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Top 50 Retail Startup Investors in Turkey in May 2025

Last updated: May 2025 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Retail startups based in Turkey. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Retail companies from Turkey. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Retail Startup Investors in Turkey in May 2025

Investor	Retail Turkey investments
Aslanoba Capital	5
Logo Ventures	3
APY Ventures	3
Firat Isbecer	2
Inventures	2
Angel Effect	2
Nevzat Aydın	2
Kültepe Investment	2
Ömer Aras	2
Maxis	2
Barbaros Özbugutu	1
Teknoloji Yatirim	1
Esor Investments	1
Uygar Mesudiyeli	1
Ebru Dorman	1
DFF Ventures	1
Artificial Intelligence Factory	1
Alpay Berk Caglayan	1
Valar Ventures	1
Ali Demir Akel	1
Aras Bulut İynemli	1
TechOne VC	1
Yılmaz Yıldız	1
BDC Venture Capital	1
Idacapital	1
Sente Ventures	1
Lima Ventures	1
Inventram	1
Keiretsu Capital	1
Techmine Gsyo	1
Koc Holding	1
StartersHub	1
Finberg	1
Onur Gargılı	1
Umur Özal	1
Ahmed Faruk Karslı	1
Rho Canada Ventures	1
İzzet Zakuto	1
Arz Portfolio	1
Turkey Development Fund	1
Emre Kenci	1
Yildiz Ventures	1
Sina Afra	1
Arya Ventures	1
Albaraka Fintech Fund	1
Ahu Serter	1
Relay Ventures	1
Oskar Hartmann	1
Inveo Ventures	1
Pytch Ventures	1

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Aslanoba Capital is an early stage investor in tech startups in Turkey and the US. The company invests in startups pursuing disruptive ideas in areas such as marketplaces, e-commerce, mobile, classifieds, content, and SaaS with a consideration of investment between $0.25 million and $2 million.Aslanoba was founded in 2013 and is based inIstanbul, Turkey.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
Turkey, United States, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Colendi — Credibility and microcredit platform
CARD.com — Fully featured bank account with optional overdraft protection and round up savings account. Get your paycheck up to 2 days earlier.
Modacruz — Modacruz is a mobile social marketplace, serving more than 1 million women in Turkey, enabling women to buy and sell pre-owned brand name fashion items. Users can sign up to the platform to either find and purchase products or to sell their own. Modacruz was launched in 2014 and is headquartered in Istanbul

Logo Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm, investing in innovative high growth technology startups with a potential to scale globally. We partner with exceptional teams with bold ideas and aim to build the future through technology together with them. We focus on the CEE, Baltic and Turkey region and support companies as they transforminto established players within their industry.

Investment focus

Software, Retail, SaaS
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Turkey, United Kingdom, Norway

Portfolio highlights

Quin AI — Quin AI is a real-time digital customer analytics tool that helps e-commerce websites predict visitors’ behavior after only 3-clicks, and engage them in real-time. The tool is very simple to install (just a JavaScript plugin), and only uses in-session clickstream data (cookie-free & GDPR compliant) to make highly accurate predictions to supportconversion for traffic that otherwise drops.Quin significantly increases engagement and incremental revenue on websites through native engagement tools and easy API integration to available tech-stacks which makes the product an ideal solution for e-commerce websites and ideal partner for companies providing services to retail and e-commerce businesses.
Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
Carbon Centrum — Measure, Act & Get Rewarded!

APY Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology startups.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Jobtogo — Jobtogo is a freelancer platform that offers solutions to the problems experienced by companies in the supply of talent.
Nuvolog — Revolutionize logistics operations with Nuvolog. Features like spot procurement, carbon tracking, and time slot management enhance efficiency and streamline operations.
Spiky.AI — Transform your meetings with Spiky's powerful AI. Gain actionable insights, boost sales performance, and optimize customer interactions. Learn more!

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.

Investment focus

Internet, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Turkey, United States

Portfolio highlights

Crait AI — Empowering your eComm and marketing visuals with power of AI creativity and actionable data insight.
Paket Mutfak — On-demand food delivery management
Podbee Media — Podbee Media primarily engages in the production of Podcasts.

