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Top 50 Sports Startup Investors in Turkey (November 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Turkey Sports startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Turkey Sports startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
RePie Asset Management
VC Fund
6 Turkey, Canada, Germany Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown FinTech, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps $244k–$38M
twozero Ventures
VC Fund
6 Turkey, United States Seed, Series A, Convertible Note Fitness, Media and Entertainment, Apps $111k–$2M
Alesta Yatırım
VC Fund
5 Turkey, United States, Estonia Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $26k–$4.6M
TechOne VC
VC Fund
5 Turkey, United States, Estonia Seed, Pre-Seed Software, SaaS, Information Technology $30k–$2.4M
ACT Venture Partners
VC Fund
4 Turkey, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Convertible Note Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology $345k–$9.5M
Angel Effect
VC Fund
4 Turkey, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps $50k–$995k
Sankonline
VC Fund
3 Turkey, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Apps, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $300k–$2.5M
ERT Clinical
VC Fund
2 Turkey Series A Fitness, Internet, Wellness
Hande Enes
Angel
2 Turkey, United States, United Kingdom Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence $29k–$4.1M
DOMiNO Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, Turkey, Estonia Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $150k–$2.3M
Musa Kasirga
Angel
2 Turkey Angel Rental, Travel, Boating $113k–$146k
Efe Duran Sarikaya
Angel
2 Turkey, Germany Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel Fitness, Apps, Shipping $600k–$4.5M
APY Ventures
VC Fund
2 Turkey, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming $100k–$2.5M
Fark Labs
VC Fund
2 Turkey, United States, Estonia Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed Software, Manufacturing, Automotive $87k–$1.6M
Kerim Kotan
Angel
2 Turkey, Canada, Germany Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $9.9k–$3M
Hakan Bas
Angel
2 Turkey Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Marketplace, Apps $300k–$1.2M
Ertuğrul Konukoğlu
Angel
2 Turkey Seed Fitness, Apps, Training $600k–$600k
Tamer Capital
VC Fund
2 Turkey, Estonia Pre-Seed, Seed Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Software $65k–$6M
Hacı Ömer Sabancı
Angel
2 Turkey Seed Fitness, Apps, Training $600k–$600k
Sertaç Özinal
Angel
2 Turkey Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Financial Services, FinTech, Internet $55k–$2.5M
Teknoloji Yatirim
VC Fund
2 Turkey, United States, Germany Seed, Series A, Convertible Note Artificial Intelligence, Analytics, SaaS $550k–$2.4M
Emre Eroğlu
Angel
2 Turkey Angel Rental, Travel, Boating $113k–$146k
F+ Ventures
VC Fund
2 Turkey, United States, Israel Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Automotive, Software, Manufacturing $810k–$2.9M
Kıvanç Ünal
Angel
2 Turkey, Estonia, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Fitness, Wellness, Personal Health $100k–$755k
Arda Yigithan Orhan
Angel
2 Turkey Seed Fitness, Apps, Training $600k–$600k
Mehmet Fatih Trabzon
Angel
2 Turkey Seed Rental, Boating, Marketplace $350k–$500k
Inventures
VC Fund
2 Turkey, United States, Spain Seed, Series A, Angel FinTech, E-Commerce, Software $100k–$7M
Nevzat Aydın
Angel
2 Turkey, United States, France Seed, Angel, Convertible Note Software, Internet, E-Commerce $100k–$3.2M
Teknasyon
VC Fund
2 Turkey, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Angel Apps, Mobile Apps, Fitness $112k–$15M
Umur Gencoglu
Angel
2 Turkey Seed Fitness, Apps, Training $600k–$600k
Kaan Kayabalı
Angel
1 Turkey Seed, Angel Gaming, Mobile, eSports
Kaan Karapınar
Angel
1 Turkey Pre-Seed, Convertible Note Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
Sercan Akkaş
Angel
1 Turkey Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Apps, iOS, SaaS $90k–$600k
Gizem Nilay Tuna
Angel
1 Turkey Pre-Seed Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
Fethi Ahmet Özbulut
Angel
1 Turkey Pre-Seed Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
Logo Ventures
VC Fund
1 Turkey, United Kingdom, Norway Seed, Series A Software, Retail, SaaS $600k–$22M
Mustafa Emre Gündüz
Angel
1 Turkey Pre-Seed, Convertible Note Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
Karel Electronics
VC Fund
1 Turkey Series A Fitness, Internet, Wellness
Emre Gerçek
Angel
1 Turkey Pre-Seed Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
Can Hicbezmez
Angel
1 Turkey Pre-Seed Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
Semiramis Kulak
Angel
1 Turkey Seed, Pre-Seed Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
Mehmet Celikol
Angel
1 Turkey Seed, Pre-Seed Rental, Travel, Boating
Cem Büyükkaya
Angel
1 Turkey Pre-Seed Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
Gate Inside Ventures
VC Fund
1 Turkey Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Gaming, Sports, Charity $50k–$250k
Çağrı Emre Korkmaz
Angel
1 Turkey, Estonia Seed, Pre-Seed Apps, Fitness, Wellness
Cem Ortabaş
Angel
1 Turkey, United States Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Gaming, Mobile, Fitness $440k–$950k
Geometry Venture Development
VC Fund
1 Turkey, United States Pre-Seed, Seed Artificial Intelligence, Software, SaaS
Kaan Kural
Angel
1 Turkey Angel eSports, Video Games, Social Media
MİLRES Venture Capital Investment Fund
VC Fund
1 Turkey Seed Toys, Sports, Children
Murat Bekiroğlu
Angel
1 Turkey Seed Rental, Travel, Boating
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RePie Asset Management
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 6 investments in Turkey Sports startups

