Galata Business Angels

Galata Business Angels (GBA) is an angel investment network based in Istanbul, Turkey, established in 2012. The organization focuses on supporting innovative start-up companies by providing mentorship, funding, and access to a broad network of investors. GBA aims to enhance the quality and success of angel investments in Turkey, thereby increasing the capital pool available for emerging businesses. The network is comprised of experienced executives and entrepreneurs who have established successful companies and held senior positions in leading firms. GBA facilitates connections between member angel investors and aspiring entrepreneurs, fostering an environment for idea exchange and collaboration. Its members offer guidance in various areas, including team building, strategy development, and fundraising, to accelerate the growth of technology firms and help them achieve market leadership.

Melih Odemis

Founding Member and Angel Investor

Ata Uzunhasan

Managing Director

Past deals in Turkey

TutumluAnne

Seed Round in 2020
Tutumluanne.com is the first and the biggest C2C online marketplace in Turkey for second hand kids' goods.

Otsimo

Seed Round in 2020
Otsimo, founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco with an R&D office in Turkey, is dedicated to democratizing early childhood education, particularly for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The company develops assistive technology that offers a unique and informative experience through its award-winning application, which utilizes the Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA™) technique. This platform provides families and special education teachers with tools to support children's learning and monitor their progress. Otsimo's reach extends to over 25,000 users across 86 countries, making its resources accessible for both personal and educational use. The application is compatible with iOS and Android devices, and it also features a free open-source AAC communication tool.

Garaj Sepeti

Seed Round in 2019
Garaj Sepeti is a leading online platform that facilitates transactions in the used car market in Turkey, which ranks as the fifth largest globally, handling over 8 million transactions annually. The company operates both B2B and B2C marketplaces designed to enhance trust and convenience for car dealers and individual sellers and buyers. In addition to connecting car owners with automotive workshops, Garaj Sepeti offers a classified portal for automotive products and services, a car rental marketplace, and a workshop management system. This comprehensive approach ensures a reliable and efficient trading experience for users in the automotive sector.

Fazla Gıda

Angel Round in 2019
Fazla Gıda A.S is a Turkish company founded in 2016, based in Istanbul, that focuses on reducing food waste through technology. The company has developed an app that connects food industry professionals with food banks, allowing them to donate unsold but safe-to-eat products. By providing a platform for these donations, Fazla Gıda aims to facilitate the distribution of surplus food and contribute to social welfare.

TutumluAnne

Seed Round in 2019
Tutumluanne.com is the first and the biggest C2C online marketplace in Turkey for second hand kids' goods.

TutumluAnne

Seed Round in 2019
Tutumluanne.com is the first and the biggest C2C online marketplace in Turkey for second hand kids' goods.

Garaj Sepeti

Seed Round in 2018
Garaj Sepeti is a leading online platform that facilitates transactions in the used car market in Turkey, which ranks as the fifth largest globally, handling over 8 million transactions annually. The company operates both B2B and B2C marketplaces designed to enhance trust and convenience for car dealers and individual sellers and buyers. In addition to connecting car owners with automotive workshops, Garaj Sepeti offers a classified portal for automotive products and services, a car rental marketplace, and a workshop management system. This comprehensive approach ensures a reliable and efficient trading experience for users in the automotive sector.

TutumluAnne

Seed Round in 2018
Tutumluanne.com is the first and the biggest C2C online marketplace in Turkey for second hand kids' goods.

Otsimo

Angel Round in 2018
Otsimo, founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco with an R&D office in Turkey, is dedicated to democratizing early childhood education, particularly for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The company develops assistive technology that offers a unique and informative experience through its award-winning application, which utilizes the Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA™) technique. This platform provides families and special education teachers with tools to support children's learning and monitor their progress. Otsimo's reach extends to over 25,000 users across 86 countries, making its resources accessible for both personal and educational use. The application is compatible with iOS and Android devices, and it also features a free open-source AAC communication tool.

