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Top 30 Travel Startup Investors in Turkey in May 2026

A list of 30 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Travel startups based in Turkey. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Travel companies from Turkey. We update this investor list every month.

Top 30 Travel Startup Investors in Turkey in May 2026

Investor Travel Turkey investments
Genco Alp 3
Earlybird Venture Capital 3
Burak Gözalan 3
Orkun Samioglu 3
Nihan Colak Erol 2
Caglar Erol 2
Orkun Tekin 2
Hande Enes 2
Aslanoba Capital 2
Elixir Capital Management 1
Mehmet Celikol 1
Burak Şen 1
Nevzat Aydın 1
Technology & Innovation Fund 1
Murat Bekiroğlu 1
Türk Telekom 1
Diffusion Capital Partners 1
Cur8 Capital 1
The Ahmed Revocable Trust 1
Joachim Behrendt 1
Mehmet Celikol 1
Serkan Borancılı 1
Kivilcim Cayli 1
TÜBİTAK 1
Maydan Capital 1
Mustafa Mert Işık 1
Demirhan Sener 1
Mehmet Onarcan 1
HOWZAT Partners 1
Inventures 1

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Genco Alp
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

Genco Alp - Founder & CEO @ InGame Group

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Investment focus

  • Travel, Tourism, Computer Vision
  • Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Turkey, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • otelz.com — Otelz.com, part of the Zonline Turizm ve Ticaret Aş, owns and operates Otelz.com™, The Turkish market leader in booking accommodations online. The otelz.com website attract visitors from both the leisure and business sectors worldwide.Established in 2013, Otelz.com, guarantees the best prices for any type of property, from small, family-run bedand breakfasts to executive apartments and five-star luxury suites. As for now offers over 3.000 properties in Turkey. Day by day it is increasing.Over 50 people in Turkey are dedicated to serving otelz.com customers and property-owning partners.Our Mission; " To help leisure and business travelers, whatever their budgets, easily discover, book, and enjoy best places to stay."Our Vision; " Otelz.com is an informative, user-friendly website – that guarantees the best available prices. Our goal is to provide business and leisure travelers with the most accessible and cost-effective way of discovering and booking the broadest selection of accommodations, in every corner of Turkey.
  • Chooch — Chooch AI healthcare inventory management system automates tracking and replenishment of medical supplies. Real-time tracking. No manual counts. No scanning.
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Earlybird Venture Capital
VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Founded in 1997, Earlybird is a pan-European VC investor backing tech-enabled companies and investing in their growth and development. Funds include Earlybird, Earlybird Health, Growth Opportunities.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

  • SLNG — SLNG is radically global infrastructure for speech AI.
  • TastyUrban — TastyUrban is in the process of developing a new generation of restaurant usage and strategy.
  • Black Forest Labs — Black Forest Labs creates advanced generative deep learning models for images and videos. They focus on making these technologies widely accessible and transparent, ensuring that their innovations are easy to use and understand. This approach aims to democratize access to cutting-edge technology and foster greater trust and utility.
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Burak Gözalan
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

Burak Gözalan - Owner @ Pure New Media

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Investment focus

  • Travel, Tourism, Computer Vision
  • Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Turkey, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • otelz.com — Otelz.com, part of the Zonline Turizm ve Ticaret Aş, owns and operates Otelz.com™, The Turkish market leader in booking accommodations online. The otelz.com website attract visitors from both the leisure and business sectors worldwide.Established in 2013, Otelz.com, guarantees the best prices for any type of property, from small, family-run bedand breakfasts to executive apartments and five-star luxury suites. As for now offers over 3.000 properties in Turkey. Day by day it is increasing.Over 50 people in Turkey are dedicated to serving otelz.com customers and property-owning partners.Our Mission; " To help leisure and business travelers, whatever their budgets, easily discover, book, and enjoy best places to stay."Our Vision; " Otelz.com is an informative, user-friendly website – that guarantees the best available prices. Our goal is to provide business and leisure travelers with the most accessible and cost-effective way of discovering and booking the broadest selection of accommodations, in every corner of Turkey.
  • Chooch — Chooch AI healthcare inventory management system automates tracking and replenishment of medical supplies. Real-time tracking. No manual counts. No scanning.
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Orkun Samioglu
Angel

