Top 10 Social Network Startup Investors in Turkey
A list of 10 angel investors and VC funds that invest in Social network startups based in Turkey. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Social network companies from Turkey. We update this investor list every month.Top 10 Social Network Startup Investors in Turkey
| Investor | Social Network Turkey investments |
|---|---|
| Joachim Behrendt | 2 |
| Mehmet Onarcan | 2 |
| TRANGELS | 1 |
| Emrullah Saku | 1 |
| Engin Utkan | 1 |
| VCDE Venture Partners | 1 |
| Huseyin Karayagiz | 1 |
| Ayhan Ağırgöl | 1 |
| Ibrahim Ulukaya | 1 |
| Ozlem Petek Hun | 1 |
Joachim Behrendt is the Head of the Advisory Board at Vali Berlin.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Social Media
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Scorp — "User generated viral video machine " is the definition for Scorp Ads. We convert the power of word of mouth into short selfie-videos. Scorp seeds the message and motivates users to join the conversation on brands' topic with positive association or hype about the brand.Viewers like to consume content that they are interestedin. In Scorp there are wide range of videos that is not just only about comedy or music but also about news, politics, sports, movies&TV shows, celebrities, books-art, food, fashion-beauty and relationships that are created as selfie 15 second videos. Scorp shows users 100s of videos, opinions or approaches on a single topic. The format enables users to discover different point of views.
- Kolay Randevu — Kolay Randevu is an online beauty booking marketplace and salon management software for salons.
- Local Guddy, Inc. — A marketplace connecting travelers and locals through unique guddy tours from locals all around the world. Taste local foods, drinks; see must see places, night life, views etc.
Mehmet Onarcan is the Founder of Mentors Network Turkey. He previously worked at Project House as an Advisory Board Member - Digital Transformation. Mehmet Onarcan attended Yildiz Technical University.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Internet, Social Network
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Turkey, Ireland, United States
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- Missafir — Missafir is a PropTech start-up in Istanbul. We are the first short/mid term home rental management company in Turkey!We deliver for our customers through a combination of thoughtful interior design and attentive hotel-style services that deliver superior earnings from short/mid term rental management through our strength in data-drivendynamic pricing solutions.
- Doktorderki — Doktorderki is an online system that allows people to directly talk to doctors about their questions and problems regarding health. It aims to establish a scalable B2C growth model along with the investment it is taking and to do B2B work with pharmacists and mainly dermocosmetics companies.The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered inIstanbul, Turkey.
- Local Guddy, Inc. — A marketplace connecting travelers and locals through unique guddy tours from locals all around the world. Taste local foods, drinks; see must see places, night life, views etc.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Energy, Manufacturing
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Turkey, United States, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- & New Me — Discover your new aesthetic companion in Turkiye with This is New Me. Explore top treatments, real reviews, and active doctors, all with accredited clinics for a safe and seamless experience.
- 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.
- Nanomik Biotechnology — Biochemistry leading change in life sciences. With our proprietary technologies, we develop solutions for Crop Health, Animal Health and Food preservation.
Emrullah Saku
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Investment focus
- Social Network
- Angel
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Octo — Octo Networks build app for connecting the communities.
A. Engin Utkan is Senior Salesforce Consultant | Flow Automation Expert | Application Architect
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Investment focus
- AgTech, Farming, FinTech
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Salvor — These are the ideas and the philosophy behind Salvor.io; why it exists, how it will adapt to the newer ways of creation by forming a bridge between ideas and effort. Salvor is a combination of fresh understanding of contemporary digital arts and assets, adaptive of the new free economy, and a sustainable approach to new ways of doing creativebusiness taking advantage of the collective internet culture. We have the dreams, we have the talent and we have the will.
- Tarfin — Using its cloud-based platform and smart algorithms, Tarfin provides underbanked farmers with high-quality farm inputs and competitive point-of-sale financing. Tarfin is the winner of EFSE's 2016 Financial Inclusion Challenge.
