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Best Road Transport Tech Companies in Istanbul, Turkey

The 52 best Road Transport Tech companies in Istanbul, Turkey in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: MARTI.

52companies tracked
$44.7Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
11have raised
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Our analysis of 99 Road Transport Tech companies

$54.1b in tracked funding; 86% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.

99companies analysed
86%cloud-native stacks
2024funding peak (by rounds)
15unicorns
2017median founding year
280kcombined LinkedIn audience
59%of audience held by top 3
3companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Road Transport Tech companies in Istanbul

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1MARTI
Platform offering mobility technology that operates a ride hailing service
$27M61 mo agoSeries BAlper Oktem
Co-Founder & CEO
2018WordPress Block EditorwpBakeryWordPress+17—
2Yolcu360
App-based B2C car rental platform
$6M61 mo agoSeries AUmut Yildirim
Co-Founder & CEO
2015WordPressMySQLPHP+18—
3Drive YOYO
Online car rental platform
$6M159 mo agoSeries AYavuz Barkin
Co-Founder & Partner
2012YouTubeMicrosoft ASP.NETBootstrap+15—
4BiTaksi
Mobile Taxi Booking App
$2M157 mo agoSeedMert Salur
Co-Founder
2012Node.jsMUIYouTube+9—
5Volt Lines
SaaS-driven route scheduling software for employee transportation
$2M92 mo agoAcquired—2017WordPressMySQLPHP+24—
6iUGO
Fleet management and mobility data solutions provider
$1M37 mo agoSeedEngin Ozatay
Co-Founder
2015TypeScriptGraphQLUbuntu+181 partnership
7Garajyeri
P2P car rental marketplace
$800K125 mo agoSeedArda Askin
Founder and CEO
2014Squarespace CommerceCart FunctionalitySquarespace+7—
8Miniyol
App-based B2C platform offering car rental services
$547K43 mo agoSeed—2020PleskPHPBootstrap+17—
9Hergele
Provider of comprehensive electric kick scooter sharing management solutions
$273K19 mo agoSeedLal Polater
Co-Founder
2019Wix eCommerceWixSentry+16—

Top 11 Road Transport Tech companies in Istanbul

#1
Seed · Sarıyer, Istanbul · founded 2019 · 13 employees
$272.8Kraised
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Provider of comprehensive electric kick scooter sharing management solutions. The company develops hardware and software-enabled electric kick scooter sharing management systems. It offers software solutions for fleet management and maintenance. Also, it offers customized electric kickscooters to their business needs. Also, it uses various technologies like IoT, etc.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2024Seed$150K
  • Jan 2023Seed$122.8K
Founders & team
Lal PolaterCo-Founder
Investors
Migros, ITU ARI Teknokent, EIT Urban Mobility, Repie GSYO, Investment Readiness Accelerator
#2
Series B · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2018 · 531 employees
$27Mraised
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Platform offering mobility technology that operates a ride hailing service. It is a mobility app operating a ride-hailing service that offers multiple transportation options to its riders. It enables users to find and book the nearby available scooters through the app by scanning the QR code. Users can rent vehicles by providing location, user details, payment details, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 120k LinkedIn followers — 43.0% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • 2021Series B—
  • Jul 2020Series B$25M
  • Jun 2019Series A$2M
Founders & team
Alper OktemCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
212 Vc, Wamda Capital, EBRD, Endeavor, THCAP, AlleyCorp
Tech stack
AdjustAmazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerBootstrap
#3
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2015 · 18 employees
$1Mraised
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iUGO is a provider of fleet management and mobility data solutions. The solution collects road & vehicle data via the myIUGO device (which is connected to OBD port). Through the predictive algorithms powered modeling and analysis of this data, the company provides solutions for behavioral trend analysis, onboard event identification, driving assistance, fleet management, driver training, and more. Caters to car leasing companies, insurance telemetry companies, and drivers. Clients include CAT, SGS, Unilever, Lilly among others.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 573 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. iUGO) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2023Seed$1M
Founders & team
Engin OzatayCo-FounderEvrim OzatayCo-FounderEvren OzatayCEO
Investors
Otokoc Otomotiv
Tech stack
ApolloCdnjsCloudflareEmotionGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#4
Series A · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2015 · 124 employees
$6Mraised
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Yolcu360 is an app-based B2C rental marketplace for cars. Their app enables users to search & book on-demand car rentals after providing relevant details. Car owners can list their cars for rent, and market them to prospective clients. Their app is available for Android & iOS devices.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 19k LinkedIn followers — 6.9% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: ihtiyaçlardan
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2021Series A$6M
Founders & team
Umut YildirimCo-Founder & CEO
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCore-JsElement UiElementor
#5
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2020 · 18 employees
$546.7Kraised
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App-based B2C platform offering car rental services. Users can book the car through the app by providing their location, personal details, license details, and more. The platform connects different car rental shops to users through the platform.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2022Seed$546.7K
Tech stack
BootstrapCloudflareCore-JsCriteoFacebook PixelGoogle Analytics
#6
Series A · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2012 · 7 employees
$5.5Mraised
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YOYO is an online car rental platform. It's a membership-based organization that provides self-service vehicle use by the hour or by the day. The Company places vehicles in convenient parking spaces throughout major metropolitan areas & universities. Their app is available for iOS & Android devices.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2013Series A$5.5M
Founders & team
Yavuz BarkinCo-Founder & Partner
Investors
Partner Fleet
Tech stack
BootstrapCdnjsCloudflareCore-JsFacebook PixelFont Awesome
#7
Acquired · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2017 · 55 employees
$1.6Mraised
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VoltLines is a SaaS-driven route scheduling software for employee transportation. The platform enables enterprises to reserve seats for daily employee transportation. It also offers an HR web app for enterprises that enables them to track buses, gain insights, add/remove employees & more. Their app is available for iOS & Android devices.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 22k LinkedIn followers — 7.8% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: FP&A Manager
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2018Seed$1.3M
  • Aug 2018Seed$330.3K
Investors
Dubai Angel Investors, Middle East Venture Partners, Hedef Filo, AC Ventures, Wamda Capital, Hub71
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAnt DesignBootstrapEnvoyGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#8
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2012 · 104 employees
$2Mraised
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BiTaksi is a taxi calling app connecting users directly with drivers, which allows users to book and pay taxis from their smartphone or on the web. BiTaksi is available on iOS and Android. Having registered over 5,000 taxis and 325,000 downloads in its first ten months, BiTaksi is currently available in Istanbul and will be expanding to other cities.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers — 3.7% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2013Angel$2M
Founders & team
Mert SalurCo-FounderNazim SalurFounderTurancan SalurCo-Founder
Investors
Aslanoba Capital
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAws Certificate ManagerEmotionGoogle MapsGoogle WorkspaceNext.Js
#9
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2014 · 6 employees
$800Kraised
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On Garajyeri owners register and list their vehicle. The users also have to provide personal documentation such tC, telephone, iban, email, and license information. Garajyeri inspects and approves the vehicle before making it available for rent. Car owners set Hourly or daily car rental car prices via an open marketplace model. The car is insured by Garajyeri during the duration of the rental. Payment for the same can be made online on the site,

