A. Alper Karagoz
Partner @ Diffusion Capital Partners
A. Alper Karagoz is a seed investor at Diffusion Capital Partners focused on Software and Information Technology. Alper was the former Investment Director of Teknoloji Yatirim, first VC fund in Turkey specializing in research based technologies. Before that he worked in financial and operational areas at both start-up companies and blue-chip corporations. Alper is a CFA® charterholder, has MA in Business Law from Bilgi University, BSc. in MechanicalEngineering and an MBA from Istanbul Technical University.
- Total investments:
- 10
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 60%
Last updated:
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Industries A. Alper Karagoz invests in
Stages A. Alper Karagoz invests in
Countries A. Alper Karagoz invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 5 (50%)
- Information Technology 3 (30%)
- Computer 2 (20%)
- Analytics 2 (20%)
- Health Care 2 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 6 (60%)
- Funding Round 2 (20%)
Country
- Turkey 3 (30%)
- United States 3 (30%)
- Switzerland 1 (10%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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BigOmics
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BigOmics Analytics offers a cloud-based self-service data analytics platform for the healthcare industry. | $1.6M / Oct 08, 2025 | |
Khenda
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Khenda is a SaaS platform that helps manufacturing plants increase their efficiency at production lines by automizing time study with AI-powered video analytics. AI technology automatically analyzes the process through video and highlights the parts that engineers should focus on to improve their efficiency. The patent-pending technology enables AItraining with very little data. Therefore, there is no need for hardware installation or extensive data gathering, which can take months to complete. This means that engineers can quickly and easily begin utilizing the platform to identify problems, reduce waste, and improve the efficiency of processes. | $750K / Seed / Dec 30, 2024 | |
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Khenda
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Khenda is a SaaS platform that helps manufacturing plants increase their efficiency at production lines by automizing time study with AI-powered video analytics. AI technology automatically analyzes the process through video and highlights the parts that engineers should focus on to improve their efficiency. The patent-pending technology enables AItraining with very little data. Therefore, there is no need for hardware installation or extensive data gathering, which can take months to complete. This means that engineers can quickly and easily begin utilizing the platform to identify problems, reduce waste, and improve the efficiency of processes. | $1M / Seed / Dec 12, 2022 | |
TAZI
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TAZI's cloud-based platform predicts customer demand, retention, and fraud detection from structured and unstructured data using AI and Generative AI. It helps customer-facing teams like outreach, sales, and marketing predict behavior to drive revenue. TAZI’s patented technology has been recognized in 31 Gartner reports as an Adaptive andResponsible AI, a Gartner Cool Vendor, and in a Magic Quadrant report. Banks, wealth management companies, and insurance companies use TAZI to create millions of dollars in value. | $4.6M / Seed / Aug 18, 2022 | |
Webee
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The first mobile software company found in Istanbul and transformed to a Travel Tech company in 2017 with WeBee brand. Closed 2 rounds of investments and growing globally. WeBee has lots of global awards and recognitions including United Nations World Tourism Organization, THA, Silicon Review, CIOAwards and many others. | $700K / Seed / Jun 24, 2021 | |
FU
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The FU carries out mortgage business, which guarantees the loans of banks and financial institutions, loans of non-financial institutions. | Dec 19, 2017 | |
Medrics
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MEDRICS develops integrated patient experience solutions while increasing the efficiency of the hospital operations with the combination of Healthcare processes flow knowledge, mobile, and location technologies. All solutions are white labeled and customized depending on priorities of clients. | Seed / Dec 10, 2016 | |
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TAZI
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TAZI's cloud-based platform predicts customer demand, retention, and fraud detection from structured and unstructured data using AI and Generative AI. It helps customer-facing teams like outreach, sales, and marketing predict behavior to drive revenue. TAZI’s patented technology has been recognized in 31 Gartner reports as an Adaptive andResponsible AI, a Gartner Cool Vendor, and in a Magic Quadrant report. Banks, wealth management companies, and insurance companies use TAZI to create millions of dollars in value. | $1.1M / Seed | |
Mikro Biyosistemler Inc.
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Mikro Biyosistemler is a biomedical microsystems company focuses on development of microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip systems for biomedical applications. | Seed | |
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FU
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The FU carries out mortgage business, which guarantees the loans of banks and financial institutions, loans of non-financial institutions. | Seed |
Co-Investors
About Diffusion Capital Partners
DCP is an early-stage venture capital fund manager. We predominantly invest in deep-tech start-ups. At DCP we aim to invest in entrepreneurial teams that are building the future through progressive science and technology. We focus on cross-industry sectors and interdisciplinary projects to discover innovations occurring at the nexus of technologydomains where capital-efficient solutions can unlock significant value.
Diffusion Capital Partners Contacts
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A. Alper Karagoz
Partner
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Firat Özpınar
Partner
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Haluk Zontul
Managing Partner
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Altan Kucukcinar
Partner
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Damla Kucuk
Office Manager
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What does A. Alper Karagoz invest in?
A. Alper Karagoz invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Computer startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did A. Alper Karagoz last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for A. Alper Karagoz closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 10 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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