# Ak Portfoy

> Ak Portfoy is a VC fund in Besiktas backing Software and Financial Services. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Besiktas, Turkey
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 32%
- Last fund: Jan 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ak-portfoy/about/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Ak_Portfoy
- Website: https://akportfoy.com.tr/tr

Ak Portfoy is an investment management company that offers services to its customers in mutual funds management, pension funds management.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $486k–$3M |
| Series A | $2.5M–$5.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 21% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 16% |
| Gaming | 2 | 11% |
| FinTech | 2 | 11% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 58% |
| Series A | 2 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 11% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 5% |
| Series B | 1 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 12 | 63% |
| Estonia | 1 | 5% |
| United States | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gokturk Isikpinar | Deputy General Manager | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gokturk-isikpinar |
| Hüseyin Çelik | Vice President, Growth Equity & Venture Capital Funds | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/h%C3%BCseyin-%C3%A7elik-1842 |
| Mehmet Ali Ersarı | CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mehmet-ali-ersar%C4%B1 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Promake | Promake is an AI platform that lets non-technical users build and manage billable web apps, mobile apps, games, and content using simple language prompts. No coding, no dashboards. Products are live on day one — with working UI, backend, payments, and hosting — and fully manageable via prompts. Promake replaces admin panels with chat, letting usersrun their business like texting a teammate. Unlike other AI builders that stop at drafts, Promake handles the full lifecycle: from first launch to every tweak and update after. | $4M | Seed | Jun 10, 2026 |  |
| Mindtail | Based in Istanbul, Mindtail is a mobile gaming studio dedicated to crafting the next evolution of hybrid mobile games. Founded by industry veterans whose previous titles have reached over 300+ million players worldwide | $2M | Pre-Seed | May 05, 2026 |  |
| Fimple | Simple and composable financial platform with the “Financial Function as a Service” principle. | $10.1M |  | Jan 20, 2026 |  |
| Milvus Robotics | Milvus Robotics offers Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) that change the way the world looks at robotics. in 2011, Ankara based Milvus Robotics is composed of experts from different backgrounds yet envision the same goal – deploying robotic technology in human environments in a more practical, accessible and beneficial fashion than ever. | $5.5M | Series A | May 27, 2025 |  |
| Co-one | Co-one offers a data-centric platform that leverages AI and human expertise to assist enterprises in developing high-performing AI products. Range of AI solutions includes model validation, data labeling, and data collection. | $1.1M | Seed | May 12, 2025 |  |
| Albert Health | 50% of people with chronic diseases do not take medications as prescribed. Improper medication use, especially for elderly patients, leads to hospitalizations and costs insurers billions of dollars. Current apps in the market are too complicated and difficult to use for the elderly who suffer the most from chronic diseases. Albert is a voice-basedhealth assistant which is accessible through mobile app, Amazon Alexa and Google assistant. Our machine learning algorithms create a unique conversational medication management experience. Elderly patients don’t have to text anymore. They will talk with Albert to manage their medications in an easy and effortless way. Patients can easily track health measurements, keep medical diary and set pill reminder by voice command. Furthermore, “Caregiver Mode” allows family members to manage and monitor their relatives’ treatment remotely. Albert helps elderly patients to take the right dose at the right time and help insurers to have less medical expenses, more satisfied customers. | $1.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 18, 2025 |  |
| heybooster | heybooster is the creator of a platform for marketing analysis that aids e-commerce managers in finding chances for revenue growth and in making better choices. It provides clients with digital reporting, online meetings, online communication, an online project management system, and an online playbook that helps them discover problems, findpossibilities for revenue growth, and cut expenses. | $845K |  | Apr 30, 2024 |  |
| heybooster | heybooster is the creator of a platform for marketing analysis that aids e-commerce managers in finding chances for revenue growth and in making better choices. It provides clients with digital reporting, online meetings, online communication, an online project management system, and an online playbook that helps them discover problems, findpossibilities for revenue growth, and cut expenses. | $821.3K | Seed | Apr 30, 2024 |  |
| BRANDEFENSE | Brandefense team visionBe the global leader in cyber threat intelligence and brand monitoring services via solving SOC’s complex challenges. We are here for helping Brandefense customers to protect their brands and reputations against cyber threats.Lets do it togetherDetect. Alarm. Prevent. We will eliminate the noise and be our customer’seyes and ears. By focusing on the cyber threats. Their mission is ours. We will always be ready to be with our customers with our know-how and technical skills. | $2.8M | Seed | Dec 21, 2023 |  |
| Finekra | Finekra is a banking application that manages bank accounts. Their services include account activities, features, lump sum, direct debit system, API portal, pos report, ERP-CRM integration, apartment-site management, and b2b. | $446.6K | Seed | Mar 21, 2023 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [TT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tt-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [APY Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apy-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Boğaziçi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bo%C4%9Fazi%C3%A7i-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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- [Sabancı Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sabanc%C4%B1-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Leap Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leap-investment) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Ak Portfoy invest in?

Ak Portfoy invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ak Portfoy's check size?

Ak Portfoy typically joins rounds of $486k–$3M at Seed and $2.5M–$5.5M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ak Portfoy participates in.

### How do I contact Ak Portfoy?

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### Who are the partners at Ak Portfoy?

The team at Ak Portfoy includes Gokturk Isikpinar (Deputy General Manager), Hüseyin Çelik (Vice President, Growth Equity & Venture Capital Funds) and Mehmet Ali Ersarı (CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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