Top 35 eSports Startup Investors in Turkey (September 2026)
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DOMiNO Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Turkey, Estonia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $150k–$2.3M |
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Sertaç Özinal
Angel
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2 | Turkey | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Internet | $55k–$2.5M |
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Hande Enes
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence | $29k–$4.1M |
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ACT Venture Partners
VC Fund
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2 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Convertible Note | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology | $345k–$9.5M |
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Ali Ilci
Angel
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1 | Turkey, Switzerland, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note | Hotel, Advice, Gaming | $123k–$400k |
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TRANGELS
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States, Estonia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $55k–$1.4M |
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Kadir Kurtulus
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Angel | eSports | |
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TechOne VC
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States, Estonia | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $30k–$2.4M |
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Sina Afra
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United States, Germany | Seed, Series A, Angel | E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet | $15k–$11M |
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Ercan Ergül
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Series A, Convertible Note | Soccer, Sports, eSports | |
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Fethi Ahmet Özbulut
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Pre-Seed, Convertible Note | Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports | |
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twozero Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Series A, Convertible Note | Fitness, Media and Entertainment, Apps | $111k–$2M |
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İrfan Ündevli
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Pre-Seed, Convertible Note | Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports | |
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Can Hicbezmez
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Pre-Seed, Convertible Note | Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports | |
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Orkun Saitoğlu
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Series A, Convertible Note | Soccer, Sports, eSports | |
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Selin Kiper
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Series A, Convertible Note | Soccer, Sports, eSports | |
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Emre Gerçek
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | iOS, Apps, Gaming | |
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Kaan Karapınar
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Pre-Seed, Convertible Note | Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports | |
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Barbaros Özbugutu
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Retail, Soccer, Sports | $80k–$1.1M |
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Kaan Kayabalı
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Angel | Gaming, Mobile, eSports | |
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StartupFon
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States, Canada | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $50k–$5.6M |
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Kaan Kalıpçı
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Angel | Recipes, eSports, Delivery | |
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Rıfat Elhadef
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Angel | eSports, Video Games, Social Media | |
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Sercan Akkaş
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Apps, iOS, SaaS | $120k–$600k |
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Geometry Venture Development
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States, Estonia | Pre-Seed, Seed, Equity Crowdfunding | Artificial Intelligence, Software, SaaS | $25k–$5M |
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Cem Büyükkaya
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Pre-Seed, Convertible Note | Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports | |
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Nevzat Aydın
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United States, France | Seed, Angel | Software, Internet, E-Commerce | $100k–$2.7M |
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Demirhan Büyüközcü
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Angel | Gaming, Mobile, eSports | |
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Kaan Kural
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Angel | eSports, Video Games, Social Media | |
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Erdem Gezer
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Angel | eSports, Logistics, E-Commerce | $369k–$679k |
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Gizem Nilay Tuna
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Pre-Seed, Convertible Note | Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports | |
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Alesta Yatırım
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States, Estonia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $26k–$4.6M |
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Mustafa Emre Gündüz
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Pre-Seed, Convertible Note | Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports | |
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Barış Before
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Angel | eSports, Video Games, Social Media | |
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Semiramis Kulak
Angel
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1 | Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed | Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports | |
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DOMiNO Ventures is a venture capital fund focusing on high-tech, pure-digital and first-day global startups in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Turkey, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Seed $150k–$2.3M; Pre-Seed $300k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Helio AI — Automated AI-powered recruiting platform with ATS and gamified personality test. Reduce daily workload by 60% and hire top talents in a few clicks.
- Validfor — AI-Native Agentic Digital Validation Platform
- Antiverse — Designing biologics for 100 challenging targets
Sertaç Özinal
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $55k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $63k–$123k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Brix — Tokenized emerging markets yield. Trade the Macro.
- Interactive Loan — Interactive Loan provide financial assistance by providing trainings about credit, bond trading, or leasing methods.
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Hande Enes
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $125k–$4.1M; Angel $50k–$280k; Pre-Seed $29k–$430k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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 AI — 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.
Early stage deep tech investor
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $345k–$3.2M; Series A $2.4M–$9.5M; Convertible Note $1M–$1.4M
- Lead/follow: 69% lead, 31% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $22M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- NxLite — 3E Nano has developed and is commercializing a low cost, thermally and optically smart, Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) coating. This nano thin film applied to glass and other transparent media is targeted toward windows, windshields, greenhouses, and solar module manufacturers.
