotie primarily focuses on eliminating online and offline shoppingproblems by providing a personalized, plus accessible styling service for those who do not have time for shopping but still want to be stylish.
- Healmeup — Evimdekipsikolog.com is a digital platform that provides accessible, easy, and cost-effective expert support to anyone who wants to get psychological counseling while struggling with the difficulties of life. Evimdekipsikolog.com works with a large number of experienced Psychologists and Psychological Counselors who are licensed and trained invarious fields.
Alp Avni Yelkenbiçer
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- Industry: Gaming, Retail, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $7k–$700k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- artlabs — Fast and Scalable 3D Generation with AI | 3D Asset Interoperability | Hyper-Realistic Augmented Reality and Virtual Try-On Experiences
- VAR Online — VAR Online is a Turkey based football federation company that offers mobile application to determine public opinion.
Filip Minasyan
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- Industry: Retail, Software, Metaverse
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $369k–$740k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Evreka — Evreka is a leading SaaS company providing the most comprehensive intelligent solutions designed for the entire category of waste management across the globe.
- artlabs — Fast and Scalable 3D Generation with AI | 3D Asset Interoperability | Hyper-Realistic Augmented Reality and Virtual Try-On Experiences
- Healmeup — Evimdekipsikolog.com is a digital platform that provides accessible, easy, and cost-effective expert support to anyone who wants to get psychological counseling while struggling with the difficulties of life. Evimdekipsikolog.com works with a large number of experienced Psychologists and Psychological Counselors who are licensed and trained invarious fields.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Baby, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $7k–$700k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TutumluAnne — TEXAS88 dikenal sebagai situs judi slot terpercaya yang menyediakan play demo slot gratis tanpa melakukan deposit untuk member texas88.
- artlabs — Fast and Scalable 3D Generation with AI | 3D Asset Interoperability | Hyper-Realistic Augmented Reality and Virtual Try-On Experiences
- VAR Online — VAR Online is a Turkey based football federation company that offers mobile application to determine public opinion.
Tarkan Ersubaşı is the Founder of Speechouse. He previously worked at ITD Turkey as a Chief Technology Officer. Tarkan Ersubaşı attended Ege University.
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- Industry: Retail, Internet, Analytics
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Convertible Note $1.9M–$3.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vispera — Drive your retail execution to perfection with Vispera image recognition technologies and intelligent retail solutions.
- Clickme Live — Clickme Live is the operator of a v-commerce site created for the next generation of online shopping. With hundreds of branded reels and talking head videos in different categories, the company appeals to all types of consumers. It combines entertainment, commerce, and content in one setting, providing clients with highly engaging brands.
Mandeep Manocha is based out of Gurgaon, Haryana, and is the co-founder & CEO of Cashify. Mandeep previously worked at ZazzyBox as a co-founder & Head business relations. Mandeep Manocha attended the Indian Institute of Management Mumbai. Mandeep Manocha has been awarded Winner - ET Lufthansa Runway to Success (Season 3).
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- Industry: SaaS, Retail, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: India, Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $550k–$4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bambrew — Bamboo Kraft Paper Bags | Eco-Friendly Food Packaging | Paper Mailer Bags | E-Commerce Packaging | Food Packaging
- Getmobil — Getmobil operates a smart device platform for buying and selling secondhand cellphones, laptops, and tablets. The company's platform repairs defective devices as quickly as possible offers a wide selection of device accessories, buys used electronic devices in good condition from consumers, determines the problems by passing them throughextensive tests, repairs them with an expert technical team, and resells them, allowing consumers to get a new or refurbished product at an affordable, reliable, and competitive price.
- HuddleUp — HuddleUp is an AI-based team culture platform empowering Managers to boost team engagement & productivity using conversational AI, personalised learnings & peer connections. Build engaged, high-performing remote teams with HuddleUp. Book a demo now!
Barbaros Serdar Özbugutu worked for FIRSTDATA, and later moved to KLARNA. In 2013, he officially launched Iyzico with his Co-Founder Tahsin Isin. Iyzico is transforming the payment processing experience for businesses through its bank-integrated, fraud-protected payment platform tailored to the nuances of the Turkish market.(https://www.iyzico.com/en)
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- Industry: Retail, Soccer, Sports
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $250k–$1.1M; Pre-Seed $80k–$430k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fuudy — Fuudy is a new Food ordering app
- Crait AI — Empowering your eComm and marketing visuals with power of AI creativity and actionable data insight.
- Swipeline Media — 119K Followers, 207 Following, 1,461 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Swipeline TR (@swipeline_tr)
Cem Topcuoglu
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- Industry: SaaS, Retail, Software
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Getmobil — Getmobil operates a smart device platform for buying and selling secondhand cellphones, laptops, and tablets. The company's platform repairs defective devices as quickly as possible offers a wide selection of device accessories, buys used electronic devices in good condition from consumers, determines the problems by passing them throughextensive tests, repairs them with an expert technical team, and resells them, allowing consumers to get a new or refurbished product at an affordable, reliable, and competitive price.
