# Top 50 Video Games Startup Investors in Turkey in June 2026 ## WePlay Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Video Games, Gaming, PC Games We are a Gaming VC that invests in early-stage game studios in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. We invest in early-stage Mobile, PC, Console and Web game ## Digiage - Type: VC Fund - Location: Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Gaming, Video Games, PC Games Digiage is a gaming industry that provides training and mentoring to individuals. ## Boğaziçi Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Gaming, Information Technology Boğaziçi Ventures has been established in 2015 with the purpose of supporting entrepreneurship to take their global success to a next level. We aim to invest in technology start-ups which have talented teams by providing business models and looking for funds and mentoring support for future exponential growth.BV Growth fund will only focus on thetechnology startups established in Turkey at the growth stage while having the ambition to get into the global market.BV Crypto fund will be closed with a minimum fund size of $50M to invest in cryptocurrency and blockchain projects. People are interested in investing in cryptocurrency, especially new initial coin offerings (ICO), but they don’t know which one is reliable. We have an extremely capable team dedicated to cryptocurrency. Our analysts search hundreds of ICO projects, follow their communication, investigate the commitment of their teams, make interviews and if they have a chance, even visit them at their locations to give a much better decision. ## Ludus - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, Mobile, Software Ludus finds, invests in, and nurtures the best-in-class gaming startups. We aim to pioneer the venture studio model in Turkey by providing in-house expertise, strategic guidance, and funding for entrepreneurs and start-ups. ## Akin Babayigit - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Gaming, Mobile Apps, Video Games Akin Babayigit is currently a co-founder of Tripledot Studios, a mobile games studio based in London. Before starting Tripledot, Akin was an active investor & advisor to various companies in the gaming space as well as serving as the Head of Business Operations & Special Projects at King Digital Entertainment. Before his experience at King,Akin was the head of Facebook Audience Network in EMEA. ## Griffin Gaming Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Los Angeles, San Luis Potosi, Mexico - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Gaming, Video Games, Blockchain Griffin Gaming Partners is a venture capital firm focused exclusively on the gaming industry The firm invests across the broad gaming ecosystem, including content, software, and platforms. ## Hummingbird Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech Supporting Exceptional entrepreneurs. We value emotional intelligence as much as data, growing internal culture as much as growing revenue, and forming strong, personal bonds with founders. We recognize patterns where other don't. ## Tarvenn Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS Tarvenn is an Istanbul-based international investment and advisory firm. Tarvenn has an exceptional knowledge and experience in Turkey, Balkans, Central Asia, North Africa and CIS regions. We build the future with our portfolio, international experience, corporate customers and strategic alliances. Our business is to build yours… ## Collective Spark - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce Collective Spark is a venture capital fund focusing on early-stage technology ventures. They aims to back and elevate highly driven hustlers and hackers who want to build scalable, disruptive businesses. They consider ourselves partners for the long term, and define Collective Spark as an Operational VC where ventures get access to top specializedtalent and hands-on shared resources in distinct areas critical to their success. ## Firat Isbecer - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Menlo Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Menlo Ventures is a Bay Area venture capital firm that pursues companies with the potential to disrupt huge markets. We invest in all stages, across consumer, enterprise, and healthcare technologies. ## Arz Portfolio - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology Arz Portfolio, an investor operating under a license from the Capital Markets Board of Turkey, is positioned to become one of the leading asset management companies in Turkey. Primary areas of investment focus of Arz Portfolio comprise Private Equity / Venture Capital and Commercial Real Estate investments. Arz Portfolio's generalpartners’ combined experience encompasses (i) global private equity investment experience managing USD 500m+ in private equity funds, (ii) senior executive leadership positions in global technology companies such as Microsoft and Turk Telekom, (iii) ground up successful entrepreneurial experience in Turkish market and (iv) management USD 150m real estate portfolio. ## Kaan Karamanci - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series B - Focus: