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Best Blockchain Technology Companies in Istanbul, Turkey

The 59 best Blockchain Technology companies in Istanbul, Turkey in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Midas.

59companies tracked
$147.5Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
16have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY × ISTANBUL

Our analysis of 247 Blockchain Technology companies

$15.7b in tracked funding; 95% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.

247companies analysed
95%cloud-native stacks
2024funding peak (by rounds)
20unicorns
2021median founding year

Ranked: Best Blockchain Technology companies in Istanbul

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedApp-install YoYRecent signals
1Midas
Provider of an application for stock and crypto asset trading
$56M10 mo agoSeries BEgem Eraslan
Founder & Ceo
2020+39%
2Metatech
Developer of a blockchain ecosystem for accessible and efficient digital services
$25M8 mo agoSeedMehmet Bayraktar
Founder
2019
3Metatime
Blockchain ecosystem offering multiple solutions
$25M39 mo agoSeedAli Ural
Co-Founder
2019
4Arf
Cross-border payment network
$13M44 mo agoSeedAli Nalbant
Co-Founder & CEO
2019
5Seedify
Blockchain gaming-focused incubator and launchpad that offers a decentralized seed stage fund
$10M33 mo agoSeries ALevent Aydan
Founder
2021
6Heroes Chained
NFT-based trading platform for fantasy games
$5M53 mo agoFunding RaisedMevlut Dinc
Co-Founder
2021
7Passion Punch
Developer of mobile-based mid-core video games
$4M39 mo agoSeed2020
8Exverse
Developer of PC and console-based free-to-play battle metaverse game
$3M26 mo agoSeedAlexander C
Founder
2021
9Dtec
Blockchain-based ecosystem for vehicles
$2M23 mo agoSeedDogan Mutluol
CEO
20222 awards
10PERA
Decentralized trading competition platform
$2M60 mo agoFunding RaisedUtku Celikok
Co-Founder
2020
11Roco
Website for games
$1M56 mo agoFunding RaisedMehmet Kurtoglu
Co-Founder
2020
12Yin Yang Games
Developer of browser-based blockchain games
$1M47 mo agoSeedAlperen Kırcanogulları
Co-Founder
2021
13Snapmuse
Decentralized social platform for content creators
$860K26 mo agoFunding RaisedMoris Alhale
CEO
2019
14Mixer
Platform offering NFT-based play-to-earn ecosystem
27 mo agoSeed2021
15One Percent
Decentralized play-to-earn shooter game
34 mo agoSeedEmir Alp
Co-Founder
2018
16ELYT
Online platform offering customer loyalty and marketing tools for NFTs
45 mo agoSeedMesut Cevik
Co-Founder
2022

Top 12 Blockchain Technology companies in Istanbul

#1
Series B · Uskudar, Istanbul · founded 2020 · 156 employees
$56Mraised

Provider of an application for stock and crypto asset trading. The application facilitates trading in stocks, investment funds, crypto assets, and warrants. It offers tools for investment management, including stock screeners and technical analysis charts. The application is designed for both new and experienced investors.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 42k LinkedIn followers — 31.3% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2025Series B$80M
  • Apr 2024Series A$45M
  • Feb 2022Seed$11M
Founders & team
Egem EraslanFounder & CeoUmut BozkurtCo-Founder
Investors
Portage, Spark Capital, Earlybird, Revo Capital, IFC, QED Investors
Tech stack
ApolloApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsCloudflare Turnstile
#2
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2019
$25Mraised

Developer of a blockchain ecosystem for accessible and efficient digital services. It provides blockchain infrastructure supporting interoperable digital products. The infrastructure enables customer engagement with decentralized applications. It also allows mobile device mining and building blockchain-based services without coding. The system offers high speed, low fees, and strong security.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Seed$25M
Founders & team
Mehmet BayraktarFounder
#3
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2022
$2Mraised

Blockchain-based ecosystem for vehicles. It offers an AI-based platform that enables users to create solutions for drivers and IoT devices. It enables hardware and IoT devices to be controlled through a voice-operated software platform. It also offers a cryptocurrency token for the ecosystem.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers — 4.8% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2024ICO$1.4M
  • Mar 2024Seed$2M
Founders & team
Dogan MutluolCEO
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementEthersGodaddyGoogle Font ApiGoogle Tag Manager
#4
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2019 · 81 employees
$25Mraised

