Top 50 Web3 Startup Investors in Turkey in November 2024
A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Web3 startups based in Turkey. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Web3 companies from Turkey. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Web3 Startup Investors in Turkey in November 2024
Investor | Web3 Turkey investments |
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Tamer Capital | 3 |
Alameda Research | 3 |
Diffusion Capital Partners | 2 |
WePlay Ventures | 2 |
Boğaziçi Ventures | 2 |
Ava Labs | 2 |
Evox Capital | 2 |
Finberg | 2 |
Turkcell | 1 |
Moonrock Capital | 1 |
Cem Tüfekçi | 1 |
Onur Umut | 1 |
Halkbank | 1 |
Akın İdil | 1 |
Varol Civil | 1 |
Huobi Capital | 1 |
Gains Associates | 1 |
John Wright | 1 |
Hys Sevim | 1 |
Family & Friends | 1 |
Idacapital | 1 |
LD Capital | 1 |
GSR | 1 |
Multicoin Capital | 1 |
Q Angels | 1 |
Alp Ihlamur | 1 |
Keiretsu Forum Turkey | 1 |
Republic | 1 |
Basarsoft | 1 |
Andre Cronje | 1 |
DeFiance Capital | 1 |
Kalyon Holding | 1 |
Ascensive Assets | 1 |
İstanbul Portföy Yönetimi | 1 |
Yildiz Technical University | 1 |
Ilker Sozdinler | 1 |
Geometry Venture Development | Angel Investment Fund | 1 |
LDA Capital | 1 |
Yıldız Tekno GSYO | 1 |
Future Perfect Ventures | 1 |
Aza Ventures | 1 |
Ihsan Elgin | 1 |
Faruk Eczacıbaşı | 1 |
Bilge Algul | 1 |
Wintermute | 1 |
SaxeCap | 1 |
Colendi | 1 |
Kriptomeda | 1 |
Seedthrift Ventures | 1 |
Türk Telekom | 1 |
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
- Artificial Intelligence, Sports, Finance
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Defimec — Defimec is an ecosystem of applications that includes deX, tokenization platforms, and DAO protocol.
- Sertifier — Sertifier is an all-in-one education data collection tool that makes smart certificates and open badges easy to issue, enjoyable to earn, and simple to analyze.
- Fitty — Fitty allows users to go to the gym of their choice and pay for the minutes they use.
Alameda Research is a quantitative cryptocurrency trading firm that provides liquidity in cryptocurrency and digital assets markets. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Central and Western, Hong Kong.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Singapore, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- 3Commas — 3Commas develops a crypto-asset management tool for tracking investments and exchanges in a unified platform. It provides access to a unified dashboard as the central hub for trading and portfolio management execution.
- Fuel Labs — At Fuel, we are building the fastest execution layer for the modular blockchain stack.
- Optim Finance — Optim Finance provides investment tools that optimize yield on digital assets. Their financial primitives enable users to rent ADA delegation rights to power novel use cases such as SPO loans, leverage into ISOs, and initial bonds.
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
- Doktar Technologies — We lead digitization and digital transformation in agriculture with digital services, sensors, satellites and other agricultural technologies.
- Enhencer — Reach AI based transparent audiences or lookaliles for your ecommerce. Achieve higher campaign conversion and ROAS than ever before.
- Mixer Games — Pioneers who shape the entertainment of the future
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
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Investment focus
- Video Games, Gaming, PC Games
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Mixer Games — Pioneers who shape the entertainment of the future
- Studio Billion — Studio Billion is a game development company that develops applications, games, and projects for different platforms. Studio Billion is headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey.
- One Percent — One Percent is a multiplayer Third-Person Shooter action game incorporating E-sports aspects such as strategy and tactics that focus on individual and team performance. people collaborate with friends or other people to fulfill objectives in game modes and defeat other teams. The One Percent design team created every level, character, clothes,emote, costume, and many other components in order to deliver a unique experience. The first edition of the game was created in a distinct Cyberpunk universe, and it is hoped that the team's design and technological skills will allow them to add other maps, concepts, and universes to the game.
