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Top 50 EdTech Startup Investors in Turkey in November 2024

A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Edtech startups based in Turkey. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Edtech companies from Turkey. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 EdTech Startup Investors in Turkey in November 2024

Investor EdTech Turkey investments
Founder One 3
Boğaziçi Ventures 2
Alesta Yatırım 2
TÜBİTAK 2
APY Ventures 2
Ugur Ethem AYDIN 2
TechOne VC 2
Keiretsu Forum 2
Koray Gultekin Bahar 1
nVentures 1
BadiWorks 1
Burak Günsev 1
Socios 1
Cerebrum Tech 1
Mustafa Kemal Sözkesen 1
Mekan Yusupov 1
Hemra Ashyrov 1
ONUR BAYINDIR 1
Portera Ventures 1
Erdal Asim Durukan 1
Civan Sözkesen 1
Geometry Venture Development | Angel Investment Fund 1
Murat Tayhan 1
Techventure 1
Aslanoba Capital 1
Halkbank 1
Tamer Capital 1
Alima Ventures BV 1
Papara 1
Ayla Cönger 1
Rıza Kaya 1
Collective Spark 1
Mehmet Murat İsen 1
Kivilcim Cayli 1
Barış Conger 1
Aza Ventures 1
Hande Enes 1
Family & Friends 1
Ayberk Kuday 1
Nilüfer Günhan 1
Tarvenn Ventures 1
Lima Ventures 1
Virgosol Information and Software Solutions 1
Kosgeb 1
Pytch Ventures 1
Microsoft for Startups 1
Mustafa Sandal 1
Ahmet Bilgen 1
OVH Cloud For Startups 1
Evox Capital 1
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Founder One VC Fund · Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey · 7 investments in the past 12 months
Founder One makes investment at the idea and seed stage in initiatives with measurable impact goals.
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Investment focus
  • EdTech, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
  • Turkey, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • MilkApp — MilkApp is a developer of raw milk analysis, tracking, and identification systems. They also develop a mobile milk analyzer system. They also provide research and development services for agricultural fields.
  • The Good Wild — The Good Wild produces plant-based products that enhance nutritional value. The brand offers sprouted and fermented legumes, aiming to preserve natural plant protein.
  • Good Sanitation Company — Good Sanitation Company provides a specific sanitation and hygiene solution for those in temporary accommodation environments.
Boğaziçi Ventures VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 10 investments in the past 12 months
Boğaziçi Ventures has been established in 2015 with the purpose of supporting entrepreneurship to take their global success to a next level. We aim to invest in technology start-ups which have talented teams by providing business models and looking for funds and mentoring support for future exponential growth.BV Growth fund will only focus on thetechnology startups established in Turkey at the growth stage while having the ambition to get into the global market.BV Crypto fund will be closed with a minimum fund size of $50M to invest in cryptocurrency and blockchain projects. People are interested in investing in cryptocurrency, especially new initial coin offerings (ICO), but they don’t know which one is reliable. We have an extremely capable team dedicated to cryptocurrency. Our analysts search hundreds of ICO projects, follow their communication, investigate the commitment of their teams, make interviews and if they have a chance, even visit them at their locations to give a much better decision.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Gaming
  • Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
  • Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
  • F4e — Boost employee performance and business results with continuous feedback, transparency, and commitment to business goals.
  • Magfi — A search engine that analyzes communities into WhatsApp, Telegram, and Discord with AI, ML, and NLP and places ads with micro-targeting.
  • Kavaken — Kavaken offers artificial intelligence-powered solutions to renewable energy asset owners.
Alesta Yatırım VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Ales Venture Capital Investment Trust Inc. 100% Escort Technology Investment Co., Ltd. was established in late 2012 as a subsidiary of an investment company subject to the Capital Markets Board legislation.Their target audience was primarily started to produce products or services are targeted at companies with existing customers and growth.However, the product or service to switch to the sales and marketing process, although in need of ready finance companies also take interest in Their initiative.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
  • Turkey, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • OneNewOne — OneNewOne, which operates in the Human Resources vertical, uses artificial intelligence technology to classify and match the CV Pool in minutes and to enable artificial intelligence to do preliminary interviews using its "Smart Pre-Interview" module.
  • Tiamo Games — Tiamo Games combines the simulation and hyper-casual gaming genres.
  • Handler — Handler is an artificial intelligence (AI) optimization of game creation processes, including idea, programming, and marketing.
TÜBİTAK VC Fund · Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) is the leading agency for management, funding and conduct of research in Turkey. It was established in 1963 with a mission to advance science and technology, conduct research and support Turkish researchers. The Council is an autonomous institution and is governed by a ScientificBoard whose members are selected from prominent scholars from universities, industry and research institutions. TÜBİTAK is responsible for promoting, developing, organizing, conducting and coordinating research and development in line with national targets and priorities. TÜBİTAK acts as an advisory agency to the Turkish Government on science and research issues, and is the secretariat of the Supreme Council for Science and Technology (SCST), the highest S&T policy making body in Turkey.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Cellsway — Cellsway is a liquid biopsy company that was created to provide quick cancer CTC detection methods. The business's technology, which is minimally invasive and uses a straightforward blood sample for cancer monitoring, enables healthcare professionals to heal their patients and enhance their quality of life. focuses on the development ofmicrofluidics and lab-on-a-chip technologies for biomedical purposes.
  • Mistikist — Meet Mistikist, the best mindfulness app that helps you sleep, relax, focus and break the habit of being yourself in 2-8 minutes.
  • Plankton Marine Technologies — R&D company operating in the vertical of marine technologies, established with the support of TÜBİTAK 1512 Teknogirişim.
