Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Istanbul.
Worked at @credit-suisse @google @accenture • Studied at @emory-university @university-of-michigan-ross-school-of-business-1
Co-founder and Vice President of @enuygun.com. Former founder of cember.net, Turkey’s first online business networking platform.
Founder @gezlong, @stanford-graduate-school-of-business MBA, Fulbright Scholar, @bilkent-university EE. Marketing @ HipDigitall, @facebook. International sales @koc-holdings
Co-founder at driveyoyo.com.Partner at @voneks; business consultancy start-up.Ex-VP of DIGITURK;Turkey's biggest pay-TV operator.
Economist, Writer & Globetrotter. Cold emails are my superpower. @500startups
http://hongkongandbeyond.com
Craftsman & Culturalist.
http://zafer.me/blog
Co-founder of @limk. Self taught, full-stack developer since he was 14. Formerly writer for @the-next-web. Judge @startupchile. @rockstart alumni.
http://oguz.me/
Co-Founder of @limk. Building a smarter content marketing platform for future. Part of @startupchile & @rockstart. Obsessed about design, UX - UI.
http://www.neticat.com/
Founder Placety, GM / Mobile Head SGN, Chief of Product Garena, Director Mobile Myspace, PMM Google Mobile, Stanford MBA, Berkeley CS
http://blog.ulfw.com
Bogazici (Turkey) dropout, founded & sold Turkix at the age of 21, came to the US for an internship at @princeton-university,, wrote for RWW, founded @grou-ps
http://www.emresokullu.com
Founder @countly. Full stack developer. Currently in a close relationship with Node.js and MongoDB.
Founder of @oblogi : World's 1st Smart Network. Serial Entrepreneur, Growth Hacker, Crowdsourcing Fanatic.
Seed & Early stage investor and founder.
Previously @hunch, @sulia • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology
Angel, Entrepreneur, VC. CEO of @wamda, Founder of @yamli, YallaStartup, Young Global Leader
http://www.h4b1b.com
Entrepreneur, Angel investor
Co-founder of @believe-in & @brave-is, formerly Client Partner @akqa, Managing Partner @poke-istanbul
http://matthiasmetternich.com
Founder @sefamerve • Investor @crew, @boni • Advisor at @sailturbine • Studied at @cornell-university, @rochester-institute-of-technology, blog at tauslu.com
http://www.tauslu.com
Founder @startupweekend • Worked at @techstars, @hackfwd • Studied at @johnson-wales-university
Founder of @mubi. Worked at Goldman Sachs and SAP. @massachusetts-institute-of-technology BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 1998. Stanford MBA 2005.
http://cakarel.com
Founder @webrazzi, Ventures.co • Investor @naytev @rigetti-quantum-computing-1 @ginkgo-bioworks
http://www.webrazzi.com
Investor, Executive, Academic, Entrepreneur
Founder of @unioncy. Strongly execution focused serial entrepreneur. Worked at @rocket-internet, @wimdu-gmbh-deleted, @philips, and @ericsson
Founder @universite-plus Studied at @harvard-university, @university-of-cambridge
Head of Online Marketing Solutions at Hurriyet
Co-Founder @ Boomads & Tipeez.com
Launched in 2011 Boomads is the largest SMP/blog network in TR & growing fast in Europe.
Launched in 2009 Tipeez has quickly become the largest online Tween Community in Turk
http://www.haymibehar.com
Founder @grupanya
Co-Founder of Addo and iPic Innovations; Former VP/GM IP Communications, Nortel; Former VP SoftSwitch Technology, Nortel; $150MM Global P&L Ownership.
Serial entrepreneur, Co-founder ARDIC, Co-founder iPic Innovations, Founder of Nortel’s Beijing R&D campus (~700 people). Several patents.
