Venture capital firms in Istanbul
Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.
116
Venture capital firms in Istanbul
100
Rows shown
8
Stages recorded
5
Other types here
100 rows
| # | Name | Location | Investments | Lead | Exits | People |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkey Development Fund | Umraniye, Turkey | 163 | 110 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Lonca Girişimcilik Merkezi | Istanbul, Turkey | 104 | 90 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Aslanoba Capital | Istanbul, Turkey | 103 | 15 | 17 | 1 |
| 4 | APY Ventures | Istanbul, Turkey | 102 | 39 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Alesta Yatırım | Istanbul, Turkey | 87 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Maxis | Besiktas, Turkey | 84 | 11 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Revo Capital | Istanbul, Turkey | 82 | 28 | 10 | 4 |
| 8 | Earlybird Digital East Fund | Istanbul, Turkey | 76 | 34 | 9 | 0 |
| 9 | Boğaziçi Ventures | Istanbul, Turkey | 73 | 41 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Keiretsu Forum Turkey | Sariyer, Turkey | 71 | 13 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | 212 | Istanbul, Turkey | 68 | 27 | 4 | 18 |
| 12 | RePie Asset Management | Istanbul, Turkey | 68 | 26 | 5 | 12 |
| 13 | Castrum Capital | Istanbul, Turkey | 64 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | StartersHub | Istanbul, Turkey | 58 | 15 | 8 | 0 |
| 15 | TechOne VC | Istanbul, Turkey | 54 | 20 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Diffusion Capital Partners | Istanbul, Turkey | 53 | 30 | 3 | 2 |
| 17 | AI Startup Factory | Besiktas, Turkey | 50 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Esas Ventures | Istanbul, Turkey | 46 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | Founder One | Sisli, Turkey | 33 | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | Arz Portfolio | Istanbul, Turkey | 33 | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| 21 | StartupFon | Üsküdar, Turkey | 32 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 22 | Alarko Ventures | Istanbul, Turkey | 31 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | Geometry Venture Development | Sariyer, Turkey | 30 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 24 | Lima Ventures | Istanbul, Turkey | 29 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 25 | TIBAS Ventures | Besiktas, Turkey | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Tarvenn Ventures | Istanbul, Turkey | 27 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | ScaleX Ventures | Sisli, Turkey | 27 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| 28 | Alpha Capital | Istanbul, Turkey | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Istanbul Startup Angels | Istanbul, Turkey | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Ludus | Besiktas, Turkey | 26 | 13 | 3 | 6 |
| 31 | Arya Ventures | Istanbul, Turkey | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Sabancı Ventures | Istanbul, Turkey | 24 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | WePlay Ventures | Istanbul, Turkey | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 |
| 34 | Inveo Ventures | Maltepe, Turkey | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Logo Ventures | Istanbul, Turkey | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | Idacapital | Istanbul, Turkey | 23 | 14 | 2 | 4 |
| 37 | Teknasyon | Maslak, Turkey | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | Eksim Ventures | Istanbul, Turkey | 22 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | twozero Ventures | Istanbul, Turkey | 22 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Maqasid Asset Management | Umraniye, Turkey | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | hiVC | Kurucesme, Turkey | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Inventures | Istanbul, Turkey | 20 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 43 | Paribu Ventures | Istanbul, Turkey | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Extra Watts | Istanbul, Turkey | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Tamer Capital | Sisli, Turkey | 16 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | Letven Capital | Üsküdar, Turkey | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Yıldız Tekno GSYO | Esenler, Turkey | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Simya VC | Istanbul, Turkey | 15 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 49 | Eczacıbaşı Momentum | Istanbul, Turkey | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | Driventure | Istanbul, Turkey | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | Arya GSYF | Istanbul, Turkey | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | StartupIst VC | Istanbul, Turkey | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Heaventures | Istanbul, Turkey | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 54 | Teknogirişim GSYF | Üsküdar, Turkey | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Esas Holding | Istanbul, Turkey | 11 | 0 | 5 | 18 |
| 56 | StartersHub XO | Istanbul, Turkey | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | Tera Portfoy | Sariyer, Turkey | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 58 | B4YO Capital | Sisli, Turkey | 9 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 59 | TokenSuite Ventures | Istanbul, Turkey | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | Mindvest Venture Capital | Sisli, Turkey | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | Inveo Yatirim Holding | Maltepe, Turkey | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | UP Venture Capital | Kurucesme, Turkey | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Sadık Ventures | Kadikoy, Turkey | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 64 | Inovent | Istanbul, Turkey | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | Muhabbit Capital Ventures | Istanbul, Turkey | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 66 | Hedef Holding | Umraniye, Turkey | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| 67 | Techmine Gsyo | Istanbul, Turkey | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 68 | Neo Portfolio | Sisli, Turkey | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| 69 | OBSS Ventures | Pendik, Turkey | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Aktif Ventures | Sisli, Turkey | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | GirişimTürk | Istanbul, Turkey | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | Kybele Investment | Istanbul, Turkey | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 73 | Omurga Capital | Istanbul, Turkey | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Existential Capital | Istanbul, Turkey | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Yapı Kredi Asset Management | Besiktas, Turkey | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Gate Inside Ventures | Üsküdar, Turkey | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | iLab Ventures | Istanbul, Turkey | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 78 | Metaconomy Capital | Istanbul, Turkey | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Ve Ventures | Sariyer, Turkey | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Oria Capital | Istanbul, Turkey | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Logos Portfolio | Istanbul, Turkey | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Turkgen Ventures | Istanbul, Turkey | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 83 | KVK | Istanbul, Turkey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 84 | UNLU & Co | Istanbul, Turkey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| 85 | Gozde Tech Ventures | Istanbul, Turkey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 86 | Playgate Ventures | Maslak, Turkey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 87 | SNK (GSYO) | Istanbul, Turkey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 88 | FutureBright Ventures | Istanbul, Turkey | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | Grifon Capital | Istanbul, Turkey | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Bf Ventures | Istanbul, Turkey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Ergün Ventures | Istanbul, Turkey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Mada Venture Capital | Istanbul, Turkey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Manivela Ventures | Besiktas, Turkey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | 3dots | Eminönü, Turkey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Vera Capital | Üsküdar, Turkey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | AdVentures | Istanbul, Turkey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Gelisim Group | Esenyurt, Turkey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | GULAN TECH INVEST VC | Istanbul, Turkey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | İhlas GSYO | Istanbul, Turkey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 | KEF CAPITAL | Istanbul, Turkey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Table 1. Venture capital firms in Istanbul, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 116.
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Venture capital firms elsewhere
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Shanghai387
Florida382
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Dubai200
Colorado198
Cite: FundingWatcher, 116 venture capital firms in Istanbul, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/venture-capital-firms/istanbul-turkey/