Top 10 Social Network Startup Investors in Turkey (May 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Joachim Behrendt
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, SaaS, Social Media | $13k–$1.9M |
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Mehmet Onarcan
Angel
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2 | Turkey, Ireland, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Apps, Internet, Social Network | |
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Engin Utkan
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed | AgTech, Farming, FinTech | $18k–$1.3M |
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VCDE Venture Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Germany, Turkey, India | Seed, Series A | Software, SEO, Automotive | $2M–$4.9M |
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TRANGELS
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States, Estonia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Biotechnology, Energy, Manufacturing | $29k–$1.4M |
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Ozlem Petek Hun
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, Biotechnology, Medical Device | |
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Emrullah Saku
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Angel | Social Network | |
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Ayhan Ağırgöl
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Angel | Social Network | |
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Ibrahim Ulukaya
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Angel | AgTech, Farming, Software | |
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Huseyin Karayagiz
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, AgTech, Farming | |
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Mehmet Onarcan is the Founder of Mentors Network Turkey. He previously worked at Project House as an Advisory Board Member - Digital Transformation. Mehmet Onarcan attended Yildiz Technical University.
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- Industry: Apps, Internet, Social Network
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, Ireland, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Missafir — Missafir is a PropTech start-up in Istanbul. We are the first short/mid term home rental management company in Turkey!We deliver for our customers through a combination of thoughtful interior design and attentive hotel-style services that deliver superior earnings from short/mid term rental management through our strength in data-drivendynamic pricing solutions.
- Doktorderki — Doktorderki is an online system that allows people to directly talk to doctors about their questions and problems regarding health. It aims to establish a scalable B2C growth model along with the investment it is taking and to do B2B work with pharmacists and mainly dermocosmetics companies.The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered inIstanbul, Turkey.
- Local Guddy, Inc. — A marketplace connecting travelers and locals through unique guddy tours from locals all around the world. Taste local foods, drinks; see must see places, night life, views etc.
A. Engin Utkan is Senior Salesforce Consultant | Flow Automation Expert | Application Architect
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- Industry: AgTech, Farming, FinTech
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $18k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tarfin — Using its cloud-based platform and smart algorithms, Tarfin provides underbanked farmers with high-quality farm inputs and competitive point-of-sale financing. Tarfin is the winner of EFSE's 2016 Financial Inclusion Challenge.
- Bionluk — A community-driven platform where creative class meets like-minded people, and get hired.
- Makswin Real Estate Technologies, Inc. — Cutting-edge technological solutions aimed at data inconsistency and inefficiencies in the real estate industry.
VCDE Venture Partners was started in 2008 in Frankfurt/Germany and is a growth equity investment firm with a clear focus on technology companies in the field of software, the internet, mobile telecommunications and IT business services.Their main purpose is to build and develop successful growth companies. By partnering with outstandingentrepreneurs and management teams venturecapital.de delivers true value beyond financing and pro-actively works with portfolio companies to accelerate growth.They look for companies, that have a proven business model and through a strong value proposition address large markets and deliver real value to their customers be it consumers or enterprises. Out entrepreneurs‘ fund „venturecapital.de“ is funded by 150 European tech entrepreneurs, founders and industry veterans. It constitutes one of the strongest and most value adding business networks in Europe with an excellent platform for an exchange of expertise and know-how between investors, the fund and its portfolio companies.
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- Industry: Software, SEO, Automotive
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Turkey, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Series A $2M–$4.9M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $35M in 2008
Portfolio highlights
- itravel — itravel allows leisure travelers to configure and book experiences, hotels, and transportation on tablets, the web, and in social media. itravel offers the client tools to select and “build” custom trips based on desired experiences (such as kitesurfing, elephant rides, special spa treatments), specific room configurations, and personalpreferences. itravel’s app interfaces allow these selections to happen effortlessly and with appealing content.
- 123Fahrschule — 123fahrschule.de - consolidating and digitizing the German driving school market
- StalkBuyLove — A one-click "en Vogue" destination. Get your daily dose with the trendiest styles and best fashion inspiration updated on our fashion portal every day. We provide unprecedented access to the hottest and handpicked looks of the current season; looks that are inspired from celebrities, European catwalks and high-end luxury labels.As soonas we design new styles, we make them accessible online within 10 days from conceptualization. Styles might be quickly sold out because we do not keep a lot of stock - so you have to purchase quickly to avoid out of stocks. Our designs are super unique, so you will likely not find anybody else wearing the styles that we have.Every day we work hard to ensure that our designs are absolutely unique, beautiful and trendy. We make the latest fashion accessible; provide the prettiest pieces in town and hand-pick the fabrics, colors, prints and designs. We triple check each product before we put it online and send it to you. We personally look at things like fitting, color, comfort, design and quality to ensure that everything is perfect.Keep Stalking, Buying and Loving :)
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Energy, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Seed $67k–$1.4M; Angel $29k–$500k; Pre-Seed $35k–$400k
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- & 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.
Ozlem Petek Hun
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Medical Device
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
Emrullah Saku
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- Industry: Social Network
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Octo — Octo Networks build app for connecting the communities.
Ayhan Ağırgöl
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- Industry: Social Network
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Octo — Octo Networks build app for connecting the communities.
Ibrahim Ulukaya
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- Industry: AgTech, Farming, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vahaa Vertical Farming Solutions — Vahaa is a smart agriculture startup that combines vertical hydroponic agriculture techniques with IoT technology that provides you to grow fresh and clean fruits and vegetables in the middle of the city all year round. It doesn't matter whether you are at home, at your office, or somewhere else. With the Vahaa Hanging Garden, you can growproducts such as lettuce, arugula, mint, basil, and thyme on your wall and you can easily control every step of your production with the Vahaa App.
- Octo — Octo Networks build app for connecting the communities.
Huseyin Karayagiz
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- Industry: Software, AgTech, Farming
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Vahaa Vertical Farming Solutions — Vahaa is a smart agriculture startup that combines vertical hydroponic agriculture techniques with IoT technology that provides you to grow fresh and clean fruits and vegetables in the middle of the city all year round. It doesn't matter whether you are at home, at your office, or somewhere else. With the Vahaa Hanging Garden, you can growproducts such as lettuce, arugula, mint, basil, and thyme on your wall and you can easily control every step of your production with the Vahaa App.
- Octo — Octo Networks build app for connecting the communities.
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Joachim Behrendt is the Head of the Advisory Board at Vali Berlin.
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Scorp
— "User generated viral video machine " is the definition for Scorp Ads. We convert the power of word of mouth into short selfie-videos. Scorp seeds the message and motivates users to join the conversation on brands' topic with positive association or hype about the brand.Viewers like to consume content that they are interestedin. In Scorp there are wide range of videos that is not just only about comedy or music but also about news, politics, sports, movies&TV shows, celebrities, books-art, food, fashion-beauty and relationships that are created as selfie 15 second videos. Scorp shows users 100s of videos, opinions or approaches on a single topic. The format enables users to discover different point of views.
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Kolay Randevu
— Kolay Randevu is an online beauty booking marketplace and salon management software for salons.
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Local Guddy, Inc.
— A marketplace connecting travelers and locals through unique guddy tours from locals all around the world. Taste local foods, drinks; see must see places, night life, views etc.
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