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Best Environment Companies in Istanbul, Turkey

The 35 best Environment companies in Istanbul, Turkey in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Galata Wind.

35companies tracked
$62.1Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
7have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · ENVIRONMENT × ISTANBUL

Our analysis of 309 Environment companies

$75.8b in tracked funding; 79% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

309companies analysed
79%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
7unicorns
2015median founding year
608kcombined LinkedIn audience
77%of audience held by top 3

Ranked: Best Environment companies in Istanbul

#CompanyDisclosed fundingEmployeesFounderFoundedTech stackWeb popularityRecent signals
1Zorlu Energy Group
Provider of integrated energy services across various sectors
—2,662Ibrahim Ak
CEO
1993SentryGoogle MapsElement UI+19Top 1M—
2AKSA Enerji
Independent power producer in energy sector
—1,229Cuneyt Uygun
CEO
1997BootstrapjQueryFancyBox+6Top 5M—
3Enerjisa
Independent wind power producer
—658İhsan Erbil Bayçöl
Ceo
1996Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft ASP.NETAzure+12Top 5M—
4Baymak
Manufacturer of solar powered products
—600Ender Colak
CEO
1967Kendo UIBootstrapMicrosoft ASP.NET+15Top 500k—
5ORGE
Provider of electrical contracting, renewable energy, and construction services
—435Nevhan Gunduz
Co-Founder & CEO
1998WordPressDrupalMySQL+31Top 5M—
6Consusenerji
Provider of energy solutions, including generation, distribution, and energy efficiency
—269—2009TurbopackNode.jsTailwind CSS+9Top 50M—
7Waternet
Provider of reverse osmosis-based water treatment system
—259—2012ContentfulNode.jsChakra UI+20Top 500k—
8Fiba
Provider of sustainable energy solutions through power plants based on 100% renewable energy sources.
—174—2007SilverstripePHPBootstrap+10Top 50M—
9Galata Wind
Provider of financing services for solar and wind energy
$25M57—2012PleskPHPGoogle Charts+11Top 5M1 award

Top 11 Environment companies in Istanbul

#1
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2023
$665Kraised
▾

Provider of wind and solar energy services

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2024Seed$415K
  • Jun 2024Seed$250K
Founders & team
Emre AladasCo-FounderEnes AladasCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Sabanc ARF, ITU ARI Teknokent
Tech stack
Cart FunctionalityCdnjsCloudflareCore-JsElementorFont Awesome
#2
Funding Raised · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2012 · 57 employees
$25Mraised
▾

Provider of financing services for solar and wind energy

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2024Conventional Debt$25M
Investors
Proparco
Tech stack
CdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCloudflare Rocket LoaderGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Charts
#3
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2019 · 10 employees
$10Mraised
▾

Provider of waste management services

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2024Seed—
  • Jul 2023Seed$10M
Founders & team
Merve ArikanCo-FounderBusra KoksalCo-Founder
Investors
Thepurestsolutions
#4
Deadpooled · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2008
$25Mraised
▾

Provider of waste collection, processing, and recycling services

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2016PE$25M
  • Jun 2015Venture Debt$95M
Founders & team
Claude NahumFounderJan NahumFounder & CEO
Investors
Cordiant Capital, IFC, FMO
#5
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2019 · 9 employees
$1.4Mraised
▾

Provider of environmental services intended to evaluate waste in an effective way. The company's services upcycle end-of-life tires with eco-friendly and sustainable approaches and bring them into the economy as energy and raw materials, enabling clients to eliminate negative impacts on the environment and society and significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2021Seed$1.4M
Investors
Kultepe Investment
#6
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2022
—raised
▾

Provider of upcycling biomass waste services

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 474 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2024Seed—
Founders & team
Ecem ErmanCo-FounderKaan ErtaylanCo-Founder
Investors
Founderone, Sabanc ARF
#7
Funding Raised · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 1996 · 658 employees
—raised
▾

Independent wind power producer

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 192k LinkedIn followers — 31.6% of this cohort's audience
Founders & team
İhsan Erbil BayçölCeo
Investors
Akbank, Garanti BBVA, Turkiye is Bankasi, HSBC, Isbank, ING
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailAzureAzure Front DoorAzure MonitorCloudflareCore-Js
#8
Public · Sisli, Istanbul · founded 1993 · 2662 employees
—raised
▾

