Top 35 Biotech Startup Investors in Turkey in October 2023

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• & New Me — Andnewme is a health platform that serves with the motto "only aesthetics". You can get information about aesthetic treatments and find the doctor you are looking for!
• Biftek — The future of meat starts here. We produce growth medium to make cultured meat affordable.
• Nanomik Biotechnology — Nanomik Biotechnology produces next generation biofungicides that increase the shelf life of fresh fruits and vegetables. Antimicrobial raw materials produced by microorganisms isolated from nature and active molecules obtained from plants are placed in micro-sized biopolymer capsules and applied to fruits. These completely natural microcapsulesadhere to the fruit and open within 24-48 hours and provide protection on the surface. While the biopolymer material forms an edible layer on the fruit, the ingredients in it prevent the growth of molds present in the medium. Unlike chemical fungicides, our products do not cause any harm to human and environment.

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• Khenda — Khenda is an AI-based video analytics platform that helps manufacturing plants to increase their safety, efficiency, and quality at production lines by analyzing manual activities.
• TAZI AI — TAZI's Automated Machine Learning is understandable continuous machine learning from data and humans, enables business domain experts to use machine learning to ...
• Enhencer — Reach AI based transparent audiences or lookaliles for your ecommerce. Achieve higher campaign conversion and ROAS than ever before.

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• Hazy — Hazy is a UCL AI spin out backed by Microsoft and Nationwide. Our core product is synthetic data - data generated artificially using machine learning techniques, that retains the statistical properties of the real data and can be safely used for analytics and innovation without compromising customers privacy and confidential information. We do itby capturing patterns in the raw data to generate completely synthetic 'hazy' data that maintains the statistical value of the original. This means businesses can unlock their data for innovation freely with safer and faster data provisioning on demand and no compliance, security or privacy risks and procurement delays.
• 3E Nano — 3E Nano has developed and is commercializing a low cost, thermally and optically smart, Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) coating. This nano thin film applied to glass and other transparent media is targeted toward windows, windshields, greenhouses, and solar module manufacturers.
• Productive Machines — We create digital twins of the milling process to identify vibrations and then automatically personalize the tool path parameters to eliminate chatter. Our customers get to the best part, faster, the first time.

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• Newlab — Newlab is a singular community of experts and innovators applying transformative technology to solve the world's biggest challenges. Newlab membership and studios bring together entrepreneurs, engineers, inventors, and industry leaders to create sustainable solutions and enterprises. Newlab employs technologies including robotics, AI, andmaterial science to transform what matters most—health, environment, media, cities, and infrastructure.
• Ecomercek — Ecomercek offers a wide range of skin, body, and hair care products.
• RS Research — RS Research is a next generation therapeutics company developing novel nanomedicines. We have developed a pioneering class of nanocarriers with which we currently have proprietary programs in various stages of preclinical development for treatment of cancer.Our nanocarrier platform is highly tunable with a plug & play approach, allowingspeedy development of targeted nanomedicines with superior performance.Along with moving our very own candidates toward clinic, we provide preclinical services to industrial and academic partners. We have specific expertise in biosimilar characterization as well as in vivo experiment design.

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• PhiTech Bioinformatics — PhiTech Bioinformatics translates genome-wide molecular data (Genomics, Transcriptomics, Epigenomics, Microbiomics, etc.) into biotechnology solutions primarily for use in precision medicine.

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• WORDEGO — Wordego is a Programmatic Ad Exchange Platform for Advertisers and Publishers. Wordego provides advertisers to target consumers surfing on the publisher websites, and show them personalized digital ads and coupons. Wordego provides advertisers to acquire, convert, and re-engage customers on the internet, and enables publishers to manage andmonetize their websites’ advertising inventory.
• Nanomik Biotechnology — Nanomik Biotechnology produces next generation biofungicides that increase the shelf life of fresh fruits and vegetables. Antimicrobial raw materials produced by microorganisms isolated from nature and active molecules obtained from plants are placed in micro-sized biopolymer capsules and applied to fruits. These completely natural microcapsulesadhere to the fruit and open within 24-48 hours and provide protection on the surface. While the biopolymer material forms an edible layer on the fruit, the ingredients in it prevent the growth of molds present in the medium. Unlike chemical fungicides, our products do not cause any harm to human and environment.
• MD Research & Development — MD Research & Development are into research and development of innovative products and methods needed in the field of radiation oncology.

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• PhiTech Bioinformatics — PhiTech Bioinformatics translates genome-wide molecular data (Genomics, Transcriptomics, Epigenomics, Microbiomics, etc.) into biotechnology solutions primarily for use in precision medicine.