APY Ventures VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 8 investments in the past 12 months
APY Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology startups.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
  • Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
  • Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Nuvolog — Revolutionize logistics operations with Nuvolog. Features like spot procurement, carbon tracking, and time slot management enhance efficiency and streamline operations.
  • Samplico — We deliver products of world-known brands to you for free!
  • Cellestetix — Cellestetix is a biotech company that specializes in developing and commercializing plant-based exosome formulas for regenerating skin, hair, and wellness.
Ugur Ethem AYDIN Angel
I am the Art and Code Director at Metromedya Digital Ad Agency. In addition to my role as director, I am also a skilled programmer, designer, and musician. I have expertise in iOS and MacOS development and enjoy snowboarding in my free time. As a self-proclaimed geek, I am always seeking to learn and grow in my field. I am passionate about creatinginnovative and visually appealing designs and using my coding skills to bring them to life.
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Investment focus
  • iOS, Software, macOS
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Turkey
Portfolio highlights
  • Toboti — Toboti Game Studio is a game development company that specializes in creating games for various platforms. The company has a particular passion for designing games that draw inspiration from classic arcade machines, with a primary focus on the Apple platform. Toboti is known for its commitment to creating fun and engaging games that are optimizedfor mobile devices.The team at Toboti Game Studio utilizes cutting-edge technology and innovative design techniques to produce high-quality games that are both entertaining and challenging. They are dedicated to providing gamers with a unique and nostalgic experience, while also bringing a fresh perspective to the gaming industry.Toboti Game Studio strives to create games that meet the demands of today's gamers, offering exciting gameplay, immersive graphics, and intuitive controls. With a focus on quality and creativity, Toboti Game Studio is poised to become a leading force in the world of game development.
  • Notes.io — A free note-taking app. Online Notes on everywhere.
TechOne VC VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 2 investments in the past 12 months
TechOne VC is a venture capital firm. It invests in innovative tech startups founded by visionary entrepreneurs solving global problems, to deliver superior returns for our investors.
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Investment focus
  • Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
  • Turkey, United States, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
  • Ekmob — Ekmob creates mobile projects for companies which have mobile field teams and operations.Companies with mobile teams and field operations have some common problems such as inefficiency in management of mobile teams, communication difficulties, inability to get instant data from field, offline mobile team on the field. All these problems lead tolack or deficiency in decision-support systems.
  • Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
  • Carbon Centrum — Measure, Act & Get Rewarded!
Keiretsu Forum VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 6 investments in the past 12 months
Keiretsu Forum is a global angel investor network with more than 2,500 accredited investor members throughout 47 chapters on 3 continents.
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • United States, India, Turkey
Portfolio highlights
  • ALM Ortho — ALM Ortho, a Patient Matched Device Solutions Company
  • Unibloom World — Unify targets with operational projects, make scenario simulations with cost impact in real time, compare new ideas, optimise actions and turn it into actionable projects with clear financial, regulations and business impact. Release burden from Sustainability Teams!
  • AutoNxt Automation — Discover the future of sustainable farming with Autonxt Automations electric tractors and self-driving technology. Explore our innovative solutions today.
Koray Gultekin Bahar Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Koray Gultekin Bahar is a Co-Founder & CEO at Figopara.Koray attended Eastern Mediterranean University.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Digital Marketing, Sharing Economy
  • Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Turkey, United States, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
  • Ekmob — Ekmob creates mobile projects for companies which have mobile field teams and operations.Companies with mobile teams and field operations have some common problems such as inefficiency in management of mobile teams, communication difficulties, inability to get instant data from field, offline mobile team on the field. All these problems lead tolack or deficiency in decision-support systems.
  • Ollang — Ollang provides cutting-edge AI dubbing, accurate subtitle translations, and closed captions services to enhance your multimedia content. Experience superior quality dubbing that brings your videos to life. Explore our services today!
  • HrPanda — Streamline your hiring process with HRPanda's advanced applicant tracking system. Manage job postings, track candidates, and simplify recruitment all in one intuitive platform. Transform your hiring with HRPanda!
nVentures VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 4 investments in the past 12 months
Being founders ourselves, we know the pains of raising capital. We're a seed fund focusing on B2B Fintech startups in South & Southeast Asia.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Sri Lanka, Singapore, Bangladesh
Portfolio highlights
  • Arediana — Arediana goal is to address the shortage of information regarding women's health and supplementation at all stages of their lives.
  • Hishabee — Hishabee helps small businesses reduce bottlenecks, lower overheads and open revenue streams by providing them with a full stack solution
  • WealthOS — WealthOS is an cloud-native, enterprise, core wealth management platform. Launch and run superior digital wealth management value propositions faster and cheaper.
BadiWorks VC Fund · Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey
BadiWorks is an youth communication agency that provides services in the fields of online and offline training for university students.
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Investment focus
  • Education, Consulting
  • Seed
  • Turkey
Portfolio highlights
Burak Günsev Angel
Burak Günsev - Advisor @ manibux
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Finance, Education
  • Angel
  • Turkey
Portfolio highlights
  • manibux — ManiBux is a pocket money management system and prepaid card where parents can take responsibility for their young people's money, where they can send and receive easy and safe pensions for their children and provide control.ManiBux is an application where our children can safely manage and track their allowances, they can learn to save withdiscounts for them, and they will be able to have fun, freedom, responsibility and acting together with their families who will support them in their early years.