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Gaming
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- F4e — Boost employee performance and business results with continuous feedback, transparency, and commitment to business goals.
- Magfi — A search engine that analyzes communities into WhatsApp, Telegram, and Discord with AI, ML, and NLP and places ads with micro-targeting.
- Kavaken — Kavaken offers artificial intelligence-powered solutions to renewable energy asset owners.
AVA Labs makes it simple to launch finance applications using blockchain technology–with highly scalable and efficient networks, customizable public and private blockchains, the capability to create any digital asset, and more. We are empowering people to build an open, simple, and democratic internet of finance.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Finance, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Grant, Funding Round
- United States, Turkey, Chile
Portfolio highlights
- Onomy Protocol — The Forex and Real World Asset Hub
- Playground — Playground makes it easy to create NFTs that can change and evolve with new attributes added by the creator or authorized collaborators, over time.
- Blueprint Finance — Blueprint Finance develops protocols and infrastructure to advance on-chain financing.
A new age crypto fund that invests in great teams and amazing projects.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Software, Education
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Turkey, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Edu3Labs — Edu3Labs combines education and blockchain technology to create a platform where content creators, learners, and NFE token holders can all benefit. Edu3Labs is a new and innovative way to make learning more engaging and rewarding for everyone.Also, Edu3Labs is a brand-new blockchain ecosystem aimed at the education sector, with the mission ofboth giving ownership and rewarding all parties in the ecosystem. The Edu3Labs ecosystem, which currently has an education and publishing-focused NFT marketplace and metaverse platform, is also planning to provide blockchain solutions to educational institutions.A short description of Edu3Labs; A new learning experience created by the integration of the online education sector and the blockchain technology.
- Finceptor — Become an early investor of Web3's top projects with over 250,000 other backers.
- Hebys NFT Search Engine — HEBYS is a robust and comprehensive NFT platform that includes products such as a search engine, marketplace, launchpad, and API Gateway with multi-chain capabilities and AI features. Currently, HEBYS has indexed over 146 million NFTs and 3.8 million collections. All data is automatically and continuously pulled from the major blockchains.Besides the on-chain data it collects, it also provides off-chain data such as active sales, bids/offers, and more from well-known marketplaces. HEBYS all-in-one platform and multi-chain automatized infrastructure eliminate the need to visit many websites and use different tools. Hebys verifies assets to distinguish original from fake items, uses machine-learning-based price estimation to evaluate sales, and returns search results in milliseconds with rich narrow-down options. HEBYS also provides several marketplace data explorations on one page, portfolio management tools to track investments, the ability to directly buy from other marketplaces without leaving the platform, and a feature to chat with owners by wallet address without the need for an email.
Finberg is a corporate venture capital firm and a Fibabanka subsidiary. On March 1, 2018, the company was established.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Corporate Round
- Turkey, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Hayhay — Hayhay operates a mobile application that manages financial transactions. It provides an online tool that sends, receives, and processes different kinds of payments. Hayhay was founded in 2020 and is based in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Colendi — Credibility and microcredit platform
- Roamless — One eSIM, 60+ destinations. No plans, no expirations. Just easy, affordable, reliable mobile connectivity for travelers. Join the Roamless Revolution today.
Turkcell is a GSM-based mobile communications company providing a variety of audio and data communication services. With over 35 million subscribers as of 2013, Turkcell provides services to customers in over nine countries.
Established in February 1994, Turkcell is the first Turkish company to be listed on the New York stock exchange.
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Investment focus
- Security, E-Commerce, Gaming
- Corporate Round, Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Mobilfon — Mobilfon has a Renewal Center and a Renewal Authorization Certificate, which are only granted by the Ministry of Commerce to firms that meet certain conditions. This strategic investment enables Mobilfon to concentrate on employment and retailing. Mobilfon operates with the goal of building a strong shop network in order to be closer to its targetaudience and to provide the best possible customer experience. The investment's financial details were not published.