Orkun Samioglu - Managing Partner @ Ipera Group

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Investment focus

  • Travel, Tourism
  • Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Turkey

Portfolio highlights

  • otelz.com — Otelz.com, part of the Zonline Turizm ve Ticaret Aş, owns and operates Otelz.com™, The Turkish market leader in booking accommodations online. The otelz.com website attract visitors from both the leisure and business sectors worldwide.Established in 2013, Otelz.com, guarantees the best prices for any type of property, from small, family-run bedand breakfasts to executive apartments and five-star luxury suites. As for now offers over 3.000 properties in Turkey. Day by day it is increasing.Over 50 people in Turkey are dedicated to serving otelz.com customers and property-owning partners.Our Mission; " To help leisure and business travelers, whatever their budgets, easily discover, book, and enjoy best places to stay."Our Vision; " Otelz.com is an informative, user-friendly website – that guarantees the best available prices. Our goal is to provide business and leisure travelers with the most accessible and cost-effective way of discovering and booking the broadest selection of accommodations, in every corner of Turkey.
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Nihan Colak Erol
Angel

Nihan Colak Erol - Founder & COO @ Wingie Enuygun Group

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Investment focus

  • Travel, FinTech
  • Seed, Angel
  • Turkey

Portfolio highlights

  • Wingie Enuygun Group — Wingie Enuygun Group is a technology company helping modern consumers save time and money, mostly in travel, but in insurance and financial products too. Located in Istanbul and Berlin, WEG currently serves customers in 6 languages, 10 countries.
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Caglar Erol
Angel

Caglar Erol is the co-founder of cember.net, a Turkish online business networking platform acquired by XING AG in January 2008.Erol is an angel investor and serial entrepreneur in Turkey. His first investment after cember.net was doktorsitesi.com, a health site in Turkey. He also invested in Tasit.com, Gelirortaklari affiliate network, andCivicSolar.Erol currently serves as the co-founder and CEO of Enuygun.com, a service comparison site on bank loans, insurance, flight tickets, ADSL, and mobile phone tariffs.

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Investment focus

  • Retail, Travel, Fashion
  • Seed, Angel
  • Jordan, Turkey

Portfolio highlights

  • MarkaVIP — Markavıp is an exclusive, invitation-only online shopping community focused on the Middle Eastern market. The website specializes in offering flash sales to its customers.Markavıp was founded by Ahmed Alkhatib, who previously spent 12 years in Silicon Valley working in the e-commerce industry. The website enjoys memberships from over 3 millionexclusive members across eight Arabic speaking countries including Jordan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Bahrain, and Oman.
  • Wingie Enuygun Group — Wingie Enuygun Group is a technology company helping modern consumers save time and money, mostly in travel, but in insurance and financial products too. Located in Istanbul and Berlin, WEG currently serves customers in 6 languages, 10 countries.
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Orkun Tekin
Angel

Orkun Tekin is the Co-Founder and CRO at Otelz.com.

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Investment focus

  • Travel, Tourism
  • Angel, Series A
  • Turkey

Portfolio highlights

  • otelz.com — Otelz.com, part of the Zonline Turizm ve Ticaret Aş, owns and operates Otelz.com™, The Turkish market leader in booking accommodations online. The otelz.com website attract visitors from both the leisure and business sectors worldwide.Established in 2013, Otelz.com, guarantees the best prices for any type of property, from small, family-run bedand breakfasts to executive apartments and five-star luxury suites. As for now offers over 3.000 properties in Turkey. Day by day it is increasing.Over 50 people in Turkey are dedicated to serving otelz.com customers and property-owning partners.Our Mission; " To help leisure and business travelers, whatever their budgets, easily discover, book, and enjoy best places to stay."Our Vision; " Otelz.com is an informative, user-friendly website – that guarantees the best available prices. Our goal is to provide business and leisure travelers with the most accessible and cost-effective way of discovering and booking the broadest selection of accommodations, in every corner of Turkey.
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Hande Enes
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

Hande Enes

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Investment focus

  • Software, E-Commerce, Social Media
  • Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