Socios VC Fund
Creators of Fan Tokens
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Investment focus
  • Sports, Analytics, Education
  • Pre-Seed
  • Turkey
Portfolio highlights
  • Comparisonator — Comparisonator is the next-generation football recruitment platform. Compare, search, virtually transfer and recruit with unmatched precision across 271 leagues.
Cerebrum Tech VC Fund · Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
An initiative that rises from turkey with the aim of being one of the leading tech companies at global scale
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Investment focus
  • Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Hotel
  • Seed, Series A, Corporate Round
  • Turkey, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • gigl — gigl is a video / mobile-first recruitment platform. We use 60-second videos by employers and applicants to capture motivated applications, speed-up the hiring process by 80% and reduce costs by connecting end-to-end users - and removing the middleman. gigl's short-video concept captures society's "do everything on a mobilephone" behaviour - our platform is used by over 40,000 people already and promotes personality (in both job descriptions and job applications) over lifeless written applications. We thrive in all industries - from retail, hospitality to office work. In short - anywhere where personality is critical to inward and outward success!
  • Predica.ai — Predica.ai turns data into AI-powered business value
  • GFDS Inc. — Since in 2013, we develop high-quality visual solutions supported with augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), mixed reality (MR), internet of things and artificial intelligence (AI), as well as providing exclusive software and hardware products for our national and international customers. We define our company as a “content factory”, ableto develop various visual contents to almost all technological platforms. We pride on having a strong high-performance computing farm, announced as a success story in the USA Silicon Channel in 2014. Being familiar to all new technological concepts and research, we offer our customers our high level of know-how to add value into their business. We offer various services related with our production pipeline, composed of competent CGI, advanced technology development and visual design specialsits, artists and developers. We offer innovative solutions for the following titles: *Education and Training *Industry and Defense *AI *Marketing *Entertainment *Software *HardwareWe undertake numerous projects for the needs of the sectors below: *Industry *Defense Industry *Entertainment *Sales and Marketing *Education/ Occupational Training *MediaWe are proud to be the partners, solution providers and distributor of the leading technology companies of the world: Microsoft, NVIDIA, Samsung, Epson, One Stop Systems, Magic Leap, VuforiaTHE FUTURE IS OURS, LET'S DESIGN IT TOGETHER!
Mustafa Kemal Sözkesen Angel
Mustafa Kemal Sözkesen
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Investment focus
  • Training, Service Industry
  • Angel
  • Turkey
Portfolio highlights
  • Skilled — Skilled provides full assistance for anyone seeking a successful career in technology by providing training and placement services.
Mekan Yusupov Angel
Mekan Yusupov
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Investment focus
  • Tutoring, Education, Online Portals
  • Seed
  • Turkey
Portfolio highlights
  • Dersimix — Dersimix is a platform that connects private tutors with students via online or face-to-face sessions.
Hemra Ashyrov Angel · Ashgabat, Ahal, Turkmenistan
Hemra Ashyrov
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Investment focus
  • Tutoring, Education, Online Portals
  • Seed
  • Turkey
Portfolio highlights
  • Dersimix — Dersimix is a platform that connects private tutors with students via online or face-to-face sessions.
ONUR BAYINDIR Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
ONUR BAYINDIR
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Investment focus
  • Software, Marketing, Consulting
  • Seed, Angel
  • Turkey, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • Babiot — Babiot develops electronics online tools to access control and tracking systems. It offers indoor navigation, wireless technologies, and location-based services to safely track people. Babiot is based in Essen, Germany.
  • PlusDisc — PlusDisc provides tools for Candidate Assessment and Personality Tests.
  • Volans Video Agency — Volans Video Agency is full-service creative video agency for brands and agencies. Explainer Videos, 3D Videos, Promotion Videos, Testimonial Videos!
Portera Ventures VC Fund
Portera Ventures is an investment firm based in UK
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Investment focus
  • Software, Web Apps, E-Learning
  • Seed
  • Turkey
Portfolio highlights
  • Sertifier — Sertifier is an all-in-one education data collection tool that makes smart certificates and open badges easy to issue, enjoyable to earn, and simple to analyze.
Erdal Asim Durukan Angel
Erdal Asim Durukan
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Investment focus
  • EdTech, Education, E-Learning
  • Seed
  • Turkey
Portfolio highlights
  • UP School — UP School fills in the gap of female participation in society’s most important technology roles by offering free educational programs for women through technical education programs that train them in a specific area of technology. UP School launched two pilot programs in Robotic Process Automation and in Data Science, and have two activecorporate-sponsored programs in Data Analytics and Android Development in partnership with Ford Motor Company, and Akbank.Students who graduated from the program have been recruited by globally lead companies such as Ford Motor Company, Unilever, Siemens and Coca Cola Company.
Civan Sözkesen Angel
Civan Sözkesen
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Investment focus
  • EdTech, Psychology
  • Pre-Seed
  • Turkey
Portfolio highlights
Geometry Venture Development | Angel Investment Fund VC Fund · Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey
Rolling Fund + Syndicate Model with Modest Capital for Early Stage Startup Investors. Invests $50K in problem-solution stage technology startups.
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Investment focus
  • Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce
  • Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
  • Turkey, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Sorbil — Sorbil is a subscription based e-learning organization platform. Sorbil is a ed-tech company. It has 100+ courses in 4 main categories. The categories are foreign language, coding, career development and self development. Subscribers purchase either a monthly or yearly subscription to fully access all courses in the platform.
  • OneNewOne — OneNewOne, which operates in the Human Resources vertical, uses artificial intelligence technology to classify and match the CV Pool in minutes and to enable artificial intelligence to do preliminary interviews using its "Smart Pre-Interview" module.
