Best Life Sciences Companies in Istanbul, Turkey
The 61 best Life Sciences companies in Istanbul, Turkey in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: RS Research.
Our analysis of 576 Life Sciences companies
$91.7b in tracked funding; 70% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Life Sciences companies in Istanbul
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RS Research Developer of targeted therapies using polymer-drug conjugates for drug delivery | $13M | 30 mo ago | Series A | — | 2015 | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | — |
| 2 | Tarabios Developer of self diagnostic device for blood coagulation time | $4M | 64 mo ago | Seed | Hasan Urey CEO | 2019 | — | — |
| 3 | BioCapSol Focuses on extraction of biological content from plants | $648K | 83 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2016 | — | — |
| 4 | GlakoLens Developer of non-invasive diagnostic to monitor intraocular pressure in glaucoma | $520K | 72 mo ago | Seed | Gunhan Dundar Co-Founder & Board Member | 2017 | — | — |
| 5 | MITOS Medical Technologies Developer of microwave breast tomography for image diagnosis | $282K | 98 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2010 | — | — |
| 6 | Elektrosens Provider of cloud-based sweat analyzing biosensors | $56K | 80 mo ago | Funding Raised | Fatma Kesik Co-Founder | 2016 | — | — |
| 7 | Asset Medikal Provider of Portfolio of medical infusion disposable devices | — | 120 mo ago | Late Stage | Fusun Unal Tuysuz Founder | 2009 | — | — |
| 8 | Ortopro Orthopedic and trauma implants | — | 168 mo ago | Acquired | Mehmet Ozkan MD & CEO | 2002 | BootstrapLiteSpeedSlider Revolution+7 | — |
Top 8 Life Sciences companies in Istanbul
#1
Series A · Pendik, Istanbul · founded 2015 · 19 employees$13.2Mraised▾
Developer of targeted therapies using polymer-drug conjugates for drug delivery. The company focuses on improving therapeutic index across payloads with active targeting and optimized pharmacokinetics. It addresses the efficacy-toxicity trade-off in oncology. The company's technology uses clinically validated polymer-drug conjugates. It designs tumor-targeted prodrugs to enhance the therapeutic index of docetaxel.
- Jan 2024Grant (prize money)$40.7K
- Dec 2021Series A$12M
- Apr 2017Seed$1.2M
- Jan 2016Grant (prize money)$171K
#2
Seed · Sarıyer, Istanbul · founded 2019$3.5Mraised▾
Developer of coagulation monitoring systems intended to improve the efficiency of healthcare professionals and patients' quality of life. The company provides a PoC coagulometer, a hand-held device that performs individual tests on fresh (or citrated) whole blood, helping patients with a self-care home monitoring device at their ease.
#3
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2017 · 13 employees$520.2Kraised▾
Developer of contact lens-based biosensor technology designed for intraocular pressure and glaucoma management. The company's technology offers non-invasive continuous intraocular pressure diagnostics and monitoring devices to accurately diagnose and passively monitor fluctuations in IOP by measuring certain properties of the eye, enabling doctors to effectively treat glaucoma using various monitoring devices that offer insights.
#4
Deadpooled · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2016 · 5 employees$648.2Kraised▾
BioCapSol engages in extracting biological content from plants and vegetables to provide active ingredient as a function of time, temperature, chemical and physical conditions based on encapsulation technology. Its product portfolio ranges from biological extracts (food coloring and Lycopene) to functional additives (functionalized capsules).
- Aug 2019Grant (prize money)$55.4K
- Aug 2016Seed$592.8K
#5
Funding Raised · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2010 · 10 employees$282.5Kraised▾
Mitos Medikal develops a patented microwave breast tomography device for image diagnosis. It uses radio waves and strong magnetic fields to make images of the inside body. This method utilizes the amount of absorption energy of different types of tissues. When used with soft tissue like breast, contrast chemical liquid is injected to provide images.
- May 2018Grant (prize money)$282.5K
#6
Funding Raised · Esenler, Istanbul · founded 2016 · 3 employees$56Kraised▾
Provider of cloud-based sweat analyzing biosensors. It offers sweat-based glucose monitoring devices for people with diabetes. It monitors and sends blood correlated sweat glucose data to a cloud-integrated mobile application. It allows the patients to track their glucose level continuously. It also enables doctors to monitor their patients remotely.
- Nov 2019Grant (prize money)$56K
#7
Late Stage · Kucukcekmece, Istanbul · founded 2009 · 33 employees—raised▾
Provider of Portfolio of medical infusion disposable devices. The disposable infusion devices include FlowArt Ven Valves IV, which removes needle and lid used in the treatment and preventing contamination with blood, FlowArt Serum Bacteria Filters IV, which removes air with liquid spores, bacteria, fungi, and fungi during treatment, FlowArt Bag, and Vinyl Adapters, which provides clean use of drug vials with reusable serum bottles and bags.
- 2016PE—
#8
Acquired · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2002 · 110 employees—raised▾
Ortopro produces medical devices for Orthopedics, Trauma, and Neurosurgery. Its orthopedic portfolio includes a variety of implants for Hip and Knee surgeries, Cement, and External fixators. The company sells its the products in 32 countries in 4 continents including Germany, Sweden, Poland, Great Britain, Greece, Argentina, Mexico, Jordan, Egypt, China.
- 2012PE—
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- Istanbul University14
- Istanbul Medipol University11
- Istanbul Technical University10
- Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa5
- Istanbul Medeniyet University4
- Cancer2
- Vimentin1
- Transcriptome1
- Motility1
- Phosphorylation1
- Cell culture6
- Fermentation5
- Viability assay5
- Cytotoxicity3
- In silico2
- Agriculture2
- Animal model1
- Protozoal disease1
- Lung disease1
- Antibiotic resistance1
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