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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Aslanoba Capital
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

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

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Investment focus

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

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.
  • Colendi — Credibility and microcredit platform
  • CARD.com — Fully featured bank account with optional overdraft protection and round up savings account. Get your paycheck up to 2 days earlier.
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Elixir Capital Management
VC Fund · Palo Alto, California, United States

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Investment focus

  • Travel, Tourism
  • Series A
  • Turkey

Portfolio highlights

  • otelz.com — Otelz.com, part of the Zonline Turizm ve Ticaret Aş, owns and operates Otelz.com™, The Turkish market leader in booking accommodations online. The otelz.com website attract visitors from both the leisure and business sectors worldwide.Established in 2013, Otelz.com, guarantees the best prices for any type of property, from small, family-run bedand breakfasts to executive apartments and five-star luxury suites. As for now offers over 3.000 properties in Turkey. Day by day it is increasing.Over 50 people in Turkey are dedicated to serving otelz.com customers and property-owning partners.Our Mission; " To help leisure and business travelers, whatever their budgets, easily discover, book, and enjoy best places to stay."Our Vision; " Otelz.com is an informative, user-friendly website – that guarantees the best available prices. Our goal is to provide business and leisure travelers with the most accessible and cost-effective way of discovering and booking the broadest selection of accommodations, in every corner of Turkey.
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Mehmet Celikol
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

Mehmet Celikol

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Investment focus

  • Dental, Procurement, Property Management
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Turkey

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.
  • Dentalpiyasa — Dentalpiyasa connects dentists and dental warehouses, enabling direct procurement from manufacturers and importers.
  • Mizanplus Kitchens — Mizanplus Kitchens provides delivery service multi-brand dark store network.
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Burak Şen
Angel · Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey

Burak Şen

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Investment focus

  • SaaS, Beauty, Mobile
  • Angel, Series A
  • Turkey

Portfolio highlights

  • Yeniben.com — Yeniben brings transparency to the elective medical & aesthetic treatment market which represents a wide range of services—from a simple skin treatment to cosmetic surgery. At the heart of Yeniben is a community of people sharing personal experiences, unbiased stories, and candid advice. Hundreds of medical experts also participate onYeniben. Doctors and clinicians have posted over one thousand answers to questions and routinely upload educational videos, special offers, and patient before & after photos. The company is an Istanbul based startup and has achieved profitability.
  • Webee — Discover WeBee's high-tech hospitality solutions, ensure a contactless guest experience, improve TripAdvisor scores and maximize revenue.
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Nevzat Aydın
Angel

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.

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Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Eachlabs — AI marketplace for developers.
  • Shark Guitar — Premium electric guitars manufactured with robotic precision. Shark Guitars mean freedom of versatility, customization and portability.
  • A.M.A Selections — Exclusive luxury holiday villa rentals in Europe, Africa & The Caribbean with A.M.A Selections. Some of the best & most luxurious villas to rent in Europe & across The World.
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Technology & Innovation Fund
VC Fund · Jersey, Arkansas, United States · 1 investment in the past 12 months

Technology & Innovation Fund was added in 2013.

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Investment focus

  • Baby, SaaS, Mobile
  • Seed, Funding Round
  • Turkey

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 the public transportation operators.
  • OctoXLabs — OctoXLabs is dedicated to tackling the most pressing challenges in the fields of Information Technology and Cybersecurity, delivering innovative solutions that enhance system resilience, data protection, and operational efficiency for organizations navigating an increasingly complex digital landscape.
  • 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.
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Murat Bekiroğlu
Angel

Murat Bekiroğlu

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Investment focus

  • Rental, Travel, Boating
  • Seed
  • Turkey

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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Türk Telekom
VC Fund · Ankara, Ankara, Turkey