  • Pangea VR — VR and Console Game Studio
Murat Tayhan Angel
Murat Tayhan
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Investment focus
  • Training, Service Industry
  • Angel
  • Turkey
Portfolio highlights
  • Skilled — Skilled provides full assistance for anyone seeking a successful career in technology by providing training and placement services.
Techventure VC Fund
techVenture supports the growth of technology entrepreneurial ventures by connecting ideas, people, and venture capital.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Web Apps, E-Learning
  • Seed
  • Turkey, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Insumo — Insumo is a personalized productivity & habit building assistant that works with other productivity tools.
  • Sertifier — Sertifier is an all-in-one education data collection tool that makes smart certificates and open badges easy to issue, enjoyable to earn, and simple to analyze.
Aslanoba Capital VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Aslanoba Capital is an early stage investor in tech startups in Turkey and the US. The company invests in startups pursuing disruptive ideas in areas such as marketplaces, e-commerce, mobile, classifieds, content, and SaaS with a consideration of investment between $0.25 million and $2 million.Aslanoba was founded in 2013 and is based inIstanbul, Turkey.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Internet, Software
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Turkey, United States, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
  • Colendi — Credibility and microcredit platform
  • CARD.com — Fully featured bank account with optional overdraft protection and round up savings account. Get your paycheck up to 2 days earlier.
  • Modacruz — Modacruz is a mobile social marketplace, serving more than 1 million women in Turkey, enabling women to buy and sell pre-owned brand name fashion items. Users can sign up to the platform to either find and purchase products or to sell their own. Modacruz was launched in 2014 and is headquartered in Istanbul
Halkbank VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Halkbank is a financial services firm that provides banking and lending services. Their services include accepting deposits, the issuance of cash and non-cash loans, purchasing checks and bank bills, performing custody services, rendering insurance agency transactions, and trading the capital market instruments issued to perform intermediaryservices.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Apps
  • Seed
  • Turkey
Portfolio highlights
  • Metatime — Metatime is building the world's most comprehensive digital ecosystem by maximizing the efficiency of blockchain technology.
  • Mistikist — Meet Mistikist, the best mindfulness app that helps you sleep, relax, focus and break the habit of being yourself in 2-8 minutes.
Tamer Capital VC Fund
Tamer Capital is a venture development platform established within the Tamer Group. It aims to bring the digital-based business ideas of entrepreneurs in our country to the global. While Tamer Capital takes the responsibility of finance, business development, branding and marketing required for a start-up to reach its global dreams; It provides theentrepreneur with the opportunity to focus only on the operational part of his business.Tamer Capital aims to take the Smart Money model, which is frequently encountered in the Start-up ecosystem, to the next level and at the same time become a part of the initiative. It sets out to implement the business ideas of young, talented and innovative entrepreneurs by planning from A to Z and bring them to the level of worldwide projects.
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Investment focus
  • Artificial Intelligence, Sports, Finance
  • Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Turkey
Portfolio highlights
  • Defimec — Defimec is an ecosystem of applications that includes deX, tokenization platforms, and DAO protocol.
  • Sertifier — Sertifier is an all-in-one education data collection tool that makes smart certificates and open badges easy to issue, enjoyable to earn, and simple to analyze.
  • Fitty — Fitty allows users to go to the gym of their choice and pay for the minutes they use.
Alima Ventures BV VC Fund
Alima Ventures BV is an investment firm of Turkey
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Investment focus
  • Artificial Intelligence, Retail, Fashion
  • Seed
  • Turkey
Portfolio highlights
  • Clotie — Clotie offers a brand new shopping experience to its users by offering an online personal styling service. It creates a unique customer experience by combining technology with the personal touches of experienced stylists and sends monthly outfits suitable for its users’ style. Clotie primarily focuses on eliminating online and offline shoppingproblems by providing a personalized, plus accessible styling service for those who do not have time for shopping but still want to be stylish.
  • Sertifier — Sertifier is an all-in-one education data collection tool that makes smart certificates and open badges easy to issue, enjoyable to earn, and simple to analyze.
  • Magnus — Power your investment with the AI magic. Sky is the only limit.
Papara VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Papara provides simple, fair, and supersonic banking services without boundaries that a bank would have. Shortly, it is the future of banking. With over 7.5 Million Users, Papara is the most trusted and loved finance app both on AppStore and Google Playstore with a rating of 4.9
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Investment focus
  • Internet, Security, Software
  • Seed, Corporate Round
  • Turkey
Portfolio highlights
  • Finfree — Finfree is an application that enables financial trading, stock market learning, and acts as a virtual stock exchange.
  • Goldtag — Digital Asset Development
  • Techsign — Onboard customers, verify their identities, and collect their consents. Manage all this process securely online!
Ayla Cönger Angel
Ayla Cönger
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Finance, Education
  • Seed
  • Turkey
Portfolio highlights
  • manibux — ManiBux is a pocket money management system and prepaid card where parents can take responsibility for their young people's money, where they can send and receive easy and safe pensions for their children and provide control.ManiBux is an application where our children can safely manage and track their allowances, they can learn to save withdiscounts for them, and they will be able to have fun, freedom, responsibility and acting together with their families who will support them in their early years.
Rıza Kaya Angel · Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Rıza Kaya
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Investment focus
  • E-Learning
  • Angel
  • Turkey
Portfolio highlights
  • Voltran — Voltran is a subscription-based digital platform for high school students.
Collective Spark VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Collective Spark is a venture capital fund focusing on early-stage technology ventures. They aims to back and elevate highly driven hustlers and hackers who want to build scalable, disruptive businesses. They consider ourselves partners for the long term, and define Collective Spark as an Operational VC where ventures get access to top specializedtalent and hands-on shared resources in distinct areas critical to their success.
