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Name | Website | Stages | Location | Socials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aslanoba Capital | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed | Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe | ||
Hackquarters | Seed | Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe | ||
Galata Business Angels | Seed | Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe | ||
212 | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed, Venture | Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe | ||
Diffusion Capital Partners | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe |
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We’ve ranked the top Venture Capital Seed investors in Istanbul. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Venture Capital Investors & Funds (Istanbul)
Aslanoba Capital
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 in Istanbul, Turkey.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
Industries: Banking, Finance, FinTech, Marketplace, Venture Capital
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Hackquarters
Hackquarters is your launchpad to become a successful company that you deserve to be. In Hackquarters you will have access to our great team, capacity and disruptive technologies. It’s not only our office space that we will be sharing, but people who see far beyond today.
Stages: Seed
Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
Industries: Communities, Corporate Training, Information Technology, Innovation Management, Internet, Social Impact, Venture Capital
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Galata Business Angels
The Galata Business Angels (GBA) is an organization that supplemented by guidance in the formation of Inovent which committed to scouting, mentoring and finding funding to great young companies from start through a successful exit and that aims to increase the quantity, quality and success of angel investments in Turkey and in doing so create a greater pool of capital for innovative start-up companies. GBA operates as a not-for-profit organization and acts as a platform where member angel investors and aspiring entrepreneurs meet to exchange ideas about startups and discuss opportunities. GBA also provides access to active national and international networks that enable improved access to follow on capital, markets, and mentoring for emerging businesses. GBA comprises of executives, entrepreneurs and seasoned angel investors who aid in accelarating innovative, impactful, cutting edge startup companies to market leadership. The current members of GBA have founded and built world-class companies like Mynet, Airties, Gittigidiyor, Yemeksepeti, Markafoni, Pozitron, Vepa Grup, ReklamZ, DBI, 41-29 and been senior executives at pioneering companies like Apple, eBay, Maxim, Turkcell. They come from a wide array of industry expertise and together create an extensive network of entrepreneurial support. They mentor and coach the entrepreneurs, provide networking and help with team building, strategy and fundraising.
Stages: Seed
Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
Industries: Angel Investment, Finance, Venture Capital
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212
212 invests in growth-stage tech companies across Turkey, CEE, and MENA. Currently, our fund manages €75 million of committed capital, and 25 investments. Our strategy is to invest in B2B tech solutions that have demonstrated traction, a clear product-market fit, and are ready to scale internationally. ‘Test local, go global’ is 212’s guiding principle. In addition to investing in startups, we put significant effort into mentoring, supporting, and advising our portfolio companies. 212 was founded by a seasoned group of veterans with the common vision of cultivating an eco-system in Turkey and its region. Each of our team members brings to the table a proven track record of success in multi-cultural disciplines in both global corporations and start-ups and an unwavering focus on strategy, operation, and execution.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital
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Diffusion Capital Partners
DCP is a seed-stage venture capital fund manager. We predominantly invest in deep-tech start-ups. At DCP we aim to invest in entrepreneurial teams that are building the future through progressive science and technology. We focus on cross-industry sectors and interdisciplinary projects to discover innovations occurring at the nexus of technology domains where capital-efficient solutions can unlock significant value.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
Industries: Financial Services, Venture Capital
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StartupFon
StartupFon is the first and leading equity-based online investment platform based in Turkey and has been founded to capitalize technology-based ventures with qualified angel investors and its own venture capital fund, namely the AngelFund. Startupfon gives their members the opportunity to invest in seed / early-stage technology startups either through its venture capital AngelFund or co-invest with it independently. As a tool under Startupfon, AngelFund is a micro VC of around USD10 mn. Investors can make investments either on a deal by deal basis or they can allocate some of their budgets to AngelFund to let Startupfon invest on behalf of themselves. Startupfon has been founded by Istanbul Startup Angels (“ISA”) as its online investment platform in 2016. ISA is a leading angel investor platform accredited in 2014 discovering ambitious startups in their early-stage while mentoring them in the process. ISA also organizes angel investor academies for high net worth individuals and accelerator programs for corporates. ISA performs with 4.3x TVPI on a total of TL 10 mn investments in 27 ventures as of March 2019.