Garaj Sepeti

Seed Round in 2018
Garaj Sepeti is a leading online platform that facilitates transactions in the used car market in Turkey, which ranks as the fifth largest globally, handling over 8 million transactions annually. The company operates both B2B and B2C marketplaces designed to enhance trust and convenience for car dealers and individual sellers and buyers. In addition to connecting car owners with automotive workshops, Garaj Sepeti offers a classified portal for automotive products and services, a car rental marketplace, and a workshop management system. This comprehensive approach ensures a reliable and efficient trading experience for users in the automotive sector.

Garaj Sepeti

Seed Round in 2017
Garaj Sepeti is a leading online platform that facilitates transactions in the used car market in Turkey, which ranks as the fifth largest globally, handling over 8 million transactions annually. The company operates both B2B and B2C marketplaces designed to enhance trust and convenience for car dealers and individual sellers and buyers. In addition to connecting car owners with automotive workshops, Garaj Sepeti offers a classified portal for automotive products and services, a car rental marketplace, and a workshop management system. This comprehensive approach ensures a reliable and efficient trading experience for users in the automotive sector.

iyisahne.com

Seed Round in 2016
Founded in March of 2015 and based in Beyoğlu, İstanbul, iyisahne is a trusted community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book performance professionals for any kind of special events around Turkey online. With most preferred and experienced performers, iyisahne.com offers an easy way to book local entertainment and services for any type of event. Whether a wedding orchestra or photographer for a wedding, a clown or magician for a birthday, or trio, quartet and DJ for a corporate event, iyisahne connects people to the performers for unique experiences in their special events, at any price point, with more than 300 music professionals for the first time in Turkey.

Otsimo

Angel Round in 2016
Otsimo, founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco with an R&D office in Turkey, is dedicated to democratizing early childhood education, particularly for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The company develops assistive technology that offers a unique and informative experience through its award-winning application, which utilizes the Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA™) technique. This platform provides families and special education teachers with tools to support children's learning and monitor their progress. Otsimo's reach extends to over 25,000 users across 86 countries, making its resources accessible for both personal and educational use. The application is compatible with iOS and Android devices, and it also features a free open-source AAC communication tool.

HIZLIÇEVİRİ

Angel Round in 2015
HIZLIÇEVİRİ is a professional translation platform that enables its users to get contracts, academic papers, technical specifications, and many other documents translated from professional and certified translators. The platform offers translation services for over 36 languages. HIZLIÇEVİRİ was launched in 2014 and is operated from Istanbul, Turkey.

StilSOS

Series A in 2013
StilSOS is Turkey's first online social shopping platform, designed to enhance the shopping experience by combining social interactions with e-commerce. It allows users to create lookbooks, follow fashion influencers, friends, brands, and stores, while also searching for over 100,000 products from leading e-commerce sites in Turkey. By facilitating a connection between social actions and online retail, StilSOS helps Turkish retailers attract consumers to their websites, fostering a community-driven approach to shopping.

inploid.com

Angel Round in 2012
inploid is a place to find answers to your questions, share your experiences and get online reputation to everything that you have knowledge about. We are bringing the right question to right people to get the right answer. Strongly focused on a technology to understand what any text based content is about and who is going to be concerned with it. Users of inploid are able to edit and restructure content of inploid.com in order to provide the audience with more reliable and accurate answers. Founded in January 2011 and inploid is considered as “the brain of the brains” in Turkey.

inploid.com

Angel Round in 2011
inploid is a place to find answers to your questions, share your experiences and get online reputation to everything that you have knowledge about. We are bringing the right question to right people to get the right answer. Strongly focused on a technology to understand what any text based content is about and who is going to be concerned with it. Users of inploid are able to edit and restructure content of inploid.com in order to provide the audience with more reliable and accurate answers. Founded in January 2011 and inploid is considered as “the brain of the brains” in Turkey.
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