Inventures | Seed Stage Investor | Securing Startup DNA

Investment focus

E-Commerce, FinTech, Retail
Seed, Series A, Angel
Turkey, United States, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Monite — Monite lets B2B platforms add Invoicing, Payables, and other finance automation features to their offering | Fully embeddable | Cross-country coverage | High-end functionality
Donut — Donut helps people discover new ways to build wealth, by providing the easiest and most trusted way to save & earn high yield with DeFi. Donut was founded in 2018 and is dual headquartered in Los Angeles and Berlin.
Oxygen — Oxygen is a digital banking platform. It is the first and only challenger in the US that offers both personal and business banking. The bank of the 21st-century economy, serving consumers, small businesses, and freelancers.Available on iOS and Android, Oxygen users enjoy no monthly fees, no paperwork, early direct deposit, simple transfers,cashback rewards, savings accounts, as well as retail and travel benefits. Businesses can easily control their finances with solutions that are elegant, simple, and secure.

We are a team of successful entrepreneurs, corporate leaders and people who know the impact of creating value together. Together, we invest in high-impact, early-stage companies led by amazing teams with global mindset all over the world.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Internet
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

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.
& New Me — Explore the best aesthetic treatments in Turkey with New Me. Book a consultation, read reviews, and find the right doctor for your beauty journey.
Njoykidz — njoyKidz was founded in 2021 with the simple idea of creating ad-free and safe game platforms for the kids while they learn. We develop game

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.

Investment focus

Internet, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Eachlabs — AI marketplace for developers.
Shark Guitar — Shark Guitar sells innovative electric guitars.
A.M.A Selections — Exclusive luxury holiday villa rentals in Europe, Africa & The Caribbean with A.M.A Selections. Some of the best & most luxurious villas to rent in Europe & across The World.

Kültepe Investment was established by 20 investors within the Erban Angel Investor Network to improve the investment climate of Central Anatolia and to make Kayseri a unique and unique center of attraction for entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Turkey, United States

Portfolio highlights

Shippn — Shop online from more than 40 countries and get it delivered to your doorstep! Sign up for free and start shopping from anywhere in the world with Shippn.
artlabs — ART Labs introduces tailor-made AR-commerce. A specially designed, effortless, 3D-powered boost for eCommerce
Wide Game Studio — Wide Game Studio aims to provide people with innovative virtual reality gaming and application experiences that are unmatched. With great enthusiasm and excitement. Wide Game Studio strives to be an innovator in the virtual reality industry by pushing the frontiers of imagination.

Ömer Aras

Investment focus

Retail, Biopharma, Marketing
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

LIVAD Technologies — LIVAD develops cutting edge Livestream Advertising products connecting brands with streamers. Our technology enables brands to serve smart, elegant, and non-intrusive ads while allowing streamers of all sizes to monetize their content consistently.
Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
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.

Private Equity Investment arm of Isbank

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Turkey, United Kingdom, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

Rnv.ai — RNV Analytics provides AI and ML driven solutions for inventory allocation problem of retail companies. With algorithmics recommendation, their customers decide which product should be located in which sales points both online and offline.
Zuzzuu — Zuzzuu offers artificial intelligence tools to help digital sales and marketing enterprises.
Pricing Coach — Pricing Coach offers price consultancy, analytics, and revenue simulations to optimize business pricing strategies.

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)

Investment focus

Retail, Soccer, Sports
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Turkey, United States

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 — 119K Followers, 207 Following, 1,461 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Swipeline TR (@swipeline_tr)

Teknoloji Yatırım is the first actor investing in early-stage technology companies in Turkey. Aiming at preparing the venture capital ecosystem for new players, Teknoloji Yatırım designs, develops and manages innovative tools to meet the financing needs of technology companies in the early and growth stages. What We Do: - Direct Investments: Wemake equity investments to technology companies having internationalization potential. - Co-Investments and Follow-on Investments: We make co-investments and follow-on investments to technology companies at scaling and growth stages, together with other Venture Capital Funds. - Consultancy Services: We offer consultancy solutions in the design, implementation and management of innovative investment tools and models.

Investment focus

Software, Machine Learning, Analytics
Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
Turkey, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Cellsway — Cellsway is a liquid biopsy company that was created to provide quick cancer CTC detection methods. The business's technology, which is minimally invasive and uses a straightforward blood sample for cancer monitoring, enables healthcare professionals to heal their patients and enhance their quality of life. focuses on the development ofmicrofluidics and lab-on-a-chip technologies for biomedical purposes.
BRANDEFENSE — Brandefense platform is a proactive digital risk protection solution for organizations. Our AI-driven technology constantly scans the dark, deep, and surface web.
Mindsite — Mindsite provides e-commerce analytics. Easily monitor key metrics from price to visibility in real time. Increase your online sales.