Stages: Crowdfunding, Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
Industries: Angel Investment, Crowdfunding, Crowdsourcing, Financial Services, Funding Platform, Venture Capital
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BIC Angels
BIC Angels is an investment firm that provides venture capital for startups engaged in the internet sector. It is primarily focused on companies engaged in SaaS, location-based services, and mobile applications. The Company’s early-stage investment ranges from $25,000 to $1,000,000. BIC Angels is based in Istanbul, Turkey.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
Industries: Angel Investment, Venture Capital
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Extra Watts
We strive to contribute a few extra watts to the secure, immutable, and decentralized internet. Adoption. Now.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
Industries: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Incubators, Software, Venture Capital
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Re-Pie Asset Management
RE-PIE is Turkey’s first alternative asset management company that was authorized by Capital Markets Board of Turkey to establish real estate investment funds in 2015. With our top-quality management team that has many years of professional experience in various markets, it is our privilege to serve our investors to generate best in class investment returns in accordance with their risk perceptions and return expectations in line with our well-structured investment process and risk management guidelines. We aim to provide new funding opportunities and resources for Turkish Capital Markets in order to enable new investments and to grow steadily by increasing our fund size with wide range of products in various asset classes.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed
Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
Industries: B2B, B2C, Delivery, Financial Services, Home Health Care, Venture Capital
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Finberg
In 2018, Finberg was established to support Fibabanka’s ecosystem banking platform and to be closer to the startup ecosystem. Over the years, Finberg has renewed its strategy to adapt to the opportunities and goals that have emerged, and has become a “multi-VC management company”. Finberg now manages four different VC funds.
Finberg, which works closely with entrepreneurs, uses the opportunities provided by Fibabanka and the Fiba Group companies not only for capital and partnership, but also for strategic consulting, marketing and business development support, and offers support for critical needs such as human resources.
So far, Finberg has invested $51m in 43 investments, and its portfolio includes startups such as Getir, Birleşik Ödeme, Colendi, Figopara, and Easycep and funds such as Portage, Manhattan Venture Partners, 500 and Startup Wise Guys.
Stages: Seed
Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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ScaleX Ventures
ScaleX invests and works with startups to scale and grow them globally together. That’s why the companies we work with have global focused products and global ambitions from day one.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
Industries: Venture Capital
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Etohum
Etohum is a Turkish startup accelerator program that provides budding entrepreneurs with mentorship, seed funding, pitch preparations, investor networking, and expertise. With an extensive filtering process in place, Etohum selects a group of 40 entrepreneurs each year to attend its entrepreneurship camps. These camps provide coaching and guidance to help them produce business plans which can be presented to corporate investors and companies. The selectees also receive office space, software support, internet access, counseling services, and more. Etohum was established in April 2008 in Istanbul, Turkey, where it is currently headquartered.
Stages: Seed
Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
Industries: Finance, Venture Capital
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QNBEYOND Ventures
Like every other aspect of our lives financial services are changing. The next 10 years will be nothing like before. We know visionary founders will play a key role to pioneer this change. That is why we are driven to partner with audacious teams who also have strong resilience. As a strategic investor we are aiming to explore any chance to collaborate as earliest as possible, where we can contribute with our insights and explore the potential opportunities within QNB Group. Our presence as QNB Group in more than 30 countries serving 24 million customers with a full spectrum of financial products, makes us confident we can bring an extensive global network and our business expertise thus when we partner, we deliver critical support besides capital to accelerate growth. So if you think you are that team, contact us and let’s define what’s beyond of banking together!
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
Industries: Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Vera Capital
Vera Capital is a private family investment office that invests in early-stage tech companies, real estate/assets, venture capital funds, and quoted markets.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
Industries: Venture Capital
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Gate Inside Ventures
Founded by successful entrepreneurs to help new comers. Gate Inside developed a new model of startup funding. Twice a year they invest a small amount of money. The startups move to their incubation center for 3 months. Founders get required help from mentors and other entrepreneurs like themselves in a unique working environment.
Stages: Debt, Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
Industries: Consulting, Finance, Incubators, Venture Capital
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Turkish Business Angels Association
Established in 2011 by a group of pioneer business angels in Turkey, it represents a sector that is expected to invest an estimated 500 million Euros annually in a few years’ time and has a key role to play in Turkey’s future, notably in the funding of SMEs and the creation of wealth and jobs. Most TBAA business angel network members are accredited by the government, and over 500 angel investors are members of these 10 BANs. The TBAA has 6 committees: The Crowdfunding Committee. The Innovation & Technoparks Committee, The Incubation Centers Committee, The Start-up Committee, The Exit Committee, and The Mentorship Committee. The TBAA has seen its members hold important positions in the international arena, including the Vice Presidency of EBAN and board membership in the World Business Angels Association in the UK.
Stages: Seed
Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
Industries: Angel Investment, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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projectz
Projectz is an investment company based in Istanbul and has investments in internet and media-related companies. It is also focused on property investments and is very active in angel round investments in Turkey-based startups. Projectz was founded in January 2010.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe
Industries: Venture Capital
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