Mobile, Marketing, Automotive Kaan Karamanci is Co-founder at Gram Games. ## Libertus Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency decentralized applications, distributed applications, blockchain, early-stage investments, venture capital ## Balderton Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence In the two decades since our founding, we have worked with hundreds of extraordinary European founders, and have raised eight funds totalling more than $3bn. ## Diffusion Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Diffusion Capital Partners (DCP) is Turkey's leading Venture Capital fund manager with a focus on deep-tech opportunities. ## Volkan Bicer - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Online Games, Mobile, Software Volkan Biçer is the co-founder of Mobilike, a mobile advertisement network.Bicer’e employment history includes his time as product manager of Turkcell’s mobile marketing and advertising department, and community manager at Yahoo, Turkey.Bicer holds a bachelor’s degree in management information systems from Boğaziçi University and an MBAfrom Galatasaray University. ## Alesta Yatırım - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology 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. ## Fatih Isbecer - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, Health Care Fatih Isbecer - Founder & CEO @ Dataroid ## APY Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology APY Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology startups. ## Makers Fund - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Gaming, Video Games, Online Games Makers Fund is a global interactive entertainment venture capital firm focused on early stage investments. The team supports founders through an extensive network and deep experience in the industry. ## Tunç Yalgın - Type: Angel - Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Video Games, Mobile, Sports Tunç Yalgın was Entrepreneur and investor, passionate about everything high-tech, disruptive and, even better, both! ## Alexandre Carel - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Credit, Mobile, FinTech Alexandre Carel ## Mustafa Sevinç - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, Fitness, Health Care Mustafa Sevinç is the CFO and Founder at Teknasyon. ## Ali Kutay - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology Ali Kutay is a successful serial entrepreneur, executive and investor with 35 years of experience. Before founding Striim, Inc., Ali was the Chairman and CEO of GoldenGate Software, the leading infrastructure software company for high availability, that was acquired by Oracle. Previously, Ali was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AltoWeb,Inc., a provider of e-business infrastructure software. He was an angel investor, President and Chief Executive Officer of WebLogic, Inc., the company that pioneered the Application Server technology which became one of the major building blocks of web-enabled applications. WebLogic merged with BEA Systems, Inc. and was acquired by Oracle in 2007. He was the President and CEO of Formtek, one of the first enterprise infrastructure software firms, founded in 1984 as a Carnegie-Mellon University spin-off and was acquired by Lockheed Corporation in 1989. He ran Formtek as its CEO under Lockheed Martin for 7 years. He serves on the boards of public and private companies and advises startups. Ali completed his undergraduate and masters degrees at Middle East Technical University and his PhD work at Carnegie Mellon University. ## Mustafa Vardalı - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Apps, Fitness, Software Mustafa Vardalı is the CMO & Founder at Teknasyon. ## Kaan Kalıpçı - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Recipes, eSports, Delivery Kaan Kalıpçı ## Kaan Kayabalı - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: eSports, Video Games, Social Media Kaan Kayabali, a Turkish entrepreneur, is the founder and CEO of Onedio Media and Internet Services Inc. ## Fabrice Grinda - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Internet Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors.He has over $300 million in exits and 150 angel investments. Fabrice has served as CEO for three multinational companies and has an impressive track record as an early investor in Alibaba, Lending Club, Delivery Hero and Brightroll.Fabrice is currentlyinvesting in startups and building companies through FJ Labs, which he cofounded with business partner Jose Marin. Fabrice is also co-founder and executive chairman of Beepi, a next generation used car marketplace. Beepi recently raised $60 million in series B funding.Prior to FJ Labs and Beepi, Fabrice was co-founder and co-CEO of OLX, one of the largest websites in the world with over 200 million unique visitors per month. The company operates in 40 countries and has over 1,200 employees. OLX is the largest classifieds site in India, Brazil, Pakistan, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal and many other emerging markets.Before OLX, Fabrice was co-founder and CEO of Zingy, one of the largest wireless media companies in the Americas. Fabrice successfully