Top 5 Social Startup Investors in Turkey in May 2025
A list of 5 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Social startups based in Turkey. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Social companies from Turkey. We update this investor list every month.Top 5 Social Startup Investors in Turkey in May 2025
Investor | Social Turkey investments |
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Ali Rıza Babaoğlan | 1 |
Ali Rıza Babaoğlan | 1 |
APY Ventures | 1 |
Semih Hakyemez | 1 |
N.Mert Kalkavan | 1 |
I am a business professional since 2008 and a financial investor since 2015, having strategic positions in several scale-up tech companies/startups and real-estate assets. I continue to invest in the tech domain with a focus on SaaS solutions for B2B and B2C markets, and real estate options in developing markets with ROI targets.Grow inEMEA, the company I started in 2015, focuses on East Europe, Turkey, and the Middle East markets mostly for tech and real estate options and portfolio management. Also, my team provides market access services to Baltics, Turkey, and UAE / Saudi and gives investment advisory services.Prior to the investment focus, I worked in Linkedin EMEA Headquarter where I hold Director of Turkish Speaking Territory in Dublin, Ireland. Before, I have been with SAP AG and IBM in Turkey. I also give speeches at local and global investment events. I gave keynotes on ARAB NET in Lebanon, IT Arena in Ukraine, Rise Up Summit in Egypt, and NEXT in Germany. I also spoke at several closed corporate events of Roche, VESTEL, SAP AG, DenizBank, Turkish Economy Ministry, Turkish Exporters Assembly, Bakioğlu Holding, and AGT.Now, I am living in Tallinn, Estonia.Email: alib@growinemea.com
Web: https://alibabaoglan.com
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Investment focus
- TV, CRM, Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Turkey
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.
- N'oluyo — N’oluyo is a TV program-based social platform and is your favorite buddy while watching TV.
- Kahvegibikahve — Kahvegibikahve started with a crowdfunding campaign to make brewing real coffee easy and available everywhere. With high quality coffee beans and special Fiber Filtre™, your coffee is brewed properly, and without any hassle, you enjoy it.
I am a business professional since 2008 and a financial investor since 2015, having strategic positions in several scale-up tech companies/startups and real-estate assets. I continue to invest in the tech domain with a focus on SaaS solutions for B2B and B2C markets, and real estate options in developing markets with ROI targets.Grow inEMEA, the company I started in 2015, focuses on East Europe, Turkey, and the Middle East markets mostly for tech and real estate options and portfolio management. Also, my team provides market access services to Baltics, Turkey, and UAE / Saudi and gives investment advisory services.Prior to the investment focus, I worked in Linkedin EMEA Headquarter where I hold Director of Turkish Speaking Territory in Dublin, Ireland. Before, I have been with SAP AG and IBM in Turkey. I also give speeches at local and global investment events. I gave keynotes on ARAB NET in Lebanon, IT Arena in Ukraine, Rise Up Summit in Egypt, and NEXT in Germany. I also spoke at several closed corporate events of Roche, VESTEL, SAP AG, DenizBank, Turkish Economy Ministry, Turkish Exporters Assembly, Bakioğlu Holding, and AGT.Now, I am living in Tallinn, Estonia.Email: alib@growinemea.com
Web: https://alibabaoglan.com
Photos: https://gie.investments/my-photos
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Investment focus
- TV, CRM, Apps
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Turkey
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.
- N'oluyo — N’oluyo is a TV program-based social platform and is your favorite buddy while watching TV.
- Kahvegibikahve — Kahvegibikahve started with a crowdfunding campaign to make brewing real coffee easy and available everywhere. With high quality coffee beans and special Fiber Filtre™, your coffee is brewed properly, and without any hassle, you enjoy it.
APY Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology startups.
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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!
Enabling to democratize the education with bringing the miracles of technology, I am helping the sponsors of tomorrow to utilize their knowledge on their way to become more innovative and entrepreneurial than ever before. Also, I am a firm believer of equal opportunity principle in regards to education and since the very first days of DopingTechnology my work has proven to create opportunities for the next generations.
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Investment focus
- Toys, PC Games, Online Games
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Gamester — Gamester is a social gaming company located in Istanbul, Turkey. It develops and markets social games focusing on social interaction, playability and entertainment.Founded in 2009, Gamester provides users with free-to-play accessibility across a variety of social platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Google + and more. Hordemaster, Baldety,Oynaturka and Townster are some of the games developed by Gamester.Onur Karci, TurhanYigitbasi and Volkan Taban are the co-founders of Gamester.
- Tiny Minies — Tiny Minies is an educational software that creates educational and learning games for preschoolers and children aged two to six.
- Gamester Kids — Gamester's goal is to assist parents in giving their kids access to safe and instructive media so they can get the most out of their screen time. Their products are designed for families to play together every day to create, connect, and develop.
N.Mert Kalkavan is a CEO @ Doping Hafıza.
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Investment focus
- Toys, PC Games, Online Games
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Gamester — Gamester is a social gaming company located in Istanbul, Turkey. It develops and markets social games focusing on social interaction, playability and entertainment.Founded in 2009, Gamester provides users with free-to-play accessibility across a variety of social platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Google + and more. Hordemaster, Baldety,Oynaturka and Townster are some of the games developed by Gamester.Onur Karci, TurhanYigitbasi and Volkan Taban are the co-founders of Gamester.
- Tiny Minies — Tiny Minies is an educational software that creates educational and learning games for preschoolers and children aged two to six.
- Gamester Kids — Gamester's goal is to assist parents in giving their kids access to safe and instructive media so they can get the most out of their screen time. Their products are designed for families to play together every day to create, connect, and develop.
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