Venture Capital Investment firm founded in Frankfurt am Main in Germany

Investment focus

Retail Technology, Software, Analytics
Series A, Seed, Convertible Note
Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Forwardie — Forwardie, as a Digital Freight Forwarder, ensures that you and your operations experts are always in control of your goods through its technology approach.
Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
Thread In Motion — Looking for wearables to digitize your operations? Hands-free and ergonomic new generation smart gloves are here to help you reduce cost and risks.

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.

Investment focus

Wedding, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Funding Round, Equity Crowdfunding
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

artlabs — ART Labs introduces tailor-made AR-commerce. A specially designed, effortless, 3D-powered boost for eCommerce
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.

Ebru Dorman

Investment focus

Health Care, Apps, Fitness
Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
Turkey, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Teleporter — California and Istanbul based VR gaming company dedicated to pushing the boundaries of VR medium and creating high-quality experiences that redefine social interaction and gaming.
Genz Biotech — Site will be available soon. Thank you for your patience!
Thread In Motion — Looking for wearables to digitize your operations? Hands-free and ergonomic new generation smart gloves are here to help you reduce cost and risks.

Dutch Founders Fund is a (pre) seed venture fund that backs founders building the marketplaces of tomorrow. We like platforms that reimagine traditional supply chains and SaaS-enabled marketplaces.

Investment focus

Software, Marketplace, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Fleequid — Buy or sell buses and commercial vehicles through auctions: Join Fleequid and effortlessly participate in top-notch B2B auctions for industrial vehicles
Unosecur — Unosecur is a cloud security platform that helps organizations detect, quantify, remediate and centrally manage identity and access risks across multi-clouds at all times.
Cloud Capital — CloudCapital manages cloud costs and invests in tech companies using AI and ML.

Artificial Intelligence Factory is a goal-oriented program focusing on cooperation and investment with Turkish AI initiatives, offering various support mechanisms for growth and international success.

Investment focus

Banking, Finance, Financial Services
Funding Round
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

Rnv.ai — RNV Analytics provides AI and ML driven solutions for inventory allocation problem of retail companies. With algorithmics recommendation, their customers decide which product should be located in which sales points both online and offline.
Smart Advice — Smart Advice Financial Technologies is a fintech company focusing on artificial intelligence and behavioral finance for banking, insurance, retirement, and asset management. Their goal is to develop new financial products and experiences, including robo-advisors, gamification, and social investment, with a focus on empowered investors.

Alpay Berk Caglayan is the founder of Inviox Studios, an advisor at Joseph Shining, and a Stakeholder & Executive Partner at Zwiket. He previously worked at Zwiket as an Advisor. Alpay currently manages $8.2 million in assets. Alpay Berk Caglayan attended Yale University.

Investment focus

Digital Marketing, Advertising, Art
Private Equity, Pre-Seed
Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Zwiket — Zwiket is a multi-faceted brand start-up, blending marketing, design, and technology. Partnering with over 20 innovative brands globally, with bases in Växjö, Köln, Istanbul, and London.
Wepress Media — Wepress is a full-service millennial-run marketing agency - offering inventive, results-driven solutions that harness the highest immediate return in digital + social media. With core services anchored around Social Media Management, Web Design & Development, Ad Management, Branding & Design and Email Marketing, we cut the fluff and bringprojects from plan to production with hands-off execution + results you can see. Specialties include creative production, go-to-market strategy and user acquisition.
Joseph Shining — Joseph Shining is a Turkish-American multinational retailer of personal care and beauty products with nearly 10 brands, along with its own private label, Joseph's Collection, and includes beauty products such as cosmetics, skincare, fragrance, nail color, beauty tools, body lotions, and haircare.

Valar Ventures is a venture capital firm backed by Peter Thiel. Valar partners with entrepreneurs globally and believes that an increasing number of transformative technology companies will be started outside of Silicon Valley, and that the founders of those companies will benefit from having a partner that understands their unique challenges andopportunities.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Banking
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Ivy — We are building a global API for instant bank payments
SILQ — SILQ is a platform dedicated to bridging economies and empowering businesses to trade, grow, and navigate new frontiers. By enabling seamless commerce, logistics, and finance, SILQ unlocks opportunities in emerging economies, fueling ambitions and redefining global trade.The name SILQ is a modern tribute to the legendary Silk Road—reimagined forthe digital age. The distinctive “Q” comes from Souq, the Arabic word for marketplace, symbolizing our commitment to fast, accessible, authentic, and reliable commerce.SILQ aspires to transform local products and manufacturers into global brands by connecting them with entrepreneurs in emerging markets across the Gulf, South Asia, and beyond.
Neo Financial — At Neo, we're innovating to make saving, spending and getting rewarded even more rewarding.

Ali Demir Akel

Investment focus

Retail, Analytics, 3D Printing
Series A, Funding Round
Turkey

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.