Turk Telekom group provides integrated telecommunication services from PSTN, GSM to wide band internet. Türk Telekom group companies have 17.3 millions of PSTN customers, 6 millions of ADSL customers and 12.6 million GSM customers as of Mach 31, 2009. With its modern network substructure, covering the whole country, the group companies offer a widerange of services to its personal and corporate customers. Turk Telekom, who is the owner of the 99,9% of shares of the companies TTNET, Argela, Innova, Sebit A.S. and AssisTT, is also the owner of 81% of the shares of Avea, which is one of the three GSM operators in Turkey. Turk Telekom also supports Albtelecom in Albania. The 55% of the shares of Türk Telekom belongs to Oger Telekomunikasyon A.S. and the 30% of the shares belongs to Undersecretariat of Treasure of Turkey. The remaining 15% of shares has been offered to public.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
  • Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
  • Turkey, Spain

Portfolio highlights

  • MYTH AI — Myth AI provides artificial intelligence-based "state of the art" pattern design tools that brings together designers and businesses.
  • Metatime — Metatime is building the world's most comprehensive digital ecosystem by maximizing the efficiency of blockchain technology.
  • XENA VISION — Next Generation Emergency Recognition Technology
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Diffusion Capital Partners
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

Diffusion Capital Partners (DCP) is Turkey's leading Venture Capital fund manager with a focus on deep-tech opportunities.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

  • Boby.ai — Boby.ai develops artificial intelligence-supported mobile applications for end users
  • V-Count — V-Count works with 550+ brands, 25.000+ locations in 105+ countries.
  • PowerDev Canada — PowerDev allows renewable energy contenders to make decisive and sustainable battery storage and green hydrogen investments.
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Cur8 Capital
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom

Invest in High-Growth Startups

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Investment focus

  • Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • United Kingdom, Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • GoCab — GoCab is fintech solution providing Drive-to-own option for vehicle purchase in Emerging markets, helping to bridge the gap between mobility entrepreneurs and financial services.
  • ThinkSono — ThinkSono Guidance enables any non-ultrasound trained healthcare professional to scan for blood clots (DVT). It reduces waiting times, negative DVT cases and can be used at the point of care.
  • ODIN Space — ODIN Space provides mission-critical intelligence for the entire Space sector,
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The Ahmed Revocable Trust
VC Fund

The Ahmed Revocable Trust is a certified estate planning lawyer, helping customers with legal guidance to protect their assets.

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Investment focus

  • Travel, Tourism
  • Series A
  • Turkey

Portfolio highlights

  • otelz.com — Otelz.com, part of the Zonline Turizm ve Ticaret Aş, owns and operates Otelz.com™, The Turkish market leader in booking accommodations online. The otelz.com website attract visitors from both the leisure and business sectors worldwide.Established in 2013, Otelz.com, guarantees the best prices for any type of property, from small, family-run bedand breakfasts to executive apartments and five-star luxury suites. As for now offers over 3.000 properties in Turkey. Day by day it is increasing.Over 50 people in Turkey are dedicated to serving otelz.com customers and property-owning partners.Our Mission; " To help leisure and business travelers, whatever their budgets, easily discover, book, and enjoy best places to stay."Our Vision; " Otelz.com is an informative, user-friendly website – that guarantees the best available prices. Our goal is to provide business and leisure travelers with the most accessible and cost-effective way of discovering and booking the broadest selection of accommodations, in every corner of Turkey.
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Joachim Behrendt
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

Joachim Behrendt is the Head of the Advisory Board at Vali Berlin.

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Investment focus

  • SaaS, Software, 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.
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Mehmet Celikol
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

Mehmet Celikol

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Investment focus

  • Rental, Travel, Boating
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Turkey

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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Serkan Borancılı
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

Serkan Borançılı is the founding partner of GittiGidiyor, Turkey's leading consumer-to-consumer marketplace, which was acquired by eBay in 2011 for $220 million dollars. Born in 1971 in Ankara, Borançılı graduated from Istanbul Technical University with a degree in Architecture. After working as a freelance architect, he founded ARKInformation Technologies with Burak Divanlıoğlu in 1999. Up to 2004 GittiGidiyor was administered by ARK. Borançılı is also the co-founder of UzmanTV, a video website specializing in curated content by experts, and Istanbul.net, Turkey's largest online dating platform. Borançılı is also the first investor in BiTaksi, Turkey's leading taxi-hailing app. Since, he has also invested in Modacruz, a marketplace for secondhand luxury fashion.

