# Aydın Öztunalı

> Aydın Öztunalı is a seed investor at Initio (Urla) backing Apps, SaaS and EdTech. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Initio](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/initio)
- Location: Urla, Turkey
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Mar 2018
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aydın-öztunalı-ph-d-730b4b85
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/AydinOztunali

Aydın Öztunalı is a seed investor at Initio in Urla focused on Apps and SaaS. Aydın Öztunalı

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 33% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| EdTech | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Education | 1 | 33% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Angel | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Otsimo | Otsimo, was founded in 2016 with the aim of democratizing early childhood education. They strive for providing a unique and informative experience to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Offering families and special education teachers an opportunity to assist the progress of the child. Developing games with the ABA™ technique, they reach morethan 25.000 people in 86 countries and make it possible for families and teachers to have full access on the child’s learning progress. Their award-winning and Teachers with Apps Certified application is designed for iOS devices (iPhone, iPad) and Android smartphones and tablets. Headquartered in San Francisco, they have R&D office in Turkey. | $260K | Angel | Mar 09, 2018 |  |
| Initio | initio is Enabling the transformation of the pharmaceutical industry today by using lab-on-a-chip and organ-on-a-chip technologies |  | Seed | Mar 08, 2018 |  |
| Evreka | Evreka is the leading SaaS company that provides the most comprehensive solution for waste management operations. Since its establishment in 2015, Evreka continues its operations with the vision of being a part of a consistent improvement process and striving to understand the needs of its customers transparently. Evreka’s software solutionsassist its customers all around the world with its easy-to-use, customizable, simplifying, and cost-effective structure. It improves the whole waste management process with highly innovative technology and environmentally friendly solutions through a platform that digitizes these operations with AI & Machine Learning to reduce costs, save time, and increase citizen and/or customer satisfaction. Evreka’s customers which include municipalities, waste management companies and recycling companies in more than 40 countries monitor, track, plan and manage their operations, human resources, assets, and fleet with Evreka’s software solutions. The software family captures the dynamic perspective of human resources and field operations such as truck drivers, supervisors, dispatchers, and tasks. By facilitating the communication and monitoring, planning processes and operations are simplified and all sorted work is reported to the back-office digitally. As the leading company in the MEA region, Evreka is a customer-centered company which adopts environmental initiatives and reflects an outstanding level of innovation that drives real business value and advances sustainability. With the experience gained from customers in different regions and sectors, Evreka improves and enhances its products and services further. With about 10,000 users worldwide; Evreka reaches millions of people and provides its end-to-end solutions that are designed based on the best practices of waste companies across the globe to international waste management companies, smart cities, and municipalities in Germany, France, Italy, Norway, Croatia, Canada, Brazil, Chile, Turkey, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Pakistan, Morocco, Egypt, Gabon, Congo, South Africa, Lebanon, Israel, KSA, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Azerbaijan, Argentina. | $70K | Seed | Oct 01, 2015 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Galata Business Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/galata-business-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Initio

VC Fund · Manchester, United Kingdom

initio is Enabling the transformation of the pharmaceutical industry today by using lab-on-a-chip and organ-on-a-chip technologies

2 contacts available at Initio.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aydın Öztunalı | CE0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ayd%C4%B1n-%C3%B6ztunal%C4%B1 |
| Devrim Pesen Okvur | CSO; CSO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/devrim-pesen-okvur |

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## FAQ

### What does Aydın Öztunalı invest in?

Aydın Öztunalı invests primarily in Apps, SaaS and EdTech startups, most often at Seed and Angel 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 Aydın Öztunalı last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Aydın Öztunalı closed in Mar 2018. 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?

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