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2016Angel$800K
Founders & team
Arda AskinFounder and CEO
Investors
Hummingbird Ventures, Doga Girisim
Tech stack
TypescriptGoogle MapsAngularGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle AnalyticsCloudflare Browser Insights
#10
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2022 · 8 employees
—raised
▾

App-based car pooling platform. Drivers can can create a ride and share a car with your own vehicle. Passengers can create a travel request and share a ride. Their app is available for both Android and iOS devices.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2023Seed—
Founders & team
Berat TemelCo-FounderOnur CelikCo-Founder
Investors
Startupbootcamp
#11
Deadpooled · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2016
—raised
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Parkkolay is a mobile app that brings together people who want to park their cars and parking lot owners. This application allows car owners to see the price of the parking spaces, real-time user ratio of each car park, make parking lot reservation and call valets wherever they are. App is available for both iOS and Android platform.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2016Seed—
Founders & team
Busra BaydanCo-FounderMurat KutukCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Istanbul Startup Angels, Nexus Ventures

Funding & investor landscape

$44.7Mtotal disclosed funding
9companies funded
12disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Crescent Enterprises2 rounds
Cube Incubation2 rounds
KWORKS2 rounds
Wamda Capital2 rounds
212 Vc1 rounds
AC Ventures1 rounds
Actera Group1 rounds
Adapt Ventures1 rounds
AlleyCorp1 rounds
Altun Capital1 rounds

Notable founders

Lal Polater
Co-Founder · Hergele
Alper Oktem
Co-Founder & CEO · MARTI
Engin Ozatay
Co-Founder · iUGO
Evrim Ozatay
Co-Founder · iUGO
Umut Yildirim
Co-Founder & CEO · Yolcu360
Yavuz Barkin
Co-Founder & Partner · Drive YOYO
Mert Salur
Co-Founder · BiTaksi
Nazim Salur
Founder · BiTaksi
Arda Askin
Founder and CEO · Garajyeri
Berat Temel
Co-Founder · Pooly
Onur Celik
Co-Founder · Pooly
Busra Baydan
Co-Founder · Parkkolay
Prism market signals · Turkey · country-scoped Prism corpus, 527,109 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Road Transport 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 autonomous vehicles

28 papersstance +0.3015% breakthrough25% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
local research themes
Autonomous Vehicle Technology and SafetyTransportation and Mobility InnovationsTransportation Planning and OptimizationMarine and environmental studiesVehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications
top institutions
  • Istanbul Technical University17
  • Istanbul University6
  • Istanbul Commerce University2
  • Istanbul Medeniyet University2
  • Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa2

Common questions

How many Road Transport Tech companies are there in Istanbul, Turkey?
Radar tracks 52 indexable Road Transport Tech companies headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Road Transport Tech companies in Istanbul, Turkey?
The Road Transport Tech companies in Istanbul, Turkey on this list have raised a combined $44.7M in disclosed equity funding across 9 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Road Transport Tech company in Istanbul, Turkey?
MARTI is the highest-funded Road Transport Tech company in Istanbul, Turkey, with $27M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Road Transport Tech companies in Istanbul, Turkey are funded?
9 of the 52 Road Transport Tech companies in Istanbul, Turkey on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Road Transport Tech unicorns are there in Istanbul, Turkey?
None of the Road Transport 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 Road Transport Tech companies?
The most active investors in Istanbul, Turkey Road Transport Tech companies on this list include Crescent Enterprises, Cube Incubation, KWORKS, Wamda Capital, 212 Vc.
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