# Top 50 Software Angel Investors in Turkey in May 2026

## Nevzat Aydın
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Software

Nevzat Aydın is the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, the first and biggest online food delivery portal in Turkey.Born in 1976 in İstanbul, Nevzat Aydın completed his secondary education at the Bursa Anatolian High School. Following his graduation from Boğaziçi University Department of Computer Engineering, he went to the United States where he receivedhis MBA at the University of San Francisco in Silicon Valley.During his stay in the United States, Aydın followed the latest developments on e-trade before he returned to Turkey in 2000 to launch his project, Yemeksepeti.com. Serving as the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, Nevzat Aydın introduced a brand new dimension to e-trade in Turkey.In 2007, Yemeksepeti.com was selected the “Endeavor Entreprenur” by Endeavor Turkey. Aydin was also selected the “Most Successful Turkish Young Entrepreneur” by the CNBC-e Business magazine in 2010 for his successful work since the foundation of Yemeksepeti.com.As the founder and CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, which celebrated its 11th anniversary in 2012, he won the first prize in 2011 in the “Male Entrepreneur of the Year” category at the “Businesspeople of the Year” survey conducted by the Ekonomist magazine among nearly 3,000 business people.Aydin is a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Supreme Board of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, and a founding member of Galata Business Angels.Aydın was one of the 150 entrepreneurs invited from all over the world to the Entrepreneurship Summit held by US President Barack Obama on April 26-27, 2010.He was also among the speakers at the DLD (Digital-Life-Design) Conference, which is deemed as one of the world's most prestigious conferences with its content on innovation and developments in the digital world. He is also an editorial advisor of GQ Turkey, one of the 5 “dragons” of the Dragons’ Den Turkey show, and a Board Member of Trabzonspor sports club.

## Omer Erkmen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Analytics

Omer Erkmen is the co-founder at Yeni Nesil Kafası. Omer Erkmen attended UC Santa Barbara.

## Hande Enes
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Social Media

Hande Enes

## Kerim Kotan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Medical Device

Kerim Kotan

## Ali Rıza Babaoğlan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: TV, CRM, Apps

I am a business professional since 2008 and a financial investor since 2015, having strategic positions in several scale-up tech companies/startups and real-estate assets. I continue to invest in the tech domain with a focus on SaaS solutions for B2B and B2C markets, and real estate options in developing markets with ROI targets.Grow inEMEA, the company I started in 2015, focuses on East Europe, Turkey, and the Middle East markets mostly for tech and real estate options and portfolio management. Also, my team provides market access services to Baltics, Turkey, and UAE / Saudi and gives investment advisory services.Prior to the investment focus, I worked in Linkedin EMEA Headquarter where I hold Director of Turkish Speaking Territory in Dublin, Ireland. Before, I have been with SAP AG and IBM in Turkey. I also give speeches at local and global investment events. I gave keynotes on ARAB NET in Lebanon, IT Arena in Ukraine, Rise Up Summit in Egypt, and NEXT in Germany. I also spoke at several closed corporate events of Roche, VESTEL, SAP AG, DenizBank, Turkish Economy Ministry, Turkish Exporters Assembly, Bakioğlu Holding, and AGT.Now, I am living in Tallinn, Estonia.Email: alib@growinemea.com
Web: https://alibabaoglan.com
Photos: https://gie.investments/my-photos

## Joachim Behrendt
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Social Media

Joachim Behrendt is the Head of the Advisory Board at Vali Berlin.

## Figen Korun
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Coffee, Sharing Economy

Figen Korun

## Mustafa Sevinç
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Fitness, Health Care

Mustafa Sevinç is the CFO and Founder at Teknasyon.

## Koray Bahar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, CRM, Apps

Koray Bahar is an investor at Ekmob.

## Akin Babayigit
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Gaming, PC Games

Akin Babayigit is currently a co-founder of Tripledot Studios, a mobile games studio based in London. Before starting Tripledot, Akin was an active investor & advisor to various companies in the gaming space as well as serving as the Head of Business Operations & Special Projects at King Digital Entertainment. Before his experience at King,Akin was the head of Facebook Audience Network in EMEA.