Aras Bulut İynemli is a Turkish actor.

Investment focus

Retail, Recycling, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods
Seed
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

Nivogo — Nivogo renews goods that couldn't pass to the consumption stage by putting them through a 6-step process and bring them to consumers.

TechOne VC is a venture capital firm. It invests in innovative tech startups founded by visionary entrepreneurs solving global problems, to deliver superior returns for our investors.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Turkey, United States, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

Ekmob — 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.
Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
Carbon Centrum — Measure, Act & Get Rewarded!

Yılmaz Yıldız

Investment focus

Waste Management, Procurement, Retail
Seed
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
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.

BDC Venture Capital is a major venture capital investor in Canada, active at every stage of the company's development cycle, from seed through expansion, with a focus on technology-based businesses that have high growth potential and that are positioned to become dominant players in their markets. The company helps create and develop strongCanadian businesses through financing, consulting services and securitization, with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises.BDC Venture Capital has been involved in venture capital since 1975 and has to date invested in more than 400 companies involved in the areas of Life Sciences, Telecommunications, Information Technology and Advanced Technologies.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
Canada, United States, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Cinareo — Cinareo is leading solution for capacity planning that complements your WFM platform to provide you with insights on your contact center operations.
Healthkind — Enabling healthcare teams to deliver personalized care at scale.
Planetary Technologies — info@planetarytech.com

idacapital Innovation Fund is the first Impact Fund in Turkey investing across technology-enabled business verticals in Health Tech, Financial Inclusion, Edu Tech, Clean Tech, Agro Tech in and around Turkey.

Investment focus

Logistics, FinTech, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed
Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

MentalUp — Educational games for kids of all ages. Choose from over 150+ fun and engaging award-winning games. Easy-To-Use. 100% Free + No Ads. Play Now!
DIGINAK.COM — DIGINAK offers a B2B platform that provides end-to-end digital transportation through brokers (Agents) with high traceability and efficiency. In addition to digitalization, it also offers financial services which empowers economic cycle of logistics sector and financial structure of all stakeholders of it by keeping all stakeholders in the cycle.
PayWall — PayWall is a payment orchestration platform that empowers businesses to streamline their payment processes and maximize efficiency. With advanced subscription management, PayRoute, PayJump, PayBalancer, PayWatch, centralized card storage, marketplace and alternative payment methods, PayWall offers end-to-end control over payment methods. Byreducing operational burdens and directly increasing profitability, PayWall enables businesses to manage payments at a micro scale.

Sente is a Chicago-based startup investment and innovation platform. Sente searches the world for the most high-potential startups and helps them scale through unprecedented guidance, support, and connections.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software
Pre-Seed, Convertible Note, Seed
United States, Turkey, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Kfobix — KFOBIX offers nano-composite materials to prevent freezing and contamination of solar panels, wind turbines, and automobile glass.
M-Based — M-based is an initiative aiming to develop eco-friendly alternative material technologies using mycelium, a component of the mushroom. Its R&D efforts focus on developing mycelium-based vegan leather to address environmental concerns and animal ethics violations in the textile industry.
Kybele's Garden — Algae Biotechnology for Agrifood & Cosmetics Solutions

Collaboration with outstanding initiators with exceptional insights, from inception through all levels of progress. Lima Ventures supports visionary founders as well as provides certain services to early startups. We seek innovative technology-driven entrepreneurs who generate and lead companies that will inspire millions.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, Digital Marketing
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Turkey, United Kingdom, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

Shippn — Shop online from more than 40 countries and get it delivered to your doorstep! Sign up for free and start shopping from anywhere in the world with Shippn.
heybooster — Heybooster is a provider of analytical tools to ecommerce companies to take better digital marketing decisions.
Mars Studios — Mars Studios is an experienced team of growth hackers & marketers that can help you to increase your revenue. Rocket Your App to Success: Mars Studios

İnventram, venture investment arm of Koç Holding, invests in grounbreaking innovative and disruptive high tech startups&scaleups worlwide. 5 out of the 9 high tech startups in Inventram's portfolio currently operate in the USA, and 1 in Germany.

Investment focus

Retail, Robotics, Analytics
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Turkey, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Augmency — Pioneering the future of wearable augmented reality technology with innovative AR solutions.
Tarabios — Tarabios is developing a mobile device to monitor blood clot times (PT / INR) for Warfarin Therapy patients
AdCreative.ai — AdCreative.ai empowers your advertising with AI. Generate conversion-focused ad creatives, utilize AI for product photoshoots, and access detailed competitor insights. Our platform offers a comprehensive suite of tools for creating impactful ad texts and visuals, ensuring your campaigns stand out in a competitive market. Ideal for marketers seeking an all-in-one solution for innovative, data-driven advertising strategies.