Provider of integrated energy services across various sectors. This includes electricity retail sales, electricity trading, solar panel production and inverter distribution, operation, maintenance, and repair services, natural gas imports, renewable energy generation (hydroelectric and geothermal), and natural gas distribution. The company's business model encompasses the entire energy value chain, from generation and distribution to retail sales and related services.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 202k LinkedIn followers — 33.2% of this cohort's audience
Founders & team
Ibrahim AkCEO
Investors
Europa
Tech stack
AzureBootstrapChart.JsCore-JsFacebook PixelFancybox
#9
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2012 · 259 employees
—raised
▾

Provider of reverse osmosis-based water treatment system. It uses membrane filters to remove volatile organic compounds, chemicals & microbiological pollutants from the drinking water. It offers a domestic system that can purify large amounts of water in a day. It also offers a water treatment system for offices.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 32k LinkedIn followers — 5.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2017Seed—
Investors
Gulf Capital
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesBootstrapChakra UiContentfulCookiefirst
#10
Public · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 1997 · 1229 employees
—raised
▾

AKSA Enerji, a fully owned subsidiary of AKSA Group, is an independent power producer in the energy sector. Focuses on the energy generation from sources like wind, hydropower, natural gas and other fuel oils. Owns and operates seven power plants in Turkey and Nothern Cyprus with an installed capacity of 386MWp. Offered turnkey solutions to a 370MW power plant in Ghana and claims that two more power plants in Madagascar will be commissioned soon.

Founders & team
Cuneyt UygunCEO
Investors
Goldman Sachs
Tech stack
IisMicrosoft Asp.NetOpen GraphPriority HintsSwiperWindows Server
#11
Late Stage · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 1967 · 600 employees
—raised
▾

Manufacturer of solar powered products

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 22k LinkedIn followers — 3.6% of this cohort's audience
Founders & team
Ender ColakCEO
Investors
BDR Thermea Group, WOLF
Tech stack
BabelBootstrapCdnjsCloudflareCore-JsFancybox

Funding & investor landscape

$62.1Mtotal disclosed funding
5companies funded
7disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Cube Incubation2 rounds
Sabanc ARF2 rounds
Akbank1 rounds
BDR Thermea Group1 rounds
ClimateLaunchpad1 rounds
Cordiant Capital1 rounds
Europa1 rounds
FMO1 rounds
Founderone1 rounds
Garanti BBVA1 rounds

Notable founders

Emre Aladas
Co-Founder · Rumitech
Enes Aladas
Co-Founder & CEO · Rumitech
Merve Arikan
Co-Founder · Plastic Move
Busra Koksal
Co-Founder · Plastic Move
Claude Nahum
Founder · Hexagon Katiatik
Jan Nahum
Founder & CEO · Hexagon Katiatik
Ecem Erman
Co-Founder · VerdantWave
Kaan Ertaylan
Co-Founder · VerdantWave
İhsan Erbil Bayçöl
Ceo · Enerjisa
Ibrahim Ak
CEO · Zorlu Energy Group
Cuneyt Uygun
CEO · AKSA Enerji
Ender Colak
CEO · Baymak
Prism market signals · Turkey · country-scoped Prism corpus, 898,738 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Environment coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH FROM Istanbul · institutions

What Istanbul researches in environmental monitoring

12 papersstance +0.7758% breakthrough0% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
local research themes
Air Quality and Health ImpactsRemote-Sensing Image ClassificationHydrological Forecasting Using AIAir Quality Monitoring and ForecastingVehicle emissions and performanceRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
top institutions
  • Istanbul Technical University10
  • Istanbul Medeniyet University1
  • Istanbul University1

Common questions

How many Environment companies are there in Istanbul, Turkey?
Radar tracks 35 indexable Environment companies headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Environment companies in Istanbul, Turkey?
The Environment companies in Istanbul, Turkey on this list have raised a combined $62.1M in disclosed equity funding across 5 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Environment company in Istanbul, Turkey?
Galata Wind is the highest-funded Environment company in Istanbul, Turkey, with $25M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Environment companies in Istanbul, Turkey are funded?
5 of the 35 Environment companies in Istanbul, Turkey on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Environment unicorns are there in Istanbul, Turkey?
None of the Environment companies in Istanbul, Turkey on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Istanbul, Turkey Environment companies?
The most active investors in Istanbul, Turkey Environment companies on this list include Cube Incubation, Sabanc ARF, Akbank, BDR Thermea Group, ClimateLaunchpad.
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