## Mustafa Vardalı
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Fitness, Health Care

Mustafa Vardalı is the CMO & Founder at Teknasyon.

## Faik Ulutaş
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Mobile Apps, Mobile

Faik Ulutaş is an angel investor.

## hi VC
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

hi VC

## Ebru Dorman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: Health Care, Apps, Fitness

Ebru Dorman

## Melih Odemis
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile

Melih is one of the pioneer Internet entrepreneurs in Turkey. Born in Istanbul, he studied Computer Engineering and MBA at Bogazici University. After one year of professional experience in Citibank, Melih founded yemeksepeti.com with his partners in 2000. Yemeksepeti.com became the online food delivery giant first in Turkey, and then in Middle Eastand Eastern Europe. As a co-founder, Melih has acted as CTO of the company until 2013 and as Board Member until May 2015, when the company was acquired by Delivery Hero writing one of the biggest Internet exit stories in the region.
Melih has been selected an Endeavor Entrepreneur in 2007. Since 2011 he has been an active angel investor in internet and technology companies with more than 30 investments. He is one of the cofounders of Galata Business Angels, which is one of the first business angel networks in Turkey. He is a founding member of EO Turkey.
Melih lives in London now with his family and continues to invest in tech start-ups globally.

## Elvan Sevi Bozoğlu
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps

Elvan Sevi Bozoğlu is an Angel Investor.

## Engin Frayman
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: CRM, Apps, Mobile

Engin Frayman is a partner/investor at Ekmob.

## Agah Uğur
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Apps, CRM

Agah Uğur

## Ugur Ethem AYDIN
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: iOS, Software, macOS

I am the Art and Code Director at Metromedya Digital Ad Agency. In addition to my role as director, I am also a skilled programmer, designer, and musician. I have expertise in iOS and MacOS development and enjoy snowboarding in my free time. As a self-proclaimed geek, I am always seeking to learn and grow in my field. I am passionate about creatinginnovative and visually appealing designs and using my coding skills to bring them to life.

## Ahu Serter
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Baby, Information Services

Ahu Serter is the Founder and President of Fark Labs. She previously worked at FARHYM Vehicle Interiors as a Head of Management Committee, Board Member. Ahu Serter attended Pace University.

## Fatih Isbecer
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
- Focus: Internet, Software, Medical

Fatih Isbecer - Founder & CEO @ Dataroid

## Erman Turan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: CRM, Apps, Mobile

Erman Turan is an investor at Ekmob.

## Mine Şenuysal Özgür
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Cosmetics, E-Commerce

Mine Şenuysal Özgür is an Angel Investor

## Nalan Uysal
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Software, Biotechnology

Nalan Uysal

## Cem Tüfekçi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Machine Learning, Analytics, SaaS

Cem Tüfekçi

## Mehmet Onarcan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Internet, Social Network

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.

## Alper Şener
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Hospitality, Mobile Apps

Alper Şener

## Hüseyin Nalbantoğlu
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kadikoy, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile Apps, Sharing Economy

Hüseyin Nalbantoğlu

## Soner Casur
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Debt Financing
- Focus: Apps, Restaurants, Retail Technology

Soner Çaşur is Co-Founder at TaksidePOS. He attended Columbia Business School.

## Hulusi Berik
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care

Hulusi Berik is the Chairman at Keiretsu Forum.

## Mert Utancak
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software

Mert Utancak

## Ali Aksakarya
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care

Experienced Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of management in information technology.
Highly skilled in software architecture and product development. Developed 4 full-stack software applications including native mobile clients single-handedly and directed more than 30. A serial entrepreneur, neuropsychology enthusiast, and an earlystage heavyweight boxer after years of powerlifting.