Keiretsu Capital LLC is an affiliate of the World's Leading Angel Network, Keiretsu Forum, and manages funds which enable limited partners to co-invest in the proprietary deal flow of the angel investors.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
United States, Canada, India

Portfolio highlights

Clensta — Clensta is a biotechnology start-up to improve the National Hygiene condition whilst addressing the aspect of water conservation. Clensta is an Indian startup and in association with IIT Delhi, works to create innovative healthcare solutions to make hygiene accessible for anyone, anytime, and anywhere. Driven by their aim to create products thatpromote complete cleaning solutions without water.
Healionics — Healionics aims to provide safer, more reliable means of bloodstream access for dialysis in patients with kidney failure.
Another Tomorrow — Conscious Clothing. Education. Action. Another Tomorrow pushes the boundaries of what responsibly grown, and ethically manufactured materials can achieve. Sensual and strong, our collection is designed for living.

Techmine Gsyo is a venture capital firm that invests in technology startups across a wide range of industries.

Investment focus

Retail, Software, E-Commerce
Seed
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

artlabs — ART Labs introduces tailor-made AR-commerce. A specially designed, effortless, 3D-powered boost for eCommerce

Koç Group is one of Turkey's largest industrial and services groups in terms of revenues, exports, research and development investments, patent portfolio, employees, taxes paid and market capitalization on the Borsa Istanbul. With consolidated revenues of $25.5 billion, it ranks among the world's Fortune 500 list. Koç Holding has leadingpositions with strong competitive advantages in various sectors, such as energy, automotive, consumer durables and finance. It has more than 97,000 employees and 10,000 dealers, agencies and after-sales service providers. Koç Group is celebrating its 90th anniversary.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Analytics, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Turkey, France

Portfolio highlights

Khenda — Khenda is an AI-based video analytics platform that helps manufacturing plants to increase their safety, efficiency, and quality at production lines by analyzing manual activities.
Segmentify — Bring Growth to Life: Explore how you can create unique experiences for each customer in real-time and optimise customer lifetime value!
AdCreative.ai — AdCreative.ai empowers your advertising with AI. Generate conversion-focused ad creatives, utilize AI for product photoshoots, and access detailed competitor insights. Our platform offers a comprehensive suite of tools for creating impactful ad texts and visuals, ensuring your campaigns stand out in a competitive market. Ideal for marketers seeking an all-in-one solution for innovative, data-driven advertising strategies.

An early-stage VC that backs, mainly but not limited to, Turkey & CEE's founders who work to disrupt the system for good.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
United States, Turkey, Latvia

Portfolio highlights

Cubtale — Cubtale is a care guidance and coordination platform for your baby. You can track breastfeeding, vitamins, medicine, sleep, diaper changes, formula or pumped milk. You can analyze your baby's growth and compare it with health guidelines and share with doctors. You can schedule time with lactation and sleep experts.
IDENFIT — Cloud based human resources software and workforce management. Idenfit online human resources and workforce management software brings a holistic approach to human resources functions and it helps you to review and manage hr processes all in one place. Idenfit is cloud based HR software for SMEs as well as international companies that have outgrownspreadsheets. We automate many of the most tedious HR functions and create time for you to do meaningful work. Whether you’re an employee trying to request time-off or an HR manager looking forward to grow and develop your company’s workforce, Idenfit is your all-in-one HR management solution.
PulpoAR — PulpoAR provides omnichannel AR commerce virtual try-on solutions for beauty brands and e-commerce platforms.

Finberg is a corporate venture capital firm and a Fibabanka subsidiary. On March 1, 2018, the company was established.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Corporate Round
Turkey, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Hayhay — 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.
Quin AI — Quin AI is a real-time digital customer analytics tool that helps e-commerce websites predict visitors’ behavior after only 3-clicks, and engage them in real-time. The tool is very simple to install (just a JavaScript plugin), and only uses in-session clickstream data (cookie-free & GDPR compliant) to make highly accurate predictions to supportconversion for traffic that otherwise drops.Quin significantly increases engagement and incremental revenue on websites through native engagement tools and easy API integration to available tech-stacks which makes the product an ideal solution for e-commerce websites and ideal partner for companies providing services to retail and e-commerce businesses.
Roamless — One eSIM, 60+ destinations. No plans, no expirations. Just easy, affordable, reliable mobile connectivity for travelers. Join the Roamless Revolution today.

