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Istanbul

Metro area · Türkiye · Pop. 15.8M

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983 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

308 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

118 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 38%

921Startups

558 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

271 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 11%

92 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 16%

53Breakouts

38 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 41%

15 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

9Scaleups

4 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 0.41%

5 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 0.51%

9Valuation Outcomes

9 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 0.92%

Pre-Seed

558

Seed

271

Series A

Series B

Series C

Unicorn

* C→Unicorn and Unicorn→Decacorn rates are derived from current counts (no founding-cohort data); the four mid-funnel rates use Dealroom's cohort tracking.

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.

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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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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.

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

University spinouts

1,103

Total alumni-founded companies

918

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

151

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

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.

$109B

$94.5B

$68.7B

$59.2B

Istanbul

$49.8B

Taipei

$46.9B