## Emre Kurttepeli
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Mobile Apps

Emre Kurttepeli is a Serial Entrepreneur & Investor and is the Founder & Chairperson of Mynet Group, Turkey’s leading internet company with over 32 million users and Founder & CEO of Mynet Games, a global mobile gaming company.Columbia University/NY graduate, he has been the founder or the investor of over 50 internet andtechnology companies, mostly leaders in their own categories that ranges from e-commerce companies to vertical social network sites, mobile and gaming companies, including Trendyol, Insider, Iyzico, RemoteTeam and vc fund that invests in the internet and technology space. Additionally he is an investor in C24 Gallery, a prominent contemporary art gallery in Chelsea/New York.He is the President of Endeavor Turkey and Galata Business Angels (GBA), that are non-profit organizations helping to grow the entrepreneurship ecosystem. He serves on the Board of Endeavor Global, TOBB Turkish Venture Capital Industry Council and TOBB Turkish Entrepreneurs Council. Besides being on the advisory board member of Columbia University Global Center in Istanbul, he also is a member of YPO and is an Ashoka fellow.

## Firat Isbecer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Software, SaaS

Firat Isbecer is an entrepreneur and a seed investor. His first venture Pozitron, a mobile software company focusing on digital banking, commerce and mobile payments, became one of the fastest growing enterprise software companies in Europe with clients across the globe. After multi years of growth and a successful international expansion, Pozitronwas acquired by London-based fin-tech star Monitise plc in 2014.After the acquisition, he joined Monitise and oversaw the company’s regional operations as the MEA Managing Director. Monitise MEA quickly became one of the most profitable business units of Monitise Group. In 2017, Monitise Group was fully acquired by the US-based, Fiserv Inc, one of the world's largest fin-tech companies with more than 50,000 employees.Shortly after the acquisition, he left Fiserv and founded his newest venture, Commencis. Commencis helps leading brands grow and scale in digital, powered by it’s Big Data, Analytics and Cloud products.In September 2019, Commencis expanded to Berlin, Germany by announcing finbyte, a joint-venture in fintech solutions. Besides Commencis, he is also an active seed investor. Member of Galata Business Angels, Turkey’s first angel investor group.After graduating from Robert College in Istanbul, Firat received his Bachelor’s Degree from Galatasaray University, and his Master’s Degree from a joint programme by Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and École Normale Supérieure in Paris.

## Onur Topac
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: SaaS, Big Data, Hardware

Onur Topac was born in 1990 in Istanbul. He graduated from Istanbul’s Austrian High School in 2009 and went on to receive a Bachelor’s degree from Koç University, Department of Industrial Engineering in 2013. Currently, he is pursuing a Master’s degree in Financial Engineering at Ozyegin University. Mr. Topac started his career in finance in 2008as a web site specialist at Gedik Investment; subsequently, he interned at FXCM in London in 2012. The following year, he participated in the establishment of the Investment Banking Department at Gedik Investment, leading the way in the Department’s technological transformation. Since April 2015, he has served as CEO at Gedik Girişim Sermayesi Yatırım Ortaklıgı A.S (Gedik Venture Capital Investment Partnership).
Onur Topac started to provide support to technology investments and ventures as an individual investor before obtaining the necessary certification to operate as an angel investor in 2015.

## Tunç Yalgın
- Type: Angel
- Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Video Games, Mobile, Sports

Tunç Yalgın was Entrepreneur and investor, passionate about everything high-tech, disruptive and, even better, both!

## Kaan Karamanci
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series B
- Focus: Mobile, Marketing, Automotive

Kaan Karamanci is Co-founder at Gram Games.