Onur Gargılı

Investment focus

Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce
Seed
Turkey

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.

Umur Özal is an angel investor.

Investment focus

Baby, Rental, Retail
Seed, Funding Round
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
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.

Ahmed Karslı is the chairman of the board at Papara.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Art, Retail
Seed, Pre-Seed
Turkey, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

Artcomun — Artcomun aims to enable everyone to create, collect and trade art in one platform by the power of algorithms.
Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
Glocalzone — Glocalzone is a platform that connects shoppers who want to buy products from abroad and travelers who want to make a profit.

Rho Canada Ventures is a division of Rho Capital Partners focusing on early-stage investing in Canada’s most innovative technology companies.The Rho Canada Ventures team comprises a unique combination of entrepreneurial, operational, and venture investment experience in the United States and Canada. With a combined 80 years of experience, RhoCanada Ventures offers entrepreneurs the expertise to turn Canadian innovators into global leaders. Rho Canada Ventures' portfolio companies are a diverse group of investments that span new media, mobile applications, wireless infrastructure, semiconductors and materials, and software.

Investment focus

Software, Analytics, Internet
Series A, Series B, Seed
Canada, United States, Italy

Portfolio highlights

Sportlogiq — Sportlogiq is a venture-backed startup that develops sports statistics solutions. Using feeds from current broadcast cameras, the company uses player tracking and activity recognition to analyze player movement and provide context to game analysis. Sportlogiq was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.
Auvik Networks — Auvik’s cloud-based network management software keeps IT networks around the world running optimally. By automating and simplifying network management, Auvik helps rocket an IT team’s efficiency and capacity, while protecting the business from network risk. Auvik is one of the fastest growing North American technology companies, and is winner ofthe Deloitte Technology Fast 50, Deloitte Fast 500, and recognized as the #1 ranked Canadian company in the FT Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies 2020. Visit www.auvik.com or follow @AuvikNetworks on Twitter. Auvik is a registered trademark of Auvik Networks Inc.
Resson — Curate a collection of unforgettable quotes from celebrities that inspire, amuse, or provoke thought. This section showcases their wisdom and wit, resonating with audiences.

İzzet Zakuto

Investment focus

Apps, Mobile Apps, Personal Health
Seed, Pre-Seed
Turkey

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 — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
WeFarm — WeFarm maintains vacant fields for you and converts them into productive farms.

Arz Portfolio, an investor operating under a license from the Capital Markets Board of Turkey, is positioned to become one of the leading asset management companies in Turkey. Primary areas of investment focus of Arz Portfolio comprise Private Equity / Venture Capital and Commercial Real Estate investments. Arz Portfolio's generalpartners’ combined experience encompasses (i) global private equity investment experience managing USD 500m+ in private equity funds, (ii) senior executive leadership positions in global technology companies such as Microsoft and Turk Telekom, (iii) ground up successful entrepreneurial experience in Turkish market and (iv) management USD 150m real estate portfolio.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Manufacturing, FinTech
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Harcy — Harcy is an R&D organization that uses waste to create new types of building materials to strengthen the circular economy. First, it developed Harcy Polyester Wool, a building thermal insulation material made from textile waste. With its high performance and ease of application, Harcy Polyester Wool is a contender to replace the previousinsulation materials while recycling two kilograms of textile waste per square meter into the economy.
Rnv.ai — RNV Analytics provides AI and ML driven solutions for inventory allocation problem of retail companies. With algorithmics recommendation, their customers decide which product should be located in which sales points both online and offline.
StartupCentrum — StartupCentrum is a digital community that gets startups, talents, investors and incubators together.

Turkey Development Fund aims to develop the enterprise ecosystem by investing in new generation startups.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, SaaS
Series A, Seed, Series B
Turkey, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Rnv.ai — RNV Analytics provides AI and ML driven solutions for inventory allocation problem of retail companies. With algorithmics recommendation, their customers decide which product should be located in which sales points both online and offline.
Delivers.AI — Delivery droid operator
Eatron Technologies — Intelligent Software Platform for Battery Management System & Intelligent Motion Control - Eatron Technologies

Emre Kenci

Investment focus

Art, Retail, Internet
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

fucimo — Easily create, manage, and monetize your advertising and sponsorship opportunities with Fucimo. Ditch your old media kit and showcase your offerings like never before. Create a no-code online store for selling ads and sponsorships in just 5 min.
Artcomun — Artcomun aims to enable everyone to create, collect and trade art in one platform by the power of algorithms.
Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.