- Qubitrium — We offer advanced quantum technology solutions in cryptography, communication, and sensing. We develop and produce cutting-edge quantum products and provide services to integrate these technologies into industrial organizations.
- Cellbricks Therapeutics — Cellbricks offers plastic surgery and transplant medicine that rely on artificial materials devoid of physiological functions or immunosuppressive transplants from human and animal sources. It offers the bio-fabrication of human tissue and organs, a widespread medical procedure that enables people to live longer and in better condition.
Exeter I Oxford I Former Investment Banker I Tech Executive I Online Lecturer I Author I Angel Investor
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- Industry: Hotel, Advice, Gaming
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey, Switzerland, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Pre-Seed $123k–$400k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pardon AI — Boost your business with Pardon AI 3.0, cutting-edge technology. Discover AI-driven insights to increase sales, enhance customer satisfaction, and streamline operations. Transform your hospitality experience today!
- Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
- Copyright Capital — Copyright Capital funds YouTubers and influencers worldwide. Apply for global creator funding to grow your channel, scale your influence, and earn more.
Early Stage Investment Fund and Network
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Round size: Seed $67k–$1.4M; Angel $100k–$500k; Pre-Seed $55k–$500k
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Datasance — Securely deploy, manage, and scale containerized workloads across thousands of heterogeneous far-edge and IoT environments.
- Trawell Data — Trawell Data is a mobile data services company that provides travelers to use mobile data on their mobile phones without changing phones or sim cards. It enables the phone to digitally connect and use the local operator. Trawell Data was established in 2015 and is headquartered in Syosset, New York.
- Visionteractive — Visionteractive develops social media based, fun and interactive physical and digital products, bridging the gap between online and actual world. The company aims to bring a brand together with the target audience by developing various creative products, while enhancing the memorability owing to the interactive experience with the users.Visionteractive was founded on 2013 and is based in Turkey.
Kadir Kurtuluş is a licensed angel investor, attorney, and the founding partner of Kurtuluş & Partners Law Firm, based in Istanbul. He holds a law degree from Ankara University and completed his MBA at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David in the UK.He has practiced law both in Turkey and the UK, serving on the board of variousinternational legal and media organizations, including the Turkish-British Lawyers Association and the Turkish-British Journalists Association.Kurtuluş is the President of the Eurasia Blockchain and Digital Currency Research Association and a member of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe. He frequently appears in national media as a legal commentator and contributes to various publications.As a certified angel investor licensed by the Prime Ministry of Turkey, he has invested in and mentored multiple early-stage startups, with a particular focus on blockchain, IP law, fintech, and emerging technologies.
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- Industry: eSports
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TEAMWARS — TEAMWARS is a data-driven esports infrastructure platform that tracks tournaments and player performance, transforming short-term events into long-term value. We empower organizers with scalable systems, brands with measurable impact, and players with the tools to build real careers in esports.
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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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 72
- Round size: Seed $115k–$2.4M; Pre-Seed $30k–$605k
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $29M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Co-one — Co-one empowers businesses to unlock the full potential of Generative AI. We provide data-driven solutions for LLM development, including evaluation and dataset generation.
- Getmobil — Getmobil operates a smart device platform for buying and selling secondhand cellphones, laptops, and tablets. The company's platform repairs defective devices as quickly as possible offers a wide selection of device accessories, buys used electronic devices in good condition from consumers, determines the problems by passing them throughextensive tests, repairs them with an expert technical team, and resells them, allowing consumers to get a new or refurbished product at an affordable, reliable, and competitive price.
- Spiky.AI — Spiky.ai delivers real-time coaching, CRM sync, and multilingual AI insights to boost sales performance and streamline meetings.