- Procenne — Procenne produces digital security products and solutions.
- Passion Punch — Passion Punch develops mobile games boosted by notable art and effective story that will touch players' daily lives.
Moonrock Capital is a Blockchain Advisory and Investment Partnership based in London and Hamburg.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Information Technology, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Rebar Labs — Rebar Labs is a company that offers research services and infrastructure for bitcoin. The company wants to help users in the Bitcoin ecosystem create more effective and better experiences by addressing issues related to maximum extractable value and offering services that guarantee equitable value distribution.
- Yellow — Yellow is a financial services provider of software, analytics, and investments in blockchain startups.
- Covalent — Covalent provides a unified API bringing visibility to billions of blockchain data points.
Cem Tüfekçi
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Investment focus
- Machine Learning, Analytics, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Reengen — Dedicated software to help you manage your carbon, ESG and energy data
- Lifemote — Detect home wi-fi issues with AI-powered Lifemote cloud analytics. Proactively solve wireless network performance problems before your customers complain.
- incir.com — Incir is a Turkish internet marketing tech infrastructure provider that develops e-commerce systems and related services such as domain name registration, operations support, stock payment infrastructure, free marketing training, virtual POS, and more. Incir was founded in July 2012.
Faik Onur Umut is an Angel Investor. He joined the Fiba Group in 1988 and currently serves on the boards of directors of Fibabanka, Credit Europe Bank Russia, and Credit Europe Bank Romania.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- BiLira — A Turkish Lira That Belongs Only To You! A stablecoin than can be used by anyone, 24/7 and anywhere.
Halkbank is a financial services firm that provides banking and lending services. Their services include accepting deposits, the issuance of cash and non-cash loans, purchasing checks and bank bills, performing custody services, rendering insurance agency transactions, and trading the capital market instruments issued to perform intermediaryservices.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Apps
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
Akın İDİL is a Co-Founder at Veacon.
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Investment focus
- Big Data, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- ELYT — Revolutionize customer loyalty with our modern solution; secure, scalable, and straightforward. Experience the future of customer interaction and, if you wish, open the doors of the Web3 era to your community.
Varol Civil - General Manager @ Türk Ekonomi Bankası
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Investment focus
- Baby, Cloud Storage, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Dusyeri — Dusyeri is an edutainment platform that focuses on children.
- KolayBi — KolayBi' is a new generation cloud based bookkeeping and financial application platform with online bank account aggregation for SMEs. People can manage accounting processes, register data, and generate reports by recording its financial records . People can also add bank accounts to the system and convert their payments into a one-clickinvoice. KolayBi' was founded on 2017 and is headquartered in Istanbul.
- Usersdot — Usersdot uses data science and AI solutions to improve customer experience, increase operational efficiency and maximize sales performance
HTX serves its 10 million+ users worldwide with secure and stable trading services. Here at HTX, you can buy Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, SHIB, and over 500 quality cryptocurrencies anywhere, anytime.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Funding Round, Initial Coin Offering
- Singapore, South Korea, United States
Portfolio highlights
- DRepublic — DRepublic is a metaverse company who are the developers behind the upcoming 3A blockchain game Cradles.
- MYSO Finance — MYSO is leveraging a unique DeFi lending primitive known as Zero-Liquidation Loans, enabling scalable and cost-efficient credit markets with no liquidation risk
- Skynet EGLD Capital — Investment Fund Focused on Growing the Elrond Network
GAINS Ventures is a venture capital based in Europe, investing in innovative founders and entrepreneurs shaping the future with technology. We focus on Crypto, Blockchain, Web3 Investments, Early-stage Investments, NFT Ventures, Web3 Gaming, AI in Blockchain, and more. GAINS also own a launchpad.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Gaming, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Initial Coin Offering
- Singapore, Germany, India
Portfolio highlights
- Sekuya — Sekuya is an anime gaming metaverse platform that transform the gaming landscape through a community-driven approach in an entirely new anime epic fantasy universe.
