Alpaslan Kaya

Entrepreneur * Honorary Consul * Order of Merit of Hungary *

📍 Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey🔄 Updated September 2026💼 14 investments📅 28 years investing🗓 Last invested May 2022
Operator-angel🌍 Turkey
14
Total investments
6
Early stage
2
Mid stage
1
Late stage
28y
Years active

Portfolio

11 investments · sorted by recency
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Shareholder
May 2022
Procenne was founded in Istanbul in 2013 as an R&D center to provide critical high-tech products in the Digital Security market. Procenne is also a manufacturer of Turkey's first commercial Hardware Security Module, ProCrypt HSM device, providing a high level of security in banking transactions, digital transformation applications and general data protection. The ProCrypt HSM Product family enables high-speed data encryption, decryption and other cryptographic operations with its hardware-based architecture and can be used in large enterprises due to its compact and scalable structure. Besides having ISO27001, ISO14001, and ISO9001 certificates, received the first internationally recognized Common Criteria EAL4 + certification. By 2021, it has completed the PCI certification for HSM Product family. Along with ProCrypt HSM Product family, Procenne also offers high-technology solutions such as CryptAway - HSM Management and Cloud Software and EndCrypt - In-App Protection.
Shareholder and Advisor Board Member
Apr 2022
New age all-online interior design platform | Yeni doğan bir flamingo yavrusu gri renklidir. Eğer yeterli miktarda karoten zengini yiyecekler yiyebilirse, muhteşem renkli flamingolardan birine dönüşür. İlhamını flamingolardan alan ‘Flamingio’, mekanların kişiye özel en muhteşem hallerine dönüşebilmesini sağlamak için kuruldu. Burada tüm kullanıcılar, tasarımcılar ve mobilya/dekorasyon firmaları aynı çatı altında ve tüm iç mimari hizmetler sanal ortamda yürütülüyor. Lüks kavramı kalkıyor, sabit ücret tarifeleri ile sürprizlerin önüne geçiliyor ve profesyoneller ile iletişim kolaylaşıyor. Geriye sadece ne istediğimize karar vermek ve hayal ettiğimiz mekana kavuşmak kalıyor. 'E-designer'​ olarak iç mimariyi teknolojiye adapte etmek isteyen iç mimarlar, doğru hizmete en kısa yoldan ulaşmak isteyen kullanıcılar ve ürünlerini geniş bir kitle ile paylaşmak isteyen mobilya/dekorasyon firmaları; Flamingio artık hazır. Tasarımın zevki, hızı ve kolaylığının keyfini çıkarın!
Shareholder and Advisor Board Member
Mar 2022
𝗗𝗢𝗠𝗶𝗡𝗢 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 is a venture capital fund focusing on 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵, 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗲-𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁-𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀 with strong origins in 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲, 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘂𝘀. We are operating worldwide from our offices in 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺, 𝗜𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗯𝘂𝗹, 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻, 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗻, 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘄, 𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗮, 𝗧𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗸𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗧𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗶 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝗸𝘂. We are backing founders who are solving new problems of the modern world in 𝗔𝗜, 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵, 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵, 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵, 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵, 𝗛𝗥𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵, 𝗘𝗱𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵, 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵, 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀, with the ambition to create a 𝗗𝗢𝗠𝗶𝗡𝗢 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲.
Shareholder and Advisor Board Member
Feb 2022
Tion Sigorta, geleneksel sigortacılığı uçtan uca dijital imkanlar ile harmanlayarak yepyeni bir sigortacılık deneyimi sunmak üzere yola çıkıyor.
early stageInsurance
Shareholder
Jul 2020
We make technology easily accessible to customers, creating and managing the most productive and efficient service chain for them while providing the newest technologies and operational service support to the payment systems environment. Dgpays is Visa/Mastercard/Troy certified processor also PCI-DSS compliant and authorized processor. Largest Prepaid Platform : Processing Turkey’s largest Prepaid Platform Largest MNO : Payment Systems Services with largest MNO in Turkey, Largest Transportation Operator : Alternative Distribution Channels Services to Turkey’s largest Transportation Operator Largest Governmental Operator : Operational Services to Turkey’s largest Governmental Organization Dgpays provides not only the technological part of the digital solutions but also the operational support at every product and consultancy service as well. Payment Processing : Debit Card, Credit Card, Prepaid Card, ATM, POS, Virtual Cards, Closed Loop Cards Enterprise Banking Tech. : Core Banking Processors, Online & Mobile Banking CRM, Transportation Solutions, Mobile Application (Wallet), Contactless Payment HCE, Loyalty, Mobile POS, Loan Origination Services, AML, Compliance, Fraud Management, ID Verification Digital Fintech Platforms : Blockchain and Asset Tokenization, Credit Data / Protection, Personal Financial Management, Challenger Banks, Card Storage, Private Payment Schema, Credibility Scoring Operations Services : Fraud Monitoring, Charge Back Operations, Certification Services, Visa/Mastercard Consultancy, BackOffice Operations, CRM Campaign Management, Reporting Services, Clearing & Settlement
Shareholder
Jul 2020
At Digipays, we are dedicated to transforming businesses with innovative and reliable IT solutions. As an IT services provider, we specialize in delivering customized technology solutions that drive efficiency, enhance security, and foster growth across various industries.
Shareholder
Jun 2019
We are a UK based Venture Capital, aiming to help startups with financial support and network to create stories of success.
Shareholder
Jun 2019
Colendi is a multifunctional banking as a service platform that democratizes banking services for consumers, merchants, and financial institutions to overcome the limitations associated with legacy banking. Colendi is moving forward with the goal of solving a chronic financial problem that directly affects more than three billion people who do not have bank accounts and more than five billion people who cannot get loans. Colendi develops unique services based on scoring algorithms, combining new generation financial technology solutions utilizing artificial intelligence and big data. Together with its platform partners and strategic business allies, Colendi provides fast and easy access to loans with buy-now-pay-later model as well as other distinct financial services to 7M users as of today. By increasing users literacy level, Colendi helps them save through micro-investment platforms.
