Bulent Tekmen
Co-Founder & Global CEO @ Colendi
New York, United States
Bulent Tekmen is a co-founder of ininal, a payment system for the unbanked population in Turkey.
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
Last updated:
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Industries Bulent Tekmen invests in
Stages Bulent Tekmen invests in
Countries Bulent Tekmen invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $250k–$4M
- Pre-Seed
- $200k–$200k
- Convertible Note
- $250k–$475k
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 2 (22%)
- Art 1 (11%)
- Video 1 (11%)
- Gaming 1 (11%)
- Content 1 (11%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 3 (33%)
- Seed 2 (22%)
- Convertible Note 2 (22%)
- Series A 1 (11%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (11%)
Country
- Turkey 6 (67%)
- Estonia 1 (11%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Vimesoft
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Vimesoft is a platform that offers video conferencing, enterprise video and remote learning. | $1.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 19, 2026 | |
Kazayaptim
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Kazayaptim is an in-vehicle integrated security solution that, with its continuously developed technological infrastructure, can intervene within seconds not only in the event of an accident, but also in all vehicle-related emergency situations, to provide fast, reliable, and closest support point services to people who have had an accident withtheir vehicle. offers. | $200K / Pre-Seed / Aug 24, 2023 | |
Mobiloto
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Mobiloto is a fintech-powered mobility platform that enables individual users to manage and pay for everyday vehicle expenses—such as fuel, maintenance, service, and tires—through a single app. By aggregating individual users into a digital fleet, Mobiloto provides access to fleet-level pricing and smarter purchasing advantages that are typicallyavailable only to large companies. The platform simplifies vehicle spending, increases transparency, and helps users save time and money by centralizing payments, service bookings, and expense management in one seamless experience. | $200K / Pre-Seed / Aug 24, 2023 | |
Passion Punch
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Passion Punch develops mobile games boosted by notable art and effective story that will touch players' daily lives. | $4M / Seed / Mar 20, 2023 | |
Artcomun
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Artcomun is a technology platform that develops art and trade technologies for all. It uses data and algorithms to fit the art trade into mobile devices. The company gives users access to hundreds of thousands of artists on a single platform while managing its presence; it also gives artists the opportunity to exhibit for free and build theirpersonal brand. Artcomun aims to achieve limitless supply power and diversity by leveraging data and algorithms in a manner similar to what Spotify did for the music industry. | Pre-Seed / Nov 14, 2022 | |
Swipeline Media
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Start-up & tech stories in seconds | $250K / Seed / Jul 06, 2022 | |
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Swipeline Media
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Start-up & tech stories in seconds | $250K / Convertible Note / Jul 06, 2022 | |
EasyCep
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EasyCep, marketplace for refurbished electronics devices was founded in 2018 by Mehmet Akif Özdemir and İsmail Dinçer. Easycep makes it easier for consumers to sell their used electronic devices online. Also, it makes easier for consumers to find and buy professionally refurbished smartphones, tablets, computers and other some electronic devices aswell as 12 month warranty and at up to 70% of their original prices. With the prolongation of electronic products, EasyCep refurbishes them and offers them with a 12-month warranty. | $11M / Series A / Mar 28, 2022 | |
Glocalzone
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Glocalzone is a shopping platform where you can shop for anything, meet new people, and have fun. Using Glocalzone, you can make money while traveling and bring any products from anywhere in the world via travelers. | $474.8K / Convertible Note / Feb 23, 2022 |
Co-Investors
About Colendi
Colendi is a multifunctional banking as a service platform that democratizes banking services for consumers, merchants, and financial institutions to overcome the limitations associated with legacy banking. Colendi is moving forward with the goal of solving a chronic financial problem that directly affects more than three billion people who do nothave bank accounts and more than five billion people who cannot get loans.
Colendi Contacts
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Bulent Tekmen
Co-Founder & Global CEO
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Suleyman Onay
Managing Director
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Mihriban Ersin Tekmen
COO and CO-Founder
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FAQ
What does Bulent Tekmen invest in?
Bulent Tekmen invests primarily in E-Commerce, Art and Video startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Bulent Tekmen's check size?
Bulent Tekmen typically joins rounds of $250k–$4M at Seed, $200k–$200k at Pre-Seed and $250k–$475k at Convertible Note. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Bulent Tekmen participates in.
When did Bulent Tekmen last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Bulent Tekmen closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 9 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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