- Safeverse — Safeverse is a training, Learning, and Education to equip people for future jobs in the metaverse and real life.
- STAGE — Always-on music competitions powered by the blockchain. Vote for your favorite artists and share their success.
John Wright is a Vice President of Mobile Publishing at Kwalee
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Software, Blockchain
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Mixer Games — Pioneers who shape the entertainment of the future
Hys Sevim
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Investment focus
- Apps, FinTech, Software
- Angel
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Metatime — Metatime is building the world's most comprehensive digital ecosystem by maximizing the efficiency of blockchain technology.
Early Stage Investors
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Investment focus
- Education, Digital Media, Information Technology
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- United States, France, Jordan
Portfolio highlights
- Edu3Labs — Edu3Labs combines education and blockchain technology to create a platform where content creators, learners, and NFE token holders can all benefit. Edu3Labs is a new and innovative way to make learning more engaging and rewarding for everyone.Also, Edu3Labs is a brand-new blockchain ecosystem aimed at the education sector, with the mission ofboth giving ownership and rewarding all parties in the ecosystem. The Edu3Labs ecosystem, which currently has an education and publishing-focused NFT marketplace and metaverse platform, is also planning to provide blockchain solutions to educational institutions.A short description of Edu3Labs; A new learning experience created by the integration of the online education sector and the blockchain technology.
- Yoon — Building better mobility solutions for Africa
- Digital Boom — The Middle East Marketing & Advertising News
idacapital Innovation Fund is the first Impact Fund in Turkey investing across technology-enabled business verticals in Health Tech, Financial Inclusion, Edu Tech, Clean Tech, Agro Tech in and around Turkey.
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Investment focus
- Logistics, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- MentalUp — Educational games for kids of all ages. Choose from over 150+ fun and engaging award-winning games. Easy-To-Use. 100% Free + No Ads. Play Now!
- DIGINAK.COM — DIGINAK.COM is a state of art "Digital Transportation Platform". The platform generates spot transportation service for SMEs via online platform. The platform creates 30 days late payment option, Credit Cart Payment alternative, all risk insurance and 7/24 CRM.
- PayWall — PayWall is a payment orchestration platform that empowers businesses to streamline their payment processes and maximize efficiency. With advanced subscription management, PayRoute, PayJump, PayBalancer, PayWatch, centralized card storage, marketplace and alternative payment methods, PayWall offers end-to-end control over payment methods. Byreducing operational burdens and directly increasing profitability, PayWall enables businesses to manage payments at a micro scale.
LD Capital is one of Asia's earliest organizations focusing on value investing in blockchain field. Owing to industrial resource advantages and professional investment research teams, LD Capital has successively discovered and invested in projects such as Qtum, Vechain and Eos which all achieved over 100 times return.Their teams spread overChina, the United States, Europe, Singapore, Japan, and South Korea, and have accumulated rich experience in areas of traditional internet, Fintech, and advanced blockchain technology. They are committed to the globalization of blockchain and quality investment in the entire industry.LD Capital focuses on blockchain innovation projects within finance, games, content publishing, Internet of Things and other circuits, and we have been propelling broad layout of blockchain technology and infrastructure construction to facilitate the comprehensive development of the global blockchain ecosystem.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
- Seed, Funding Round, Initial Coin Offering
- United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Swan Chain — FilSwan provides a layer 2 cross-chain infrastructure for Web3 projects by integrating data, computing, and payment into one suite. FilSwan offers a complete solution that enables web3 developers to integrate decentralized storage, edge computing, and payment across multiple chains with ease.
- Yellow — Yellow is a financial services provider of software, analytics, and investments in blockchain startups.