Sina Afra is a serial entrepreneur and early-stage investor with over two decades of experience building, scaling, and exiting technology-driven companies.He is best known as the founder of Markafoni, one of Turkey’s first large-scale digital commerce companies and a defining success of the country’s early internet economy. In 2011, Naspers Groupacquired a majority stake in Markafoni in one of the landmark transactions of the Turkish internet sector.Over the course of his career, Sina has founded more than 20 companies, completed 12 exits, and angel-invested in over 60 early-stage startups across Europe, Africa, and the United States.He is a Founding Partner at Founder One, an impact venture capital fund, and the Founder and Chairman of the Entrepreneurship Foundation (Girişimcilik Vakfı), which focuses on developing entrepreneurial talent and strengthening the long-term infrastructure of the startup ecosystem in Turkey.Earlier in his career, Sina worked at KPMG and held leadership roles at eBay, where he gained first-hand experience in operating and scaling global internet platforms.His work has been recognized with more than 20 international awards and honors, including being named Internet Entrepreneur of the Year, Business Angel of the Year, and Forbes’ Brightest Minds Alive in Turkey, with features in Wired and Forbes.Sina holds a degree from the University of Münster and is an alumnus of Harvard Business School. He speaks five languages and is actively engaged in the European and Turkish technology and venture ecosystems.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Seed $100k–$4.2M; Angel $15k–$1.5M; Series A $2M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Odeal — Oedeal is a developer of an app designed for companies to take payments via mobile. With the help of the company's platform, shops can do away with cash registers and accept payments from customers using tablets, smartphones, or point-of-sale devices, allowing them to finish their purchases right away. Making it simpler for all entrepreneursto access financial services is central to their mission of boosting the competitiveness of both enterprises and the nation.
- Faturalab — Faturalab is a mobile app that provides supply chain financing, payments, financial benefits, and capital management services.
- MARS — MARS provides digital financial services with unique card options and rewards programs.
Ercan Ergül is a Managing Director with SEAF, the manager of Southeast Europe Equity Fund II, L.P. (“SEEF”), a US$320 million private equity fund with investments in Turkey, Albania and Kosovo. Ercan is also a board member of Global Investment Holding, a listed investment group based in İstanbul with operations in ports, energy and financialservices. Prior to joining SEAF, he spent his career as a private equity and investment banking professional and began his career in the corporate credit group of Citibank in Turkey. Ercan received his undergraduate degree from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, and a Masters of Business Administration with concentration in Finance from the University of Florida.
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- Industry: Soccer, Sports, eSports
- Stage:Series A, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Scoutium — Scoutium is a technology company that provides a unique motivation for all players, clubs and federations around the world. Scoutium has ten thousands of analyses of football players from Germany, Poland and Turkey in its database. With tens of partner clubs, Scoutium is able to access hundreds of cities, towns, and villages in the countries withmore than hundreds video experts and scouts. We aim to democratise football by opening up young players' horizons and giving opportunities to players to be discovered. With Scoutium, licensed football players can improve themselves with exclusively created overview videos, analyses from professional scouts, and special training programs, and can be discovered by clubs with regards to these videos & analyses. Football fans can earn money by recording 90-minute videos or making player analyses and have the chance to pursue a professional scouting career. Thanks to our technology, clubs can access to our database formed by match recordings and scouting analyses.Until today, Scoutium has raised 2.5M$. With projects in Machine Learning and Data Science, Scoutium has become an ITU Teknokent company in 2018.With the mission of enabling all players around the world to be discovered, Scoutium’s goal is to change the game forever. For more, please visit scoutium.com or download our app from Google Play & App Store.
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- Industry: Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
twozero Ventures provides venture investing to technology-driven and disruptive startups in sports, media, and entertainment.
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- Industry: Fitness, Media and Entertainment, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $112k–$1.5M; Series A $111k–$2M; Convertible Note $500k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $15M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Pubinno — Ensuring more sustainable draft beer operations and brewery management via the reduction of water waste, Enjoying draft beer, beer equipment
- FineDine — Finedine, a growing tech company, empowers restaurants with an AI-powered SaaS growth platform. FineDine helps restaurants grow at every stage, from attracting new customers through automated digital marketing to streamlining reservations, orders, payments, loyalty programs, and retargeting campaigns. Finedine creates a seamless omnichannelexperience for both restaurants and their guests. By analyzing customer behavior, FineDine provides actionable insights that help restaurateurs optimize their operations and make data-driven decisions. The platform simplifies restaurant management by offering an all-in-one solution, eliminating the need for multiple software programs.
