Best Auto Tech Companies in Istanbul, Turkey
The 96 best Auto Tech companies in Istanbul, Turkey in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: VavaCars.
Our analysis of 223 Auto Tech companies
$72.2b in tracked funding; 88% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Auto Tech companies in Istanbul
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | App-install YoY | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VavaCars Online P2P platform for buying and selling cars | $87M | 45 mo ago | Series C | Alizay Saeed Co-Founder and Chief Financial Officer | 2019 | — | 1 job opening |
| 2 | MARTI Platform offering mobility technology that operates a ride hailing service | $27M | 60 mo ago | Series B | Alper Oktem Co-Founder & CEO | 2018 | +43% | — |
| 3 | Yolcu360 App-based B2C car rental platform | $6M | 60 mo ago | Series A | Umut Yildirim Co-Founder & CEO | 2015 | +33% | — |
| 4 | Drive YOYO Online car rental platform | $6M | 158 mo ago | Series A | Yavuz Barkin Co-Founder & Partner | 2012 | — | — |
| 5 | Delivers AI Online platform for ordering food through delivery robots | $4M | 22 mo ago | Seed | Ali Yarali Founder & CEO | 2020 | — | — |
| 6 | Tasit.com Auto classifieds and car rental platform | $2M | 153 mo ago | Series B | — | 2009 | — | — |
| 7 | BiTaksi Mobile Taxi Booking App | $2M | 155 mo ago | Seed | Mert Salur Co-Founder | 2012 | +22% | — |
| 8 | Volt Lines SaaS-driven route scheduling software for employee transportation | $2M | 91 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2017 | — | 1 job opening |
| 9 | Robeff Technology Home - ROBEFF Technology | $2M | 39 mo ago | Seed | Ahmet Kara Co-Founder | 2021 | — | 1 partnership |
| 10 | Garaj Sepeti Vertical solutions for car owners & automotive workshops | $2M | 77 mo ago | Acquired | Serdar Temel Co-Founder | 2017 | — | — |
| 11 | iUGO Fleet management and mobility data solutions provider | $1M | 36 mo ago | Seed | Engin Ozatay Co-Founder | 2015 | — | 1 partnership |
| 12 | Garajyeri P2P car rental marketplace | $800K | 124 mo ago | Seed | Arda Askin Founder and CEO | 2014 | — | — |
| 13 | Miniyol App-based B2C platform offering car rental services | $547K | 42 mo ago | Seed | — | 2020 | — | — |
| 14 | Hergele Provider of comprehensive electric kick scooter sharing management solutions | $273K | 18 mo ago | Seed | Lal Polater Co-Founder | 2019 | — | — |
| 15 | Comodif Connected car data and analytics cloud platform for the insurance industry | — | 26 mo ago | Seed | — | 2012 | — | — |
Top 12 Auto Tech companies in Istanbul
#1
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2020 · 41 employees$4Mraised▾
Online platform for ordering food through delivery robots. It specializes in using AI-powered autonomous robots to deliver food, groceries, parcels, and other goods efficiently and sustainably.
- Aug 2024Seed—
- Jan 2022Seed$852.8K
#2
Seed · Sarıyer, Istanbul · founded 2019 · 13 employees$272.8Kraised▾
Provider of comprehensive electric kick scooter sharing management solutions. The company develops hardware and software-enabled electric kick scooter sharing management systems. It offers software solutions for fleet management and maintenance. Also, it offers customized electric kickscooters to their business needs. Also, it uses various technologies like IoT, etc.
- Dec 2024Seed$150K
- Jan 2023Seed$122.8K
#3
Series C · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2019 · 300 employees$87Mraised▾
Online P2P platform for buying and selling cars. Sellers can list their cars through the platform by providing car details, contact details, and more. Buyers can search for and reserve cars through the platform by providing their preferred car, model, and more.