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Investment focus

  • Internet, E-Commerce, Shoes
  • Series A, Angel, Series B
  • Turkey

Portfolio highlights

  • BiTaksi — BiTaksi is a mobile application that enables its users to book taxis. It enables its users to locate a taxi through its online map and provides traffic data and turn-by-turn directions for drivers. BiTaksi is available for iOS and Android operating systems.
  • Modacruz — Modacruz is a mobile social marketplace, serving more than 1 million women in Turkey, enabling women to buy and sell pre-owned brand name fashion items. Users can sign up to the platform to either find and purchase products or to sell their own. Modacruz was launched in 2014 and is headquartered in Istanbul
  • denebunu.com — Founded in 2016, Denebunu is a revolutionary data-driven digital marketing platform with a community of +1,5M members that connects brands with their consumers via technology, sampling and consumer insights. We redefined the way consumers shop for FMCG & Cosmetics products by a monthly delivery of personalised samples. We partner with thebest brands in the industry such as Unilever, P&G, L’Oréal, Henkel, Estee Lauder, Nestlé etc. , and use a proprietary algorithm to meet right products w/ right consumers , based on their preferences and profiles on denebunu.com
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Kivilcim Cayli
Angel

Cayli began his career in 2000 and held various positions for Roche, Johnson & Johnson, Boston Scientific, and Turev. Founded and led two healthcare companies (Idea and Invivo) and two consultancy companies (Kanvas and Biovenka).He holds a BSc and an MBA, both from Middle East Technical University (aka ODTU).As a seasoned investor, he has 8personal investments including British, Irish, American, Swedish, and Turkish companies, and serves on the Board of some. He also consults startups on behalf of TUBITAK (Turkish Scientific & Technological Research Council). He is a member of BIC Angels and GAIN Global.

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Investment focus

  • Travel, Leisure, Internet
  • Seed, Angel, Funding Round
  • Turkey, United Kingdom, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

  • Yourkeys — 'Yourkeys is a real-time transactional and data platform for house builders and estate agents selling properties. The platform significantly accelerates the property sales process whilst giving all stakeholders visibility of the transaction in real-time.'
  • Adalethanim — Adalethanim is a legal platform working with AI that analyzes, understands, interprets, and produces results to help with legal research, allowing the person working on the case to save time and access more information about a case. The company's vision is to make justice fast, cheap and accessible to everyone.Adalethanim was founded in 2018and is headquartered in Beşiktaş, İstanbul, Turkey.
  • UnderTheDoormat — UnderTheDoormat Group is a prop-tech company that empowers property owners, portfolio owners and property companies to generate higher income through the short-term rental industry. Our mission is to help every property fulfil its potential every day, by to connecting them with quality guests through our 3 products.Firstly, we operate short termrentals for those who don’t have the capabilities - UnderTheDoormat London has 300 units across the city, including the flagship aparthotel 3 Sloane Gardens operated on behalf of Cadogan Estate. Secondly, we distribute for providers who can provide quality hospitality, but not distribution. The tech landscape in short term rentals is hugely fragmented, and our B2B SaaS platform Hospiria integrates the stack so property companies and managers have a ready-made platform so they can focus on what they’re good at - hosting guests. And finally, our TrustedStays platform is the world’s first platform which connects professional home rentals with Government and Corporate procurement. Until now, short-term rentals haven’t been able to enter this world, and we’re connecting it.All three arms enable owners to earn higher return from short term accommodation.
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TÜBİTAK
VC Fund · Ankara, Ankara, Turkey

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) is the leading agency for management, funding and conduct of research in Turkey. It was established in 1963 with a mission to advance science and technology, conduct research and support Turkish researchers. The Council is an autonomous institution and is governed by a ScientificBoard whose members are selected from prominent scholars from universities, industry and research institutions. TÜBİTAK is responsible for promoting, developing, organizing, conducting and coordinating research and development in line with national targets and priorities. TÜBİTAK acts as an advisory agency to the Turkish Government on science and research issues, and is the secretariat of the Supreme Council for Science and Technology (SCST), the highest S&T policy making body in Turkey.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Turkey, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