Yıldız Ventures has three main fields of activity. These areas stand out as startup acceleration program, incubation, and financial investment. Entrepreneurs who receive support from Yıldız Ventures have the opportunity to test their products on a pilot scale and receive important feedback on product-market compatibility by collaborating withcorporate companies from the early stages.

Investment focus

Retail, Internet, E-Commerce
Seed
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

Clickme Live — Clickme Live is a video-oriented shopping platform that sells products to consumer with live broadcasts, short videos, and commercials.

Sina Afra is the CEO and Founder of Tiko. He previously worked at Markafoni as a CEO and Founder. Sina Afra attended the University of Münster.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet
Seed, Series A, Angel
Turkey, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Vagon — Vagon is your personal high-performance computer on the cloud. Start Vagon instantly and run all challenging software from any device, anywhere.
MARS — MARS provides digital financial services with unique card options and rewards programs.
Firefly — Firefly is the next-gen car advertising solution, featuring taxi and rideshare top advertising, in-car advertising, holograms, car wraps and more.

Arya GSYF is Turkiye's first and only venture capital fund focused on gender balance. With a commitment to high returns and high impact, it offers unique

Investment focus

Retail, Marketing, E-Commerce
Seed
Turkey, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Rundle — Rundle is a tech rental service that lets you rent the latest electronics-like gaming consoles, cameras, smartwatches, and home gadgets-on flexible terms. You can try devices before buying, extend your rental, or return them easily. With a focus on sustainability, Rundle helps reduce e-waste by promoting a circular economy. Available across Englandand Wales, it’s a convenient, affordable way to access premium tech without the full purchase price.
Cellestetix — Cellestetix is a biotech company that specializes in developing and commercializing plant-based exosome formulas for regenerating skin, hair, and wellness.
Winfluencer — Winfluencer is a platform for automated digital influencer marketing. Their solutions are machine learning, augmented reality, image processing, data analytics, social media analytics, and fraud detection. Winfluencer connects thousands of e-commerce sites through a single platform and an automated system. Because of the new generation affiliatemarketing approach, this system enables users to generate long-term income. Its transparent structure allows both users and the e-commerce site to track sales generated by their interactions.

Fintech fund of Albaraka Turk

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Turkey

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.
Vomsis — Vomsis is a application which collects all the bank banks on a single screen and helps to check balance and account movements.
denebunu.com — Founded in 2016, Denebunu is a revolutionary data-driven digital marketing platform with a community of +1,5M members that connects brands with their consumers via technology, sampling and consumer insights. We redefined the way consumers shop for FMCG & Cosmetics products by a monthly delivery of personalised samples. We partner with thebest brands in the industry such as Unilever, P&G, L’Oréal, Henkel, Estee Lauder, Nestlé etc. , and use a proprietary algorithm to meet right products w/ right consumers , based on their preferences and profiles on denebunu.com

Ahu Serter is the Founder and President of Fark Labs. She previously worked at FARHYM Vehicle Interiors as a Head of Management Committee, Board Member. Ahu Serter attended Pace University.

Investment focus

Software, Transportation, Manufacturing
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Turkey, Greece, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Jobtogo — Jobtogo is a freelancer platform that offers solutions to the problems experienced by companies in the supply of talent.
Euronova — Euronova develops advanced raw materials based on the ideas of sustainability, recycling, and circular economy.
Tripy Mobility — Tripy Mobility strives to promote the adoption of electric vehicles while reducing carbon emissions in transportation by increasing the charging station network.

We view founders as partners. We bring capital, networks, and experience, and our founders bring expertise, teams, and dreams.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Apps
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Mave — Mave is the AI assistant for real estate, streamlining marketing, market data, and content creation. Built on exclusive insights, Mave helps agents and brokerages scale efficiently. Join the beta to simplify your workflow.
Eirene — Find trusted answers about end-of-life planning, grief support, and more.
The Curling Group — The Curling Group is a sports business venture that aims to revolutionize curling through strategic investments, innovation, and content development.

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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Automotive
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, Russian Federation, India

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.
June Homes — June Homes is a network of fully furnished bedrooms in prime spots available on flexible month-to-month terms in major American cities.

Backed by our entrepreneurial and venture capital knowhow,we are creating value with the innovative and scalable tech companies.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Consulting
Seed, Series A
Turkey, United States

Portfolio highlights

Retter — Develop fast, powerful web apps
Rnv.ai — RNV Analytics provides AI and ML driven solutions for inventory allocation problem of retail companies. With algorithmics recommendation, their customers decide which product should be located in which sales points both online and offline.
B2Metric — B2Metric is an AI-powered predictive data analytics solution that optimizes your marketing budget by understanding customer journey behavior

Pytch is owned and managed by a core team of experts with decades of combined experience in payment processing, banking technology, fund raising and Mergers & Acquisitions. Our team members have worked with many FinTech market leaders over the years, large incumbent corporations as well as lean and disruptive organisations. We understand all aspects of this sector intimately and aim to share our expertise with our partners with full transparency and simplicity.