## Sina Afra
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet

Sina is a Serial Entrepreneur. His latest endeavor is Tiko which he founded and serves as CEO. Before that he was the Founder of Markafoni, the first Online Fashion site of Turkey. Markafoni became also the first Turkish internet company expanding beyond the borders of Turkey: Markafoni launched sites in Australia, Ukraine, Greece and Polandbetween 2009 and 2011. Sina served until 2014 as Chairman and CEO. The Naspers Group acquired in July 2011 a majority stake at Markafoni and signed for one of the biggest deals in the Turkish internet. Sina is also an active Business Angel and invests in early stage start-ups. He is the President of the Entrepreneur Foundation and Endeavor Turkey Board (2013-2017).Sina has been elected as the “Internet Entrepreneur of the Year” and “Business Angel of the Year” in Turkey. Markafoni won several awards: “Best Web Start-up 2011” and “Best Online Fashion Site in 2011, 2012 and 2013”. The Wired UK magazin elected in 2012 and 2013 Markafoni to the hottest 100 companies in Europe. Sina was also selected (2014 & 2015) to the Top 100 most influential tech people Europe. In 2016 he was selected as one of Top 100 most influential tech people in the World (Wired Magazine). Forbes Magazin elected him to the "Brightest Minds" alive in Turkey (2019).Prior to Markafoni, Sina spent more than 5 years with eBay and 12 years with KPMG. Sina received a "Diplom Kaufmann" from Münster University and joined later Harvard Business School. He speaks five languages. His passion goes with his family and esports where he is the President of "1907 Fenerbahçe esports” team - a professional esports team in the TCL. He shares his thoughts on eCommerce in his personal blog www.sinaafra.com and on twitter (sinaafra).

## Turgut Konukoglu
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series B
- Focus: SaaS, Travel, Tourism

Turgut Konukoglu - CEO @ Sankonline

## Sertaç Özinal
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, FinTech, Payments

Sertaç Özinal

## Sercan Akkaş
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Fruit, Gaming

Sercan Akkas serves as Product Director at Yemeksepeti.

## Varol Civil
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Baby, Marketplace, Artificial Intelligence

Varol Civil - General Manager @ Türk Ekonomi Bankası

## Murat Balcı
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Fitness, mHealth

Murat Balci is an angel investor.

## Tolunay Yıldız
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, AgTech, Coffee

Tolunay Yıldız

## Doğukan Doru Alkan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile Apps, Sharing Economy

Doğukan Doru Alkan is an Angel Investor.

## Mehmet Sacit Sungu
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Information Technology, Apps, Local

Mehmet Sacit Sungu

## Erman Kumcu
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile Apps, Sharing Economy

Erman Kumcu is an Angel Investor

## Mustafa Yaşar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Shipping, Software, E-Commerce

Mustafa Yaşar

## Yavuz Altun
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Delivery, Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles

Chief Executive at Happy Center.

## Dilek Dayinlarli
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Cloud Computing

Dilek was actively investing as an angel and being an active chairwomen since 2017. She has been an angel investor in companies like Picus Security, DataRow (acquired by AWS), Genomize, and Genialis, having a board seat on multiple of them.Previously she was an investor at 212, an early-stage technology venture capital in İstanbul. She investedin companies like IyziCo, the biggest Fintech company in the region and Insider, global marketing automation software, funded by Sequoia Capital and so on.Prior to 212, Dilek worked at Groupon as Director of Strategy and Analysis, Management Consultant at Accenture and Business Developer at Koc Group. She started her career in the USA, where she held different project management positions and also started her own startup.Dilek received a BA honors degree in Mechanical Engineering from Yildiz Technical University and MBA from Johnson & Wales University, both with honor degrees. Dilek is also one of the first Kauffman Fellows, chosen from Turkey and distinguished by scholarship. She is also a founding member and leader of Arya Women Investment Platform. She is a guest lecturer at Stanford University and a judge at European Commission. Dilek was awarded as One of the Most Successful Women Leaders in Turkey, thanks to her contributions and impact on tech industry.Outside the office, Dilek loves to experience authenticity in new destinations. She is a competitive basketball player, a serious artwork collector, and an avid reader of books. She puts deliberate effort to spend quality time with her loving family and friends; informative pastry cooking sessions with her daughter, sophisticated board games while drinking coffee with relatives and friends, or book clubs to foster intellectual curiosity between friends and colleagues. She also jumps every morning to find the leaders of future who will be able to create big impact and help them at their journey. It is fascinating to witness how her life outside the office enriches her work as an investor.

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