RE-PIE is Turkey's first alternative asset management company that was authorized by Capital Markets Board of Turkey to establish real estate investment funds in 2015. With our top-quality management team that has many years of professional experience in various markets, it is our privilege to serve our investors to generate best in classinvestment returns in accordance with their risk perceptions and return expectations in line with our well-structured investment process and risk management guidelines. We aim to provide new funding opportunities and resources for Turkish Capital Markets in order to enable new investments and to grow steadily by increasing our fund size with wide range of products in various asset classes.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Turkey, Canada, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 73
  • Round size: Seed $244k–$3.7M; Series A $1M–$38M; Venture - Series Unknown $500k–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $70M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • VenueX — VenueX enables retailers to showcase their products, POI and indoor maps to shoppers searching online!
  • Goldtag — Digital Asset Development
  • Vimesoft — Manage secure team communication and AI-powered learning with Vimesoft on one platform, while keeping your data under your control on your own infrastructure.
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twozero Ventures
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 6 investments in Turkey Sports startups

twozero Ventures provides venture investing to technology-driven and disruptive startups in sports, media, and entertainment.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Media and Entertainment, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Turkey, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Seed $112k–$1.5M; Series A $111k–$2M; Convertible Note $500k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $15M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Pubinno — Ensuring more sustainable draft beer operations and brewery management via the reduction of water waste, Enjoying draft beer, beer equipment
  • FineDine — Finedine, a growing tech company, empowers restaurants with an AI-powered SaaS growth platform. FineDine helps restaurants grow at every stage, from attracting new customers through automated digital marketing to streamlining reservations, orders, payments, loyalty programs, and retargeting campaigns. Finedine creates a seamless omnichannelexperience for both restaurants and their guests. By analyzing customer behavior, FineDine provides actionable insights that help restaurateurs optimize their operations and make data-driven decisions. The platform simplifies restaurant management by offering an all-in-one solution, eliminating the need for multiple software programs.
  • Scoutium — Scoutium is a technology company that provides a unique motivation for all players, clubs and federations around the world. Scoutium has ten thousands of analyses of football players from Germany, Poland and Turkey in its database. With tens of partner clubs, Scoutium is able to access hundreds of cities, towns, and villages in the countries withmore than hundreds video experts and scouts. We aim to democratise football by opening up young players' horizons and giving opportunities to players to be discovered. With Scoutium, licensed football players can improve themselves with exclusively created overview videos, analyses from professional scouts, and special training programs, and can be discovered by clubs with regards to these videos & analyses. Football fans can earn money by recording 90-minute videos or making player analyses and have the chance to pursue a professional scouting career. Thanks to our technology, clubs can access to our database formed by match recordings and scouting analyses.Until today, Scoutium has raised 2.5M$. With projects in Machine Learning and Data Science, Scoutium has become an ITU Teknokent company in 2018.With the mission of enabling all players around the world to be discovered, Scoutium’s goal is to change the game forever. For more, please visit scoutium.com or download our app from Google Play & App Store.
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Alesta Yatırım
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 5 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Ales Venture Capital Investment Trust Inc. 100% Escort Technology Investment Co., Ltd. was established in late 2012 as a subsidiary of an investment company subject to the Capital Markets Board legislation.Their target audience was primarily started to produce products or services are targeted at companies with existing customers and growth.However, the product or service to switch to the sales and marketing process, although in need of ready finance companies also take interest in Their initiative.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 134
  • Round size: Seed $30k–$600k; Pre-Seed $26k–$150k; Convertible Note $30k–$4.6M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5M in 2012