İzzet Zakuto
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- Industry: Apps, Music, AgTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $350k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ULive — ULive is a digital fitness platform. With ULive, users can develop physically, mentally and spiritually. Indoor Cycling using UBikes, Yoga, Pilates, Stretch, Dance and bUUt (functional body training) classes, which they can attend live every day and whenever they want, using mobile application.
- Getmobil — Getmobil operates a smart device platform for buying and selling secondhand cellphones, laptops, and tablets. The company's platform repairs defective devices as quickly as possible offers a wide selection of device accessories, buys used electronic devices in good condition from consumers, determines the problems by passing them throughextensive tests, repairs them with an expert technical team, and resells them, allowing consumers to get a new or refurbished product at an affordable, reliable, and competitive price.
- WeFarm — WeFarm maintains vacant fields for you and converts them into productive farms.
Sina Afra is a serial entrepreneur and early-stage investor with over two decades of experience building, scaling, and exiting technology-driven companies.He is best known as the founder of Markafoni, one of Turkey’s first large-scale digital commerce companies and a defining success of the country’s early internet economy. In 2011, Naspers Groupacquired a majority stake in Markafoni in one of the landmark transactions of the Turkish internet sector.Over the course of his career, Sina has founded more than 20 companies, completed 12 exits, and angel-invested in over 60 early-stage startups across Europe, Africa, and the United States.He is a Founding Partner at Founder One, an impact venture capital fund, and the Founder and Chairman of the Entrepreneurship Foundation (Girişimcilik Vakfı), which focuses on developing entrepreneurial talent and strengthening the long-term infrastructure of the startup ecosystem in Turkey.Earlier in his career, Sina worked at KPMG and held leadership roles at eBay, where he gained first-hand experience in operating and scaling global internet platforms.His work has been recognized with more than 20 international awards and honors, including being named Internet Entrepreneur of the Year, Business Angel of the Year, and Forbes’ Brightest Minds Alive in Turkey, with features in Wired and Forbes.Sina holds a degree from the University of Münster and is an alumnus of Harvard Business School. He speaks five languages and is actively engaged in the European and Turkish technology and venture ecosystems.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Seed $100k–$4.2M; Angel $15k–$1.5M; Series A $2M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Odeal — Oedeal is a developer of an app designed for companies to take payments via mobile. With the help of the company's platform, shops can do away with cash registers and accept payments from customers using tablets, smartphones, or point-of-sale devices, allowing them to finish their purchases right away. Making it simpler for all entrepreneursto access financial services is central to their mission of boosting the competitiveness of both enterprises and the nation.
- Faturalab — Faturalab is a mobile app that provides supply chain financing, payments, financial benefits, and capital management services.
- MARS — MARS provides digital financial services with unique card options and rewards programs.
Dogukan Dudaroglu - Co-Founder & CEO @ Doktorburada.com
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- Industry: Retail, Electronics, Procurement
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Getmobil — Getmobil operates a smart device platform for buying and selling secondhand cellphones, laptops, and tablets. The company's platform repairs defective devices as quickly as possible offers a wide selection of device accessories, buys used electronic devices in good condition from consumers, determines the problems by passing them throughextensive tests, repairs them with an expert technical team, and resells them, allowing consumers to get a new or refurbished product at an affordable, reliable, and competitive price.
Orhan Serkan Özkan is the Manager, Strategy and Planning, at Uber Eats and angel investor at ART Labs.
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- Industry: Retail, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- artlabs — Fast and Scalable 3D Generation with AI | 3D Asset Interoperability | Hyper-Realistic Augmented Reality and Virtual Try-On Experiences
Yılmaz Yıldız
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- Industry: Procurement, Retail, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $64k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Getmobil — Getmobil operates a smart device platform for buying and selling secondhand cellphones, laptops, and tablets. The company's platform repairs defective devices as quickly as possible offers a wide selection of device accessories, buys used electronic devices in good condition from consumers, determines the problems by passing them throughextensive tests, repairs them with an expert technical team, and resells them, allowing consumers to get a new or refurbished product at an affordable, reliable, and competitive price.
- Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
- YapıRadar.com — 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.
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- Industry: Retail, Fashion, Metaverse
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Clotie — Clotie offers a brand new shopping experience to its users by offering an online personal styling service. It creates a unique customer experience by combining technology with the personal touches of experienced stylists and sends monthly outfits suitable for its users’ style. Clotie primarily focuses on eliminating online and offline shoppingproblems by providing a personalized, plus accessible styling service for those who do not have time for shopping but still want to be stylish.
- GoArt Metaverse — GoArt functions as the exclusive gateway into the metaverse for users and businesses wishing to design, utilize and engage through an immersive virtual experience. Our goal is to offer a rich, well-crafted retail experience in the metaverse that can only be found via time portals, complemented with augmented reality technology.
Naci Topçuoğlu is a Chairman of Istcapital. He previously worked as Vice President at Kasmir Hali.
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- Industry: Retail, Analytics, Biopharma
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $280k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vispera — Drive your retail execution to perfection with Vispera image recognition technologies and intelligent retail solutions.