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Investment focus
  • Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Turkey, United States, Greece
Portfolio highlights
  • Cenoa — Convert your local currency to dollars in minutes and send it back to any bank account in your country and 40+ others.
  • Salus — Salus provides online counseling services for mental health conditions. Their services include mental health programs, therapies, science-backed self-help resources, and consultations for mental health.
  • Veloxia Technology — Veloxia Technology was founded on a vision of becoming a unicorn in global consumer technologies. Veloxia’s mission is to design the self-marketing & industry-disrupting products by achieving excellence at product-market fitness and integrating behavioral economics into its products. As revolutionary products require revolutionary people,Veloxia will always aim at gathering the ones with strong capabilities, reliable values and the desire to embody our story.
Mehmet Murat İsen Angel
Mehmet Murat İsen
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Investment focus
  • Training, Service Industry
  • Angel
  • Turkey
Portfolio highlights
  • Skilled — Skilled provides full assistance for anyone seeking a successful career in technology by providing training and placement services.
Kivilcim Cayli Angel
Cayli began his career in 2000 and held various positions for Roche, Johnson & Johnson, Boston Scientific, and Turev. Founded and led two healthcare companies (Idea and Invivo) and two consultancy companies (Kanvas and Biovenka).He holds a BSc and an MBA, both from Middle East Technical University (aka ODTU).As a seasoned investor, he has 8personal investments including British, Irish, American, Swedish, and Turkish companies, and serves on the Board of some. He also consults startups on behalf of TUBITAK (Turkish Scientific & Technological Research Council). He is a member of BIC Angels and GAIN Global.
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Investment focus
  • Travel, Property Management, Leisure
  • Seed, Angel, Funding Round
  • Turkey, United Kingdom, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
  • Yourkeys — 'Yourkeys is a real-time transactional and data platform for house builders and estate agents selling properties. The platform significantly accelerates the property sales process whilst giving all stakeholders visibility of the transaction in real-time.'
  • Adalethanim — Adalethanim is a legal platform working with AI that analyzes, understands, interprets, and produces results to help with legal research, allowing the person working on the case to save time and access more information about a case. The company's vision is to make justice fast, cheap and accessible to everyone.Adalethanim was founded in 2018and is headquartered in Beşiktaş, İstanbul, Turkey.
  • UnderTheDoormat — UnderTheDoormat Group is a prop-tech company that empowers property owners, portfolio owners and property companies to generate higher income through the short-term rental industry. Our mission is to help every property fulfil its potential every day, by to connecting them with quality guests through our 3 products.Firstly, we operate short termrentals for those who don’t have the capabilities - UnderTheDoormat London has 300 units across the city, including the flagship aparthotel 3 Sloane Gardens operated on behalf of Cadogan Estate. Secondly, we distribute for providers who can provide quality hospitality, but not distribution. The tech landscape in short term rentals is hugely fragmented, and our B2B SaaS platform Hospiria integrates the stack so property companies and managers have a ready-made platform so they can focus on what they’re good at - hosting guests. And finally, our TrustedStays platform is the world’s first platform which connects professional home rentals with Government and Corporate procurement. Until now, short-term rentals haven’t been able to enter this world, and we’re connecting it.All three arms enable owners to earn higher return from short term accommodation.
Barış Conger Angel
Barış Conger - Advisor @ manibux
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Finance, Education
  • Angel
  • Turkey
Portfolio highlights
  • manibux — ManiBux is a pocket money management system and prepaid card where parents can take responsibility for their young people's money, where they can send and receive easy and safe pensions for their children and provide control.ManiBux is an application where our children can safely manage and track their allowances, they can learn to save withdiscounts for them, and they will be able to have fun, freedom, responsibility and acting together with their families who will support them in their early years.
Aza Ventures VC Fund · 3 investments in the past 12 months
Aza Ventures is your dependable partner in the volatile world of cryptocurrency investments.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Blockchain, Information Technology
  • Funding Round, Seed
  • Turkey, Vietnam, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • DOS Labs — DOS stand for Decentralized Operating System. We build a blockchain gaming platform for web3.
  • Edu3Labs — Edu3Labs combines education and blockchain technology to create a platform where content creators, learners, and NFE token holders can all benefit. Edu3Labs is a new and innovative way to make learning more engaging and rewarding for everyone.Also, Edu3Labs is a brand-new blockchain ecosystem aimed at the education sector, with the mission ofboth giving ownership and rewarding all parties in the ecosystem. The Edu3Labs ecosystem, which currently has an education and publishing-focused NFT marketplace and metaverse platform, is also planning to provide blockchain solutions to educational institutions.A short description of Edu3Labs; A new learning experience created by the integration of the online education sector and the blockchain technology.
  • Raiinmaker — Multi - Chain Layer 2 Network. Powered by AI, Secured by Bitcoin.
Hande Enes Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Hande Enes
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Investment focus
  • Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Social Media
  • Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • WORDEGO — Transform your ecommerce business with Wordego. Leverage unique AI technology to segment visitors by value in real-time, personalizing campaigns for maximum efficiency. Boost your revenue by over 25% and reduce advertising costs by up to 30% with Wordego's precision analytics.
  • Crait.it — Empowering your eComm and marketing visuals with power of AI creativity and actionable data insight.
  • ServisSoft — Servissoft is a software service provider for business especially sales, after-sales with cloud infrastructure.
