Startup Istanbul
startupistanbul.com Direct investor
Startup Istanbul connects founders, investors and operators, and is known for running ecosystem events in earlier years. It now focuses on founder discovery, selective work with a small number of founders, and investing when there is a fit.
Startup Istanbul is an accelerator headquartered in Istanbul, Türkiye. It invests directly in companies, at pre-seed. 462 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“Our mission is to discover high-potential founders, connect them with the right people, and give them the tools and visibility they need to grow globally.”
— Startup Istanbul, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Accelerator
- Stage
- Pre-seed
- Invests in
- emerging markets, global
- Portfolio
- 462 companies
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Startup Istanbul publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://startupistanbul.com/name, is_investor, layer, hq_country, hq_city, status
- https://startupistanbul.com/about/type, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, sectors, thesis_quote, description, portfolio_count
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Record 13193 · added 2026-10-19 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence medium
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