- Helix Labs — Decentralized Finance Focused Universal ZK Rollup
GSR is the global leader in crypto trading and market-making. We specialize in providing liquidity, trading and risk management solutions.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- MeshMap — MeshMap is a decentralized 3D map developer focused on creating a decentralized 3D globe map and augmented reality (AR) content network.
- Nillion — The Secure Processing Layer of Web3
- Ordzaar — Ordzaar is the operator of a decentralized Bitcoin marketplace where crypto traders can buy, sell, and exchange ordinals.
Multicoin Capital is a thesis-driven investment firm that invests in cryptocurrencies, tokens, and blockchain companies reshaping trillion-dollar markets.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Singapore, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Drift — Drift brings on-chain, cross-margined perpetual futures to Solana. Making futures DEXs the best way to trade.
- Gradient Network — Gradient Network is a provider of decentralized computing services that aim to improve interoperability between blockchain networks. The company provides a system that allows for liquid staking and computing power sharing while also ensuring cross-chain compatibility and effective resource allocation, allowing developers and enterprises to improvetheir blockchain applications.
- Permissionless Labs — Permissionless Labs is redefining digital content distribution by pioneering the free and safe movement of content around the world.
Q Angels is an angel investment firm that contributes to the growth of startups.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Podcast, Blockchain
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- Turkey, Sweden, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Catio — Cloud architecture platform enabling companies to excel with cloud native tech stacks, focused on tech stack evaluation, planning, and evolution, with the help of AI.
- Finceptor — Become an early investor of Web3's top projects with over 250,000 other backers.
- eTasin.com — https://etasin.com
Alp Ihlamur is an Angel Investor
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Investment focus
- Blockchain
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- BiLira — A Turkish Lira That Belongs Only To You! A stablecoin than can be used by anyone, 24/7 and anywhere.
Keiretsu Forum is a private equity investment network of angel investors, venture capitalists, and corporate/institutional investors.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Turkey, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Abonesepeti — Abonesepeti is one and only subscription management platform in Turkey. While subscribers can make smart subscription decisions and easily manage their subscriptions, Service providers can easily gain incremental subscribers by using Abonesepeti’s online and offline sales platforms. Abonesepeti raised seeds round in 2017 via www.sirketortagim.comAngel Investor Ban. Up to Date; Abonesepeti generate 16x growth based on revenue and serves more than 1M subscribers.
- Hummingdrone — Hummingdrone provides cutting-edge autonomous drones and software solutions designed specifically for the solar energy industry.
- Interactive Loan — Interactive Loan provide financial assistance by providing trainings about credit, bond trading, or leasing methods.
Republic gives people the opportunity to invest in the future they believe in by providing access to startup, real estate, crypto, and video game investments. Focused on creating a diverse, sustainable, and connected world, Republic has facilitated over $500 million in investments from over one million members of the global community. With a globalteam in six countries, Republic is backed by Galaxy Digital, The Motley Fool, Binance, Naspers, AngelList, and more.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Financial Services, FinTech
- Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed
- United States, India, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Pentagon Games — Pioneering the Future of Gaming Development and Distribution. In the fast-evolving gaming landscape, Pentagon Games stands at the forefront, marrying the digital with the physical through groundbreaking AI and Web3 technologies.
- Stake — Thousands of investors worldwide use Stake to access income-generating real estate deals in high-growth markets, starting from just AED 500.
- Sentient Labs — Creatify is a minimalist, dark-themed Webflow template designed specifically for design agencies and creative studios. It features a timeless design, subtle animations, a fully functioning CMS, and everything you need to elevate your online presence to the next level.
Basarsoft is producing Geographic information systems and Infrastructure solutions. Basarsoft's main field of study is Geographic Information Systems. Basarsoft since 1999, Turkey is the only authorized representatives of MapInfo. Today, it provides support as a solution center for the Middle East. The fact that MapInfo products are beingtranslated into Turkish, is open to development and covers the concept of GIS in full, today has an important place among the most preferred products in GIS market.Their mission is to provide the installation of innovative, scalable and solution oriented systems in the field of Geographical Information Systems (GIS), integrated with corporate governance and decision support systems for the public, infrastructure firms and private sector.Their vision is to produce map-based developing combining with spatial information technology and navigation data our other innovative information systems, to offer people solutions that make life easier and leader in the area of our organization worldwide leader in Turkey is to become a brand.