- Scoutium — Scoutium is a technology company that provides a unique motivation for all players, clubs and federations around the world. Scoutium has ten thousands of analyses of football players from Germany, Poland and Turkey in its database. With tens of partner clubs, Scoutium is able to access hundreds of cities, towns, and villages in the countries withmore than hundreds video experts and scouts. We aim to democratise football by opening up young players' horizons and giving opportunities to players to be discovered. With Scoutium, licensed football players can improve themselves with exclusively created overview videos, analyses from professional scouts, and special training programs, and can be discovered by clubs with regards to these videos & analyses. Football fans can earn money by recording 90-minute videos or making player analyses and have the chance to pursue a professional scouting career. Thanks to our technology, clubs can access to our database formed by match recordings and scouting analyses.Until today, Scoutium has raised 2.5M$. With projects in Machine Learning and Data Science, Scoutium has become an ITU Teknokent company in 2018.With the mission of enabling all players around the world to be discovered, Scoutium’s goal is to change the game forever. For more, please visit scoutium.com or download our app from Google Play & App Store.
İrfan Ündevli
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- Industry: Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
Can Hicbezmez is the Co-founder of Arya Diamond.
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- Industry: Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
Orkun Saitoğlu is based out of Istanbul, Istanbul and is the Chief Executive Officer of iyzico. Orkun previously worked at PayPal as a Startup Lead. Orkun Saitoğlu attended the University Of Montpellier. Orkun Saitoğlu has received Prosus 10X Silicon Valley Leadership Program certification.
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- Industry: Soccer, Sports, eSports
- Stage:Series A, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Scoutium — Scoutium is a technology company that provides a unique motivation for all players, clubs and federations around the world. Scoutium has ten thousands of analyses of football players from Germany, Poland and Turkey in its database. With tens of partner clubs, Scoutium is able to access hundreds of cities, towns, and villages in the countries withmore than hundreds video experts and scouts. We aim to democratise football by opening up young players' horizons and giving opportunities to players to be discovered. With Scoutium, licensed football players can improve themselves with exclusively created overview videos, analyses from professional scouts, and special training programs, and can be discovered by clubs with regards to these videos & analyses. Football fans can earn money by recording 90-minute videos or making player analyses and have the chance to pursue a professional scouting career. Thanks to our technology, clubs can access to our database formed by match recordings and scouting analyses.Until today, Scoutium has raised 2.5M$. With projects in Machine Learning and Data Science, Scoutium has become an ITU Teknokent company in 2018.With the mission of enabling all players around the world to be discovered, Scoutium’s goal is to change the game forever. For more, please visit scoutium.com or download our app from Google Play & App Store.
Selin Kiper
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- Industry: Soccer, Sports, eSports
- Stage:Series A, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Scoutium — Scoutium is a technology company that provides a unique motivation for all players, clubs and federations around the world. Scoutium has ten thousands of analyses of football players from Germany, Poland and Turkey in its database. With tens of partner clubs, Scoutium is able to access hundreds of cities, towns, and villages in the countries withmore than hundreds video experts and scouts. We aim to democratise football by opening up young players' horizons and giving opportunities to players to be discovered. With Scoutium, licensed football players can improve themselves with exclusively created overview videos, analyses from professional scouts, and special training programs, and can be discovered by clubs with regards to these videos & analyses. Football fans can earn money by recording 90-minute videos or making player analyses and have the chance to pursue a professional scouting career. Thanks to our technology, clubs can access to our database formed by match recordings and scouting analyses.Until today, Scoutium has raised 2.5M$. With projects in Machine Learning and Data Science, Scoutium has become an ITU Teknokent company in 2018.With the mission of enabling all players around the world to be discovered, Scoutium’s goal is to change the game forever. For more, please visit scoutium.com or download our app from Google Play & App Store.
Emre Gerçek
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- Industry: iOS, Apps, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kidolog — Kidolog offers developmental processes for children from pregnancy to the age of 18 and provides support in different categories to children and parents. They provide counseling services via video, voice, or messaging. Their purpose is that the child development process is carried out by their skilled personnel in collaboration with parents.
- Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
- CatchJobs — CatchJobs is an application that offers staffing and recruitment services to users. It is a video-based employment platform connecting hospitality job seekers with employers.