Portfolio highlights

  • GlaucoT — GlaucoT develops contact-free intraocular pressure monitoring and neuroprotective treatment technology for glaucoma disease.
  • Kozmonot — Kozmonot is a mobile competition application with real money prizes focused on knowledge, research and intelligence.
  • ConverJinn — Paste a product link and the Jinn writes a conversion-driven description with SEO-smart HTML, ready to drop into your store.
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TechOne VC
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 5 investments in Turkey Sports startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 72
  • Round size: Seed $115k–$2.4M; Pre-Seed $30k–$605k
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $29M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Co-one — Co-one empowers businesses to unlock the full potential of Generative AI. We provide data-driven solutions for LLM development, including evaluation and dataset generation.
  • 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.
  • Spiky.AI — Spiky.ai delivers real-time coaching, CRM sync, and multilingual AI insights to boost sales performance and streamline meetings.
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ACT Venture Partners
VC Fund · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands · 4 investments in Turkey Sports startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Early stage deep tech investor

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 44
  • Round size: Seed $345k–$3.2M; Series A $2.4M–$9.5M; Convertible Note $1M–$1.4M
  • Lead/follow: 68% lead, 32% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $22M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • NxLite — 3E Nano has developed and is commercializing a low cost, thermally and optically smart, Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) coating. This nano thin film applied to glass and other transparent media is targeted toward windows, windshields, greenhouses, and solar module manufacturers.
  • Arke Telekom — Arke Telekom is an advanced communications technology company focused on the defense, aviation, and space industries. The company designs and implements advanced military waveforms, automated simulation/emulation systems, and specialized automotive test software.
  • Productive Machines — Productive Machines Chatter-free Milling Software Optimization Service for every Machine Shop. Apply our recommended spindle speeds and feed rates to your specific machine settings and make the best part, faster, right first time.
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Angel Effect
VC Fund · Kurucesme, Istanbul, Turkey · 4 investments in Turkey Sports startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 37
  • Round size: Seed $50k–$755k; Pre-Seed $102k–$995k
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% 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.
  • & 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
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Sankonline
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 3 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Sankonline is a corporate venture capital firm that focuses on seed and early-stage investments in companies building game-changing technologies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Turkey, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BiSU — BiSU is a mobile platform that enables its users to order drinkable water in Turkey. Through the platform, its users have the ability to order water from any brand available nationally.BiSU is completely free of commission or fees and aims to democratize access to bottled water in Turkey by increasing transparency in prices and quality of water.The platform allows its customers to compare prices and pay with their credit cards for delivered bottled water.BiSU was launched in 2015 by Ergin Uner & Ozan Alptekin. It is based in Istanbul.
  • 3pmetrics — 3pmetrics simplifies carbon and water footprint accounting, along with ESG analysis, through its user-friendly SaaS platform and API services. The 3pmetrics Sustainability Gateway empowers companies to autonomously manage ESG metrics for the entire value chain in just one day.
  • Hiwell — Hiwell app is an online psychological counseling app that helps people without leaving their homes.
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ERT Clinical
VC Fund · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · 2 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Clario, a part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, combines science-informed endpoint technology, global scale, and expert services to generate reliable clinical evidence for every trial phase.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Internet, Wellness
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Inofab Health — A digital respiratory health platform for chronic conditions such as asthma, COPD and cystic fibrosis.
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Hande Enes
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 2 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Hande Enes

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $125k–$4.1M; Angel $50k–$280k; Pre-Seed $29k–$430k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • WORDEGO — Transform your ecommerce business with Wordego. Leverage unique AI technology to segment visitors by value in real-time, personalizing campaigns for maximum efficiency. Boost your revenue by over 25% and reduce advertising costs by up to 30% with Wordego's precision analytics.
  • Crait AI — Empowering your eComm and marketing visuals with power of AI creativity and actionable data insight.
  • ServisSoft — Servissoft is a software service provider for business especially sales, after-sales with cloud infrastructure.
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DOMiNO Ventures
VC Fund · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands · 2 investments in Turkey Sports startups

DOMiNO Ventures is a venture capital fund focusing on high-tech, pure-digital and first-day global startups in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Turkey, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$2.3M; Pre-Seed $300k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Paidax — Paidax provides a platform for investments, integrating financial tools with features that allow users to interact and share investment ideas. The platform allows users to invest in a wide range of assets, including stocks, cryptocurrencies, and ETFs, while enabling social interaction with other investors. Users can follow investors, shareinvestment ideas, and access educational resources through the platform’s investment academy, which helps users improve financial literacy.
  • Validfor — Transform compliance with Validfor. The first agentic AI-powered platform for validation lifecycle management in pharma. Request a demo today for digital validation platform.
  • Antiverse — Designing biologics for 100 challenging targets
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Musa Kasirga
Angel · 2 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Musa Kasirga