Co-founder, CEO and Chief Juggler at Parlakbirgelecek.com
Machine readable artist and entrepreneur. Alum @massachusetts-institute-of-technology Media Lab.
http://burak-arikan.com/blog
Founder of @youlike.com, @uzmantv.com, @itiraf-com and city based dating network, @istanbul-net, @ankara-net, @izmir-net.
http://www.sitesahibi.com
Founder @unioncy, DesignLocks & Eleseri. Online background with execution skills (@rocket-internet). Business background (M&A @jp-morgan, Strategy Consulting)
Founder & CEO at Volt • Ex- @procter-gamble-2 • Studied at @lebanese-american-university
Co-Founder of Armut.com. Product & tech development, with strong business & finance background (BCG, UBS, KOÇ)
Co-founder/GM of ARDIC, Inc. Secured private investments & government grants of approx $1MM. Asia-Pac business development experience with @microsoft.
Startupbootcamp is a global network of industry focused startup accelerators.
http://www.startupbootcamp.org/blog.html
Entrepreneur / Lifehacker. Creating radically better futures with marketing. Cofounder of @promoqube @usefulideasnet
http://www.ozguralaz.com
Founder @instapio
Focused on telecom sector
Founder
Investment partner at Netprice.com, serial entrepreneur.
EIR at Beenos.com
My previous startup (cloudshop.jp) is acquired by Aucfan.com which is Japan's largest product-price data analysis company.
http://beenos.com
Co-founder of @dakick.com (Acquired by Turkcell). Author of two books about entrepreneurship
http://trscope.com
Founder & CEO @ Cardino
Lead R&D Engineer @ Turk Telekom
MSc / BSc Electrical and Computer Engineering
Strong experience in mobile & internet. Director of Services & Bus. Dev. @turkcell. Director of Product Mngmt. @Semotus Solutions. Senior analyst @red-herring
Founder @giycem-com-1, @grupfoni-com
Co-founder @istanbul-1
Co-founder at Sendloop.com and Octeth.com. Founded and sold PreviewMyEmail.com to SMTP, Inc.
http://sendloop.com/blog/
Team builder and techical leader. Head of Ecommerce Tech @broadmargins. Once @koding. Ex-CTO @namshi.
http://www.koklu.me
Founder of @unnado, leading flash sales site for moms and babies in Turkey. Recently exited unnado.com • Worked at @microsoft, @sony as sales and marketing mgr.
Founder @eepay • Studied at @firat-university
Bayraktar & Partners, Forbes, Harvard Business Review.
Founder @limocell, @arfsoft • Investor @limocell
ex-Deloitte, Lead Front-End Developer @ Nexum, Elite Author @ Themeforest, Founder @aktivito.com
http://www.turkhitbox.com
Entrepreneur, Engineer, Human, Co-Founder of inploid.com (https://angel.co/inploid), http://www.inploid.com/serkan
http://www.inploid.com/serkan/posts/
Founder Selfish • Worked at @turkcell, @teliasonera, @frumatic
PM and Writer @webrazzi • ex Cofounder at Emanova Digital • Worked @turkcell, @bilende @tart-new-media • Studied at @istanbul-bilgi-university-1, @kad-r-has-university
http://www.erman.me/
Head of Strategy & Marketing in Mobile Commerce. Product marketing, mobile user acquisition, analytics, branding, PR, BD, strategy. McKinsey, HBS MBA, Duke.
Founder of the leading turkish social media blog sosyalmedya.co, Consultant on Digital Marketing, Public Speaker
http://sosyalmedya.co
Founder @egitimonline (acquired by Doga Group)
http://www.farukerdogan.com
Dreamer, Investor, Enterpreneur, Chairman of MCD Technology Investments, Founder of @markaport @chasecall @vudubu @myvezne
Management Student at Bogazici University,
Co-Founder of @democratus,
FounderEx-President of Bogazıcı Student Association,
Founder @goano • Studied at @american-intercontinental-university
Founder and CEO of SocialBulls
Strategy Consultant - advising top management of private equity and pharmaceutical firms
Internet Entrepreneur & Consultant from NYC. Believes CREATiViTY is the main source of iNNOVATiON. Adding VALUE & MEANiNG to SOCEiTY = ULTiMATE SUCCESS
Founded SahibindenEv.com , then founded EmlakFinans.com and LuksEvler.com.