Investment focus

Retail, FinTech, Finance
Seed
Turkey

Portfolio highlights

NarPOS — we serve many sales points such as Cafes, Markets, Restaurants, Hotels, Patisseries, Schools, Colleges, Hospitals, Canteens, Restaurants and Bars with our dynamic staff consisting of expert engineers, technicians, technicians and production staff.--- Table Tracking Module One of the system features of Narposun, the Ercesa Yazılım RestaurantAutomation System Brand, is the Table Tracking Module. Our aim; Developing Technology, taking into account the ever-increasing demands and difficult-to-measure competitive conditions,...--- Package Service Tracking Module Package Service Tracking Module Get one step ahead of your customers with the Qualified Takeaway Service Tracking Module, which recognizes your customers when the phone rings for restaurants, restaurants and cafes. With the Package Service Tracking Module, measure, report and track your package orders and...---- Trendyol Integration Module Trendyol Integration Module Trendyol is the software that brings the most up-to-date b2c solution of recent times. With the campaigns it carries out with its own motorcycle and the small commission it receives from the restaurant, it is taking firm steps towards putting its name in golden letters in the sector. As NarPOS...----- Yemeksepeti Integration Module Yemeksepeti Integration Module What is Food Basket? Food Basket; It is a package service provided by an intermediary institution that is used by at least two out of every three companies today. Since it is a world-famous application, it is a preferred, popular and highly profitable sales method. ...---- GETIR INTEGRATION GETIR INTEGRATION Getir, which appears as a phone application, was founded by Nazım Salur, the founder of BiTaksi. Getir, which started its adventure with the market and continues with Yemek, is a takeaway service program that uses its own couriers even if you do not have a courier. ...---- Order Tracking System with Mobile Application Order Tracking System with Mobile Application Ercesa Yazılım Restaurant Automation Program is now in your pocket. With the Narpos Terminal application, order tracking is easier than ever. Moreover, your customer can determine his favorite products and access his favorite product list when he visits again and again. It's complicated...---- Website Online Order Module Website Online Order Module Technology Giant Ercesa Software offers the best modules to you, the users, with its Narpos Automation System. One of these is the Website Online Ordering System. You provide Restaurant Service, but do you pay commission to intermediary companies?---- Tablet Menu Integration with Finedine Menu Ercesa Yazılım, with its Restaurant Automation System Brand Narpos, invites you to technology by integrating with all applications that will make your job easier. It is the most important greeting method of businesses and allows your customer to decide about you in the first minute.---- Courier Assignment Mobile Application Courier Assignment Mobile Application With the courier assignment that we developed in cooperation with KirazSoft, all incoming calls, fetch, trendyol, Yemeksepeti and website orders are delivered to the courier's mobile phone. This way, the courier can get directions, customers...---- Mobile Order Integration Module Mobile Order Integration Module Are you ready to join the world of technology with Ercesa Software's Mobile Order Integration module? With our iOS and Android compatible application, you will exceed the performance you get from the handheld terminal. Access your menus and submenu groups...---- Courier Tracking System Courier Tracking System Considering the ever-increasing market conditions and competition, one of the technologies produced to enable businesses to provide faster, higher quality and more preferred services is the Courier Tracking Program. Courier Tracking Program, Both Customer...---- E-Invoice E-Archive Module E-Invoice E-Archive Module E-Invoice; It is an invoicing process between the buyer and the seller that is arranged entirely digitally through the Revenue Administration. E-invoice has all the information that should be on a normal invoice and is issued completely electronically. Paper...
Yollando.com — Yollando.com is a Turkish-based shopping and package forwarding service that facilitates shopping. They offer a variety of services such as Discounted packet forwarding, Buy for me, Package consolidation, Repackaging, Package tracking, Order returns/cancels, and Free storage for orders. They provide lower shipping rates to abroad with discountrates up to 80 percent.Yollando.com was established to contribute to the export of Turkish brands. Apart from shopping consultancy, they are already producing alternative solutions for logistics and product supply to individual persons and companies in Turkey and abroad.
Extra Loyalty Solutions — Extra Loyalty Solutions help clients to stimulate their sales and engage better with their customers on EXTRA Loyalty Infrastructure and Analytics Platform.

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