Blockchain ecosystem offering multiple solutions. Its product portfolio includes airdrop, cross-chain, digital coin, DEX, exchange protocol, blockchain explorer, a launchpad, and an NFT marketplace.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2023Seed$11M
Founders & team
Ali UralCo-FounderYusuf SevimCo-Founder & CEOHys SahinCo-Founder
Investors
Yıldız Tekno GSYO, Türk Telekom Ventures, Kalyon Venture Capital, Halkbank
#5
Series A · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2021
$10Mraised

Blockchain gaming-focused incubator and launchpad that offers a decentralized seed stage fund

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 20k LinkedIn followers — 14.8% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2023Series A$10M
  • Feb 2022Seed
Founders & team
Levent AydanFounder
Investors
NGC Ventures, LDA, Buks Capital, Hazelbrook Capital, GD10 Ventures, Kilombo
Tech stack
AmplitudeApolloCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsDatadog
#6
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2021
$3Mraised

Developer of PC and console-based free-to-play battle metaverse game. It offers massively multiplayer 3D third-person shooter in the Battle Royale genre which provide PVP battles, raids, seasonal events, and world-building activities to players.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2024ICO$1.7M
  • Feb 2024Seed$3M
Founders & team
Alexander CFounder
Investors
Cogitent, Cointelligence, Moonrockcapital, Epic Games, KuCoin, Seedify
#7
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2019 · 29 employees
$13Mraised

Cross-border payment network. It is a global payment network enabling quick and compliant cross-border payments by leveraging regulated stable coins for financial institutions. It provides custody, redemption and tokenization, settlement, and FX services for its clients.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers — 4.1% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2022Conventional Debt
  • Oct 2022Seed$13M
Founders & team
Ali NalbantCo-Founder & CEOKazim OzyilmazCo-FounderAhmet OzcanCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Circle Venture Capital, Stellar, UOB, Signum Capital, Hard Yaka, NGC Ventures
#8
Funding Raised · Besiktas, Istanbul · founded 2019
$860Kraised

Decentralized social platform for content creators. It enables users to create and share content with their audience. Users can also monetize in the form of NFTs and communicate with like-minded people.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2024ICO$860K
Founders & team
Moris AlhaleCEO
Tech stack
AmplitudeCloudflareEmotionGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Tag Manager
#9
Seed · Umraniye, Istanbul · founded 2020 · 52 employees
$4Mraised

Developer of mobile-based mid-core video games. The game developed by the company is Mad Raid is a multiplayer, mid core play and earn game with a sustainable economic model for the first time in the Play and Earn ecosystem. The game is available on the mobile platforms.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2023Seed$4M
Investors
Colendi, Re-Pie
#10
Funding Raised · Sarıyer, Istanbul · founded 2021 · 27 employees
$4.5Mraised

NFT-based trading platform for fantasy games. It enables users to buy, sell non-fungible tokens including time fantasy action games. It offers users to build, battles tournaments, and explore games. It provides NFT sales, land sales, and non-custodial wallet support solutions.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2022ICO$4.5M
Founders & team
Mevlut DincCo-FounderErsin TaskinCo-FounderAbdurrahman BattalCo-Founder
Investors
AVentures DAO, Foresight Ventures, Kosmos Ventures, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Muhabbit Capital
#11
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2021 · 21 employees
$1Mraised

Developer of browser-based blockchain games. It offers a play-to-earn NFT-based game which includes Reincarnation a deck-building roguelike card game that allows players to build their own characters and use them to explore the land, fight with enemies, and craft various items.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2022Seed$1M
Founders & team
Alperen KırcanogullarıCo-Founder
Investors
Gelisim Group
#12
Funding Raised · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2020 · 6 employees
$2Mraised

Decentralized trading competition platform. It combines transaction fee-based deflationary and emission-based inflationary yield farming methods with a decentralized trading competition. It offers an internal volume oracle that enables De-Fi platforms to include the volume data of their users as a parameter in their financial structure.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2021ICO$2M
Founders & team
Utku CelikokCo-FounderEren YecanCo-Founder
Investors
Magnus Capital, 3X Capital

Funding & investor landscape

$147.5Mtotal disclosed funding
13companies funded
17disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Finberg3 rounds
INVEXEN3 rounds
Borderless Capital2 rounds
Muhabbit Capital2 rounds
NGC Ventures2 rounds
WePlay Ventures2 rounds
0X Wilds Ventures Capital1 rounds
3X Capital1 rounds
AVentures DAO1 rounds
Alfin1 rounds