  • Cellsway — Cellsway is a liquid biopsy company that was created to provide quick cancer CTC detection methods. The business's technology, which is minimally invasive and uses a straightforward blood sample for cancer monitoring, enables healthcare professionals to heal their patients and enhance their quality of life. focuses on the development ofmicrofluidics and lab-on-a-chip technologies for biomedical purposes.
  • Mistikist — Mistikist uses binaural beats for sleep and focus. This helps you relax, lower stress, and increase productivity in just minutes.
  • Plankton Marine Technologies — R&D company operating in the vertical of marine technologies, established with the support of TÜBİTAK 1512 Teknogirişim.
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Maydan Capital
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom

Maydan Capital connects retail, accredited, and sophisticated investors directly to vetted equity offerings in emerging digital businesses, providing each a direct line to growth.

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Investment focus

  • FinTech
  • Seed
  • The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

  • Fairnance — Fairnance is based on the concept of disintermediation in home financing. Fairnance is building an alternative home-financing solution that will serve people who are excluded from homeownership for non-financial reasons.
  • Salam Booking — Salam Booking is a travel assistance and bookings services provider for muslim-friendly arrangements.
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Mustafa Mert Işık
Angel

Mustafa Mert Işık

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Investment focus

  • Travel, Tourism
  • Series A
  • Turkey

Portfolio highlights

  • otelz.com — Otelz.com, part of the Zonline Turizm ve Ticaret Aş, owns and operates Otelz.com™, The Turkish market leader in booking accommodations online. The otelz.com website attract visitors from both the leisure and business sectors worldwide.Established in 2013, Otelz.com, guarantees the best prices for any type of property, from small, family-run bedand breakfasts to executive apartments and five-star luxury suites. As for now offers over 3.000 properties in Turkey. Day by day it is increasing.Over 50 people in Turkey are dedicated to serving otelz.com customers and property-owning partners.Our Mission; " To help leisure and business travelers, whatever their budgets, easily discover, book, and enjoy best places to stay."Our Vision; " Otelz.com is an informative, user-friendly website – that guarantees the best available prices. Our goal is to provide business and leisure travelers with the most accessible and cost-effective way of discovering and booking the broadest selection of accommodations, in every corner of Turkey.
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Demirhan Sener
Angel

Demirhan Sener is the Limited Partner at StartupFon. Additionally, Demirhan Sener has had 1 past job as the CEO at Multinet UP.

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Investment focus

  • Gaming, Rental, Travel
  • Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Turkey, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • Capoom — SaaS website template for an AI code assistant that helps you write code faster with less work. It caters to the business of the AI code industry for programmers and developers. Showcase AI coding capabilities with a Webflow template designed for artificial intelligence code.
  • Kazayaptim — Kazayaptim is an in-vehicle integrated security solution that, with its continuously developed technological infrastructure, can intervene within seconds not only in the event of an accident, but also in all vehicle-related emergency situations, to provide fast, reliable, and closest support point services to people who have had an accident withtheir vehicle. offers.
  • 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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Mehmet Onarcan
Angel

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 Media
  • Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Turkey, Ireland, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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HOWZAT Partners
VC Fund · Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Howzat Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in incubation, seed, start up, growth capital, early stage, and mid venture investments. The firm seeks to invest in digital businesses with a focus on internet, digital media, e-commerce companies. It invests globally. It acts as as sounding board. The firm also makes co-investments. HowzatPartners was founded in 2006 and is based in Luxembourg and London.

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Investment focus

  • Travel, E-Commerce, SaaS
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • United Kingdom, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • Wingly — Wingly is a flight sharing platform. Find pilots or passengers for your trip.
  • Handiscover — Handiscover is the first community based Holiday accommodation-booking website, dedicated to people with special needs and disabilities. At the core of Handiscover lies a unique classification system which allows users to select accommodation based on their different levels of mobility/physical disability. It was founded by SebastienArchambeaud in 2014, a father to a boy with a muscle disease.
  • Mymoria — MYMORIA offers an one-stop-online-shop for full configuration and complete commissioning of funerals. Mymoria is able to offer its services significantly cheaper than traditional mortician homes. The company is offering its services nationwide and work hard to organize our processes efficiently while maintaining thehigh service standards.
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Inventures
VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

Inventures | Seed Stage Investor | Securing Startup DNA

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Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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