- TeaTechs — Web & mobile based 'Smart Solutions' specific to each sector.
- PhiTech Bioinformatics — PhiTech pioneers the integration of DNA & RNA sequencing data with AI for rare disease diagnostics. We offer the first RNA-based diagnostic support tool.
The district of Kadikoy's coast located in Istanbul was the year 1994 cradle where Ali Demir’s birth happened. The seeds of his ambitions in marketing were sowed in high school, when he realized that companies could achieve an unmatched success by utilizing creative marketing.He attended school in 2001 when he was seven, having a favorite ofEnglish and economics course. Upon graduation from high school, he interrupted his education to move to study Marketing and Brand Management at 'Istanbul Kültür University' (IKU), enrolling in the university in 2013.University life was not merely about studying: he dedicated himself fully, serving as organizer of marketing projects and becoming the guy everyone feared losing to during skills challenges. Beginning his first project at 'Istanbul Kültür University', Ali wasn't just a student; he was a centerpiece of each marketing project and the one who assisted everybody in skills challenges. His journey did not finish at this point, however. After completing his Bachelor's degree at IKU in 2017, he went even further to up his knowledge with 'Istanbul Bilgi University' (IBU), enrolling in the same year for a Master of Science degree in the field of Digital Marketing and Social Media. There, he delved into the intricacies of Digital Marketing, Analytics, and Strategic Planning. This plunging into the depths of marketing space provided Ali with understanding and knowledge, which he needed for achieving success in the complex world of corporate marketing!Upon graduation, apart from eyeing to land into a marketing position, Ali tasted loads of on-job projects that by the end of the race had in his stash a cool strategic market mixture. Smart hands and adaptability combined with his rapid corporate promotion made him develop into a true veteran of the business world.One day Ali found the work at agencies that were not so well-known to blow one’s mind. Ali decided to not necessarily go for the titans like TY, Uber, or Marvel but instead focus on the less known and small players that operate in a specific niche. His rise to fame comes from Ali achieving a marketing wizardry and high level professionalism, which consequently got the attention of the people with more important positions. He started leading the publicity push as the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).As the principal brains behind the game's marketing and product promotion strategies, in this CMO gig for zk-Call — Ali Demir takes the responsibility for creating development and implementation of the strategies for marketing and product promotion. The mark where his innovative thoughts have brought the company to a new marketing platform is now known as a standout in that market! Now, Ali is no longer settled — leading the marketing campaign with the same hunger and spark as when he was a rookie. He keeps on being the role model in the marketing community. A story of Ali Demir’s success from one of the districts of Kadikoy, Istanbul to rise as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at zk-Call is an exceptional travel.Everything he has done, he was driven to do by a desire to learn about marketing and the ability to transform creative thinking into commonsense strategy.On entering the job front, Ali ceased to be a role player but turned out to be an agent of change. Through working on different projects, he came up with an indigenous concoction of marketing tactics which provided him with a competitive edge over others in marketing. His ability to change and innovate at a blinding speed saw him rise through the puts of hierarchy to become a skillful business professional!The decision Ali took to join lower-known, small marketing agencies before the CMO job in zk-Call helped him to demonstrate his marketing ability and business reliability. He has been the mastermind behind the marketing and product promotions campaigns that have propelled zk-Call into a reputable and competitive brand in the industry at large.Ali's hunger and thirst for marketing are as strong as they were then. His success story demonstrates that if one has creativity, tenacity, and a strategic mindset, it is possible to achieve any heights despite the challenges. Ali Demir's narrative is a clear evidence that to achieve one's dreams he must have a passion and a continued strive for excellence in one's area of work!
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- Industry: Retail, Analytics, Computer Vision
- Stage:Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vispera — Drive your retail execution to perfection with Vispera image recognition technologies and intelligent retail solutions.
Ibrahim Ulukaya
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- Industry: AgTech, Gaming, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $31k–$700k
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vahaa — Vahaa is a smart agriculture startup that combines vertical hydroponic agriculture techniques with IoT technology that provides you to grow fresh and clean fruits and vegetables in the middle of the city all year round. It doesn't matter whether you are at home, at your office, or somewhere else. With the Vahaa Hanging Garden, you can growproducts such as lettuce, arugula, mint, basil, and thyme on your wall and you can easily control every step of your production with the Vahaa App.
- artlabs — Fast and Scalable 3D Generation with AI | 3D Asset Interoperability | Hyper-Realistic Augmented Reality and Virtual Try-On Experiences
- Octo — Octo Networks build app for connecting the communities.
Candan Karabagli - Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı, CHAIRMAN @ GS Yuasa
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- Industry: Retail, Analytics, Biopharma
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $280k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Biolive — Biolive
- Vispera — Drive your retail execution to perfection with Vispera image recognition technologies and intelligent retail solutions.
- PhiTech Bioinformatics — PhiTech pioneers the integration of DNA & RNA sequencing data with AI for rare disease diagnostics. We offer the first RNA-based diagnostic support tool.
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