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• Adastec Corp. — 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.
• Octo — Octo Networks build app for connecting the communities.
• MD Research & Development — MD Research & Development are into research and development of innovative products and methods needed in the field of radiation oncology.

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• Juphy — Unify social conversations, deliver excellent customer service, and sell via personalized messaging. #1 tool for social selling & support.
• Poliark — AI for Built Environment
• Syntonym — Syntonym state-of-the-art artificial intelligence technologies provide customers with seamless anonymization by protecting visual data values within the high standards. Syntonym applications use a cloud-native approach to provide customers with seamless integration at the EDGE, Cloud and on-premises servers.

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• 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.
• Handler — Handler is an artificial intelligence (AI) optimization of game creation processes, including idea, programming, and marketing.
• Pusula Publishing — Compass, one of Turkey's top publishers of books on computer science, software, programming, and design, is the company behind the popular "Who's Afraid of Computers?" series. Compass also publishes periodicals, encyclopedias, and educational materials in the field of informatics.

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• TeaTechs — Web & mobile based 'Smart Solutions' specific to each sector.
• PhiTech Bioinformatics — PhiTech Bioinformatics translates genome-wide molecular data (Genomics, Transcriptomics, Epigenomics, Microbiomics, etc.) into biotechnology solutions primarily for use in precision medicine.

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• LogD — The LogD Milk Run Management System, a pioneer in its industry in Turkey, is expanding thanks to the use of cutting-edge tools, strategies, and environmentally friendly products created by the logistics supply chain. LogD was established to change the negative consequences of the logistics sector on the economy and environment into positive ones.With its sustainable supply chain solutions, LogD adds more value to both nature and brands.
• Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
• Wastespresso — Companies that generate coffee waste (headquarters, hotels, cafes, offices, restaurants, etc.) regularly perform micro coffee waste management and upcycle these coffee wastes with its sustainable technological infrastructure. After this upcycling, coffee wastes and disposable/reusable cups, straws, flower pots, spoons, etc. various materials such as; both home appliances, white goods, automotive etc. parts for sectors; It also produces bio raw materials for the packaging and plastics industries.

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• MD Research & Development — MD Research & Development are into research and development of innovative products and methods needed in the field of radiation oncology.

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• LIVAD Technologies — LIVAD develops cutting edge Livestream Advertising products connecting brands with streamers. Our technology enables brands to serve smart, elegant, and non-intrusive ads while allowing streamers of all sizes to monetize their content consistently.
• Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
• PhiTech Bioinformatics — PhiTech Bioinformatics translates genome-wide molecular data (Genomics, Transcriptomics, Epigenomics, Microbiomics, etc.) into biotechnology solutions primarily for use in precision medicine.

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• PhiTech Bioinformatics — PhiTech Bioinformatics translates genome-wide molecular data (Genomics, Transcriptomics, Epigenomics, Microbiomics, etc.) into biotechnology solutions primarily for use in precision medicine.

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• PhiTech Bioinformatics — PhiTech Bioinformatics translates genome-wide molecular data (Genomics, Transcriptomics, Epigenomics, Microbiomics, etc.) into biotechnology solutions primarily for use in precision medicine.

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• MD Research & Development — MD Research & Development are into research and development of innovative products and methods needed in the field of radiation oncology.

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• Daxe Games —
• Wastespresso — Companies that generate coffee waste (headquarters, hotels, cafes, offices, restaurants, etc.) regularly perform micro coffee waste management and upcycle these coffee wastes with its sustainable technological infrastructure. After this upcycling, coffee wastes and disposable/reusable cups, straws, flower pots, spoons, etc. various materials such as; both home appliances, white goods, automotive etc. parts for sectors; It also produces bio raw materials for the packaging and plastics industries.

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• Thundra — Thundra is a developer platform company that empowers application teams to develop, debug, test, and deliver modern microservices on the cloud. Build the perfect software.
• Vanemar — Vanemar offers an easy and intuitive way to monitor your boat with extensible and easy to install wireless sensors. Anytime, anywhere.
• KuartisMED — KuartisMED is a biomedical company developing innovative products for healthcare and the well-being of newborns and preterms.

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• KuartisMED — KuartisMED is a biomedical company developing innovative products for healthcare and the well-being of newborns and preterms.
• Webee — Discover WeBee's high-tech hospitality solutions, ensure a contactless guest experience, improve TripAdvisor scores and maximize revenue.

