Genco Alp

Startup Advisor & Founder Coach - 2 Exits - 40M $ Raised - 25 Years - I help founders to navigate safely to harbor

📍 Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey🔄 Updated September 2026💼 8 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Sep 2022𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Angel Investor
Sep 2022
SuperGears Games is a game studio founded by game industry veterans Yasin & Yakup Demirden brothers in Istanbul in January 2022. It is established with the vision of sharing the founders experience of more than 20 years in the field of PC game development with the mobile game industry. The company focuses on the mobile racing genre with a new franchise.
Angel Investor
Oct 2019
Sarmal, Inc. is a genomics company developing next generation innovations in sequencing and advanced target sequence detection FLASH Sequencing A single molecule, DNA sequencing technology that, for the first time, can achieve unlimited read lengths. This technology transforms the the field of genomics by achieving whole genome sequencing with a cost of well under $100 dollars per genome using low-cost devices, and game-changing low error rates. DeTaiL Platform A portable, field deployable nucleic acid based diagnostic platform, that will that achieve cost-effective gold-standard specificity and sensitivity in five minutes - sample-to-answer. This makes possible the profound goal of screening large population a reality.
Angel Investor
Jan 2019
Chooch is a leading Vision AI platform that combines Generative AI and Computer Vision to help businesses automate repetitive, manual visual review tasks, making searching video data more efficient and allowing businesses to reallocate human resources to higher value activities. Choochs ImageChat Generative AI can systematically query using prompt technology video and image data to monitor for specific visuals or actions and send real-time alerts when detected to initiate further action. Chooch is being used across many different applications including detecting retail theft, monitoring workplace safety, detecting weapons, monitoring self-check out, digital asset management, and more. Visit chooch.com to learn more.
Angel Investor
Feb 2018
MenaPay stands for connecting consumers with the digital economy focusing on the unbanked population. MenaPay is the first, fully backed and blockchain based non-bank mobile payment solution and Super Application in the Middle East & Africa region digitalizing cash through a network of offline & online resellers. MenaPay focuses on becoming the digital bank of the region with the vision of connecting new potential consumers with the digital economy. Established in Dubai-UAE by well-known business leaders, MenaPay creates a gateway for the merchants all over the world to onboard the potential consumers in the MENA region. MenaPay offers mobile payment solution with a stable cryptocurrency and SuperApp including different financial instruments and entertainment solutions all in one application for both payment and non-payment purposes as well. MenaPay Platform digitalizes cash with a stable cryptocurrency called MenaCash which has the opportunity to become most commonly used digital currency across the region. The platform on a blockchain caters perfectly well to a society who does not use banks but at the same time opts for a multi- financial solution which is compliant to the Islamic Finance rules. Furthermore, MenaPay creates a fully transparent structure through a perfect use of blockchain technology to serve more than 400 million people across 18 countries, as their primary payment method.
Angel Investor
Jan 2018
DeepZen turns your text into audio content that’s rich with the emotion, intonation and rhythm of the natural voice by using AI. We produce digital voice solutions for audiobooks, advertising, marketing, brand voices and other types of voice content, including podcasting, gaming and virtual assistants.
Investor
May 2015
Otelz.com is an OTA (online travel agency) based in Istanbul which have more than 18.000 hotels in it's portfolio.
Experience · 14 entries
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2022
Angel Investor
Sep 2022
SuperGears Games is a game studio founded by game industry veterans Yasin & Yakup Demirden brothers in Istanbul in January 2022. It is established with the vision of sharing the founders experience of more than 20 years in the field of PC game development with the mobile game industry. The company focuses on the mobile racing genre with a new franchise.
2019
Angel Investor
Oct 2019
Sarmal, Inc. is a genomics company developing next generation innovations in sequencing and advanced target sequence detection FLASH Sequencing A single molecule, DNA sequencing technology that, for the first time, can achieve unlimited read lengths. This technology transforms the the field of genomics by achieving whole genome sequencing with a cost of well under $100 dollars per genome using low-cost devices, and game-changing low error rates. DeTaiL Platform A portable, field deployable nucleic acid based diagnostic platform, that will that achieve cost-effective gold-standard specificity and sensitivity in five minutes - sample-to-answer. This makes possible the profound goal of screening large population a reality.
Angel Investor
Jan 2019
Chooch is a leading Vision AI platform that combines Generative AI and Computer Vision to help businesses automate repetitive, manual visual review tasks, making searching video data more efficient and allowing businesses to reallocate human resources to higher value activities. Choochs ImageChat Generative AI can systematically query using prompt technology video and image data to monitor for specific visuals or actions and send real-time alerts when detected to initiate further action. Chooch is being used across many different applications including detecting retail theft, monitoring workplace safety, detecting weapons, monitoring self-check out, digital asset management, and more. Visit chooch.com to learn more.
2018
Devacell Inc
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Jun 2018
Innovations Lab Inc
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Mar 2018
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