
Earlybird Ventures
We’re a venture capital investor powering Europe’s tech innovators with financial resources strategic support and access to a vast international network.
Seed, Early Stage VC +1
FinTech, HealthTech +8
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Updated Jun 2026

We’re a venture capital investor powering Europe’s tech innovators with financial resources strategic support and access to a vast international network.
Seed, Early Stage VC +1
FinTech, HealthTech +8

Bridge to Global Growth
Seed, Grant

A Global Family Of Industry-Focused Startup Accelerators
Seed, Pre-Seed +5
Software, Internet +22
€15K

Go Above and Beyond with Innogate!
Not Seeking Funding

Making innovation work
Growth, Pre-Seed +2
Carbon Capture / CCUS, Waste Management +2
$50K - $350K

Turkey's leading mobile application developer and one of the fastest-growing IT company according to Deloitte Fast 50, Teknasyon, has achieved great success by…
Seed, Series A +3
Entertainment, Media +2
$100,000 – $500,000

500 Istanbul Fund II
Seed, Early Stage VC +2
SaaS
$150 – $1,000,000

Value, Insight, Scale.

Venture Capital · Istanbul
Seed, Series A +2
Financial Services, Venture Capital +3

A startup program by QNB Finansbank
Early Stage VC, Seed

A startup program by Turkiye Is Bankasi


ScaleX invests in exceptional founders from unexpected places supporting their journey to global success.
Seed, Early Stage VC +1

Esas Ventures is the venture capital arm of Esas Holding, one of the largest family-owned investment firms
Seed, Early Stage VC +2
Firat Isbecer is an entrepreneur and a seed investor. His first venture Pozitron, a mobile software company focusing on digital banking, commerce and mobile pay…
Seed, Early Stage VC +1
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 se…
Seed
Hande Enes
Seed, Early Stage VC
Sina Afra is the CEO and Founder of Tiko. He previously worked at Markafoni as a CEO and Founder. Sina Afra attended the University of Münster.
Seed
Joachim Behrendt is the Head of the Advisory Board at Vali Berlin.
Seed
Omer Erkmen is the co-founder at Yeni Nesil Kafası. Omer Erkmen attended UC Santa Barbara.
Seed

Yıldız Ventures is one of the largest financial and strategic investors in the tech ecosystem in Turkey, focusing on CVC activities mainly in food, consumer, e-…
Seed
Retail, Food +1
Investing in a decentralized blockchain-based future.
Seed, Early Stage VC
Eczacıbaşı Group's Corporate Venture Capital Fund
Early Stage VC, Late Stage VC
Kalyon Venture Capital invests in the construction, real estate, renewable energy, and climate technologies industries.
Seed, Early Stage VC

F+ Ventures is Fark Labs’ venture capital arm, which invests in late seed and Series A startups within the smart mobility ecosystem that provide disruptive solu…
Seed, Early Stage VC +3
Payment, FinTech +23
$50,000,000 – $250,000

We partner with audacious teams to take financial services beyond.
Seed, Pre-Seed +1
Smart Home, Real Estate +42
$200 – $750,000

TT Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Turk Telekom.
Seed, Early Stage VC +1
Fintech fund of Albaraka Turk
Pre-Seed, Early Stage VC
FinTech, Software +1
Finberg is a corporate venture capital firm and a Fibabanka subsidiary.
Seed

Sankonline is a venture capital company that invests in start-ups that entrepreneurs want to add innovation to the product and service sector with their brillia…
Early Stage VC, Pre-Seed +1
Hedef Girisim is a financial company that provides financing to the companies in which they invest.
Seed, Early Stage VC +4
Tupras Ventures is an investment firm.
Early Stage VC

We are a blockchain incubator that also develops and markets solutions.
Seed
Decentralization, Onchain +12

We are an investment firm connecting investors with compelling opportunities.
Seed

We are a group comprising experienced entrepreneurs and corporate leaders, united by a shared vision of collaborative value creation.
Pre-Seed, Seed

We operate as a venture capital fund with a regional focus across Turkey, MENA, and Eastern Europe.
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
Retail, Banking +36

We are an independent private equity fund management company providing investments primarily in Turkey.
Early Stage VC
D&I, Diverse +39

We are a venture capital firm.
Pre-Seed, Seed +1

We operate as a venture capital firm offering market intelligence.
Pre-Seed, Seed +1

Seed, Early Stage VC +1
$100 – $1,000,000

We are a venture capital firm supporting innovative companies with a broad market focus.
Seed

Growth, Early Stage VC +2
$50,000,000 – $500,000
We are a venture capital company seeking to invest in Turkish companies.
Seed, Early Stage VC
We are a private equity firm that specializes in control-oriented investments in mid-market companies.
Seed

Seed
Prosumer, Deer +11

We are engaged in portfolio management.
Early Stage VC, Growth +1

We offer a knowledge base and capital to promote new companies.
Pre-Seed, Seed

We are a business angel network based in Istanbul, offering advisory services.
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
Platform, Marketplace +3
$100 – $5,000,000

We are a venture capital fund manager specializing in this area.
Pre-Seed, Seed +1

We are an independent merchant bank providing private and secondary investments, as well as capital advisory services.
Seed, Early Stage VC
Brands, Retail Goods +53

Connecting the best of Google's resources to empower AI startups
Grant
AI, Machine Learning +6
Up to $350,000 in Google Cloud credits + expert mentorship
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