# Top 5 Fashion Startup Investors in Ukraine in June 2026

## SMRK VC Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kiev, Kyyivs'ka Oblast', Ukraine
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

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.

## Ukrainian Startup Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kyiv, Kyyiv, Ukraine
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Grant, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

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).

## Sina Afra
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet

Sina Afra is the CEO and Founder of Tiko. He previously worked at Markafoni as a CEO and Founder. Sina Afra attended the University of Münster.

## Heissam Hartmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: Retail, E-Commerce, Shopping

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.

## Xevin Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Software

Xevin Investments offer include investment and advisory services. The fund is interested both in companies and projects in the initial phase of development, unable to achieve further business goals due to insufficient capital, and in thriving companies in need of additional investment to achieve their milestones in the pursuit of competitiveadvantage.

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