- Makswin Real Estate Technologies, Inc. — Cutting-edge technological solutions aimed at data inconsistency and inefficiencies in the real estate industry.
VCDE Venture Partners was started in 2008 in Frankfurt/Germany and is a growth equity investment firm with a clear focus on technology companies in the field of software, the internet, mobile telecommunications and IT business services.Their main purpose is to build and develop successful growth companies. By partnering with outstandingentrepreneurs and management teams venturecapital.de delivers true value beyond financing and pro-actively works with portfolio companies to accelerate growth.They look for companies, that have a proven business model and through a strong value proposition address large markets and deliver real value to their customers be it consumers or enterprises. Out entrepreneurs‘ fund „venturecapital.de“ is funded by 150 European tech entrepreneurs, founders and industry veterans. It constitutes one of the strongest and most value adding business networks in Europe with an excellent platform for an exchange of expertise and know-how between investors, the fund and its portfolio companies.
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Investment focus
- Software, SEO, Automotive
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Germany, Turkey, India
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- itravel — itravel allows leisure travelers to configure and book experiences, hotels, and transportation on tablets, the web, and in social media. itravel offers the client tools to select and “build” custom trips based on desired experiences (such as kitesurfing, elephant rides, special spa treatments), specific room configurations, and personalpreferences. itravel’s app interfaces allow these selections to happen effortlessly and with appealing content.
- 123Fahrschule — 123fahrschule.de - consolidating and digitizing the German driving school market
- StalkBuyLove — A one-click "en Vogue" destination. Get your daily dose with the trendiest styles and best fashion inspiration updated on our fashion portal every day. We provide unprecedented access to the hottest and handpicked looks of the current season; looks that are inspired from celebrities, European catwalks and high-end luxury labels.As soonas we design new styles, we make them accessible online within 10 days from conceptualization. Styles might be quickly sold out because we do not keep a lot of stock - so you have to purchase quickly to avoid out of stocks. Our designs are super unique, so you will likely not find anybody else wearing the styles that we have.Every day we work hard to ensure that our designs are absolutely unique, beautiful and trendy. We make the latest fashion accessible; provide the prettiest pieces in town and hand-pick the fabrics, colors, prints and designs. We triple check each product before we put it online and send it to you. We personally look at things like fitting, color, comfort, design and quality to ensure that everything is perfect.Keep Stalking, Buying and Loving :)
Huseyin Karayagiz
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Investment focus
- Software, AgTech, Farming
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Turkey, United States
Portfolio highlights
- ADASTEC Corp. — ADASTEC delivers the most advanced Level-4 automation platform for full-size buses and coaches currently available. The ADASTEC Open Automated Bus Platform called “flowride.ai” is designed for large-scale public transport along pre-defined routes on public roads. “Flowride.ai” allows OEMs to build the best automated bus configurations for the needsof the public transportation operators.
- Vahaa Vertical Farming Solutions — 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.
- Octo — Octo Networks build app for connecting the communities.
Ayhan Ağırgöl
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Investment focus
- Social Network
- Angel
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Octo — Octo Networks build app for connecting the communities.
Ibrahim Ulukaya
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Investment focus
- AgTech, Farming, Software
- Seed, Angel
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Vahaa Vertical Farming Solutions — 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.
- Octo — Octo Networks build app for connecting the communities.
- 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.
Ozlem Petek Hun
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Investment focus
- Software, Biotechnology, Medical Device
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Turkey, United States
Portfolio highlights
- ADASTEC Corp. — ADASTEC delivers the most advanced Level-4 automation platform for full-size buses and coaches currently available. The ADASTEC Open Automated Bus Platform called “flowride.ai” is designed for large-scale public transport along pre-defined routes on public roads. “Flowride.ai” allows OEMs to build the best automated bus configurations for the needsof the public transportation operators.
- Octo — Octo Networks build app for connecting the communities.
- MD Research & Development — MD Research & Development are into research and development of innovative products and methods needed in the field of radiation oncology.
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