Entrepreneur, Computer Engineer, Graduated from @istanbul-technical-university
OSI Stack traveller with Nortel, FORE and @laurel-networks. Recently advised telcos on technology and biz strategy & execution. Woisio maker these days.
http://blog.woisio.com
Co-Founder of Giysicini. I am a tech-freak.
Unemployed entrepreneur #818. Worked in digital agencies: HUGE and Ekohe. Founder of The Confessional: a series of private and anonymous communities.
Founder @whom2go @persona(2003-) • Computer Engineer with PhD in Marketing, Worked at @turkcell, @telenity •Digital MR'g&Lean Instructor @bahcesehir-university
http://adnanertemel.wordpress.com
Recruiting Sports & Gaming Leaders.
http://www.mrspier.com
Founded MUViZi - Studied @chemical-engineering @istanbul-technical-university & @international-business @maastricht-university
Worked at @ibm, @deloitte-consulting • Studied at @mit-sloan-school-of-management
co-founder and cpo of @gonna , computer engineer, ux/ui designer. http://getgonna.com
http://w00f.org
Founder KadınımMutluyum.com • Worked at @ontarget-digital-solutions, @evmanya-com • Studied at @marmara-university
http://kadinimmutluyum.com
He is CTO of Boomset
Co-Founder Mobidik.com
Entrepreneur, Business Developer, Advisor, Experience Linker @bizimleye-1 @tastingmenu
Co-Founder of @yetiket.com. People define their own trends around mutual interests with different people.
Founder of SambaPOS. Developing software for more than 15 years and working on SambaPOS project for 3 years.
Idea farmer, team builder, co-founder.
http://teknolab.org
Mobile Advertising, International Business & Start-up Experience
http://sandboxistanbul.com
Aspiring web developer and designer, Visited Google in Mountain View and adored the T-rex and the small gardens.
http://thebookexperience.tumblr.com
Co-Founder @livitol @fiyatdegisticom
Worked at Turkcell, Obss, Eteration, Onur Yazılım
Studied at Dokuz Eylül University
http://cyesilkaya.wordpress.com/
Founder Guneri Investment Holdings LLC , @fountains-recovery-llc • Studied at @concordia-university, @beykent-university
Co-founder @hizliceviri
CEO & Founder of FutbolBurada • Worked at @ernst-young • Studied at @university-of-virginia
http://omerucer.com
Founder and Managing Director @eniyihekim-com • Worked at @astrazeneca • Studied MBA at @university-of-manchester
Founder CareerDubai.net
Founder @benimmagazam, ininal • Worked at @esas-holding-esasli-as, @obacay-pazarlama-a
Founder @geliyoo • Studied at @texas-tech-university
http://forum.geliyoo.com
Co-Founder @luxybox-1 (CTO/CFO). Worked at @citibank for 10 years (Turkey&Russia). BA in Computer Engineering, MBA on E-commerce. Internet entrepreneur since 2009.
Co-Founder @youlike
Founder&CEO at @showroom34. Analist & Developer & Consultant ERP project at Fashion industry.
The Biggest Dude!
Founder @koinim • Worked at @koding, @rocket-internet, @markafoni • Studied at @istanbul-technical-university
Co-Founder Managing Director at Wallept
Co-Founder, Clover Game Studio
Co Founder of @giysicini.
iOS Developer and Entrepreneur. Founder of @apperto. Developer of @piclab and @vidlab-video-editor
Pimarks Event Management - Founder & CEO
http://www.recepasar.com
Founder soorses.com • Worked at @obase-software,intronis,pirelli • Studied at @sakarya-university UNIVERSITY
Founder/CEO of Walk-in Apps, Inc. Worked at @fidelity-invesments, @hunt-oil • Studied at @midwestern-state-university
Founder @eviniz, @baytuk • Studied at @istanbul-technical-university
Founder MaestroPanel, Software Developer, Hosting Automation
http://blog.oguzhan.info
Co-founder of BeFunky
Founder Reporty • Worked at @vodafone, @baxter-international • Studied at @bogazici-university
Co-founder of @gonnasphere. Entrepreneur, Musician, DJ and Computer Engineer. Mass producer.