Family & Friends VC Fund
Early Stage Investors
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Investment focus
  • Education, Digital Media, Information Technology
  • Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
  • United States, France, Jordan
Portfolio highlights
  • Edu3Labs — Edu3Labs combines education and blockchain technology to create a platform where content creators, learners, and NFE token holders can all benefit. Edu3Labs is a new and innovative way to make learning more engaging and rewarding for everyone.Also, Edu3Labs is a brand-new blockchain ecosystem aimed at the education sector, with the mission ofboth giving ownership and rewarding all parties in the ecosystem. The Edu3Labs ecosystem, which currently has an education and publishing-focused NFT marketplace and metaverse platform, is also planning to provide blockchain solutions to educational institutions.A short description of Edu3Labs; A new learning experience created by the integration of the online education sector and the blockchain technology.
  • Yoon — Building better mobility solutions for Africa
  • Digital Boom — The Middle East Marketing & Advertising News
Ayberk Kuday Angel
Ayberk Kuday - Advisor @ manibux
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Finance, Education
  • Angel
  • Turkey
Portfolio highlights
  • manibux — ManiBux is a pocket money management system and prepaid card where parents can take responsibility for their young people's money, where they can send and receive easy and safe pensions for their children and provide control.ManiBux is an application where our children can safely manage and track their allowances, they can learn to save withdiscounts for them, and they will be able to have fun, freedom, responsibility and acting together with their families who will support them in their early years.
Nilüfer Günhan Angel
Nilüfer Günhan
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Investment focus
  • Gaming, FinTech, Finance
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Turkey, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • manibux — ManiBux is a pocket money management system and prepaid card where parents can take responsibility for their young people's money, where they can send and receive easy and safe pensions for their children and provide control.ManiBux is an application where our children can safely manage and track their allowances, they can learn to save withdiscounts for them, and they will be able to have fun, freedom, responsibility and acting together with their families who will support them in their early years.
  • Teleporter — Teleporter is the World of Gamers in VR that brings us together in one digital place for all the ways gamers get together. Focused on gamers, inspired by the world’s best MMORPGs, and amplified by video-gaming enthusiasts, we dream of building a universe for gamers using technology, artistry, and magic.Our players in Teleporter can play manybuilt-in games, watch game streams, find like-minded others, and hang out together in fantastic 3D environments. Teleporter: WoG universe feels like and works like a game, but it also allows players to do many different things they usually love to do with other gamers. Our dream is to shape the future of gamers getting together digitally.
Tarvenn Ventures VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Tarvenn is an Istanbul-based international investment and advisory firm. Tarvenn has an exceptional knowledge and experience in Turkey, Balkans, Central Asia, North Africa and CIS regions. We build the future with our portfolio, international experience, corporate customers and strategic alliances. Our business is to build yours…
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Software, SaaS
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Turkey, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • RADAAR — A stunning social media management platform for brands, agencies, and startups that want to engage followers, publish unique content, and measure performance.
  • Pixa Software — Pixa Software is an e-commerce integration and operations management platform to easily manage order processes.
  • Madcraft Studios — Madcraft Studios develops games for computer and mobile platforms.
Lima Ventures VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Collaboration with outstanding initiators with exceptional insights, from inception through all levels of progress. Lima Ventures supports visionary founders as well as provides certain services to early startups. We seek innovative technology-driven entrepreneurs who generate and lead companies that will inspire millions.
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Investment focus
  • Artificial Intelligence, Software, Digital Marketing
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
  • Turkey, United Kingdom, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
  • heybooster — Heybooster is a provider of analytical tools to ecommerce companies to take better digital marketing decisions.
  • Mars Studios — Mars Studios is an experienced team of growth hackers & marketers that can help you to increase your revenue. Rocket Your App to Success: Mars Studios
  • Enqura Information Technologies — Enqura Information Technologies offers advanced technologies in conjunction with human resources as reasonable solutions. Enqura develops creative solutions in the field of digital transformation. They provide innovative and end-to-end solutions to several industries, primarily finance and insurance.
Virgosol Information and Software Solutions VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Virgosol is a next-gen QA & Software Testing Services provider co-headquartered in Istanbul and offshore test labs around Turkey in 5 different cities. Virgosol testing services covers Test Consultancy and Management, Functional and Non-Functional testing, Test Automation, DevOps, Agile, Web, Mobility and WebService/API to name a few.Virgosol is pioneering the next-gen Continuous Testing practices with a team of young, passionate testers focused on test automation, CI/ CD and shift left methodologies. With its in-house testing solutions, global pool of skilled testers, specialist testing approach and global delivery model, Virgosol is helping its clients transform their QA function to reduce production defects, reduce QA cycle times and lower overall QA costs. Virgosol has proven record of implementing projects in stipulated time frames & budget with a team of experienced test professionals having rich experience in technology as well as vertical domains.
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Investment focus
  • EdTech, Gaming, Information Technology
  • Pre-Seed
  • Turkey
Portfolio highlights
  • Piagmo Tech — It was formed in 2021 as a technological firm that uses Montessori Pedagogy to develop the cognitive and mental skills of preschool children. Important studies will be carried out all over the world in order to get the support of Tübitak and academic experts in their domains.
Kosgeb VC Fund · Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
Kosgeb is a government body dedicated to helping SMEs in their development through a variety of activities and services. They provide up to 6 million liras in support of SMEs in Turkey that would manufacture imported goods utilizing domestic and national resources.
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Software, Information Technology
  • Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Turkey
Portfolio highlights
  • CYROPS — Founded in 2021, CYROPS Cyber Security Inc. was established with the aim of producing innovative solutions for the current and future needs of the international cyber security market with its young and dynamic team. Today, our company has determined cyber security, which has become an integral part of technology, as its main field of activity andsupports cyber security with modern software projects.