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• KuartisMED — KuartisMED is a biomedical company developing innovative products for healthcare and the well-being of newborns and preterms.
• Albert Health — 50% of people with chronic diseases do not take medications as prescribed. Improper medication use, especially for elderly patients, leads to hospitalizations and costs insurers billions of dollars. Current apps in the market are too complicated and difficult to use for the elderly who suffer the most from chronic diseases. Albert is a voice-basedhealth assistant which is accessible through mobile app, Amazon Alexa and Google assistant. Our machine learning algorithms create a unique conversational medication management experience. Elderly patients don’t have to text anymore. They will talk with Albert to manage their medications in an easy and effortless way. Patients can easily track health measurements, keep medical diary and set pill reminder by voice command. Furthermore, “Caregiver Mode” allows family members to manage and monitor their relatives’ treatment remotely. Albert helps elderly patients to take the right dose at the right time and help insurers to have less medical expenses, more satisfied customers.
• VRLab Academy — VRLab Academy specializes in implementing advanced virtual science education to institutions. It focuses on waste-free, attractive, and useful design to makes advanced virtual science education possible. The company aims to evolve the educational environment where students will improve their scientific skills and learn all about it from firsthand.

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• MAA'VA — MAA’VA™ is developing a proprietary sustainable carbon negative construction material, turning plastic and nonplastic waste into eco-material, advancing solutions to climate change crisis, waste crisis, global river sand shortage, water scarcity and rapid urbanization. Our eco-concrete can be used for both conventional and 3D printingconstruction. By optimizing 3D printing technology we can build environmentally friendly low cost housing with eco-concrete in one day for 1/10th of the construction cost and half of the construction waste.
• West~bourne — delicious, nutrient-rich, and planet conscious snacks, spices and mixes, so you can eat well, do better, and gather often.
• Gozen Bioworks — Gozen Bioworks is a bio-tech company that invents and develops next-gen microbe-derived biomaterials.

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• PhiTech Bioinformatics — PhiTech Bioinformatics translates genome-wide molecular data (Genomics, Transcriptomics, Epigenomics, Microbiomics, etc.) into biotechnology solutions primarily for use in precision medicine.

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• KuartisMED — KuartisMED is a biomedical company developing innovative products for healthcare and the well-being of newborns and preterms.

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• Scotty — Scotty Rideshare is the first and only two-wheel rideshare Company in Turkey
• Scotty — Leading e-commerce logistics player in Turkey
• Genz Biotech — Genz is a biotech research & development company, developing novel diagnostic solutions for complex diseases, like cancer, coronavirus pandemic. Genz provides solutions for medical centers and/or end-users in cooperation with genetic disease and diagnostic centers. To date, Genz received 4 R&D grants and approval by Turkish Ministryof Health for 3 genetic tests.

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• Teleporter — Teleporter is the World of Gamers in VR that brings us together in one digital place for all the ways gamers get together. Focused on gamers, inspired by the world’s best MMORPGs, and amplified by video-gaming enthusiasts, we dream of building a universe for gamers using technology, artistry, and magic.Our players in Teleporter can play manybuilt-in games, watch game streams, find like-minded others, and hang out together in fantastic 3D environments. Teleporter: WoG universe feels like and works like a game, but it also allows players to do many different things they usually love to do with other gamers. Our dream is to shape the future of gamers getting together digitally.
• Genz Biotech — Genz is a biotech research & development company, developing novel diagnostic solutions for complex diseases, like cancer, coronavirus pandemic. Genz provides solutions for medical centers and/or end-users in cooperation with genetic disease and diagnostic centers. To date, Genz received 4 R&D grants and approval by Turkish Ministryof Health for 3 genetic tests.
• Thread In Motion — Looking for wearables to digitize your operations? Hands-free and ergonomic new generation smart gloves are here to help you reduce cost and risks.

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• RS Research — RS Research is a next generation therapeutics company developing novel nanomedicines. We have developed a pioneering class of nanocarriers with which we currently have proprietary programs in various stages of preclinical development for treatment of cancer.Our nanocarrier platform is highly tunable with a plug & play approach, allowingspeedy development of targeted nanomedicines with superior performance.Along with moving our very own candidates toward clinic, we provide preclinical services to industrial and academic partners. We have specific expertise in biosimilar characterization as well as in vivo experiment design.