Notable founders

Egem Eraslan
Founder & Ceo · Midas
Umut Bozkurt
Co-Founder · Midas
Mehmet Bayraktar
Founder · Metatech
Dogan Mutluol
CEO · Dtec
Ali Ural
Co-Founder · Metatime
Yusuf Sevim
Co-Founder & CEO · Metatime
Levent Aydan
Founder · Seedify
Alexander C
Founder · Exverse
Ali Nalbant
Co-Founder & CEO · Arf
Kazim Ozyilmaz
Co-Founder · Arf
Moris Alhale
CEO · Snapmuse
Mevlut Dinc
Co-Founder · Heroes Chained
Prism market signals · Turkey · country-scoped Prism corpus, 916,433 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Blockchain Technology coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH IN ISTANBUL · Finance

How research on Blockchain in Istanbul is moving

A read on the academic research around Blockchain in Istanbul — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 63 papers.

Istanbul Technical University and Istanbul Commerce University lead applied blockchain research across FinTech, IoT, and secure e-voting, with a cautiously optimistic tone balancing breakthroughs against security concerns.

63 papers · stance +0.33 · 38% breakthrough · 32% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
top institutions
  • Istanbul Technical University20
  • Istanbul Commerce University13
  • Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa9
  • Istanbul University8
  • Istanbul Kültür University6
leading researchers
Abdül Halim Zaim · Akhan Akbulut · Bulut Karadağ · Muhammed Ali Aydın · Şerif Bahtıyar · Arif Karabuğa
prism intelligence · tone & topics
97% positive · 3% critical tone
FinanceBusinessSecurityEnvironmentCybersecurityPolitics
Breakthroughs19 · 30%
▲ 0%→31% share
1 median citations100% since 2021mostly methods-led
Computer security breakthroughs are newly dominating — rising to 14 papers, driving field-share from 0% to 31%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Computer security14
  • Computer network3
  • Transparency (behavior)2
  • Scalability2
  • Algorithm2
Newly emergingComputer security 0→14 · Computer network 0→3
Landmark Digital Twin Driven Blockchain Based Reliable and Efficient 6G Edge Network · 15 cites
Advancements15 · 24%
▲ 0%→23% share
1 median citations100% since 2021mostly empirical
Computer security advancements newly emerged at 10 papers, pushing advancement field-share from 0% to 23%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Computer security10
  • Algorithm2
  • Scope (computer science)2
  • Cryptocurrency2
  • Value (mathematics)2
Newly emergingComputer security 0→10
Landmark FACTORS EFFECTING PURCHASE INTENTION IN BLOCKCHAIN AND NFT (NON-FUNGIBLE TOKEN) TECHNOLOGIES · 21 cites
Concerns16 · 25%
▲ 0%→25% share
1 median citations100% since 2021mostly reviews
Supply chain and sustainable development concerns newly emerged alongside computer security, collectively driving concern share from 0% to 25%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Computer security6
  • Sustainable development3
  • Supply chain3
  • Tourism3
  • Internet privacy2
Newly emergingComputer security 0→6 · Sustainable development 0→3 · Supply chain 0→3
Landmark The Blockchain for Healthcare 4.0 Apply in Standard Secure Medical Data Processing Architecture · 10 cites

Common questions

How many Blockchain Technology companies are there in Istanbul, Turkey?
Radar tracks 59 indexable Blockchain Technology companies headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Blockchain Technology companies in Istanbul, Turkey?
The Blockchain Technology companies in Istanbul, Turkey on this list have raised a combined $147.5M in disclosed equity funding across 13 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Blockchain Technology company in Istanbul, Turkey?
Midas is the highest-funded Blockchain Technology company in Istanbul, Turkey, with $56M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Blockchain Technology companies in Istanbul, Turkey are funded?
13 of the 59 Blockchain Technology companies in Istanbul, Turkey on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Blockchain Technology unicorns are there in Istanbul, Turkey?
None of the Blockchain Technology companies in Istanbul, Turkey on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Istanbul, Turkey Blockchain Technology companies?
The most active investors in Istanbul, Turkey Blockchain Technology companies on this list include Finberg, INVEXEN, Borderless Capital, Muhabbit Capital, NGC Ventures.
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