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Founders in Istanbul who just went stealth

10 founders in Istanbul started a company in stealth in the last 15 weeks.

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Mercan Yıldırım

Founder, Exploring
Left
Panoplai
Digital Marketing Manager
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Digital Marketing Manager at Panoplai2024-2025 · left Feb 2025
  • Digital Marketing Manager at Village Studio Games2023-2023
  • Digital Marketing Manager at Aspire Marketing Group2022-2023
  • Digital Marketing Manager at Kash.io2021-2022
  • Founder at Cadı Moda2018-2020
  • Digital Marketing Manager at Master Housing2017-2017
  • Viral Content Creator at Onedio.com2016-2017
Education
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical UniversityBS
  • Binghamton UniversityBS
  • ODTÜ Geliştirme Vakfı Okulları

Buğrahan Özkır

Co-Founder
Left
BOM Studio LTD
Partner
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Partner at BOM Studio LTD2024-2025 · left Jul 2025
  • Corporate Entrepreneurship at QNBEYOND2024-2024
  • Innovation at Borusan Boru2022-2023
  • Researcher at KUAR: Koç University- Arçelik Research Center for Creative Industries2021-2022
  • Exchange Student at AFS Intercultural Programs2018-2019
  • Co-Founder at KriptoKart2018-2018
Education
  • Koç UniversityUndergraduate
  • Kispest Deák Ferenc GimnaziumSenior Student

Ozgur Unlu

Founder
Left
Stonki.AI
CMO (exit to investing.com)
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • CMO (exit to investing.com) at Stonki.AI2025-2026 · left Apr 2026
  • Chief Marketing Officer, Turkey at Amazon2019-2020
  • Co-founder at Gustofis2017-2019
  • Head of Digital Marketing - Turkey at HSBC2013-2013
  • Vice President, Digital Communications at Akbank2010-2013
  • Product Strategist, EMEA New Advertising Products at Google2006-2010
  • Software Developer / Head of Support Team at Retromedya2003-2006
Education
  • Tarsus American CollegeDiploma
  • Bogazici UniversityMA
  • Middle East Technical UniversityBS

Ece Çamcı

Founder
Left
Samsung Electronics
Senior Professional Product Strategy & Innovation
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Senior Professional Product Strategy & Innovation at Samsung Electronics2025-2025 · left Jan 2025
  • Program Lead (AI Ecosystem) at Google2023-2025
  • Digital Channels Product Manager (Transformation & Growth) at BELBİM Elektronik Para ve Ödeme Hizmetleri A.Ş.2021-2023
  • Business Development Manager - Enterprise Location Intelligence Solutions at Boni Global2019-2021
  • Product Manager - EdTech Platform at Enocta2015-2017
  • Summer Intern - Professional Development Team (Finance) at Turkcell2013-2013
  • Business Intern (Industrial Engineering) at The Coca-Cola Company2013-2013
Education
  • Utrecht UniversityBachelor's
  • Yeditepe ÜniversitesiBE
  • Harvard UniversityCertificate

Doruk Ertuna

Co-Founder
Left
Robert College Student Council
Level Representative
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Level Representative at Robert College Student Council2024-2025 · left Jul 2025
  • Finance Intern at Sarten Ambalaj San. ve Tic. A.Ş.2025-2025
  • Member at Robert College Business Society2023-2025
  • Member at Junior Achievement of Robert College2022-2024
Education
  • Erasmus University RotterdamBachelor's
  • Robert College

Sarp Oflazoglu

Co-Founder
Left
Printify
Strategic Finance
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Strategic Finance at Printify2022-2023 · left Dec 2023
  • Strategy Manager at Trilogy2022-2022
  • Associate - M&A at System One2018-2020
  • Corporate Banking - Summer Analyst Intern at Yapı Kredi2016-2016
  • Product Development at Aegon2016-2016
Education
  • Syracuse UniversityBS
  • The Koç School

Goktug Okan Oguz

Founder
Left
HG Internet & Danışmanlık
Consultant - Digital Transformation
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Consultant - Digital Transformation at HG Internet & Danışmanlık2014-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Executive Board Member, Marketing at Champs2024-2026
  • Chief Marketing Officer at Monster Notebook2020-2023
  • General Manager at Audioteka Türkiye2018-2020
  • General Manager at Audioteka.com2018-2020
  • CEO at Coiny.io2018-2018
  • Senior Partnership Manager at HotelsCombined.com2017-2017
Education
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi3rd
  • Yeditepe ÜniversitesiMBA
  • Kabatas Erkek Lisesi

Ömer Cem Batırel

Co-Founder
Left
Kant Akademi
Academic Coach
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Academic Coach at Kant Akademi2025-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Intern at QNB Türkiye2026-2026
Education
  • Boğaziçi ÜniversitesiBachelor's
  • Boğaziçi UniversityMinor
  • Haydarpaşa Lisesi

Beliz Varol

Founder
Left
Dream Games
Senior Product Specialist
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Senior Product Specialist at Dream Games2024-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Marketing Intern at Eli Lilly and Company2023-2024
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant at Boğaziçi University2021-2023
  • Research And Development Intern at Aygaz2022-2022
  • Process Development Intern at SOCAR Türkiye2022-2022
Education
  • İSTEK Bilge Kağan Fen Lisesi
  • Boğaziçi University
  • Università degli Studi di Padova

Ali Nebi Dal

Founder
Left
Model G-20 Zirvesi
PR Member
Before thatNone listed
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • PR Member at Model G-20 Zirvesi2024-2026 · until Jul 2026
Education
  • Istanbul Cagaloglu Anadolu Lisesi

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Crustdata tracks hundreds of millions of professional profiles. This directory is one saved search: "current title includes founder, current company is Stealth", re-run every week. Point the same search at your own market.

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# the one request behind this page
curl https://api.crustdata.com/watch/person/search \
  -H "authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_KEY" \
  -H "x-api-version: 2025-11-01" \
  -d '{
    "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.company_name",
        "type": "[.]", "value": "stealth" },
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.title",
        "type": "(.)", "value": "founder" }
    ]},
    "fields": ["basic_profile", "experience", "education"],
    "config": { "trigger": { "type": "interval", "every_hours": 168 } }
  }'
# [.] = exact phrase, (.) = all words. Each week it returns only the new matches.

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What "stealth" means here: the person's current job is a founder title (Founder, Co-Founder, Founder & CEO…) at a company listed as "Stealth", "Stealth Startup" or similar, because they haven't announced it yet.

Where it comes from: public professional profiles, via the Crustdata API. A new search runs every week and adds whoever newly matches. Profiles can take a few weeks to show up, and start dates are by month.

The company on each row is the most recent job before going stealth, with the title they held there. Where we can, we skip internships, advisor seats and freelance stints. On a "former employer" page it shows the job at that employer instead. Click a row for their full work history and education.