  • Mistikist — Meet Mistikist, the best mindfulness app that helps you sleep, relax, focus and break the habit of being yourself in 2-8 minutes.
  • a2 Technology — a2 Technology provides advanced solutions such as Automatic Plate Recognition Systems, Enforcement Systems, and Video Content Analysis with the scenario-based innovative video analysis algorithms based on the methodologies of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Thanks to its flexible and modular software architecture, a2 Technologyproducts are integrated with numerous camera brands and third-party systems such as video management software, automation applications, and public services.a2 Technology is able to serve in more than 80 countries on 5 continents with its global solution partners and local services. Proven solutions work 24/7 with high-performance in real-time at hundreds of points in various application areas in 22 countries.
Pytch Ventures VC Fund · Birkirkara, NA - Malta, Malta
Pytch is owned and managed by a core team of experts with decades of combined experience in payment processing, banking technology, fund raising and Mergers & Acquisitions. Our team members have worked with many FinTech market leaders over the years, large incumbent corporations as well as lean and disruptive organisations. We understand all aspects of this sector intimately and aim to share our expertise with our partners with full transparency and simplicity.
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Investment focus
  • Retail, FinTech, Finance
  • Seed
  • Turkey
Portfolio highlights
  • NarPOS — we serve many sales points such as Cafes, Markets, Restaurants, Hotels, Patisseries, Schools, Colleges, Hospitals, Canteens, Restaurants and Bars with our dynamic staff consisting of expert engineers, technicians, technicians and production staff.--- Table Tracking Module One of the system features of Narposun, the Ercesa Yazılım RestaurantAutomation System Brand, is the Table Tracking Module. Our aim; Developing Technology, taking into account the ever-increasing demands and difficult-to-measure competitive conditions,...--- Package Service Tracking Module Package Service Tracking Module Get one step ahead of your customers with the Qualified Takeaway Service Tracking Module, which recognizes your customers when the phone rings for restaurants, restaurants and cafes. With the Package Service Tracking Module, measure, report and track your package orders and...---- Trendyol Integration Module Trendyol Integration Module Trendyol is the software that brings the most up-to-date b2c solution of recent times. With the campaigns it carries out with its own motorcycle and the small commission it receives from the restaurant, it is taking firm steps towards putting its name in golden letters in the sector. As NarPOS...----- Yemeksepeti Integration Module Yemeksepeti Integration Module What is Food Basket? Food Basket; It is a package service provided by an intermediary institution that is used by at least two out of every three companies today. Since it is a world-famous application, it is a preferred, popular and highly profitable sales method. ...---- GETIR INTEGRATION GETIR INTEGRATION Getir, which appears as a phone application, was founded by Nazım Salur, the founder of BiTaksi. Getir, which started its adventure with the market and continues with Yemek, is a takeaway service program that uses its own couriers even if you do not have a courier. ...---- Order Tracking System with Mobile Application Order Tracking System with Mobile Application Ercesa Yazılım Restaurant Automation Program is now in your pocket. With the Narpos Terminal application, order tracking is easier than ever. Moreover, your customer can determine his favorite products and access his favorite product list when he visits again and again. It's complicated...---- Website Online Order Module Website Online Order Module Technology Giant Ercesa Software offers the best modules to you, the users, with its Narpos Automation System. One of these is the Website Online Ordering System. You provide Restaurant Service, but do you pay commission to intermediary companies?---- Tablet Menu Integration with Finedine Menu Ercesa Yazılım, with its Restaurant Automation System Brand Narpos, invites you to technology by integrating with all applications that will make your job easier. It is the most important greeting method of businesses and allows your customer to decide about you in the first minute.---- Courier Assignment Mobile Application Courier Assignment Mobile Application With the courier assignment that we developed in cooperation with KirazSoft, all incoming calls, fetch, trendyol, Yemeksepeti and website orders are delivered to the courier's mobile phone. This way, the courier can get directions, customers...---- Mobile Order Integration Module Mobile Order Integration Module Are you ready to join the world of technology with Ercesa Software's Mobile Order Integration module? With our iOS and Android compatible application, you will exceed the performance you get from the handheld terminal. Access your menus and submenu groups...---- Courier Tracking System Courier Tracking System Considering the ever-increasing market conditions and competition, one of the technologies produced to enable businesses to provide faster, higher quality and more preferred services is the Courier Tracking Program. Courier Tracking Program, Both Customer...---- E-Invoice E-Archive Module E-Invoice E-Archive Module E-Invoice; It is an invoicing process between the buyer and the seller that is arranged entirely digitally through the Revenue Administration. E-invoice has all the information that should be on a normal invoice and is issued completely electronically. Paper...
  • Yollando.com — Yollando.com is a Turkish-based shopping and package forwarding service that facilitates shopping. They offer a variety of services such as Discounted packet forwarding, Buy for me, Package consolidation, Repackaging, Package tracking, Order returns/cancels, and Free storage for orders. They provide lower shipping rates to abroad with discountrates up to 80 percent.Yollando.com was established to contribute to the export of Turkish brands. Apart from shopping consultancy, they are already producing alternative solutions for logistics and product supply to individual persons and companies in Turkey and abroad.
  • Extra Loyalty Solutions — Extra Loyalty Solutions help clients to stimulate their sales and engage better with their customers on EXTRA Loyalty Infrastructure and Analytics Platform.
Microsoft for Startups VC Fund · Redmond, Washington, United States · 4 investments in the past 12 months
Microsoft for Startups is a global program designed to help startups scale with free access to Azure cloud and a streamlined path into selling alongside Microsoft and our vast partner ecosystem.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
  • United States, India, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • VitVio — VitVio is a platform built around AI and computer vision with the goal of improving efficiency and quality of care in operating rooms.
