Top 5 Fashion Startup Investors in Ukraine (August 2026)

SMRK VC Fund is an investment firm that funds seed and early stage companies. Their projects are Allset, Preply, Competera and AJAX Systems. SMRK is a Ukraine-based company that was founded in 2013 by Oleksandr Kosovan and Andriy Dovzhenko.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
Geography: United States, Ukraine, Finland

Investor stats

Total investments: 41
Round size: Seed $200k–$2.4M; Pre-Seed $500k–$2M
Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M in 2013

Portfolio highlights

Ajax Systems — Ajax alarm system includes everything you need to protect your property | Professional home security system that combines CCTV, fire alarm and automation
Esper Bionics — Solutions to transform the prosthetic industry and augment humanity
AmazingHiring — AmazingHiring is an AI-powered sourcing solution that helps IT recruiters find, pre-screen and engage technical talents.

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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.

Investment focus

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.
MARS — MARS provides digital financial services with unique card options and rewards programs.
Temizlikyolda — Get professional Home Cleaning Service from our referenced professionals for your home cleaning needs.

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USF originally set up to promote the development of the local startup ecosystem and today is the largest local angel investor with already 130 funded startups and the most extensive startups database and stakeholders (over 3,000 applications).

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Stage:Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed
Geography: Ukraine, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 225
Round size: Seed $50k–$50k; Grant $25k–$50k; Pre-Seed $25k–$50k
Lead/follow: 84% lead, 16% follow

Portfolio highlights

Romtos — Romtos is a career path portal that connects IT firms, students, and freelancers.
SYLA — Biosimilar, Affordable Prosthetic Knee
PeopleForce — PeopleForce is one of the BEST and fastest growing online HR Software service provider, we consist of highly qualified and experienced members with dedicated team. we love the fact that our solution and software is making HR service more convenient and easy for our customer. Our Product Include Applicant Tracking Software: Our service help youfind the right person more faster and easier Staff Onboarding: Every phase of onboarding process with a new employer is important. By using our onboarding software you will increase employee retention and save more money and stress. Leave tracking: Leave tracking will help you to easily record leave for holidays, vacations, half-day etc.Electronic signatures: Tool to sign your documentHR Reporting: This prove report on all employee on annual salary and current employment status with date range.Performance management: Measure the effective and efficient manner to employee process that enhances your employee’s performance through aligned goals and development. employee directory: Employer master database, thus providing all the information about employee. Custom workflows: Design a custom workflow to fit your organization needs. At PeopleForce , we understand the difficulties in getting the best hands. We also understand the necessity to use good and reliable software and service. We're here to help all of our customers and their unique needs. PeopleForce we “OFFER THE BEST”

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Over 15 years experience in the Internet industry back Heissam Hartmann's solid knowledge about the online business.Prior to joining Rebate Networks as the Vice President of Eastern Europe, Heissam was Head of International Business Development at the largest German online fashion shopping club brands4friends. Before that, Heissam was CEOof the online postcard service AhaOho, which sent real postcards, and was soon successfully sold to Greetz.As the former Marketing & Business Development Director from the biggest German online video community MyVideo, Heissam, worked on new concepts for new media and video advertising within the online and media industry.He started his career as one of the first staff members at the German auction platform Alando.de, which was acquired by eBay in 1999. He grew with the company as Head of Entertainment on to the position of Senior Manager, helping to build up eBay Switzerland and Austria from the scratch.On an entrepreneurial level he co-founded various companies and, as a Business Angel, advises start-ups in building and growing their businesses. Following his passion he also co-founded fashion brands and personally supported motion pictures and music projects.As the founder of Passiontainment, he advises influential people from the entertainment & sports industries and celebrities on their internet strategies and by that, bridges the worlds between influential investors and up-and-coming startups.

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, E-Commerce, Shopping
Stage:Angel, Seed
Geography: Germany, Austria, Ukraine

Investor stats

Total investments: 6
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

meinKauf — meinKauf/miKunu offers an innovative web & mobile platform for mobile retail marketing & brand promotions. Our services are available in Austria, Hungary and Turkey as we are about to enter another new market this year. We are proud to work with the top high street and brick and mortar as well as top FMCG companies in our activemarkets.
Inventorum — Inventorum’s software enables small retailers to manage their offline and online businesses by supporting daily processes such as point of sale and inventory management. Inventorum combines cash management, inventory management, customer support and e-commerce capability in one system.
Rubina Real Estate — A full service real estate agency based in Berlin with offices in Hong Kong, Vietnam, China, Washington and Singapore.

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