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Investment focus
- Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Online Portals
- Corporate Round
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Bitturk — Bitturk allows users to buy, sell, deposit, and withdraw cryptocurrencies.
Andre Cronje is the founder at Yearn. He attended CTI Education Group and Stellenbosch University.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, FinTech, Finance
- Seed, Series A
- United States, Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Eden Network — The official home of Eden Network. Eden Network specialised in crypto currency multichain infrastructure to extract maximal value. <head />
- Connext — Bridge tokens and data across 11+ chains. Earn and build on the most secure interoperability network.
- Eden Network — The official home of Eden Network. Eden Network specialised in crypto currency multichain infrastructure to extract maximal value. <head />
Defiance Capital is a Decentralized Finance (DeFi) focused cryptoasset fund that combines fundamental research with an activist investment approach.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, Singapore, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- ARPA — ARPA is a network that provides secure computation, which enables data to be shared and used without disclosing the raw data to anyone during data-at-use. The correctness of computation is verifiable even under majority malicious condition using Information-theoretic MAC and Zero- Knowledge Proof. By using state-of-the-art Multi-party Computationalong with innovative node communication scheme, our privacy-preserving computation protocol enables a new way of data monetization called Data Renting.
- ARPA Network — ARPA Network is a decentralized computing network designed to improve the fairness, security, and privacy of blockchain technology.
- Sanctum — Sanctum offers the ability to launch millions of new LSTs utilizing solana.
Kalyon Holding, which becomes one of the most consistently growing institutions of Turkey with its domestic and foreign projects designed and completed within the framework of sustainability principles, continues to add value to the society, environment and economy.
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Investment focus
- Apps, FinTech, Software
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Metatime — Metatime is building the world's most comprehensive digital ecosystem by maximizing the efficiency of blockchain technology.
Ascensive Assets is a seed-stage venture firm that invests in blockchain-enabled companies across the full spectrum of web3.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, Singapore, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- StripChain — Stripchain is an intent-based interoperability standard that enables chain abstraction.
- Nest Wallet — A Wallet Engineered for Traders
- Switchboard — Switchboard allows builders to unlock the power of solana by creating high-performance data feeds from any API. They will bring data on-chain that will enable developers to unlock the future of decentralized applications. They enable the SOL community to push any form of data on-chain.
İstanbul Portföy Yönetimi is an investment management firm based in Turkey.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- BiLira — A Turkish Lira That Belongs Only To You! A stablecoin than can be used by anyone, 24/7 and anywhere.
Yildiz Technical University has a distinguished history that dates to 1911. YTU was founded as Kondüktör Mekteb-i Âlisi (Conductors School of Higher Education) in order to meet the “science officer” (known previously as conductors, and today as technicians) needs of the Municipality Public Works Section. The school was modeled on the syllabus ofthe “Ecole de Conducteur” and was affiliated with the Ministry of Public Works. The school’s name was changed to Nafia Fen Mektebi (School of Public Works) in 1922. The duration of education was increased to two and a half years in 1926 and three years in 1931.
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Investment focus
- Apps, FinTech, Software
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Metatime — Metatime is building the world's most comprehensive digital ecosystem by maximizing the efficiency of blockchain technology.
Ilker Sozdinler is the Founder, CEO of United Payment.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Retail, Big Data
- Seed, Funding Round
- Turkey, United States
Portfolio highlights
- ELYT — Revolutionize customer loyalty with our modern solution; secure, scalable, and straightforward. Experience the future of customer interaction and, if you wish, open the doors of the Web3 era to your community.
