Istanbul’s 72 Fastest Growing FinTech Startups

At Fintech Energy we track over 200,000 fintech startups and over 1,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.

We’ve ranked the top 72 FinTech companies in Istanbul. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).

We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:

Track record
Executive leadership
Market share
Innovation
ESG rating

Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.

Top FinTech Companies & Startups (Istanbul)

Papara

Founders	Ahmed Faruk Karslı, İlker Diker
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Papara is a leading fintech company based in Turkey. By leading we mean the best!

Tarfin

Founders	Mehmet Memecan
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Instant trade credit for farm inputs purchases

PayCore

Founders	Erdal Yazmaci, Hasan Yassibas, Ibrahim Durak, Kazim Sahin
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End-to-end payment innovation

Norma

Founders	Hakan Ali Gonca
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“One-stop shop” banking and financial management platform for freelancers & micro-SMEs providing integrated products to save time and money.

Parasut

Founders	Andac Turkmen, Fahri Ozkaramanli, Sean X. Yu
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SaaS bookkeeping for SMEs in Turkey

Figopara

Founders	Arman Eker, Koray Gultekin Bahar
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Figopara is a solution that discounts companies’ e-invoices before their due dates.

Ininal

Founders	Bulent Tekmen, Celik Ören, Mete Bayrak
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Ininal is a payment platform in Turkey and the nearby region.

Payfull

Founders	Mohammad Alabed, Recep Erdogan
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Payfull serves businesses, banks, and payment institutions with innovative and self-developed staff.

Kassa

Founders	Irmak Günayer
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Kassa is an app that allows the user to easily share the expenses with their friends.

Fintegre

Founders	Ali Nihat Tirkes, Ali Salcı, Fatih Yildirim
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Affordibility Solutions Platform for Retailers. Fintegre operates in many verticals from Consumer financing solutions to Trade-in programs

manibux

Founders	Canan Bayrak
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Manibux provides children with pocket money management solutions.

igor

Founders	Burak Gurturk
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igor is an innovative payment services and electronic money company.

Agrio Finans

Founders	Umut Gökcen Yilmaz
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Agrio is an agriculture-focused financial technology firm that offers various financial services with smart contract technology.

212

Founders	Ali Karabey, Numan Numan
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212 invests in growth-stage tech companies across Turkey, CEE, and MENA.

KolayBi

Founders	Cem Taylan Ekinci, Rauf Gokhan Boyana
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KolayBi is a new generation cloud based Bookkeeping and Financial Application platform with online bank account aggregation for SMEs.

weepay

Founders	Selim Destancı
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weepay is a payment receipt system management platform that offers

Boğaziçi Ventures

Founders	Baris Ozistek, Burak Balık
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Boğaziçi Ventures is a venture capital fund investing in technology startups across Turkey, MENA and Eastern Europe.

Kredico

Founders	Celik Ören, Ender Varlık
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Kredico is an online credit scoring service for personal and corporate clients.

Tekkredi

Founders	Pelin Anli Bedirhanoglu
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Tekkredi.com is a platform to help you reconfigure your existing loans in different banks and relax your monthly payment plan.

Kobakus

Founders	Dogukan Gozeten, Erkin Samut, Kayhan Gözeten
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Kobakus is an all-in-one account managing platform that views, tracks, and reports bank accounts.

Moneymo

Founders	Baris Yuceses
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Moneymo is a mobile shopping platform that integrates banking apps and retailers for mobile shopping via APIs.

PlusOneMinusOne

Founders	Tolga Kurt
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PlusOneMinusOne is an internationally company that provides optimization and predictive analytics software for the ATM market.

Resardis

Founders	İlhan Cem Duru, Yekcan Güler
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Decentralized Cryptocurrency Exchange on Side Chain

Kiraplus

Founders	Altan Atabarut, Zuhtu Esiyok, Ömür Filiz
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Kiraplus is a digital platform that offers tenant screening and rent payment solutions.

ComPay

Founders	Celal Gürcüoğlu, İrfan Aslan, Mine Konuman
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ComPay is an easy and secure online money transfer from your own bank’s digital banking channel.

Moka

Founders	Levent Ilhaner, Serhan Süzer, Seyfettin Erol, Seyfi Erol
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Moka is a payment service provider that offers mobile payment and customer relationship management solutions for businesses.

Idverif

Founders	Unknown
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Idverif develops 100% authentication artificial intelligence compatible with TC identity, driver’s licenses, passports, and bills.

UlakFin Financial Technology Services Inc.

Founders	Oğuzhan Mailmail
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Smart News Analytics for Financial Markets

Paym.es

Founders	Hasan Jabbarov, Sabrican Zaim, Sehlem Akbulut
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Paym.es is a secure shopping chatbot that helps users sell or purchase items by asking a series of questions like chatting with a friend.

DGI Works

Founders	Ozer Akcinar
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DGI develops consumer transaction technologies for banks and related companies in financial industry.

Wingie Enuygun Group

Founders	Caglar Erol, Nihan Colak Erol
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Enuygun is a technology company helping modern consumers save time and money, mostly in travel, but in insurance and financial products too.

DgPays

Founders	Serkan Omerbeyoglu
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Dgpays are into fintech which provides end-to-end payment system for Banks, E-Money Institutions, Telecom and Transportation Operators.