grew the business to $200 million in sales in four years.Fabrice started his entrepreneurial journey in 1998, at 23, when he co-founded and was CEO of Aucland. Soon after, Aucland grew into one of the largest auction sites in Europe. Before his entrepreneurial endeavors, Fabrice worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.Fabrice holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1996, and was awarded the Halbert White prize, given to the most distinguished economics student, as well as The Wolfe Balleisen memorial prize, awarded for best thesis.In his free time, Fabrice likes to travel the world, kitesurf, play tennis, and blog about his personal and professional life at www.fabricegrinda.com. ## Hande Enes - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Social Media Hande Enes ## Turgut Konukoglu - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series B - Focus: SaaS, Travel, Tourism Turgut Konukoglu - CEO @ Sankonline ## AREA group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Nezvestice, Plzensky kraj, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Video Games AREA group is an architectural design company. ## Games United - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Video Games, Casual Games Games United helps game startups get off the field by giving an initial staff, strategic guidance, and aid to help them produce their games. ## Erdem Gezer - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: eSports, Video Games, Social Media Erdem Gezer ## Fisun Koç Doğan - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Video Games Fisun Koç Doğan ## Kaan Kural - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: eSports, Video Games, Social Media Kaan Kural ## John Wright - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Gaming, Software, Blockchain John Wright is a Vice President of Mobile Publishing at Kwalee ## B4YO Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Video Games, Casual Games, Online Games B4YO Capital is established to assist entrepreneurs to develop their business. ## Jose Marin - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet Jose Marin started his professional career as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group.In 1999 he co-founded DeRemate.com (eBay model for Latin America). The company raised 75 M USD, did a partial cash-out sale to Terra and later merged with Mercado Libre that went Public in Nasdaq .Currently Jose is co-Founder and co-CEO of IGExpansion. IG takes successful internet business models into emerging markets (main focus Brazil). IG builds one project per year and will not build more than 6 (investing the first 3 to 5 M USD per project). 5 of the 6 are already operating being Viajanet (Expedia for Latam) its biggest success.Jose is also founder of Serendipity Investments, company that has invested in >70 start-ups. Before this, Jose invested in projects such as Bazee (auctions sold to eBay in 2005) and eDreams (European Travel site sold to TA Associates in 2006) obtaining top tier returns.Jose is a Mechanical and Electrical Engineer and holds an MBA and an MA in International development Economics from Stanford. ## Ozhun Olgar - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Video Games, Online Games, Digital Entertainment Ozhun Olgar ## Demirhan Büyüközcü - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: eSports, Video Games, Social Media Demirhan Büyüközcü - Co-Founder @ Onedio ## Güimar Vaca Sittic - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet Güimar is a tech entrepreneur and angel investor as well as Venture Partner at FJ Labs. ## Index Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/AI, and security. ## Burak Saglik - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, Software, Mobile Apps Burak Saglik - Co-Founder @ Teknasyon ## Rıfat Elhadef - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: eSports, Video Games, Social Media Rıfat Elhadef ## Orkun Olgar - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Video Games, Online Games, Digital Entertainment Orkun Olgar ## Erinç Özada - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, Baby, Gaming Erinç Özada is an angel investor. ## Ak Portfoy - Type: VC Fund - Location: Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services Ak Portfoy is an investment management company that offers services to its customers in mutual funds management, pension funds management. ## Inveo Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Maltepe, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Backed by our entrepreneurial and venture capital knowhow,we are creating value with the innovative and scalable tech companies. ## Invest 101 - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Gaming, Mobile, Privacy Invest 101 provides real estate solutions to its end users and other stakeholders. The company has always strived for benchmark quality, a customer-centric approach, robust investment engineering, in-house property research, uncompromising business ethics, timeless values, and transparency in all spheres of business conduct, all of which havecontributed to it becoming India's preferred real estate investment consultant.