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Best Food and Agriculture Companies in Istanbul, Turkey

The 63 best Food and Agriculture companies in Istanbul, Turkey in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Wastespresso.

63companies tracked
$6.2Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
5have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FOOD AND AGRICULTURE × ISTANBUL

Our analysis of 653 Food and Agriculture companies

$71.7b in tracked funding; 82% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

653companies analysed
82%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
12unicorns
2015median founding year
1Mcombined LinkedIn audience
75%of audience held by top 3
2companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Food and Agriculture companies in Istanbul

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Wastespresso
Processor of coffee waste
$5M34 mo agoSeries AKerem Acar
Co-Founder
2020Wix eCommerceWixSentry+192 job openings
2Saf Nutrition
Internet first brand of spices, cookies, chocolate & protein mixes
$750K42 mo agoSeedTolga Tuncsav
Co-Founder - Manager
2019Cart FunctionalityShopifyAmazon Web Services+15—
3Mizanplus Kitchens
Operator of restaurant
$660K38 mo agoSeedA Harun Ozdemir
Co-Founder & CEO
2022Node.jsUbuntuMUI+10—
4Malty Food
Internet first brand offering snacks
$134K46 mo agoSeedMerve Yetis
Co-Founder
2021——
5D.ream
Multi-brand restaurant group
—99 mo agoSeries A—2012Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365Windows Server+7—
6Anadolu Efes
One of the leading producer of beer
—116 mo agoPublicCan Caka
CEO
1969Google MapsMicrosoft ASP.NETlit-html+12—
7Tavuk Dunyası
Chain of casual dining restaurant
—126 mo agoLate StageVolkan Mumcu
CEO
2009Windows ServerMicrosoft ASP.NETBootstrap+15—
8Coca-Cola İcecek
Bottles and distributes beverages
—156 mo agoPublicBurak Basarir
CEO
1964Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365Salesforce+11—

Top 9 Food and Agriculture companies in Istanbul

#1
Series A · Atasehir, Istanbul · founded 2020
$4.6Mraised
▾

Processor of coffee waste

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 8k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +2 · hiring: Wastespresso, Business Development Manager
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2023Series A—
  • Jun 2023Series A$3M
  • Sep 2020Seed$1.6M
Founders & team
Kerem AcarCo-FounderCavid BayramliCo-FounderVedat LeviCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Founderone, Erciyas
Tech stack
BootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle AnalyticsGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud Cdn
#2
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2022
$660Kraised
▾

Developer of a multi-brand cloud kitchen software system designed to manage various franchise brands and cloud kitchens and to provide service using data, technology and recipes. The company's software system specializes in turning an existing shop into a cloud kitchen or starting a new cloud kitchen, enabling clients to reach new customers by maintaining their current operation with new food types and minimizing waste by adding variety to their operation.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2023Seed$660K
Founders & team
A Harun OzdemirCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
hiVC, B4YO Capital, Inveo Ventures
Tech stack
Core-JsEmotionFacebook PixelGodaddyGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Workspace
#3
Seed · Maslak, Istanbul · founded 2019 · 14 employees
$750Kraised
▾

Internet first brand of spices, cookies, chocolate & protein mixes

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2022Seed$750K
Founders & team
Tolga TuncsavCo-Founder - Manager
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesCart FunctionalityCloudflareCore-JsFacebook Pixel
#4
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2021
$133.6Kraised
▾

Internet first brand offering snacks

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2022Seed$133.6K
Founders & team
Merve YetisCo-FounderBerkan MiflehCo-Founder
Investors
Lima Ventures
#5
Series A · Besiktas, Istanbul · founded 2012 · 8500 employees
—raised
▾

Multi-brand restaurant group

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2018Series A—
Investors
Metric Capital
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailAzureBootstrapCloudflareGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#6
Public · Umraniye, Istanbul · founded 1969 · 18724 employees
—raised
▾

One of the leading producer of beer

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 361k LinkedIn followers — 35.3% of this cohort's audience
Founders & team
Can CakaCEOTuncay OzilhanCEO
Investors
AB InBev
Tech stack
BootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsFancyboxGoogle MapsHsts
#7
Late Stage · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2009 · 543 employees
—raised
▾

Operator of a fast-casual dining restaurant chain in Cyprus, Turkey and Russia. The company operates a chain of restaurants that serve a chicken-focused menu including delicate chicken, scalloped pasta and crispy Mediterranean salad, thereby providing a unique menu at affordable prices that appeal to broad consumer tastes and budgets.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 18k LinkedIn followers
Founders & team
Volkan MumcuCEO
Investors
Mediterra Capital, AlpInvest Partners, Oncu Girişim Sermayesi Yatırım Ortaklığı
Tech stack
AosCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerHsts
#8
Public · Umraniye, Istanbul · founded 1964
—raised
▾

Coca-Cola İcecek bottles and distributes beverages. The company operates as a bottler and distributor of The CoCa-Cola company products. It provides bottling services for various products such as carbonated beverages, fruit juice, water, energy and sports drinks, iced tea, and teas. The company serves the customers in Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan.