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• Caidio — Caidio is here to maximize the quality and productivity of global concrete construction by top notch AI technologies We help our customers increase quality, decrease construction time, and cut cost.
• presono — presono completely rethinks the topic of presenting and combines professional presentations and perfect management in a revolutionary software! Previously unsolved challenges such as outdated slide duplicates, wrong content and designs, rigid presentation flows and complicated updates are a thing of the past with this comprehensive solution!Theintuitive tool ensures that users can create outstanding presentations easily and without extensive know-how, adapt them flexibly and spontaneously even during a presentation. The central data management guarantees that all users are always up to date with the latest information. In addition, it ensures that presentations can be automatically and comprehensively evaluated. Future-oriented features such as multimedia animations and interactive overlays also generate a new factor for attention from which everyone can benefit: the speakers as well as the listeners. After all the tension factor of the presentation is usually directly proportional to the information intake of the audience. In addition, a feedback functionality optimises company-internal communication. The possibility of sending presentations directly as a PDF file or as a link via e-mail also simplifies the work process. Furthermore, presono can be used as a smart sales and trade fair app.presono is therefore much more than just a tool for creating ingenious presentations. presono is an intelligent overall solution that optimizes workflows, generates attention and, as a smart guarantee of success, guides its users safely to the goal of their presentations.
• BioShumm — Probiotic soup (Tirshik Soup), a traditional cuisine, is made from the subspecies of the Arum maculatum plant that grows naturally in the Taurus mountains. Fermented Tirshik Soup strengthens the immune system with its powerful antioxidant content proved with scientificresearch. As a delicious, natural, organic food product that strengthens the human immune system and can be preferred as daily meals. Its public name is “Andırın Doctor”. Making the soup is very labor intensive and traditional methods must be followed carefully. It has been consumed as home meal in the Osmaniye region for centuries and has never been industrially produced until now. After the Covid 19 pandemic, Arum maculatum sales exploded in neighborhood markets. The sellers are calling out loudly about the plant “Corona Killer''. Many people are searching the recipe for tirshik soup online. One of the main problems is that Arum maculatum is naturally harmful to health. After fermentation, it miraculously turns into an extraordinarily beneficial food for human health. On September 20, 2021, a regulation was published by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, stating that It is afterall in the positive category in the list of plants that indicates edible and non-edible ones. Thus, The obstacles for commercial activities regarding Arum maculatum have gone away. Trshika project involves the production of probiotic Tirshik soup using modern biotechnological industrial methods. Lyophilized bacteria produced in the biotech lab will be used with industrial biotechnical fermentation methods and liquid ready made soup will be produced.

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• 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.
• Vagustim — Vagustim develops a non-invasive bilateral auricular vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) device to improve people's health.
• Glocalzone — Glocalzone is a platform that connects shoppers who want to buy products from abroad and travelers who want to make a profit.

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• ENBIOSIS — AI-powered gut health solutions and microbiome analysis, personalized food and supplements recommendation to increase your gut health.
• Label Foundation — LABEL is a blockchain-based, NFT, copyright fee sharing platform that introduces an incubation system that supports investment, distribution, and promotion processes to break down high barriers to existing content production and investment and dismantles the current unfair profit distribution structure.

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• MD Research & Development — MD Research & Development are into research and development of innovative products and methods needed in the field of radiation oncology.

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• 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.
• Diici — Diici is a digital entrepreneurship ecosystem guide.
• MD Research & Development — MD Research & Development are into research and development of innovative products and methods needed in the field of radiation oncology.

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• Kalfa — Kalfa is a human-assisted digital business platform for financial advisors. It also offers transferring receipts and invoices to the system, mobile applications, e- auto bank transactions, preparing accrual records, and insurance policies, enabling operational work to be more controllable and faster from a single center.
• Artiwise — Artiwise gathers all client feedback on a single platform by monitoring all customer communication channels. It makes decisions by using artificial intelligence to analyse client communication channels like call centre conversations, chatbot interviews, and surveys.
• UP School — UP School fills in the gap of female participation in society’s most important technology roles by offering free educational programs for women through technical education programs that train them in a specific area of technology. UP School launched two pilot programs in Robotic Process Automation and in Data Science, and have two activecorporate-sponsored programs in Data Analytics and Android Development in partnership with Ford Motor Company, and Akbank.Students who graduated from the program have been recruited by globally lead companies such as Ford Motor Company, Unilever, Siemens and Coca Cola Company.

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• 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.
• N'oluyo — N’oluyo is a TV program-based social platform and is your favorite buddy while watching TV.
• Kahvegibikahve — Kahvegibikahve started with a crowdfunding campaign to make brewing real coffee easy and available everywhere. With high quality coffee beans and special Fiber Filtre™, your coffee is brewed properly, and without any hassle, you enjoy it.

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• Kidolog — Kidolog provides support to parents with video or messaging on issues they may need about pre-pregnancy and post-pregnancy.
• eTasin.com — https://etasin.com
• Kolay Karavan — KolayKaravan arose from an idea that we had long considered and developed step by step. The pandemic-induced need for nature, as well as the ever-increasing quest for alternative holidays in our country, cooked the idea of EasyCaravan and unveiled it as a product. It has made it both easy and safe by combining the caravan vacation concept, whichbrings together solutions to housing and transport needs, with the KolayKaravan CamperTrust program. It made it possible for individuals to have this experience... While doing all of this, the Kolay Caravan team keeps "Human" and "Nature" in mind. We consider how we may contribute more to these two areas in all of our work and every decision we make.