- Sep 2022Series C$37M
- Oct 2021Series B$50M
#4
Series B · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2018 · 531 employees$27Mraised▾
Platform offering mobility technology that operates a ride hailing service. It is a mobility app operating a ride-hailing service that offers multiple transportation options to its riders. It enables users to find and book the nearby available scooters through the app by scanning the QR code. Users can rent vehicles by providing location, user details, payment details, and more.
- 2021Series B—
- Jul 2020Series B$25M
- Jun 2019Series A$2M
#5
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2015 · 18 employees$1Mraised▾
iUGO is a provider of fleet management and mobility data solutions. The solution collects road & vehicle data via the myIUGO device (which is connected to OBD port). Through the predictive algorithms powered modeling and analysis of this data, the company provides solutions for behavioral trend analysis, onboard event identification, driving assistance, fleet management, driver training, and more. Caters to car leasing companies, insurance telemetry companies, and drivers. Clients include CAT, SGS, Unilever, Lilly among others.
- Jun 2023Seed$1M
#6
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2021 · 11 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Platform offering autonomous delivery robots. The platform enables autonomous vehicles to deliver food and beverages, groceries, and retail products to curbside and parking lots, last mile, and indoor locations and focuses on reducing carbon emissions, enabling users to minimize person to person contact. It develops electric driverless delivery robots suitable for indoor and outdoor use.
- Mar 2023Seed$1.5M
#7
Series A · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2015 · 124 employees$6Mraised▾
Yolcu360 is an app-based B2C rental marketplace for cars. Their app enables users to search & book on-demand car rentals after providing relevant details. Car owners can list their cars for rent, and market them to prospective clients. Their app is available for Android & iOS devices.
- Jun 2021Series A$6M
#8
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2020 · 18 employees$546.7Kraised▾
App-based B2C platform offering car rental services. Users can book the car through the app by providing their location, personal details, license details, and more. The platform connects different car rental shops to users through the platform.
- Dec 2022Seed$546.7K
#9
Series A · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2012 · 7 employees$5.5Mraised▾
YOYO is an online car rental platform. It's a membership-based organization that provides self-service vehicle use by the hour or by the day. The Company places vehicles in convenient parking spaces throughout major metropolitan areas & universities. Their app is available for iOS & Android devices.
- Apr 2013Series A$5.5M
#10
Acquired · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2017 · 91 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Vertical solutions for car owners and automotive workshops. Its offering includes an online classified portal for automotive products & services, a car rental marketplace, a workshop management system, and an automotive content platform. It offers features including online marketing, spare parts inquiry, communication with potential customers, and enterprise data services.
- Jan 2020Series A$1.5M
- Mar 2018Series A—
#11
Acquired · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2017 · 55 employees$1.6Mraised▾
VoltLines is a SaaS-driven route scheduling software for employee transportation. The platform enables enterprises to reserve seats for daily employee transportation. It also offers an HR web app for enterprises that enables them to track buses, gain insights, add/remove employees & more. Their app is available for iOS & Android devices.
- Nov 2018Seed$1.3M
- Aug 2018Seed$330.3K
#12
Series B · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2009 · 51 employees$2Mraised▾
Tasit is a web auto classifieds and car rental platform. It connects vehicle sellers with buyers and facilitates purchase transactions. Tasit.com also provides a variety of news, information, and recommendations related to vehicles. The Platform also provides car rental services. based out of Istanbul, Turkey.
- Sep 2013Series B$2M
- Jul 2013Series B—
- Jan 2013Series A—
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What Istanbul researches in autonomous vehicles
Istanbul Technical University and peers drive Istanbul's post-2020 autonomous-vehicle research, emphasizing safety and mobility optimization across 28 papers, with cautiously optimistic sentiment (mean 0.3) slightly tempered by safety concerns.
- Istanbul Technical University17
- Istanbul University6
- Istanbul Commerce University2
- Istanbul Medeniyet University2
- Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa2
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