# Top 50 Transportation Angel Investors in Turkey in June 2026 ## Ahu Serter - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Transportation Ahu Serter is the Founder and President of Fark Labs. She previously worked at FARHYM Vehicle Interiors as a Head of Management Committee, Board Member. Ahu Serter attended Pace University. ## Nevzat Aydın - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce Nevzat Aydın is the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, the first and biggest online food delivery portal in Turkey.Born in 1976 in İstanbul, Nevzat Aydın completed his secondary education at the Bursa Anatolian High School. Following his graduation from Boğaziçi University Department of Computer Engineering, he went to the United States where he receivedhis MBA at the University of San Francisco in Silicon Valley.During his stay in the United States, Aydın followed the latest developments on e-trade before he returned to Turkey in 2000 to launch his project, Yemeksepeti.com. Serving as the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, Nevzat Aydın introduced a brand new dimension to e-trade in Turkey.In 2007, Yemeksepeti.com was selected the “Endeavor Entreprenur” by Endeavor Turkey. Aydin was also selected the “Most Successful Turkish Young Entrepreneur” by the CNBC-e Business magazine in 2010 for his successful work since the foundation of Yemeksepeti.com.As the founder and CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, which celebrated its 11th anniversary in 2012, he won the first prize in 2011 in the “Male Entrepreneur of the Year” category at the “Businesspeople of the Year” survey conducted by the Ekonomist magazine among nearly 3,000 business people.Aydin is a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Supreme Board of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, and a founding member of Galata Business Angels.Aydın was one of the 150 entrepreneurs invited from all over the world to the Entrepreneurship Summit held by US President Barack Obama on April 26-27, 2010.He was also among the speakers at the DLD (Digital-Life-Design) Conference, which is deemed as one of the world's most prestigious conferences with its content on innovation and developments in the digital world. He is also an editorial advisor of GQ Turkey, one of the 5 “dragons” of the Dragons’ Den Turkey show, and a Board Member of Trabzonspor sports club. ## Emre Acikel - Type: Angel - Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Mobile Angel Investor. Investing in Turkey (member of Sharks & Partners) & Switzerland (member of Business Angels Switzerland). ## Yılmaz Yıldız - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Procurement, Waste Management, Retail Yılmaz Yıldız ## Marcus Mosen - Type: Angel - Location: Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Big Data, Consumer Marcus Mosen ## Hasan Aslanoba - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software business in the water industry. By 2005, the company succeeded in the Turkish bottled water industry under his guidance.In 2006, Erikli Water partnered its Turkish operations with Nestle Waters, the global leader of the bottled water industry. ## Enis Hulli - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Gaming Enis is a General Partner of 500 Startups and the Host of cc: Podcast. Prior to that, he was a Research Assistant at McGill University. He graduated from McGill University and Istanbul Technical University. ## Florian Gschwandtner - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, Software, Dating Florian Gschwandtner is the Founder of Leaders21. ## Firat Isbecer - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, SaaS, Software Firat Isbecer is an entrepreneur and a seed investor. His first venture Pozitron, a mobile software company focusing on digital banking, commerce and mobile payments, became one of the fastest growing enterprise software companies in Europe with clients across the globe. After multi years of growth and a successful international expansion, Pozitronwas acquired by London-based fin-tech star Monitise plc in 2014.After the acquisition, he joined Monitise and oversaw the company’s regional operations as the MEA Managing Director. Monitise MEA quickly became one of the most profitable business units of Monitise Group. In 2017, Monitise Group was fully acquired by the US-based, Fiserv Inc, one of the world's largest fin-tech companies with more than 50,000 employees.Shortly after the acquisition, he left Fiserv and founded his newest venture, Commencis. Commencis helps leading brands grow and scale in digital, powered by it’s Big Data, Analytics and Cloud products.In September 2019, Commencis expanded to Berlin, Germany by announcing finbyte, a joint-venture in fintech solutions. Besides Commencis, he is also an active seed investor. Member of Galata Business Angels, Turkey’s first angel investor group.After graduating from Robert College in Istanbul, Firat received his Bachelor’s Degree from Galatasaray University, and his Master’s Degree from a joint programme by Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and