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Best Environment Tech Companies in Istanbul, Turkey

The 37 best Environment Tech companies in Istanbul, Turkey in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Fazla.

37companies tracked
$12.3Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
11have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · ENVIRONMENT TECH × ISTANBUL

Our analysis of 241 Environment Tech companies

$25.6b in tracked funding; 88% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

241companies analysed
88%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
12unicorns
2019median founding year
75kcombined LinkedIn audience
53%of audience held by top 3
4companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Environment Tech companies in Istanbul

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Fazla
Provider of holistic waste management solutions for the circular economy
$9M39 mo agoSeedArda Eren
Co-Founder
2016WordPressMySQLPHP+25—
2Apollo
Provider of energy management and sustainability solutions across various sectors
$945K31 mo agoSeedBurak Gavas
Co-Founder & CTO
2022WordPressMySQLPHP+29—
3Apollo IoT
Online platform for digital energy monitoring, tracking, and saving solutions
$810K31 mo agoSeedEzgi Gavas
Co-Founder & CEO
2022——
4Greenway CSP
Develops hardware and software integrated systems for concentrated solar power plants
$475K116 mo agoDeadpooledSerdar E Erturan
Founder
2009——
5BEAD
HVAC management solutions for homes
$300K87 mo agoSeedCem Aybar
Co Founder - Chairman
2015——
6NANOTerial
Technology solution for recycling magnets
$250K27 mo agoSeedOzan Akdogan
Co-Founder & CEO
2021——
7Algae BioDiesel
Solutions for generating biofuels from algaeAlgbio
$82K38 mo agoFunding RaisedSelen Senal
Founder
2021——
8Sustable
Online platform offering solutions for carbon management
—33 mo agoSeedMustafa Uysal
Co-Founder & CEO
2023——
9erguvan
Marketplace for carbon credits and renewable energy certificates trading
—37 mo agoSeedBaris Balat
Co-Founder and CEO
2021Framer SitesReactPostHog+16—

Top 12 Environment Tech companies in Istanbul

#1
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2016 · 114 employees
$9.5Mraised
▾

Provider of holistic waste management solutions for the circular economy. It offers technology-based services to reduce waste generation at its source and recycle surplus materials. Services are provided to various stakeholders across the supply chain, including manufacturers, retailers, distributors, the food and beverage industry, and consumers. Solutions encompass donation programs, animal feed production from waste, and recycling initiatives. A key component is a large-scale partner ecosystem that facilitates the efficient movement of surplus inventory to those who can utilize it, maximizing value recovery. The company's approach aligns with established waste management hierarchies, prioritizing reduction and reuse before recycling.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2023Seed$6M
  • Jan 2023Grant (prize money)$138.3K
  • Jul 2021Seed$3M
  • Jul 2019Grant (prize money)—
Founders & team
Arda ErenCo-FounderOlcay SilahliCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
MXcel, 212 Vc, FoodLabs, e2vc, SDG Impact Accelerator, Esor Investments
Tech stack
AlbacrossCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCore-JsElementorGoogle Analytics
#2
Seed · Sisli, Istanbul · founded 2022
$945Kraised
▾

Provider of energy management and sustainability solutions across various sectors. It offers tools for energy monitoring, efficiency improvement, and carbon emission tracking. The platform includes modules for optimizing energy costs, controlling energy efficiency, and monitoring carbon emissions. It serves industries such as manufacturing, retail, banking, hospitals, and hotels. The company provides resources like blogs, case studies, e-books, checklists, and webinars.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 16k LinkedIn followers — 21.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2024Seed$810K
  • Jan 2024Seed$135K
Founders & team
Burak GavasCo-Founder & CTOEzgi GavasCo-Founder & CEO
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsCookieyesCore-JsElementor
#3
Seed · Pendik, Istanbul · founded 2021
$250Kraised
▾

Technology solution for recycling magnets. It provides NANOterial technology solution for recycling permanent magnets from electronic waste. It offers products such as permanent magnets, recycled magnet powders, and nanomaterials produced by recycling or classical methods.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • May 2024Seed$250K
Founders & team
Ozan AkdoganCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Sabanc ARF
#4
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2022
$810Kraised
▾

Online platform for digital energy monitoring, tracking, and saving solutions. It provides solutions for hospitals, logistic company, hotels, banks, and other industries.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2024Seed$810K
Founders & team
Ezgi GavasCo-Founder & CEOBurak GavasCo-Founder
Investors
Nevzat Aydin
#5
Funding Raised · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2021 · 1 employees
$81.9Kraised
▾

Solutions for generating biofuels from algae. It treats wastewater and captures CO2 with microalgae to produce biofuels, bioplastics, biomaterials, and generate carbon credits. It captures CO2 in the process and aim to support the creation and success of startups and the commercialization of new technologies.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 4.0% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2023Grant (prize money)$81.9K
Founders & team
Selen SenalFounder
Investors
Europa
#6
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2015 · 7 employees
$300Kraised
▾

HVAC management solutions for homes. It has an inbuilt temperature, photo, CO2, and humidity sensor to compare these parameters using an app. It enables the devices to users comfort zone and control energy sources before the users go into the home.