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Rental, Travel, Boating
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Angel $113k–$146k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Viravira — Choose among 12,000 yacht charter, boat rental & gulet holidays. Yachts, boats & gulets for charter with the lowest prices are at Europe's #1 platfom viravira.
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Efe Duran Sarikaya
Angel · Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany · 2 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Efe Duran Sarikaya

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Apps, Shipping
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$4.5M; Venture - Series Unknown $715k–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% 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.
  • FormaStar — FormaStar is a Sports-focused digital ecosystem.
  • NoExit Games — NoExit Games is a mobile game studio that creates hyper casual games for both Play Store and App Store.
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APY Ventures
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 2 investments in Turkey Sports startups, 14 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 125
  • Round size: Seed $212k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $14M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Nuvolog — Revolutionize logistics operations with Nuvolog. Features like spot procurement, carbon tracking, and time slot management enhance efficiency and streamline operations.
  • Circle Games — Circle Games is a mobile gaming company dedicated to create high-quality experiences with user-centered design.
  • Spektra Games — We create the most realistic simulation/racing games for mobile!
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Fark Labs
VC Fund · Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey · 2 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Fark Labs is a global innovation and transformation hub that aims to build a better future for all. We help entrepreneurs, startups, corporations, and investors transform into more connected, innovative, and future-ready versions of themselves so they have a positive impact on the world. We apply an investment portfolio approach to our innovationstrategy, touching all stages of the startup lifecycle from incubator to investor in Turkey, which is strengthened by our strong global network of regional accelerators and VC partners in our key global geographies. We use this approach for our 4 focus verticals: mobility, life sciences, sustainable lifestyle, and emerging technologies, which we call our curiosity cabinet.We back change-makers who transform industries and create new ones. Our sweet spot is investing early, and we continue to provide support and investment up to Series A. We envision a better future by championing entrepreneurship, innovation, and frontier technologies that transform legacy businesses and build future-proof startups.We also drive innovation and transformation through collaborative intelligence. We build a unique ecosystem that connects difference-makers, leading corporations, venture capital firms, universities, and government agencies across our 4 verticals.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Automotive
  • Stage:Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$1.6M; Pre-Seed $87k–$676k
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ADASTEC — 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 public transportation operators.
  • MaestroHub — MaestroHub is the industrial context platform, in Gartner's Industrial Data Management category. Its 100+ connectors reach over 120 kinds of machines and systems, so people and AI agents can see the plant, understand it and act on it, on your own infrastructure.
  • Twin Science & Robotics — AI literacy, combined with the safest tools, empowers your school to build real-world AI skills with confidence.
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Kerim Kotan
Angel · 2 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Kerim Kotan

