Gülsüm Çıracı is the founding partner of Istanbul Startup Angels, a venture capital firm she established in Istanbul in 2012. See contact routes.
Gülsüm Çıracı is the founding partner of Istanbul Startup Angels, a venture capital firm she established in Istanbul in 2012, and previously served as co-founder and CEO of Startupbootcamp Istanbul from 2014 to 2015. In early 2018, she launched startupfon.com, Turkey’s first early-stage investment platform, which later became the primary vehicle for the firm’s activities under the Startupfon name. Her investment thesis targets very early-stage startups, emphasizing that the team is more critical than product or market at this stage, and requires companies to have already secured VC funding before being listed on the platform. Istanbul Startup Angels (now operating as Startupfon) has invested in over 30 startups, including global success stories like Voscreen, 11Sight, and Pubinno, with a plan to invest €10 million across 60 startups over five years. The firm’s first closing secured €6 million, and it aims to make approximately 20 investments in 2024 through its early-stage funds, including Startupfon Tohum and Startupfon Opportunity. Çıracı has been recognized as one of Turkey’s 30 most influential women in the startup ecosystem, having invested over ₺10 mil
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