Kaan Karapınar
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- Industry: Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
Barbaros Serdar Özbugutu worked for FIRSTDATA, and later moved to KLARNA. In 2013, he officially launched Iyzico with his Co-Founder Tahsin Isin. Iyzico is transforming the payment processing experience for businesses through its bank-integrated, fraud-protected payment platform tailored to the nuances of the Turkish market.(https://www.iyzico.com/en)
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- Industry: Retail, Soccer, Sports
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $250k–$1.1M; Pre-Seed $80k–$430k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fuudy — Fuudy is a new Food ordering app
- Crait AI — Empowering your eComm and marketing visuals with power of AI creativity and actionable data insight.
- Swipeline Media — 119K Followers, 207 Following, 1,461 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Swipeline TR (@swipeline_tr)
Kaan Kayabali, a Turkish entrepreneur, is the founder and CEO of Onedio Media and Internet Services Inc.
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- Industry: Gaming, Mobile, eSports
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Playz — Playz is a social media platform for gamers.
- Wudya — Wudya is a social gaming company developing social and mobile games. Wudya developed 8 social games on Facebook like Magnificent Millennium and The Message, playable globally in Turkish, English and Arabic. In total 1.2 million users played these games.Our next product, a unique game, specially designed for smartphones and tablets offers a wholenew way of gaming experience combined with the old school methods. Whole story, design documents and a playable prototype is ready for the game.
- Komunite — Komünite is Turkey's methodology-driven digital entrepreneurship platform, founded in 2021 to transform how independent creators and micro-entrepreneurs build sustainable businesses. Rather than relying on innate talent or chance, Komünite champions a systematic approach to venture building—what it calls "Metot Girişimcilik"(Methodical Entrepreneurship)—where learnable frameworks replace guesswork and data-driven iteration replaces intuition.The platform operates across three integrated verticals:• Komünite (Core Platform): An online community of digital entrepreneurs, content creators, designers, and freelancers supported by 36 specialized forum channels, structured mentorship programs, and regular events including Tool Night, AMA sessions, Speed Networking, and Founder's Talk. Members gain access to educational resources, collaborative project opportunities, and the Katma Değer Fonu—an in-house investment fund providing $2,000–$7,000 in seed capital to promising digital ventures in exchange for 30% equity stakes.• Komünite Space: A 160m² physical innovation hub located in Vadistanbul, Istanbul, featuring event capacity for 80 seated or 160 standing attendees, a professional video production studio, and flexible workspace configurations. The venue hosts workshops, corporate training programs, and sector-specific networking events that bridge online community engagement with real-world collaboration.• Lokomotif AI: The corporate training arm delivering generative AI programs to enterprises. Offerings include AI Leadership seminars for executives, AI Literacy workshops for teams, AI Strategy development programs, and monthly AI Trends briefings. Lokomotif AI also provides automation consulting and custom AI-powered digital product development services.Komünite addresses a structural gap in Turkey's entrepreneurship ecosystem: the isolation, resource scarcity, and methodological uncertainty that constrain independent digital creators. Through its rolling fund model, physical infrastructure, and enterprise training revenue streams, the platform has built a self-reinforcing ecosystem where corporate clients fund community growth, successful ventures generate reinvestable returns, and members progress from learners to mentors to founders.The platform's venture studio arm, Komünite Stüdyo, develops digital products for external clients while serving as a proving ground for member talent, matching projects with specialists from its internal database based on demonstrated competencies and track records.
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Browse database — It's Free!StartupFon is the first and leading equity-based online investment platform based in Turkey and has been founded to capitalize technology-based ventures with qualified angel investors and its own venture capital fund, namely the AngelFund. Startupfon gives their members the opportunity to invest in seed / early-stage technology startups eitherthrough its venture capital AngelFund or co-invest with it independently. As a tool under Startupfon, AngelFund is a micro VC of around USD10 mn. Investors can make investments either on a deal by deal basis or they can allocate some of their budgets to AngelFund to let Startupfon invest on behalf of themselves. Startupfon has been founded by Istanbul Startup Angels (“ISA”) as its online investment platform in 2016. ISA is a leading angel investor platform accredited in 2014 discovering ambitious startups in their early-stage while mentoring them in the process. ISA also organizes angel investor academies for high net worth individuals and accelerator programs for corporates. ISA performs with 4.3x TVPI on a total of TL 10 mn investments in 27 ventures as of March 2019.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Seed $500k–$5.6M; Angel $150k–$250k; Pre-Seed $50k–$4.7M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Keyrails — Payments for import, export, and commodity trade in emerging markets.
