# Cem Ortabaş

> Cem Ortabaş is a seed investor at HubX (Izmir) backing Mobile Apps, Gaming and Mobile. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [HubX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mobilex-53f6)
- Location: Izmir, Turkey
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Aug 2023
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cem-ortabas-0346879b
- Website: http://www.hubx.co

Cem Ortabaş is a Co-Founder at HubX. He attended Koç University during 2012-2017.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $440k–$950k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile Apps | 2 | 33% |
| Gaming | 1 | 17% |
| Mobile | 1 | 17% |
| Fitness | 1 | 17% |
| Internet | 1 | 17% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Angel | 1 | 17% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Series C | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 4 | 67% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Veloxia | Veloxia Technology was founded on a vision of becoming a unicorn in global consumer technologies. Veloxia’s mission is to design the self-marketing & industry-disrupting products by achieving excellence at product-market fitness and integrating behavioral economics into its products. As revolutionary products require revolutionary people,Veloxia will always aim at gathering the ones with strong capabilities, reliable values and the desire to embody our story. | $950K | Seed | Aug 07, 2023 |  |
| İyi Yaşa | İyi Yaşa offers highest quality trainings and videos, inspire and activate both sports and health enthusiasts and those who want to step into a good life with suitable alternatives for all levels. It offers fitness, yoga, mindfulness classes and healthy recipes, nutrition informations and workshops. | $755K | Seed | May 23, 2022 |  |
| xStudios | Apps crafted in-house, launched on our terms, and grown for success. | $1M | Angel | Feb 01, 2022 |  |
| PhotoCup | PhotoCup is an online photography championship. |  | Pre-Seed | Apr 03, 2021 |  |
| Veloxia | Veloxia Technology was founded on a vision of becoming a unicorn in global consumer technologies. Veloxia’s mission is to design the self-marketing & industry-disrupting products by achieving excellence at product-market fitness and integrating behavioral economics into its products. As revolutionary products require revolutionary people,Veloxia will always aim at gathering the ones with strong capabilities, reliable values and the desire to embody our story. | $440K | Seed | May 01, 2020 |  |
| Biosplice Therapeutics | Biosplice Therapeutics is in the medical research and development for tissue-level regeneration. With their platform's origins in small molecule-based Wnt pathway modulation, they develop therapeutics to address a range of degenerative diseases, regenerative medicine, and oncology.Samumed adopted a fresh operating philosophy from thebeginning — one based on a goal of building a broad technology platform aimed at modulating regenerative pathways to improve patient health. |  | Series C | Apr 01, 2019 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Angel Effect](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-effect) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [APY Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apy-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Boğaziçi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bo%C4%9Fazi%C3%A7i-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Collective Spark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/collective-spark) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [hiVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hivc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Invest 101](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/invest-101) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About HubX

VC Fund · Izmir, Turkey

HubX is a fast-growing tech company focused on building and marketing highly scalable mobile applications. Despite being such a young company, we have a track record of building & growing mobile apps on various verticals that reached over 120 million users across 160 countries.In addition to building apps & in-house tech products, weidentify & invest in promising players in our ecosystem.We're always on the lookout for people that want to be part of our challenging journey to build one of the greatest mobile app studios in the world. If that sounds exciting to you, don't hesitate to apply at https://mobilex.com.tr/caree

2 contacts available at HubX.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cem Başpınar | Head of UX & Product Design | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cem-baspinar |
| Cem Ortabaş | Co-Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cem-ortaba%C5%9F |

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## FAQ

### What does Cem Ortabaş invest in?

Cem Ortabaş invests primarily in Mobile Apps, Gaming and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Cem Ortabaş's check size?

Cem Ortabaş typically joins rounds of $440k–$950k at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Cem Ortabaş participates in.

### When did Cem Ortabaş last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Cem Ortabaş closed in Aug 2023. Shizune tracks 6 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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