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Turkey, Canada, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $9.9k–$2M; Pre-Seed $1M–$1M; Venture - Series Unknown $715k–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Buluttan — Buluttan delivers AI-powered hyper-local weather intelligence for energy, aviation, agriculture, logistics, and insurance. Accurate forecasts, severe-weather alerts, and operational decision support.
  • Werover — Windrover detects hidden wind turbine blade damage with 24/7 AI-powered monitoring, helping teams reduce downtime and make informed maintenance decisions.
  • Innovasion Labs PINC — Next Generation of Energy Storage
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Hakan Bas
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 2 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Hakan Bas is the Founder and CEO of Ace Games. He previously worked at Raymond James as a Sr. Analyst. Hakan Bas attended Yale University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$1.2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • EasyCep — EasyCep, marketplace for refurbished electronics devices was founded in 2018 by Mehmet Akif Özdemir and İsmail Dinçer. Easycep makes it easier for consumers to sell their used electronic devices online. Also, it makes easier for consumers to find and buy professionally refurbished smartphones, tablets, computers and other some electronic devices aswell as 12 month warranty and at up to 70% of their original prices. With the prolongation of electronic products, EasyCep refurbishes them and offers them with a 12-month warranty.
  • Garajyeri — garajyeri offers an online platform that enables its users to find, compare, and obtain car rental services. The services are categorized as economy, family, premium, comfort, and campaigns.garajyeri enables its customers to connect with car owners to obtain information and discounts.garajyeri was founded by Arda Askin in January 2015. And itis based in Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Lotus Flow — Lotus Yoga is an online yoga, meditation, fitness, and mindfulness platform that offers both audio and video content in various languages.
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Ertuğrul Konukoğlu
Angel · Inegol, Bursa, Turkey · 2 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Ertuğrul Konukoğlu is a Board of member at ISKO.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Apps, Training
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$600k
  • 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.
  • Urban Active — Urban Active offers indoor cycling, bootcamp, Pilates, yoga and guided fitness programs both in‑studio and via its mobile app.
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Tamer Capital
VC Fund · Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey · 2 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Tamer Capital is a venture development platform established within the Tamer Group. It aims to bring the digital-based business ideas of entrepreneurs in our country to the global. While Tamer Capital takes the responsibility of finance, business development, branding and marketing required for a start-up to reach its global dreams; It provides theentrepreneur with the opportunity to focus only on the operational part of his business.Tamer Capital aims to take the Smart Money model, which is frequently encountered in the Start-up ecosystem, to the next level and at the same time become a part of the initiative. It sets out to implement the business ideas of young, talented and innovative entrepreneurs by planning from A to Z and bring them to the level of worldwide projects.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Software
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $65k–$6M; Pre-Seed $72k–$250k
  • Lead/follow: 68% lead, 32% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Apilex — Apilex is a legaltech company specializing in case law search and law agent functionalities tailored to the Turkish legal system. It enables users to search and reference legal precedents accurately. The platform supports legal professionals by facilitating access to case-based research and automated legal support.
  • Synops — Audio Book Summaries
  • Eaty AI — Eaty AI offers an AI-powered ordering platform that automates voice and digital food orders for restaurants. It enables phone and drive-thru ordering through conversational AI, handling customer interactions, order customization, and integration with existing POS systems. The platform provides analytics on customer preferences and order trends,enabling operators to optimize menus and streamline operations. It enhances efficiency by reducing manual entry and minimizing errors during order processing. Sales teams targeting restaurant technology buyers can leverage these insights to demonstrate how Eaty AI supports digital transformation in the hospitality industry.
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Hacı Ömer Sabancı
Angel · 2 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Apps, Training
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$600k
  • 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.
  • Urban Active — Urban Active offers indoor cycling, bootcamp, Pilates, yoga and guided fitness programs both in‑studio and via its mobile app.
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Sertaç Özinal
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 2 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Sertaç Özinal

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $55k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $63k–$123k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Brix — Brix Money is a blockchain platform tokenizing sovereign yield from emerging markets into programmable on-chain assets like the iTRY stablecoin, backed by Turkish money market funds for DeFi applications.
  • Interactive Loan — Interactive Loan provide financial assistance by providing trainings about credit, bond trading, or leasing methods.
  • Defy — The cryptocurrency space's #1 most-trusted DeFi mobile app platform.Welcome to the space of decentralized finance. Use to earn feature is waiting for you. Connect/Create your wallet and start to earn! We support the future of finance. Buy, sell, swap, transfer cryptocurrency; track all cryptocurrency movements on networks.The TraderBag platform is the Easiest & Most Reliable Way to manage your DeFi portfolio and make copy-trade. You don't need to spend hours drawing graphs to be able to analyze.Reach all cryptocurrencies from a single platform. You can trade on all major networks(support multi-chain).Manage your crypto portfolio easily. Buy, sell, convert, transfer…You don't need to be an expert in the crypto space.Make your transactions securely with other wallets thanks to the Anti Money Laundering (AML) service.Track Talented Traders and Cryptocurrency wallets instantly with TraderBag!Thanks to TraderBag, get instant notification when there is a trade in the trader or whale wallets you follow and do not miss the opportunities.Easily see what coins are in crypto wallets; Search with WEB3 wallet address or wallet QR code and see cryptocurrencies, track wallet.Connect or Create your own crypto wallet 100% securely with WEB3 and Get 500 TRBAG. Keep earning TRBAG from the transactions you make with your wallet.Artificial intelligence robots research the market and give you instant news about the newly listed cryptocurrencies.Secret crypto wallets of popular people in the Trader Bag app.Trader Bag prepares daily cryptocurrency market analysis for you. You can instantly follow the most bought and sold cryptocurrencies daily, hourly, weekly. You can instantly see which crypto billionaires are investing in from the market analysis.You will not miss the market with the news it creates for you by examining the analyzes produced by artificial intelligence robots.You can easily access the purchase and sale price details of digital assets in the crypto bags of the people you follow.If you think that you are doing a very good analysis and following the market, you can start earning TRBAG through Trader Bag.
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Teknoloji Yatirim
VC Fund · Ankara, Ankara, Turkey · 2 investments in Turkey Sports startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Analytics, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $550k–$2.4M; Series A $773k–$2.2M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $22M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Branchsight — Marketing platform for multi-location brands. Run Google and Meta campaigns across every branch from one dashboard, with location-specific creative generated automatically.
  • BRANDEFENSE — Brandefense is an AI-driven threat intelligence platform that stops external threats on the dark web and in phishing.
  • Mindsite — Monitor pricing, availability, retailer search, content, reviews and retail media with Mindsite. Turn digital shelf data into commercial decisions.
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Emre Eroğlu
Angel · 2 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Emre Eroğlu

