# Baris Aksoy

> Baris Aksoy is a seed investor backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 40 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 40
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/barisaksoy
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/baris
- Website: https://x.com/baris

Baris Aksoy is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Baris Aksoy is based out of San Francisco, California. Baris previously worked at AV8 Ventures as a General Partner. Baris Aksoy attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$10M |
| Series A | $6.5M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 11 | 28% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 9 | 23% |
| Information Technology | 8 | 20% |
| Enterprise Software | 4 | 10% |
| SaaS | 3 | 8% |

72 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 16 | 40% |
| Series A | 6 | 15% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 10% |
| Series B | 3 | 8% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 18 | 45% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 10% |
| India | 1 | 3% |
| France | 1 | 3% |
| Denmark | 1 | 3% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sapiom | The agentic economy is here, but it cannot progress until AI agents can autonomously access and operate across real-world systems and services.Sapiom gives AI agents trusted access to the API economy.We provide the essential infrastructure (KYA, wallets, spending and usage controls, and multi-rail payments) to unlock secure, programmaticcommerce for the AI era.Built for the next era of commerce where agents buy, sell, and negotiate on our behalf.We're backed by world-class investors and are hiring exceptional engineers in SF to define the financial infrastructure for the agentic era.Learn more & join us: https://www.sapiom.ai | $15.8M | Seed | Feb 05, 2026 |  |
| Qualytics | Qualytics replaces reactive data firefighting with proactive, automated quality at scale. Our platform automates and maintains 95% of rules, aligning business and technical users in a single workflow. With governance, auditability, and security built-in, Qualytics delivers reliable data that drives faster decisions and AI readiness across theenterprise. | $10M | Series A | Jun 23, 2025 |  |
| IceGuard | IceGuard is a cybersecurity firm specializing in data security software products. Their services focus on protecting sensitive data across various platforms and ensuring compliance with industry standards. IceGuard's solutions are designed to mitigate risks associated with data breaches and unauthorized access, providing organizations withtools to safeguard their digital assets. |  | Pre-Seed | May 12, 2025 |  |
| AGI | AGI, Inc. develops AI data tools, productivity software, and everyday AGI solutions and makes artificial general intelligence accessible. |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 19, 2025 |  |
| Crogl | Crogl investigates thousands of alerts per day following your organization's workflows by leveraging your existing security tools and data. Every action is fully documented and auditable, ensuring transparency and compliance. Whether deployed on-premises in mission-critical environments or in your cloud infrastructure, Crogl operates withcomplete privacy. | $5M | Seed | Mar 06, 2025 |  |
| OpenInfer | OpenInfer develops an AI inference engine for edge applications | $8M | Seed | Feb 20, 2025 |  |
| Reactor | Reactor is an artificial intelligence infrastructure company developing a platform for real-time generative video and interactive AI world models. The company builds developer tools and APIs that enable applications to generate video, environments, and interactive visual experiences dynamically in response to user input. Its platform is designed tosupport low-latency inference and scalable processing for AI-generated media used in entertainment, robotics, simulation, and physical AI applications. Reactor develops software infrastructure that allows developers to integrate real-time generative video capabilities into consumer and enterprise products. The company also works on world model technologies that combine visual generation, interaction systems, and machine learning to create continuously adaptive digital environments. In addition, Reactor supports application development through SDKs, cloud-based infrastructure, and deployment tools intended for AI-native interactive experiences and generative media systems. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2025 |  |
| Crosswise | The Compliance Management System that Builds Itself |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 18, 2024 |  |
| BeHeard Labs | BeHeard Labs offers an AI-driven SaaS platform for businesses to collect and analyze customer feedback through conversational agents. | $5M | Seed | Nov 19, 2024 |  |
| Hydrolix | Hydrolix is an early-stage startup with an ambition to change the economics of high density data. The company develops a query service technology intended to process petabyte-scale time series data.Hydrolix's cloud-based query service utilizes proprietary compression and indexing technology, allowing customers to process sub-secondinteractive queries at a fraction of the cost of other existing services. | $35M | Series B | May 22, 2024 |  |

10 of 40 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Intel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intel-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Oregon Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oregon-angel-fund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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- [Bowery Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bowery-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [The9](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the9) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Warner Media](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/time-warner-investments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Baris Aksoy invest in?

Baris Aksoy invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 40 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Baris Aksoy's check size?

Baris Aksoy typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$10M at Seed and $6.5M–$20M 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 Baris Aksoy participates in.

### How do I contact Baris Aksoy?

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### When did Baris Aksoy last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Baris Aksoy closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 40 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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