Founders & team
Burak BasarirCEO
#9
Acquired · Beykoz, Istanbul · founded 1995
—raised
▾

Peyman is a dried fruits brand. Their products include dried fruits such as cashew, almond, hazelnut, walnut, apricots, raisin and more. Their brands include Bahcaden, Dorleo, Citliy and more. The company sells the majority of their products in Beykoz, Istanbul.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 62k LinkedIn followers — 6.1% of this cohort's audience
Founders & team
Oguz YukselirCEO
Investors
Esas, Bridgepoint Capital

Funding & investor landscape

$6.2Mtotal disclosed funding
4companies funded
5disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
ICUBE2 rounds
Mediterra Capital2 rounds
AB InBev1 rounds
AlpInvest Partners1 rounds
Altun Capital1 rounds
B4YO Capital1 rounds
BBVA Momentum1 rounds
Bridgepoint Capital1 rounds
Darby Overseas Investments1 rounds
Diffusion Capital Partners1 rounds

Notable founders

Kerem Acar
Co-Founder · Wastespresso
Cavid Bayramli
Co-Founder · Wastespresso
A Harun Ozdemir
Co-Founder & CEO · Mizanplus Kitchens
Tolga Tuncsav
Co-Founder - Manager · Saf Nutrition
Merve Yetis
Co-Founder · Malty Food
Berkan Mifleh
Co-Founder · Malty Food
Can Caka
CEO · Anadolu Efes
Tuncay Ozilhan
CEO · Anadolu Efes
Volkan Mumcu
CEO · Tavuk Dunyası
Burak Basarir
CEO · Coca-Cola İcecek
Oguz Yukselir
CEO · Peyman
Prism market signals · Turkey · country-scoped Prism corpus, 656,403 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Food and Agriculture coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Turkey

How research on Agritech is moving in Turkey

A read on the academic research around Agritech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 75 Turkey-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
202020242025
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and softening — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 56% → 52% across 2020–2025.
top research entities
  • Atatürk University4
  • Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi4
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University4
  • Bahçeşehir University3
  • Bursa Uludağ Üni̇versi̇tesi̇3
leading researchers
Bahadır Demirel · Cagatay Catal · Muhammad Shahab Alam · Mansoor Alam · Deniz Uztürk · Gülçin Büyüközkan · Abdullah Beyaz · Gürkan A. K. Gürdil
▲ Breakthroughs9 · 12%
▲ 0%→12% share
7 median citations78% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→12% of field), led by Agriculture.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Agriculture4
  • Embedded system2
  • Agricultural engineering2
  • Context (archaeology)1
  • Overfitting1
Landmark Application of machine learning to improve dairy farm management: A systematic literature review · 77 cites
◆ Advancements38 · 51%
▲ 0%→54% share
1 median citations84% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (0%→54% of field), led by Agriculture.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Agriculture1→21
Newly emergingSustainability 0→5
Landmark Changes in Farm Management and Agricultural Activities and Their Effect on Farmers' Satisfaction from Land Consolidation · 41 cites
▼ Concerns12 · 16%
▲ 0%→17% share
3 median citations83% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (0%→17% of field), led by Agriculture.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Agriculture1→9
Landmark Internet of Things and Wireless Sensor Networks for Smart Agriculture Applications: A Survey · 223 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Turkey

Where agritech is researched across Turkey

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Izmir13 · +0.74
Hot · AgricultureOpportunity · Food security
Ankara8 · +0.40
Hot · AgricultureOpportunity · Precision agriculture
Istanbul7 · +0.11
Hot · AgricultureOpportunity · Precision agriculture
Erzurum5 · -0.12
Hot · AgricultureOpportunity · Livestock

Common questions

How many Food and Agriculture companies are there in Istanbul, Turkey?
Radar tracks 63 indexable Food and Agriculture companies headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Food and Agriculture companies in Istanbul, Turkey?
The Food and Agriculture companies in Istanbul, Turkey on this list have raised a combined $6.2M in disclosed equity funding across 4 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Food and Agriculture company in Istanbul, Turkey?
Wastespresso is the highest-funded Food and Agriculture company in Istanbul, Turkey, with $4.6M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Food and Agriculture companies in Istanbul, Turkey are funded?
4 of the 63 Food and Agriculture companies in Istanbul, Turkey on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Food and Agriculture unicorns are there in Istanbul, Turkey?
None of the Food and Agriculture companies in Istanbul, Turkey on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Istanbul, Turkey Food and Agriculture companies?
The most active investors in Istanbul, Turkey Food and Agriculture companies on this list include ICUBE, Mediterra Capital, AB InBev, AlpInvest Partners, Altun Capital.
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