- 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.
- ikas — Start selling online with the new generation e-commerce platform ikas. Increase your sales and experience international commerce.
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
- Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- Turkey, United States
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.
- OneNewOne — OneNewOne, which operates in the Human Resources vertical, uses artificial intelligence technology to classify and match the CV Pool in minutes and to enable artificial intelligence to do preliminary interviews using its "Smart Pre-Interview" module.
- Pangea VR — VR and Console Game Studio
LDA Capital is an alternative investment group focused on investing in the global private and public markets. Their firm provides capital solutions to companies seeking financing in underserved markets and in complex conditions on a global basis. Our team has executed over $5 billion in transactions across 42 countries over the last 10 years.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
- Funding Round, Seed, Private Equity
- Singapore, Italy, Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Jada Ai — Jada Ai develops human-level artificial intelligence technology for collaboration between humans and machines.
- Seedify — Seedify is a blockchain gaming-focused incubator and launchpad ecosystem empowering innovators and project developers through access to funding, community, and partnership building, and a full support system to help drive the future of gaming and blockchain. It is an investor in the blockchain games, NFTs, and metaverses
- Gameness — Gameness is a Web3 platform that enhances the esports experience through cryptocurrency and NFTs. Users can engage in tournaments and events, leveraging blockchain technology to create a more interactive and rewarding environment for gamers. This platform aims to combine competitive gaming with the benefits of decentralization, allowing players toearn rewards and showcase their achievements in a vibrant community.
Yıldız Tekno GSYO is an investment firm.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Software, CRM
- Seed
- Turkey
Portfolio highlights
- Ekmob — Ekmob creates mobile projects for companies which have mobile field teams and operations.Companies with mobile teams and field operations have some common problems such as inefficiency in management of mobile teams, communication difficulties, inability to get instant data from field, offline mobile team on the field. All these problems lead tolack or deficiency in decision-support systems.
- Metatime — Metatime is building the world's most comprehensive digital ecosystem by maximizing the efficiency of blockchain technology.
- Malwation — At Malwation, we are your trusted cybersecurity partner, specializing in comprehensive malware analysis, sanitization, and simulation solutions.With an unwavering commitment to safeguarding your enterprise
Future\Perfect Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm 2014 to invest globally in blockchain technology and crypto assets. FPV was founded by Jalak Jobanputra.
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- Blockchain, Financial Services, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, India
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- PYOR — PYOR has extensive expertise building in crypto and has played major roles in the creation of several large Indian unicorns, as well as extensive experience in global blue chip organisations.
- Glystn — Glystn is a reliable platform for creator analytics and insights of any scale. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in SAN FRANCISCO, California.
- CapStack — CapStack is a banking system that encourages collaboration among banks and financial services providers in order to boost asset profitability and diversification.
Aza Ventures is your dependable partner in the volatile world of cryptocurrency investments.
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- Software, Blockchain, Information Technology
- Funding Round, Seed
- Turkey, Vietnam, United States
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- DOS Labs — DOS stand for Decentralized Operating System. We build a blockchain gaming platform for web3.
- Edu3Labs — Edu3Labs combines education and blockchain technology to create a platform where content creators, learners, and NFE token holders can all benefit. Edu3Labs is a new and innovative way to make learning more engaging and rewarding for everyone.Also, Edu3Labs is a brand-new blockchain ecosystem aimed at the education sector, with the mission ofboth giving ownership and rewarding all parties in the ecosystem. The Edu3Labs ecosystem, which currently has an education and publishing-focused NFT marketplace and metaverse platform, is also planning to provide blockchain solutions to educational institutions.A short description of Edu3Labs; A new learning experience created by the integration of the online education sector and the blockchain technology.
- Raiinmaker — Multi - Chain Layer 2 Network. Powered by AI, Secured by Bitcoin.