Shareholder
Aug 2016
TimeLooper is a 360-degree location-based virtual reality mobile platform and app that lets visitors re-live iconic moments from historical & cultural sites around the world. Every year millions of people choose to travel to historic destinations all around the world to get a first hand look at times past. With TimeLooper, these ordinary travel experiences are transformed into wholly immersive, multi-sensory and unforgettable mobile experiences. TimeLooper is the first platform of its kind in a new virtual reality category called "educultural entertainment."​ A mobile location-based time travel platform and app, TimeLooper transports visitors right to the heart of the iconic moments in history through 360° virtual reality videos. The location-based app propels visitors into the stories behind the places by recreating historic moments and cultures through visual restorations of architectural structures, past societies and people, period costumes and historical relics. With simply a smartphone, visitors can observe authentic cultures of past societies and re-live monumental events in a deeply connected and emotional way.
Partner and Board Member
Apr 2016
İstanbul şehir hayatında 1 numara olmak için yola çıktık.
Partner and Board Member
Jan 1998
Kayalar Bakır Alaşımları San. ve Tic. A.Ş. was founded in 1965. Since the date of its foundation, the company has acquired a first - class name for its quality product. The main reason for this reputation is based upon the Company's modern approach to the exacting technical demands of copper alloys products such as strips, sheets, thin plates and coin blanks for present day industries of Automotive, Electronic, Electrical, textile, Defense and Mints.
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2022
Shareholder
May 2022
Procenne was founded in Istanbul in 2013 as an R&D center to provide critical high-tech products in the Digital Security market. Procenne is also a manufacturer of Turkey's first commercial Hardware Security Module, ProCrypt HSM device, providing a high level of security in banking transactions, digital transformation applications and general data protection. The ProCrypt HSM Product family enables high-speed data encryption, decryption and other cryptographic operations with its hardware-based architecture and can be used in large enterprises due to its compact and scalable structure. Besides having ISO27001, ISO14001, and ISO9001 certificates, received the first internationally recognized Common Criteria EAL4 + certification. By 2021, it has completed the PCI certification for HSM Product family. Along with ProCrypt HSM Product family, Procenne also offers high-technology solutions such as CryptAway - HSM Management and Cloud Software and EndCrypt - In-App Protection.
Shareholder and Advisor Board Member
Apr 2022
New age all-online interior design platform | Yeni doğan bir flamingo yavrusu gri renklidir. Eğer yeterli miktarda karoten zengini yiyecekler yiyebilirse, muhteşem renkli flamingolardan birine dönüşür. İlhamını flamingolardan alan ‘Flamingio’, mekanların kişiye özel en muhteşem hallerine dönüşebilmesini sağlamak için kuruldu. Burada tüm kullanıcılar, tasarımcılar ve mobilya/dekorasyon firmaları aynı çatı altında ve tüm iç mimari hizmetler sanal ortamda yürütülüyor. Lüks kavramı kalkıyor, sabit ücret tarifeleri ile sürprizlerin önüne geçiliyor ve profesyoneller ile iletişim kolaylaşıyor. Geriye sadece ne istediğimize karar vermek ve hayal ettiğimiz mekana kavuşmak kalıyor. 'E-designer'​ olarak iç mimariyi teknolojiye adapte etmek isteyen iç mimarlar, doğru hizmete en kısa yoldan ulaşmak isteyen kullanıcılar ve ürünlerini geniş bir kitle ile paylaşmak isteyen mobilya/dekorasyon firmaları; Flamingio artık hazır. Tasarımın zevki, hızı ve kolaylığının keyfini çıkarın!
Shareholder and Advisor Board Member
Mar 2022
𝗗𝗢𝗠𝗶𝗡𝗢 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 is a venture capital fund focusing on 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵, 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗲-𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁-𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀 with strong origins in 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲, 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘂𝘀. We are operating worldwide from our offices in 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺, 𝗜𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗯𝘂𝗹, 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻, 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗻, 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘄, 𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗮, 𝗧𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗸𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗧𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗶 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝗸𝘂. We are backing founders who are solving new problems of the modern world in 𝗔𝗜, 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵, 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵, 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵, 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵, 𝗛𝗥𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵, 𝗘𝗱𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵, 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵, 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀, with the ambition to create a 𝗗𝗢𝗠𝗶𝗡𝗢 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲.
Founder and CEO
Feb 2022
Ramrock Ventures is an London-based international investment firm that specialized in investing in innovative startups at the seed and early stage, and providing strategic advisory services to the startups, investors and capital funds. Unlike venture groups that only provide monetary investment, Ramrock Ventures works to make sure all their investments are backed by resources and strategic partnerships that ensure success. Our main activity areas are; Investing early-stage startup Providing direct access to the high-growth potential startups and projects for investors and managing all the processes Partnership with other bigger Ventures and Funds.
Shareholder and Advisor Board Member
Feb 2022
Tion Sigorta, geleneksel sigortacılığı uçtan uca dijital imkanlar ile harmanlayarak yepyeni bir sigortacılık deneyimi sunmak üzere yola çıkıyor.
early stageInsurance
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