Funding rounds
  • 2019Seed$300K
Founders & team
Cem AybarCo Founder - Chairman
Investors
Upward, Bind 4.0, Katapult, TEB, Startupbootcamp Australia, Hardware
Tech stack
CloudflareHttp/3
#7
Deadpooled · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2009 · 11 employees
$474.9Kraised
▾

Greenway CSP is specialized in designing and developing hardware and software integrated systems for concentrated solar power plants. They offer "Superheater DSG solar Receivers" for solar thermal plants which are integrated with their core software called "dynamic management of heliostat field". With these solar receivers, heat fluctuations are precisely managed through image processing, outer thermal couplings and thermal cameras. Also, they are specialized in developing a "Smart Heliostat systems" which are integrated with "heliostat field efficiency software". They claim to offer design and construction services for utility-scale CSP plants as well.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$474.9K
Founders & team
Serdar E ErturanFounder
Investors
Europa
Tech stack
NginxGoogle CloudOpenrestyGoogle Cloud Cdn
#8
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2023
$5Mraised
▾

Online platform offering solutions for carbon management

Founders & team
Mustafa UysalCo-Founder & CEOEnes ICo-Founder
Investors
ATIŞ, Smartup Partners
#9
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2021
$7.3Mraised
▾

Marketplace for carbon credits and renewable energy certificates trading. It provides solutions to store carbon credits without incurring registry costs, create tenders to fulfill specific buying needs, monitor prices, supply, and demand in the voluntary carbon market, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 4.5% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Software Engineer
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2023Seed—
Founders & team
Baris BalatCo-Founder and CEOEyuphan KocCo-Founder
Investors
Emirates NBD, Deniz Ventures
#10
Acquired · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2018 · 64 employees
—raised
▾

AI-based digital energy management platform. Provides solutions for power plant monitoring, power plant market operations management, ECM forecast management, algorithm energy trading, facility management, energy planning & invoice management.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 13k LinkedIn followers — 17.2% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches · 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • May 2023Seed—
Founders & team
Uygar YorukCo-FounderOzan KorkmazCo-FounderOnder AkarCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Toshiba Corporation, Vestel Ventures, EBRD
Tech stack
CdnjsChart.JsCloudflareCloudflare Rocket LoaderCookieyesCore-Js
#11
Funding Raised · Kartal, Istanbul · founded 2017 · 3 employees
—raised
▾

Monicont provides smart energy monitoring and metering solutions for the microgrid. Its software also provides data analytics solutions. Its other products include face recognition system, plate recognition system, and IoT services.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 955 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2019Grant (prize money)—
Investors
SDG Impact Accelerator
#12
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2013
—raised
▾

Smart thermostat products for homes. Cosa is a wireless smart thermostat that can be controlled using a smartphone app to adjust room temperature. It learns the user pattern, location, time variables, and weather conditions and adjusts the temperature accordingly. Its thermostat is compatible with different heating, cooling products from companies like Bosch, Altus, Airfel, Buderus and more. The thermostat is available either on a monthly rental basis or for a one-time fee.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2015Seed—
  • Dec 2014Angel—
Founders & team
Cem GulCo-Founder
Investors
Revo Capital
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAmazon S3Amazon CloudfrontAws Certificate Manager

Funding & investor landscape

$12.3Mtotal disclosed funding
7companies funded
12disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
ClimateLaunchpad3 rounds
Europa3 rounds
Sabanc ARF3 rounds
Plug and Play Tech Center2 rounds
Revo Capital2 rounds
SDG Impact Accelerator2 rounds
TEB2 rounds
Vestel Ventures2 rounds
212 Vc1 rounds
500 Global1 rounds

Notable founders

Arda Eren
Co-Founder · Fazla
Olcay Silahli
Co-Founder & CEO · Fazla
Burak Gavas
Co-Founder & CTO · Apollo
Ezgi Gavas
Co-Founder & CEO · Apollo
Ozan Akdogan
Co-Founder & CEO · NANOTerial
Selen Senal
Founder · Algae BioDiesel
Cem Aybar
Co Founder - Chairman · BEAD
Serdar E Erturan
Founder · Greenway CSP
Mustafa Uysal
Co-Founder & CEO · Sustable
Enes I
Co-Founder · Sustable
Baris Balat
Co-Founder and CEO · erguvan
Eyuphan Koc
Co-Founder · erguvan
Prism market signals · Turkey · country-scoped Prism corpus, 517,811 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Environment Tech 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 Tech companies are there in Istanbul, Turkey?
Radar tracks 37 indexable Environment Tech companies headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Environment Tech companies in Istanbul, Turkey?
The Environment Tech companies in Istanbul, Turkey on this list have raised a combined $12.3M in disclosed equity funding across 7 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Environment Tech company in Istanbul, Turkey?
Fazla is the highest-funded Environment Tech company in Istanbul, Turkey, with $9.5M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Environment Tech companies in Istanbul, Turkey are funded?
7 of the 37 Environment Tech companies in Istanbul, Turkey on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Environment Tech unicorns are there in Istanbul, Turkey?
None of the Environment Tech 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 Tech companies?
The most active investors in Istanbul, Turkey Environment Tech companies on this list include ClimateLaunchpad, Europa, Sabanc ARF, Plug and Play Tech Center, Revo Capital.
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