  • UniPay — UniPay is an eCommerce platform for infrastructure and industry-lacking regions that offers 5 products that enable trust, promote transparency, and enforce accountability.
  • Emission Sentri — Drive emission management and reduction with insights
Mustafa Sandal Angel
Mustafa Sandal - Advisor @ manibux
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Finance, Education
  • Angel
  • Turkey
Portfolio highlights
  • manibux — ManiBux is a pocket money management system and prepaid card where parents can take responsibility for their young people's money, where they can send and receive easy and safe pensions for their children and provide control.ManiBux is an application where our children can safely manage and track their allowances, they can learn to save withdiscounts for them, and they will be able to have fun, freedom, responsibility and acting together with their families who will support them in their early years.
Ahmet Bilgen Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Ahmet Bilgen Turkish Cypriot entrepreneur and angele investor. He lives in Famagusta-North Cyprus. He finished primary school and high School in Famagusta. He has been a very active person all throughout his life, he received a Black Belt II. Dan in TaeKwon-do, played in the local soccer team while studying at Canbulat high school. Ahmet was alsohelping his family with their farming business by selling the produce to shops, making some money in the meanwhile which he used to buy his first bicycle, first ball or his first pair of sneakers. Ahmet graduated with Bsc in Applied Marth and Computer Science from Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) in 1993. Between 1993 and 1995 he got his Masters degree in Computer Science. Right after he started his PhD degree in Computer Science but decided to quit academia after his first semester. During his masters and PhD degrees, he took part in developing intelligent user interfaces and inmemory data concepts for mobile devices. After leaving academic life, Ahmet worked in various IT companies for about 2 years and then joined SAP where he had his first professional work experience. Ahmet joined SAP Turkey as the Technology Consultant, and therefore took part in the implementation of more than 100 SAP projects with companies like Yaşar, Koç, Sabancı, Havelsan, Arena etc. as these were the first implementers of SAP ERP in Turkey. During his tenure at SAP, he worked in various roles such as technical consultant, business analyst, project and team manager and architect. Ahmet, after working at SAP for 2 years and getting enough project experience and honing on his technical skils, he decided to set up FIT “Future Information Technology” Solutions together with 3 of his friends in 1999. By the end of 1999 FIT had already made its first million USD revenue. FIT has integrated Turkey’s most important e-commerce platform named “Arena Computer Supplier Portal” with SAP. This was featuted as an international success story by SAP Inside magazine in 2001. FIT Solutions(lately became Foriba) has a lot of experience from completing many software integration projects. Working with the top 250 companies also gives the company the advantage to have a more extensible, scalable, sustainable and supportable product. These experiences and know-how attained over the years put the company in an advantageous position to achieve end-to-end e-invoicing solutions. in 2019 Ahmet Bilgen exited from Foriba. Foriba did: - Series A With Revo Capital - Series B With Revo, IFC, Endeavor Catalyst - Exit
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Investment focus
  • Education, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
  • Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Turkey, United Kingdom, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
  • Topi — Topi is an B2B e-commerce platform for wholesale market.
  • admarket.co — Outdoor,Billboard,Taxi,Bus,Print,sms Advertising,book ad spaces in The USA-admarket
  • Komunite — Community is an educational channel and community founded to help people who sell their time become people who sell their products.
OVH Cloud For Startups VC Fund
OVH, legally OVH Groupe SAS, is a French cloud computing company which offers VPS, dedicated servers and other web services.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Education, Health Care
  • Seed
  • Turkey
Portfolio highlights
  • Mistikist — Meet Mistikist, the best mindfulness app that helps you sleep, relax, focus and break the habit of being yourself in 2-8 minutes.
Evox Capital VC Fund · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
A new age crypto fund that invests in great teams and amazing projects.
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Investment focus
  • Blockchain, Software, Education
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
  • Turkey, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Edu3Labs — Edu3Labs combines education and blockchain technology to create a platform where content creators, learners, and NFE token holders can all benefit. Edu3Labs is a new and innovative way to make learning more engaging and rewarding for everyone.Also, Edu3Labs is a brand-new blockchain ecosystem aimed at the education sector, with the mission ofboth giving ownership and rewarding all parties in the ecosystem. The Edu3Labs ecosystem, which currently has an education and publishing-focused NFT marketplace and metaverse platform, is also planning to provide blockchain solutions to educational institutions.A short description of Edu3Labs; A new learning experience created by the integration of the online education sector and the blockchain technology.
  • Finceptor — Become an early investor of Web3's top projects with over 250,000 other backers.
  • Hebys NFT Search Engine — HEBYS is a robust and comprehensive NFT platform that includes products such as a search engine, marketplace, launchpad, and API Gateway with multi-chain capabilities and AI features. Currently, HEBYS has indexed over 146 million NFTs and 3.8 million collections. All data is automatically and continuously pulled from the major blockchains.Besides the on-chain data it collects, it also provides off-chain data such as active sales, bids/offers, and more from well-known marketplaces. HEBYS all-in-one platform and multi-chain automatized infrastructure eliminate the need to visit many websites and use different tools. Hebys verifies assets to distinguish original from fake items, uses machine-learning-based price estimation to evaluate sales, and returns search results in milliseconds with rich narrow-down options. HEBYS also provides several marketplace data explorations on one page, portfolio management tools to track investments, the ability to directly buy from other marketplaces without leaving the platform, and a feature to chat with owners by wallet address without the need for an email.
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