# Ali Karakuş

> Ali Karakuş is a seed investor at Doping Hafıza (Istanbul) backing Toys and Gaming. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Doping Hafıza](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/doping-haf%C4%B1za)
- Location: Istanbul, Turkey
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alikarakus/?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2F&originalSubdomain=tr

Ali Karakuş is a seed investor at Doping Hafıza in Istanbul focused on Toys and Gaming. Ali Karakuş is based out of Istanbul and is the Co-Founder of Doping Hafıza. Ali attended Atlantic International University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Toys | 2 | 67% |
| Gaming | 2 | 67% |
| PC Games | 2 | 67% |
| Online Games | 2 | 67% |
| Social | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gamester Kids | Gamester's goal is to assist parents in giving their kids access to safe and instructive media so they can get the most out of their screen time. Their products are designed for families to play together every day to create, connect, and develop. |  | Seed | Oct 16, 2023 |  |
| Tiny Minies | Tiny Minies is an educational software that creates educational and learning games for preschoolers and children aged two to six. | $850K |  | Oct 16, 2023 |  |
| Gamester | Gamester is a social gaming company located in Istanbul, Turkey. It develops and markets social games focusing on social interaction, playability and entertainment.Founded in 2009, Gamester provides users with free-to-play accessibility across a variety of social platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Google + and more. Hordemaster, Baldety,Oynaturka and Townster are some of the games developed by Gamester.Onur Karci, TurhanYigitbasi and Volkan Taban are the co-founders of Gamester. | $850K | Seed | Oct 16, 2023 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [APY Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apy-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About Doping Hafıza

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Doping Hafıza.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ali Karakuş | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ali-karaku%C5%9F |

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## FAQ

### What does Ali Karakuş invest in?

Ali Karakuş invests primarily in Toys, Gaming and PC Games startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ali Karakuş last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ali Karakuş closed in Oct 2023. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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