- MARS — MARS provides digital financial services with unique card options and rewards programs.
- PhilosopherKing — PhilosopherKing is a AI-powered games platform.
Kaan Kalıpçı
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- Industry: Recipes, eSports, Delivery
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Playz — Playz is a social media platform for gamers.
- Bundle Kitchen — Bundle Kitchen App for Members Exclusive to the Campaign, Take Advantage of Benefits and Place an Order. Please submit.
Rıfat Elhadef
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- Industry: eSports, Video Games, Social Media
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Sercan Akkas serves as Product Director at Yemeksepeti.
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- Industry: Apps, iOS, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $209k–$600k; Pre-Seed $120k–$123k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kidolog — Kidolog offers developmental processes for children from pregnancy to the age of 18 and provides support in different categories to children and parents. They provide counseling services via video, voice, or messaging. Their purpose is that the child development process is carried out by their skilled personnel in collaboration with parents.
- Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
- CatchJobs — CatchJobs is an application that offers staffing and recruitment services to users. It is a video-based employment platform connecting hospitality job seekers with employers.
Rolling Fund + Syndicate Model with Modest Capital for Early Stage Startup Investors. Invests $50K in problem-solution stage technology startups.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, SaaS
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $29k–$5M; Pre-Seed $25k–$190k; Equity Crowdfunding $171k–$205k
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
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.
- Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
- FenixPyre — FenixPyre provides Post-Authentication Data Security (PADS) to prevent ransomware, mitigate insider threats, and enforce TPRM. It blocks bad actors from stealing sensitive files, enhancing perimeter security while remaining seamless to users.
Cem Büyükkaya
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- Industry: Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
Nevzat Aydın is the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, the first and biggest online food delivery portal in Turkey.Born in 1976 in İstanbul, Nevzat Aydın completed his secondary education at the Bursa Anatolian High School. Following his graduation from Boğaziçi University Department of Computer Engineering, he went to the United States where he receivedhis MBA at the University of San Francisco in Silicon Valley.During his stay in the United States, Aydın followed the latest developments on e-trade before he returned to Turkey in 2000 to launch his project, Yemeksepeti.com. Serving as the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, Nevzat Aydın introduced a brand new dimension to e-trade in Turkey.In 2007, Yemeksepeti.com was selected the “Endeavor Entreprenur” by Endeavor Turkey. Aydin was also selected the “Most Successful Turkish Young Entrepreneur” by the CNBC-e Business magazine in 2010 for his successful work since the foundation of Yemeksepeti.com.As the founder and CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, which celebrated its 11th anniversary in 2012, he won the first prize in 2011 in the “Male Entrepreneur of the Year” category at the “Businesspeople of the Year” survey conducted by the Ekonomist magazine among nearly 3,000 business people.Aydin is a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Supreme Board of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, and a founding member of Galata Business Angels.Aydın was one of the 150 entrepreneurs invited from all over the world to the Entrepreneurship Summit held by US President Barack Obama on April 26-27, 2010.He was also among the speakers at the DLD (Digital-Life-Design) Conference, which is deemed as one of the world's most prestigious conferences with its content on innovation and developments in the digital world. He is also an editorial advisor of GQ Turkey, one of the 5 “dragons” of the Dragons’ Den Turkey show, and a Board Member of Trabzonspor sports club.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Seed $233k–$2.7M; Angel $100k–$800k
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Enquire AI — Enquire is on a mission to make organizations knowledge-efficient. We provide the world’s leading enterprises an AI-powered platform to leverage global subject-matter expertise in real time.Our uniqueness is defined by our software, which starts with Network Pulse. Through Network Pulse, all that clients need to do is submit a question. Fromthere, our AI-driven multifactor algorithm identifies the experts best placed to provide tailored, actionable analysis in 250 words, which smartly arrives in the client’s dashboard within minutes. There on, clients can assess answers according to the experts’ professional background and platform ratings and go deeper with any expert of their choice on a Pulse Call or collaborate longer-term on a Pulse Project. We have made this knowledge journey uniquely empowering and seamless for the client by fitting it to their established workflows for data gathering and research.