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Rental, Travel, Boating
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Angel $113k–$146k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Viravira — Choose among 12,000 yacht charter, boat rental & gulet holidays. Yachts, boats & gulets for charter with the lowest prices are at Europe's #1 platfom viravira.
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F+ Ventures
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 2 investments in Turkey Sports startups

F+ Ventures is Fark Labs’ venture capital arm, which invests in late seed and Series A startups within the smart mobility ecosystem that provide disruptive solutions through superior technologies and/or unique business models.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Automotive, Software, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$2.9M; Series A $810k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Buyutech — Democratizing the autonomy by changing the way of perception. We work for a world where your loved ones are safe on the roads we offer affordable and scalable products that will become the eyes of the millions.
  • Wayve — Wayve are pioneering an AI-centric approach to self-driving, inspired by our vision of a smarter, safer and more sustainable world.
  • Saykal — Saykal develops electronic product design technology intended for EV transformation. Saykal manufactures advanced sensing, detection, and imaging systems for strategic and scalable industries with automotive applications. Saykal aligns its product development with customer requirements and strives for timely delivery.
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Kıvanç Ünal
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 2 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Kıvanç Ünal is the Co-Founder and CPO of Orphex. He previously worked at iyi yaşa as a Board Member. Kıvanç Ünal attended Boğaziçi University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Wellness, Personal Health
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, Estonia, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$755k; Pre-Seed $120k–$300k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Beynex Technologies — Beynex provides AI-driven cognitive health solutions for early detection, smart monitoring, and individualized care.
  • Popile — Popile is a celebrity engagement platform that allows users to get unforgettable memories with celebrity shout-out videos and video calls. It may look like just a basic shout-out video platform at first look but the main benefit that Popile offers to users is being able to create unforgettable memories. The outcomes of each order are stories worthtelling and great memories. Popile gives people the opportunity to make a birthday different than the others, spread the news in the best possible way, or make a moment worth celebrating.Both the biggest Turkish TV - music celebrities and digital creators are in Popile. Lots of active and former athletes are in Popile. Even stars of viral Tiktok videos are in Popile. There are more than 400 celebrities in Popile, we are pretty sure that there is -at least- a celebrity for everyone. Their vision is to be the biggest celebrity engagement platform in the MENA region in 2 years.
  • Astopia — Discover yourself guided by the stars! With Astopia, explore birth chart analysis, zodiac insights, and astrological interpretations.
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Arda Yigithan Orhan
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 2 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Entrepreneur, Cloud Architect, Public Speaker, Angel Investor

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Apps, Training
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$600k
  • 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.
  • Urban Active — Urban Active offers indoor cycling, bootcamp, Pilates, yoga and guided fitness programs both in‑studio and via its mobile app.
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Mehmet Fatih Trabzon
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 2 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Mehmet Fatih Trabzon serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors at FTR Makina Kimya Metalurji A.Ş.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Rental, Boating, Marketplace
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $350k–$500k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • TatildeKirala.com — TatildeKirala.com offers a platform for making reservations from the comfort of their home. It has 500 business partners (villa rental agencies) with whom it works directly to ensure guest satisfaction, as well as holiday consultants who provide continuous support before and after booking. Since 2018, it has safely delivered its guests to theirhomes and villas.
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Inventures
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 2 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Inventures | Seed Stage Investor | Securing Startup DNA

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, E-Commerce, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$7M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cenoa — Cenoa - The smartest way to get paid globally!
  • ELTA360 — ELTA360 transforms the way we experience properties in the digital realm. Creating 3D tours can appear complex, hence ELTA360 designed an uncomplicated learning journey that simplifies the process for anyone to start crafting digital twins of properties. It serves as the optimal instrument for real estate agents, architects, hospitality serviceproviders, and anyone else aspiring to showcase their spaces innovatively and incorporate them into their marketing channels
  • Copyright Capital — Copyright Capital funds YouTubers and influencers worldwide. Apply for global creator funding to grow your channel, scale your influence, and earn more.
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Nevzat Aydın
Angel · , Istanbul, Turkey · 2 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Nevzat Aydın is based out of Istanbul, Istanbul and was the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Yemeksepeti. Nevzat Aydın attended Boğaziçi University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 62
  • Round size: Seed $233k–$2.7M; Angel $100k–$800k; Convertible Note $100k–$3.2M
  • 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.
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Teknasyon
VC Fund · Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey · 2 investments in Turkey Sports startups