Ihsan Elgin is the Co-Founder of Startups.Watch. He was a Co-Founder and Executive VP, EMEA at ClimateMinder. He attended Koç University.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Turkey, United Kingdom
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- Turan — Aiming to be the only financial application that primarily provides services to people of Turkish descent in their own language, Turan wants to convey this journey that it started in Turkey to the Turkic States such as Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan in a short time.
- Swipeline — 119K Followers, 207 Following, 1,461 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Swipeline TR (@swipeline_tr)
- Passion Punch — Passion Punch develops mobile games boosted by notable art and effective story that will touch players' daily lives.
Faruk Eczacıbaşı - Deputy Vice President of Eczacıbaşı @ KWORKS Koç University Entrepreneurship Research Center
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- iOS, Digital Media, Media and Entertainment
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Turkey, United Kingdom
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- Deplike — Everyone can make music!
- Podbee Media — Podbee Media primarily engages in the production of Podcasts.
- Good Sanitation Company — Good Sanitation Company provides a specific sanitation and hygiene solution for those in temporary accommodation environments.
Bilge Algul - Co-Founder @ Veacon
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- Big Data, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Seed
- Turkey
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- ELYT — Revolutionize customer loyalty with our modern solution; secure, scalable, and straightforward. Experience the future of customer interaction and, if you wish, open the doors of the Web3 era to your community.
A leading algorithmic trading firm focused on building liquid and efficient markets in digital assets.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
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- M^0 Labs — M^0 is money middleware for the digital age. It is a decentralized, on-chain protocol, as well as a corresponding set of off-chain standards and APIs, that allows holders of high-quality eligible collateral to participate in the issuance of a fungible cryptodollar. With M^0, any number of institutions around the world can tap on turnkey middlewareto become their own cryptodollar issuer, upgrading their money tech stack to the digital age.
- Agora — Agora operates as a digital dollar and an asset platform.
- Raven — Raven is a proprietary high-frequency algorithmic trading firm specializing in CeFi market making and DeFi liquidity provision.
SaxeCap is an AI transformation & PE investment firm.
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- Software, SaaS, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Spain, Mexico
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- AfterHour — Join the best stock trading community with over $200M+ in verified positions from retail traders. Get trade signals, due diligence, and real-time alpha.
- Anthropic — An AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
- Astrocade AI — Astrocade AI is an AI-powered social gaming platform that allows anybody to create games and interactive experiences.
Credibility and microcredit platform
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- SaaS, Casual Games, Business Development
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Turkey
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- Turan — Aiming to be the only financial application that primarily provides services to people of Turkish descent in their own language, Turan wants to convey this journey that it started in Turkey to the Turkic States such as Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan in a short time.
- 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.
- Passion Punch — Passion Punch develops mobile games boosted by notable art and effective story that will touch players' daily lives.
Turkey's online crypto media publishing.
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- Cryptocurrency
- Seed
- Turkey
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- Decentralised Future — Decentralised Future provides news on the developments, innovations and industry news related to cryptocurrency.
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- Blockchain, Gaming, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Turkey, Germany, Hong Kong
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- Sekuya — Sekuya is an anime gaming metaverse platform that transform the gaming landscape through a community-driven approach in an entirely new anime epic fantasy universe.
- Edu3Labs — Edu3Labs combines education and blockchain technology to create a platform where content creators, learners, and NFE token holders can all benefit. Edu3Labs is a new and innovative way to make learning more engaging and rewarding for everyone.Also, Edu3Labs is a brand-new blockchain ecosystem aimed at the education sector, with the mission ofboth giving ownership and rewarding all parties in the ecosystem. The Edu3Labs ecosystem, which currently has an education and publishing-focused NFT marketplace and metaverse platform, is also planning to provide blockchain solutions to educational institutions.A short description of Edu3Labs; A new learning experience created by the integration of the online education sector and the blockchain technology.
- Safeverse — Safeverse is a training, Learning, and Education to equip people for future jobs in the metaverse and real life.
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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- Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning
- Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
- Turkey, Spain
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- 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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