Best Security & Surveillance Technology Companies in Istanbul, Turkey
The 36 best Security & Surveillance Technology companies in Istanbul, Turkey in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Vispera.
Our analysis of 50 Security & Surveillance Technology companies
$4.8b in tracked funding; 91% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Security & Surveillance Technology companies in Istanbul
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vispera Provider of image recognition based retail execution and tracking services for grocery retailers to enhance… | $8M | 29 mo ago | Series A | — | 2014 | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365Zoho+9 | — |
| 2 | iUGO Fleet management and mobility data solutions provider | $1M | 39 mo ago | Seed | Engin Ozatay Co-Founder | 2015 | TypeScriptGraphQLUbuntu+18 | 1 partnership |
| 3 | Eyedius Provider of AI and facial recognition-based access control and surveillance solutions | $312K | 105 mo ago | Funding Raised | Serdar Yılmaz Co-Founder | 2017 | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | — |
| 4 | Monicont Provider of smart energy monitoring and metering solutions for micro grid | — | 86 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2017 | — | — |
| 5 | Indoora Provider of app-based indoor location-based tracking solutions | — | 122 mo ago | Seed | Emrah Deniz Kunt Co Founder | 2013 | — | — |
| 6 | Ayvos Developer of motion detection and image sensing products | — | — | Unfunded | Eray Hangul Co-Founder | 2015 | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+26 | — |
| 7 | AYVOS Provider of AI-based solutions for the retail industry | — | — | Unfunded | Eray Hangul Co-Founder | 2020 | — | — |
| 8 | BM Mobil Provider of softwrae solutions for vehicle tracking | — | — | Unfunded | Berker Ortanc Founder | 2000 | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | — |
Top 5 Security & Surveillance Technology companies in Istanbul
#1
Series A · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2014 · 109 employees$8.4Mraised▾
Provider of image recognition based retail execution and tracking services for grocery retailers to enhance field effectiveness. It provides image recognition-based retail execution and tracking services to grocery retailers, allowing to enhance the performance of the field operations.
- Apr 2024Series A$500K
- Aug 2023Series A$250K
- May 2020Series A—
- Nov 2017Series A$1.2M
#2
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2015 · 18 employees$1Mraised▾
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.
- Jun 2023Seed$1M
#3
Funding Raised · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2017 · 14 employees$312Kraised▾
Provider of AI and facial recognition-based access control and surveillance solutions. Its products portfolio includes a mobile application that provides access control solutions based on facial recognition by using smartphones camera. It also offers a monitoring solution by analyzing the camera footage, and a real-time warning by monitoring and interpreting the footage.
- Dec 2017Grant (prize money)$312K
#4
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.
- Jul 2019Grant (prize money)—
#5
Seed · Istanbul, Istanbul · founded 2013 · 4 employees—raised▾
Provider of app-based indoor location-based tracking solutions. It provides users with a cross-platform, cloud-based positioning solution using Bluetooth signals. It also provides an SDK for developers to create custom applications.
- Jul 2016Seed—
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funding rising · growth rising
What Istanbul researches in cybersecurity
- Istanbul Technical University12
- Istanbul University5
- Istanbul Aydın University4
- Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa4
- Istanbul Medipol University4
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