More than a single company. An operating system designed to create, grow, and scale new ventures.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Mobile Apps, Fitness
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Round size: Seed $112k–$1.5M; Series A $250k–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Deplike — Everyone can make music!
  • PulpoAR — PulpoAR Virtual Try-On Solution is realistic and easy to integrate and customize e-commerce platforms. We have specialized in the beauty industry. Increase your sales by giving your users the chance to try-on your products from the comfort of their homes. PulpoAR Virtual Try-On can be integrated into your e-commerce website, mobile app, smartmirror, and smart mirrors and QR codes as in-store solutions.
  • 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.
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Umur Gencoglu
Angel · 2 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Umur Gencoglu is a Board Member at Gencoglu Grup.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Apps, Training
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$600k
  • 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.
  • Urban Active — Urban Active offers indoor cycling, bootcamp, Pilates, yoga and guided fitness programs both in‑studio and via its mobile app.
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Kaan Kayabalı
Angel · 1 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Kaan Kayabali, a Turkish entrepreneur, is the founder and CEO of Onedio Media and Internet Services Inc.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Mobile, eSports
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Playz — Playz is a social media platform for gamers.
  • Wudya — Wudya is a social gaming company developing social and mobile games. Wudya developed 8 social games on Facebook like Magnificent Millennium and The Message, playable globally in Turkish, English and Arabic. In total 1.2 million users played these games.Our next product, a unique game, specially designed for smartphones and tablets offers a wholenew way of gaming experience combined with the old school methods. Whole story, design documents and a playable prototype is ready for the game.
  • 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.
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Kaan Karapınar
Angel · 1 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Kaan Karapınar

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
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Sercan Akkaş
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 1 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Sercan Akkas serves as Product Director at Yemeksepeti.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, iOS, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $90k–$600k; Pre-Seed $120k–$123k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lugath — Lugath automates content localization with the power of AI translation.
  • Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
  • CatchJobs — CatchJobs is an application that offers staffing and recruitment services to users. It is a video-based employment platform connecting hospitality job seekers with employers.
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Gizem Nilay Tuna
Angel · 1 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Gizem Nilay Tuna

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
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Fethi Ahmet Özbulut
Angel · 1 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Fethi Ahmet Özbulut

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
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Logo Ventures
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 1 investments in Turkey Sports startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Retail, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom, Norway

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$3.1M; Series A $2.2M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $20M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • V-Count — V-Count works with 550+ brands, 25.000+ locations in 105+ countries.
  • Vispera — Drive your retail execution to perfection with Vispera image recognition technologies and intelligent retail solutions.
  • 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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Mustafa Emre Gündüz
Angel · Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany · 1 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Mustafa Emre Gündüz

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
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Karel Electronics
VC Fund · Ankara, Ankara, Turkey · 1 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Karel has created the electronic telephone exchange market in Turkey in 1986 with its original designs, provided PBX products to this market and pioneered Turkey's transition from electromechanical systems to electronic systems in communications. Established with hundred percent domestic capital, Karel has the most advanced R&D departmentin Turkey in communication electronics field today and facilities are compliant with international standards.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Internet, Wellness
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Inofab Health — A digital respiratory health platform for chronic conditions such as asthma, COPD and cystic fibrosis.
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Emre Gerçek
Angel · 1 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Emre Gerçek

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
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Can Hicbezmez
Angel · 1 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Can Hicbezmez

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
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Semiramis Kulak
Angel · 1 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Semiramis Kulak

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Aposto — All-in-one media service currently based in Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
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Mehmet Celikol
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 1 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Mehmet Celikol

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Rental, Travel, Boating
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Viravira — Choose among 12,000 yacht charter, boat rental & gulet holidays. Yachts, boats & gulets for charter with the lowest prices are at Europe's #1 platfom viravira.
  • 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.
  • Mizanplus Kitchens — Mizanplus Kitchens provides delivery service multi-brand dark store network.
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Cem Büyükkaya
Angel · 1 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Cem Büyükkaya

