Galata Business Angels

Galata Business Angels is an angel investment network based in Istanbul, Turkey, founded in 2012. It operates as a not-for-profit platform that scouts, mentors, and funds early-stage startups, aiming to increase the quality and success of angel investments and to create a larger pool of capital for innovative ventures. The network connects experienced investors with aspiring entrepreneurs, providing guidance on strategy, team building, and fundraising, and leveraging national and international networks for follow-on capital, markets, and mentoring. Members comprise executives and founders from notable Turkish startups and former leaders at major technology firms, who collaborate to accelerate startups toward market leadership. The organization focuses on helping startups from inception through growth and exit by offering coaching, networking, and access to capital.

Ata Uzunhasan

Managing Director

Melih Odemis

Founding Member and Angel Investor

Past deals in Turkey

TutumluAnne

Seed Round in 2020
TutumluAnne operates a leading C2C online marketplace in Turkey for buying and selling second-hand or unused children's products. Its platform enables users to purchase items affordably, benefiting new parents.

Otsimo

Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2016, Otsimo is dedicated to democratizing early childhood education, particularly for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. They develop award-winning games using Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) techniques, accessible on iOS and Android devices. Headquartered in San Francisco, they have an R&D office in Turkey.

Garaj Sepeti

Seed Round in 2019
Garaj Sepeti facilitates the digital transformation of Turkey's substantial used car market. Its B2B and B2C marketplaces enhance trust and convenience for dealers and individuals in buying and selling cars.

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 operates a leading C2C online marketplace in Turkey for buying and selling second-hand or unused children's products. Its platform enables users to purchase items affordably, benefiting new parents.

TutumluAnne

Seed Round in 2019
TutumluAnne operates a leading C2C online marketplace in Turkey for buying and selling second-hand or unused children's products. Its platform enables users to purchase items affordably, benefiting new parents.

Garaj Sepeti

Seed Round in 2018
Garaj Sepeti facilitates the digital transformation of Turkey's substantial used car market. Its B2B and B2C marketplaces enhance trust and convenience for dealers and individuals in buying and selling cars.

TutumluAnne

Seed Round in 2018
TutumluAnne operates a leading C2C online marketplace in Turkey for buying and selling second-hand or unused children's products. Its platform enables users to purchase items affordably, benefiting new parents.

Otsimo

Angel Round in 2018
Founded in 2016, Otsimo is dedicated to democratizing early childhood education, particularly for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. They develop award-winning games using Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) techniques, accessible on iOS and Android devices. Headquartered in San Francisco, they have an R&D office in Turkey.

Garaj Sepeti

Seed Round in 2018
Garaj Sepeti facilitates the digital transformation of Turkey's substantial used car market. Its B2B and B2C marketplaces enhance trust and convenience for dealers and individuals in buying and selling cars.

Garaj Sepeti

Seed Round in 2017
Garaj Sepeti facilitates the digital transformation of Turkey's substantial used car market. Its B2B and B2C marketplaces enhance trust and convenience for dealers and individuals in buying and selling cars.

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
Founded in 2016, Otsimo is dedicated to democratizing early childhood education, particularly for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. They develop award-winning games using Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) techniques, accessible on iOS and Android devices. Headquartered in San Francisco, they have an R&D office in Turkey.

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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