Lima Ventures

Founders	Ahmet Argun, Resat Volkan Gunel
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Lima Ventures, is a Turkish joint-stock company to support & consult entrepreneurs and innovative businesses with pacemaker members.

Birlesik Odeme

Founders	Ilker Sozdinler
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Birlesik Odeme is a payment services company that offers solutions based on smart payment technologies.

Param

Founders	Unknown
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Param is a financial technology company that provides prepaid cards, online payment system, credit and other fintech operational solutions.

Metaconomy Capital

Founders	Unknown
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Metaconomy Capital is an investment firm focused solely on blockchain technology and digital currency related tokens and projects.

Sigortam.net

Founders	Unknown
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Sigortam.net is an insurance company in the field of vehicle insurance.

Global Kapital Group

Founders	Gökhan Erkıralp, Ozan Eryavuz
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Global Kapital Group a group of fast-growing companies that operate in the financial technologies industry.

WHALES TRADER

Founders	Ahmad Shadid
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Professional Digital Assets API Trading Interface

Masraff

Founders	Begul Eray Sezgin
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AI-powered SaaS platform automating expense management for Companes.

Bitlo

Founders	Alper Afsin Ozdemir, Hakan Bas, Mustafa alpay
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Bitlo is a cryptocurrency gateway platform that makes it safe and easy to buy, sell and store cryptocurrencies.

Mobven

Founders	Unknown
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Mobven specializes in bespoke mobile app development & solutions for industry leading clients.

Pozitron

Founders	Fatih Isbecer, Firat Isbecer
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Pozitron is a mobile software company providing enterprise solutions for commerce, banking, payments and sales force operations.

HASO

Founders	Omer Paksoy, Serdar Kodal
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Shop Now Pay Later

IPOS (Turkey)

Founders	Egemen Cakmak, Huseyin Gomleksizoglu
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Loyalty and Mobil Payment infrastructure

Tahsico.

Founders	Burak Bayhan, Tolga Tulgar
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We empower people to collect their receivables by simplifying things.

Bithesap

Founders	Unknown
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Bithesap provides is a stock exchange platform that provides a broad spectrum of buying and selling services of bitcoin and altcoin.

Universal Payment Transfer

Founders	Unknown
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Universal Payment Transfer is a global money transfer and payment platform for domestic and overseas services.

Serbest Vade

Founders	Unknown
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Serbest Vade is a fintech company providing alternative financing solutions to SMEs.

Xtremcoin

Founders	Fatih Arslan, Hakan Atabaş
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Xtremcoin is one of the most secured cryptocurrency exchanges in the world which has it’s own cryptocurrency, XTR.

PayPoint

Founders	Unknown
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PayPoint is a FinTech company that transforms online and offline electronic payments.

oCüzdan

Founders	Erhan Tezakar
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Apple & Android Wallet based mobile payments facilitator.

Startsub.com

Founders	Deniz Kuran, Serkan Kocaman
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Startsub is a provider of SaaS-based subscription e-commerce and recurring payment solutions.

International Cooperation Platform (The Bosphorus Summit)

Founders	Unknown
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The best investment event in Turkey

Bonobo

Founders	Ali Baran
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P2P money transfer, social coin, fintech, dating

MCD Technology Investments

Founders	Burak Ozyigit
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MCD Technology Investments Inc. is a technology venture capital company developing and financing its own investments in Information.

Architecht

Founders	Unknown
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A technology company operating in Turkey, MENA, Europe, and South Asia develops core banking systems and fintech enabling platforms.

FinansTL.com

Founders	Unknown
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FinansTL.com offers an online personal finance management app enabling users to better manage their cash flow.

IndieWonder

Founders	Ali Erhat Nalbant
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INDIEWONDER is a new generation liquid fund built on blockchain

Pospratik

Founders	Baris Kafa
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Pospratik is a financial service platform that allows companies to make online collections from their customers by credit card.

FinTech Istanbul

Founders	Unknown
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FinTech Istanbul operates with a mission to provide sustainable networking, content creation, courses and FinTech ecosystem.

financiAI

Founders	Arda Olmezsoy, Zafer Çavdar
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financiAI is a platform for producing revolutionary artificial intelligence solutions for financial problems.

Fanaliz

Founders	Atakan Yücel
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SaaS – Fintech

GMNForex Yatırım Hizmetleri A.Ş.

Founders	Unknown
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GMNForex Forex piyasalarι hakkında ana

GonderAl

Founders	Unknown
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GonderAl is a fintech company that specializes in international and domestic transfer services along with payment solutions.

Fizibill

Founders	Arman Gurkan, Burak Altay, Caner Demirayak
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Best accounting SaaS -> Flexible, Easy and Extensive

NoviCor Technology Partners

Founders	Doruk Mutlu
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NoviCor supports technology companies in accesing public and private funding and also helps them develop R&D strategies and roadmaps.

StockGround

Founders	Unknown
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StockGround have been providing financial analysis software solutions to investment professionals for more than 15 years.

Otokod Technologies

Founders	Mehmet Kavi
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Software company

Bigpara

Founders	Unknown
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Bigpara is an investment and finance portal that focuses on investors’ interest on global and domestic stocks.

Winngie

Founders	Unknown
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P2P Money exchange and transfer money abroad

Sigortaliyo.com

Founders	Can Erdogan, Levent Bulusan
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Sigortaliyo.com is an insurtech platform and ecosystem for insurance companies, insurance agencies and policy holders.