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
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Gate Inside Ventures
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 1 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Founded by successful entrepreneurs to help new comers. Gate Inside developed a new model of startup funding. Twice a year they invest a small amount of money. The startups move to their incubation center for 3 months. Founders get required help from mentors and other entrepreneurs like themselves in a unique working environment.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Sports, Charity
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $50k–$250k
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fitmap — A unique marketplace where people meet trainers and coaches from various branches of sport and health all around the world.
  • Jib Games — We are a venture-backed game studio based in Istanbul, developing & publishing MMORPGs since 2009. Our games have been played by 25 million players in 8 countries.We believe that a good education brings self-awareness which drives happiness. Our mission is to dream, design, create and develop better and happy ways to get educated.Currentlyworking on Polity, a gaming platform where players can choose to excel in various professions as a citizen in an open virtual world. These professions derive from popular casual games. We target worldwide (esp. Tier 1) 16+ years old lifelong gamers.
  • Zonetix Market Research — Zonetix is a zero-party data market research company operating in emerging markets.
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Çağrı Emre Korkmaz
Angel · 1 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Çağrı Emre Korkmaz

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Fitness, Wellness
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Astopia — Astopia is an astrology application that helps people with personal development and self-discovery by creating an astrological chart of birth dates and guiding people on personal journeys through the wonders of the stars.
  • CRwizard —
  • İyi Yaşa — İyi Yaşa offers highest quality trainings and videos, inspire and activate both sports and health enthusiasts and those who want to step into a good life with suitable alternatives for all levels. It offers fitness, yoga, mindfulness classes and healthy recipes, nutrition informations and workshops.
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Cem Ortabaş
Angel · Izmir, Izmir, Turkey · 1 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Cem Ortabaş is a Co-Founder at HubX. He attended Koç University during 2012-2017.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Mobile, Fitness
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $440k–$950k
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • xStudios —
  • İyi Yaşa — İyi Yaşa offers highest quality trainings and videos, inspire and activate both sports and health enthusiasts and those who want to step into a good life with suitable alternatives for all levels. It offers fitness, yoga, mindfulness classes and healthy recipes, nutrition informations and workshops.
  • Veloxia — Veloxia Technology was founded on a vision of becoming a unicorn in global consumer technologies. Veloxia’s mission is to design the self-marketing & industry-disrupting products by achieving excellence at product-market fitness and integrating behavioral economics into its products. As revolutionary products require revolutionary people,Veloxia will always aim at gathering the ones with strong capabilities, reliable values and the desire to embody our story.
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Geometry Venture Development
VC Fund · Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey · 1 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Rolling Fund + Syndicate Model with Modest Capital for Early Stage Startup Investors. Invests $50K in problem-solution stage technology startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, SaaS
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Sorbil — Sorbil is a subscription based e-learning organization platform. Sorbil is a ed-tech company. It has 100+ courses in 4 main categories. The categories are foreign language, coding, career development and self development. Subscribers purchase either a monthly or yearly subscription to fully access all courses in the platform.
  • Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
  • FenixPyre — FenixPyre provides file-centric security to prevent ransomware, mitigate insider threats, and enforce third-party risk management. It blocks internal bad actors from stealing sensitive files, enhancing perimeter security while remaining seamless to users.
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Kaan Kural
Angel · 1 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Kaan Kural

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Investment focus

  • Industry: eSports, Video Games, Social Media
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Playz — Playz is a social media platform for gamers.
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MİLRES Venture Capital Investment Fund
VC Fund · 1 investments in Turkey Sports startups

MİLRES Venture Capital Investment Fund invests in renewable energy sectors, including electricity production, wind turbine technology, solar energy, biogas, geothermal energy, energy storage, power plant investments, freshwater extraction, agriculture, drone systems, artificial intelligence, and other technologies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Toys, Sports, Children
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Finq — Finq is a modular driving kit inspired by childhood block toys, designed to develop analytical thinking, coordination, and motor skills. It combines various toys like scooters, balance bikes, skateboards, and classic bicycles into a single kit, allowing for unlimited imagination and countless designs.
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Murat Bekiroğlu
Angel · 1 investments in Turkey Sports startups

Murat Bekiroğlu

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Rental, Travel, Boating
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Viravira — Choose among 12,000 yacht charter, boat rental & gulet holidays. Yachts, boats & gulets for charter with the lowest prices are at Europe's #1 platfom viravira.
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Sports Investor funding in Turkey at a glance

Stats across 28 deals from 42 investors.

42
investors
in Turkey Sports startups
28
deals
in Turkey Sports startups
$129k
median round
in Turkey Sports startups
24%
lead investors
lead at least one round
43%
Seed
most common funding stage
67/33
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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