- Komunite — Komünite is Turkey's methodology-driven digital entrepreneurship platform, founded in 2021 to transform how independent creators and micro-entrepreneurs build sustainable businesses. Rather than relying on innate talent or chance, Komünite champions a systematic approach to venture building—what it calls "Metot Girişimcilik"(Methodical Entrepreneurship)—where learnable frameworks replace guesswork and data-driven iteration replaces intuition.The platform operates across three integrated verticals:• Komünite (Core Platform): An online community of digital entrepreneurs, content creators, designers, and freelancers supported by 36 specialized forum channels, structured mentorship programs, and regular events including Tool Night, AMA sessions, Speed Networking, and Founder's Talk. Members gain access to educational resources, collaborative project opportunities, and the Katma Değer Fonu—an in-house investment fund providing $2,000–$7,000 in seed capital to promising digital ventures in exchange for 30% equity stakes.• Komünite Space: A 160m² physical innovation hub located in Vadistanbul, Istanbul, featuring event capacity for 80 seated or 160 standing attendees, a professional video production studio, and flexible workspace configurations. The venue hosts workshops, corporate training programs, and sector-specific networking events that bridge online community engagement with real-world collaboration.• Lokomotif AI: The corporate training arm delivering generative AI programs to enterprises. Offerings include AI Leadership seminars for executives, AI Literacy workshops for teams, AI Strategy development programs, and monthly AI Trends briefings. Lokomotif AI also provides automation consulting and custom AI-powered digital product development services.Komünite addresses a structural gap in Turkey's entrepreneurship ecosystem: the isolation, resource scarcity, and methodological uncertainty that constrain independent digital creators. Through its rolling fund model, physical infrastructure, and enterprise training revenue streams, the platform has built a self-reinforcing ecosystem where corporate clients fund community growth, successful ventures generate reinvestable returns, and members progress from learners to mentors to founders.The platform's venture studio arm, Komünite Stüdyo, develops digital products for external clients while serving as a proving ground for member talent, matching projects with specialists from its internal database based on demonstrated competencies and track records.
- ya da multicosmetics — ya da multicosmetics is a cosmetics brand and aims to accelerate its R&D efforts, support its growth.
Demirhan Büyüközcü - Co-Founder @ Onedio
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- Industry: Gaming, Mobile, eSports
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Playz — Playz is a social media platform for gamers.
- Wudya — Wudya is a social gaming company developing social and mobile games. Wudya developed 8 social games on Facebook like Magnificent Millennium and The Message, playable globally in Turkish, English and Arabic. In total 1.2 million users played these games.Our next product, a unique game, specially designed for smartphones and tablets offers a wholenew way of gaming experience combined with the old school methods. Whole story, design documents and a playable prototype is ready for the game.
Kaan Kural
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- Industry: eSports, Video Games, Social Media
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Erdem Gezer
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- Industry: eSports, Logistics, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $369k–$679k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Playz — Playz is a social media platform for gamers.
- Git Kargo — Git Kargo; Yeni Nesil Kargo #gitkargo
- Healmeup — Evimdekipsikolog.com is a digital platform that provides accessible, easy, and cost-effective expert support to anyone who wants to get psychological counseling while struggling with the difficulties of life. Evimdekipsikolog.com works with a large number of experienced Psychologists and Psychological Counselors who are licensed and trained invarious fields.
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- Industry: Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
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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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey, United States, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 134
- Round size: Seed $30k–$600k; Pre-Seed $26k–$150k; Convertible Note $30k–$4.6M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5M in 2012
Portfolio highlights
- GlaucoT — GlaucoT develops contact-free intraocular pressure monitoring and neuroprotective treatment technology for glaucoma disease.
- Kozmonot — Kozmonot is a mobile competition application with real money prizes focused on knowledge, research and intelligence.
- ConverJinn — AI-powered product categorization and conversion optimization for online stores. Boost conversions and make every product page count.
Mustafa Emre Gündüz
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- Industry: Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
Barış Before
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- Industry: eSports, Video Games, Social Media
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Semiramis Kulak
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- Industry: Gaming, eSports, Fantasy Sports
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Aposto — All-in-one media service currently based in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Scoutli — VALORANT Esports Matches, events, stats, and analytics
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