École Normale Supérieure in Paris. ## Belkıs Kuşçulu Özer - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Shopping, E-Commerce, 3D Technology Belkıs Kuşçulu Özer is an Angel investor. ## Mehmet Emin Çiftçi - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Shipping, Logistics, E-Commerce Mehmet Emin Çiftçi is an industrialist based on Istanbul, Turkey. He is currently serving as a Board Member at Akkök Holding ## Stefan Kalteis - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Travel, Tourism Stefan Kalteis ## Melih Odemis - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile Melih is one of the pioneer Internet entrepreneurs in Turkey. Born in Istanbul, he studied Computer Engineering and MBA at Bogazici University. After one year of professional experience in Citibank, Melih founded yemeksepeti.com with his partners in 2000. Yemeksepeti.com became the online food delivery giant first in Turkey, and then in Middle Eastand Eastern Europe. As a co-founder, Melih has acted as CTO of the company until 2013 and as Board Member until May 2015, when the company was acquired by Delivery Hero writing one of the biggest Internet exit stories in the region. Melih has been selected an Endeavor Entrepreneur in 2007. Since 2011 he has been an active angel investor in internet and technology companies with more than 30 investments. He is one of the cofounders of Galata Business Angels, which is one of the first business angel networks in Turkey. He is a founding member of EO Turkey. Melih lives in London now with his family and continues to invest in tech start-ups globally. ## Erdem Yurdanur - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Mobile, iOS, Advertising Erdem Yurdanur - Founder & Director @ Admost ## Agah Ugur - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Apps, CRM Agah Uğur ## Yahya Ülker - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Software, SaaS Yahya Ulker is the CEO at Yildiz Ventures. ## Erdem Gülen - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Local, Mobile, Medical I am who I am. ## Ali Cebi - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Transportation, Mobile, Internet Ali Çebi ## Ata Uzunhasan - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Internet, Manufacturing Ata Uzunhasan - Managing Director @ Galata Business Angels ## Metin Bencuya - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Private Equity - Focus: Shopping, E-Commerce, Delivery Service Metin Bencuya is an Angel investor. ## Bedii Can Yucaoglu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Marketplace, Mobile, Big Data Bedii Can Yucaoglu - Advisor @ Hesapkurdu ## Emre Kurttepeli - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Apps Emre Kurttepeli is a Serial Entrepreneur & Investor and is the Founder & Chairperson of Mynet Group, Turkey’s leading internet company with over 32 million users and Founder & CEO of Mynet Games, a global mobile gaming company.Columbia University/NY graduate, he has been the founder or the investor of over 50 internet andtechnology companies, mostly leaders in their own categories that ranges from e-commerce companies to vertical social network sites, mobile and gaming companies, including Trendyol, Insider, Iyzico, RemoteTeam and vc fund that invests in the internet and technology space. Additionally he is an investor in C24 Gallery, a prominent contemporary art gallery in Chelsea/New York.He is the President of Endeavor Turkey and Galata Business Angels (GBA), that are non-profit organizations helping to grow the entrepreneurship ecosystem. He serves on the Board of Endeavor Global, TOBB Turkish Venture Capital Industry Council and TOBB Turkish Entrepreneurs Council. Besides being on the advisory board member of Columbia University Global Center in Istanbul, he also is a member of YPO and is an Ashoka fellow. ## Alp Saul - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Mobile, Internet, E-Commerce Alp Saul - Cofounder and Chairman of the Board @ Pronet ## Murat Balcı - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, Fitness, mHealth Murat Balci is an angel investor. ## Mehmet Celikol - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Rental, Travel, Boating Mehmet Celikol ## Serhan Kohen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Private Equity - Focus: Shopping, E-Commerce, Delivery Service Serhan Kohen is an Angel investor. ## Tolunay Yıldız - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, AgTech, Coffee Tolunay Yıldız ## Mehmet Sacit Sungu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Information Technology, Apps, Local Mehmet Sacit Sungu ## Namik Kural - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, Local, Security Namik Kural is a Board Member at Visionteractive. ## Onur Topac - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: SaaS, Big Data, Hardware Onur Topac was born in 1990 in Istanbul. He graduated from Istanbul’s Austrian High School in 2009 and went on to receive a Bachelor’s degree from Koç University, Department of Industrial Engineering in 2013. Currently, he is pursuing a Master’s degree in Financial