Galata Business Angels

Galata Business Angels

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Overview

The Galata Business Angels (GBA) is an organization that supplemented by guidance in the formation of Inovent which committed to scouting, mentoring and finding funding to great young companies from start through a successful exit and that aims to increase the quantity, quality and success of angel investments in Turkey and in doing so create a greater pool of capital for innovative start-up companies.

GBA operates as a not-for-profit organization and acts as a platform where member angel investors and aspiring entrepreneurs meet to exchange ideas about startups and discuss opportunities. GBA also provides access to active national and international networks that enable improved access to follow on capital, markets, and mentoring for emerging businesses.

GBA comprises of executives, entrepreneurs and seasoned angel investors who aid in accelarating innovative, impactful, cutting edge startup companies to market leadership.

The current members of GBA have founded and built world-class companies like Mynet, Airties, Gittigidiyor, Yemeksepeti, Markafoni, Pozitron, Vepa Grup, ReklamZ, DBI, 41-29 and been senior executives at pioneering companies like Apple, eBay, Maxim, Turkcell. They come from a wide array of industry expertise and together create an extensive network of entrepreneurial support. They mentor and coach the entrepreneurs, provide networking and help with team building, strategy and fundraising.

Highlights

Founded

2011

Industry

Venture Capital

Employees

11-50

Investment

45

Lead Investment

10

Exits

2

Stages

Seed, Early Stage Venture

Investor Type

Angel Group

Location

Europe

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

Galata Business Angels, established in 2011 and headquartered in Europe., specializes in Seed, Early Stage Venture investments across Social Media, Collaboration, Internet, Search Engine, Semantic Search, Q&A, Venture Capital, Angel Investment, Publishing, Digital Media. The organization boasts a portfolio of 46 investments, with an average round size of $927.1K and 2 successful exits. Their recent investments include inploid.com, BIC Angels, Woto, Ingenious Media, Anlatsın. The highest investment round they participated in was $1.4B. Among their most notable exits are inploid.com and BIC Angels. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Melih Odemis

Melih Odemis

Founding Member

imagePlace Ata Uzunhasan

Ata Uzunhasan

Managing Director

imagePlace Elif Arslan

Elif Arslan

Analyst

Investment portfolio

Galata Business Angels has made 45 investments. Their most recent investment was on Nov 29, 2022, when WeWALK raised $2.4M.

Galata Business Angels has made 2 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Dec 31, 2021, when Juphy raised $250.0K.

investments

45

Diversity investments

2

Lead investments

10

Number of exits

2

Investments

45

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Jun 21, 2022
Neol Neol
Freelance5.2M
Sep 20, 2022
Getmobil Getmobil
Retail1.5M
Nov 29, 2022
WeWALK WeWALK
Apps2.4M
Jul 01, 2024--null

Exits

2

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

45

Investors

0

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

45

Galata Business Angels has raised 45 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 01, 2024 from a Seed Round - smartFAB round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Jun 21, 2022
Seed Round - Neol Seed Round - Neol
-5.2M-
Sep 20, 2022
Seed Round - Getmobil Seed Round - Getmobil
-1.5M-
Nov 29, 2022
Seed Round - WeWALK Seed Round - WeWALK
-2.4M-
Jul 01, 2024
Seed Round - smartFAB Seed Round - smartFAB
-0-

Investors

0

There is no funding round available on this profile

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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