Founder Ehil.com • Studied at @baruch-college
http://www.cenkduran.com
CEO of Fikrimuhal, finance background (PwC Corporate Finance) and front-end experience.
Founder and CTO of Fikrimuhal Teknolojiler
Founder @zulamobile
http://www.laplacesdemon.com/
istanbul un 2003 cs, bahcesehir uni mba, worked @CGM,@sony ,@telenity ,@Jforce, self starter, believing to success and passionate entrepreneur
Founder actures.com • Studied at @bogazici-university
Founder & Creative Ideator at TORKE+CC (creative agency), Founder at Billy The Group (venture capital)
http://www.billythegroup.com
American/Turkish. Speaks 4 languages. Durham University Business Finance Graduate. Business development consultant with international experience.
Founder Trans Global Connect @EIU @UIUC
Software Engineer, Entrepreneur, Gym Addict
http://www.fatihdonmez.me
Internet Entrepreneur and Social Media Strategist. MSc iBusiness - Innovation through ICT at UCD Smurfit Business School 2013/14
http://nubikay.wordpress.com
Founder Uniborn, Şarz • Worked at @mappiness, @copypanthers • Studied at @istanbul-kultur-university
Co-Founder&Editor (@sanatt), MIS (@Kadir Has Uni), Int. Business (@HTW Berlin), eCommerce, WebDesign, Photography (http://t.co/0iPikpCf)...
http://sefaarslan.wordpress.com
Founder/CEO Kargoweb•First online shipping service in Turkey. Master in Shipping Management. Strong market background. Worked at @wilhelmsen-maritime-services
Enterpreneur and Web/Mobile Developer
Founder @ @playwho // Multi-disciplinary designer, artist and entrepreneur.
Founder @koinim, @cokhos-1 • Worked at @rocket-internet • Studied at @istanbul-technical-university
Founder of http://www.optimistpayments.com & http://www.odemesistemleri.org &
http://www.surprizbul.com - Deep experience in E-commerce & Payment Systems
http://www.odemesistemleri.org/
CEO of Dominox Studio. Founder of Unikolay.
http://www.cagdaskurultaykalkan.com
Co-Founder of @unistaj. Student at Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey.
http://www.hayrigenc.com
MSc Student @galatasaray-university. Founder udescribe.me, Solid Engineering Background • Studied at @ege-university,
Founder @sosyal-gazete, @wopsy • Worked at @h2b-internet-technologies, @efabrika
http://blog.canerdogan.net
Worked at @leo-burnett, @41-29 • Studied at @middle-east-technical-university
http://colakis.tumblr.com
Co-Founder at Firrla & Go220
Co-founder and CTO @parlakbirgelecek-com
Simply a web developer with e-commerce exprience
CEO and President @rhxo-technology-group
Founder @reklampazar
http://www.mesutdarendeli.com
IT professional/entrepreneur. Internet, mobile, e-commerce applications.
CEO & Founder at superguc.com
http://www.mustafaozcan.info/blog/
Founder Pizzamente • Worked at @philips, @euro-rscg
Entrepreneur and Blogger - Founder @is-taxi
Team member of @a-a-project-office.
http://ajanskayit.com
#crowdsourcing #crowdfunding
http://www.ortagiz.biz
Worked at @alarko-development-group, Bolge Direktoru @remax. Investor @ea-real-estate, @som-appraisal, @prestigious-properties.
Social Media Analyst
http://hakperest.org
Founder Lucror • Worked at @sony, @foreks @Nexum @Anadolu Sigorta @MetGlobal. Experienced in IT industry in different positions mostly on business analysis.
Founder of @viraltrend.com
Founder of @tusulog.com. Entrepreneur, lean startup, interaction design
Founder @sorarlar, @eftal-gezer-blog • Worked at @baba-giri-im-1
http://eftalgezer.blogspot.com
Founder @dooing
Co-Founder @weople
Studied at @trakya-university
With executive experience in project management and marketing, Jeffrey Oduma currently serves as NURUS Regional Sales and Project Manager.
http://jeffreyoduma.wordpress.com/
Co-Founder @veslabs