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Istanbul

Metro area · Türkiye · Pop. 15.8M

A public taster of the full Istanbul ecosystem on Dealroom — request a demo for live deal flow, founder pedigrees, AI-talent maps, and the full cap table for every company below.

Enterprise value

How much Istanbul’s VC-backed companies are worth

Combined enterprise value of VC-backed companies headquartered in Istanbul, founded since 1990 and still operating, at the end of each year. Companies stay in the total after they list or are acquired.

VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Istanbul

VC investment into Istanbul-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.

Startup funnel

Istanbul's startup funnel

Companies headquartered in Istanbul at each stage today, by total VC raised. Hover a bar for the split.

926
Startups
$100K–15M raised

564 pre-seed · 270 seed · 92 Series A

53
Breakouts
$15–100M raised

38 Series B · 15 Series C

9
Scaleups
$100M+ raised

4 Mega · 5 Mega+

9
Unicorns and/or $100M+ revenue

9 valued at $1B+ · 6 with $100M+ revenue · 6 both

Source: Dealroom.co

Quarterly report

Istanbul's latest quarter in venture capital

VC raised by Istanbul-headquartered companies in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.

Latest complete quarter

 

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Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Istanbul

A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Istanbul-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.

Largest rounds in Istanbul - 2026

Every $15M+ VC round into Istanbul-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.
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Academia

Istanbul's academic flywheel

Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Istanbul.

University-linked startup formation
54
University spinouts
1,110
Total alumni-founded companies
921
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
155
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
34
Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Istanbul stacks up

Compare Istanbul with peers from the same country (Türkiye) — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.

$107B
$93.4B
$70.5B
$61B
$52.7B
Istanbul
$49.9B
$36.9B
$32.3B
$30.8B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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