Engineering at Ozyegin University. Mr. Topac started his career in finance in 2008as a web site specialist at Gedik Investment; subsequently, he interned at FXCM in London in 2012. The following year, he participated in the establishment of the Investment Banking Department at Gedik Investment, leading the way in the Department’s technological transformation. Since April 2015, he has served as CEO at Gedik Girişim Sermayesi Yatırım Ortaklıgı A.S (Gedik Venture Capital Investment Partnership). Onur Topac started to provide support to technology investments and ventures as an individual investor before obtaining the necessary certification to operate as an angel investor in 2015. ## Mustafa Bağcı - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Private Equity - Focus: Shopping, E-Commerce, 3D Technology Mustafa Bağcı is an Angel investor. ## Ercan Solmaz - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services Ercan Solmaz ## Özgür Trakya - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services Özgür Trakya ## Ryan Rzepecki - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: B2C, E-Commerce, Augmented Reality Ryan Rzepecki was the founder and CEO of NYC-based JUMP Bikes (acquired by Uber in 2018), focused on developing innovative solutions for urban transportation. Early in his career, Rzepecki worked as a planner in the bikes division of New York City’s Department of Transportation. During that time, he worked extensively to bring bike facilities tomore New Yorkers. It was this experience that led him to design a high-tech bike share model that he entered in the Copenhagen Design Competition. By 2010, he founded the company under its original name Social Bicycles, and set out to realize his vision of using bicycles as a smarter, cleaner, and more fun mode of urban transportation. His company pioneered "smart bike" technology, allowing bike share to go dockless and become more accessible and convenient for riders.In 2013, Rzepecki was named one of the 100 Coolest People in Tech by Business Insider and one of the Top 100 City Innovators Worldwide by UBM’s Future Cities. He received his master’s degree in urban planning from Hunter College of the City University of New York and his bachelor’s degree in marketing and international business from Pennsylvania State University. ## Haluk Can Hür - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Mobile, Retail, Shopping Haluk Can Hür ## Uğur Şeker - Type: Angel - Location: Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Marketing, Gaming, Big Data Uğur Şeker ## Adam Goldstein - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, Internet, Enterprise Software Adam Goldstein is a Visiting Scientist at Levin Lab. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2006 to 2010. ## Sina Afra - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet Sina Afra is the CEO and Founder of Tiko. He previously worked at Markafoni as a CEO and Founder. Sina Afra attended the University of Münster. ## Ömer Aras - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Retail, Biopharma, Marketing Ömer Aras ## Tarık Bayar - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services Tarık Bayar ## Timur Soysal - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Private Equity - Focus: Shopping, E-Commerce, Delivery Service Timur Soysal is an angel investor. ## Utku Öz - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Analytics, E-Commerce Utku is a Partner based in our Istanbul office. He is the leader of the “Digital and Analytics” Practice in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, helping clients create value with data, innovative tools and techniques. He serves a wide range of industries, including financial services, telecoms, manufacturing and retail. ## Engin Kale - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, Gaming, Jewelry Engin Kale is a partner/investor at Appsilon Enterprise. ## Ömer Faruk Akarca - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services Ömer Faruk Akarca ## Nuri Cem Erbak - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services Nuri Cem Erbak ## Meltem Kirişçi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Food Delivery, Waste Management, Professional Services Meltem Kirişçi ## İzzet Zakuto - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Mobile Apps, Personal Health İzzet Zakuto ## Abdullah Kucuk - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Logistics, E-Commerce, Warehousing Abdullah Kucuk ## Deniz Devrim Cengiz - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, FinTech, Apps Deniz Devrim Cengiz ## Michael Moritz - Type: Angel - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce Michael Moritz is Chairman & Partner of Sequoia Capital where he has worked since 1986. He has always had an eclectic set of investment interests and today represents Sequoia's interests in Klarna, Green Do, and Stripe, LinkedIn the world's professional nework, Instacart, PopSugar, the entertainment and fashion site for women24-7-customer an outsourcing customer service company and The Melt a grilled cheese restaurant chain.