# Collective Spark

> Collective Spark is a VC fund in Istanbul backing Software and E-Commerce. See 44 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Turkey
- Total investments: 44
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 36%
- Fund size: $35M
- Last fund: May 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/collective-spark/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/collectivespark
- Website: http://www.collectivespark.com

Collective Spark is a venture capital fund focusing on early-stage technology ventures. They aims to back and elevate highly driven hustlers and hackers who want to build scalable, disruptive businesses. They consider ourselves partners for the long term, and define Collective Spark as an Operational VC where ventures get access to top specializedtalent and hands-on shared resources in distinct areas critical to their success.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $247k–$5M |
| Pre-Seed | $193k–$2.6M |
| Series A | $1.4M–$8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 9 | 20% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 9% |
| SaaS | 3 | 7% |
| Internet | 3 | 7% |
| Marketplace | 3 | 7% |

67 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 25% |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 16% |
| Series A | 7 | 16% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 11% |
| Series B | 4 | 9% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 11 | 25% |
| United States | 8 | 18% |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 5% |
| Greece | 1 | 2% |
| Singapore | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sila Celik | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sila-celik-2 |
| Atil Erken | General Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atil-erken |
| Gorkem Oktay | General Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gorkem-oktay |
| Umut Gokbayrak | Technology & Product Advisor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/umut-gokbayrak |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Invent Analytics | Invent is a provide of advanced analytics solutions for retailers and FMCG companies. Invent's products and services enable companies to achieve maximum profitability with data-driven inventory and pricing decisions. Retailers using Invent’s proprietary solutions have seen 2-6% increase in profitability and an unmatched ROI, proven for eachcase with live large-scale A/B testing. Their SaaS solutions offer agility and scalability, requiring zero capital investment due to the pay-as-you-go subscription model. | $17M | Series B | Apr 29, 2024 |  |
| Heltia | Salus provides online counseling services for mental health conditions. Their services include mental health programs, therapies, science-backed self-help resources, and consultations for mental health. | $4.7M | Seed | Nov 20, 2023 |  |
| Call Center Studio | Preferred by global BPOs and over 700 businesses worldwide, Call Center Studio’s AI-powered contact center software is dedicated to enhancing experiences for every stakeholder.Your business will gain cost efficiency, time efficiency, scalability, and continuous expert support.Your customers will enjoy better engagements, personalized journeys,and the convenience of self-service processes.Your agents will benefit from increased productivity, higher motivation, and streamlined workflows.All of this is made possible through our serverless infrastructure, expert project management, AI-driven innovations, dedicated support teams, seamless integrations, robust tools, and much more waiting for you to discover. Contact us today to learn more and start your 2-week POC.whatsapp | $1.5M | Seed | Aug 25, 2023 |  |
| 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. | $650K |  | Aug 07, 2023 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Cenoa | Cenoa is a borderless superwallet that improves access to dollar-based products in emerging countries. It enables users to buy dollars at real exchance rates and earn a fair yield - easily, securely and with zero fees. | $7M | Seed | Feb 06, 2023 |  |
| Invent Analytics | Invent is a provide of advanced analytics solutions for retailers and FMCG companies. Invent's products and services enable companies to achieve maximum profitability with data-driven inventory and pricing decisions. Retailers using Invent’s proprietary solutions have seen 2-6% increase in profitability and an unmatched ROI, proven for eachcase with live large-scale A/B testing. Their SaaS solutions offer agility and scalability, requiring zero capital investment due to the pay-as-you-go subscription model. | $7.5M | Series A | Dec 06, 2022 |  |
| Heltia | Salus provides online counseling services for mental health conditions. Their services include mental health programs, therapies, science-backed self-help resources, and consultations for mental health. | $800K | Pre-Seed | Oct 14, 2022 |  |
| Spotawheel | Spotawheel is a tech-driven used cars dealership platform that takes customer trust to a whole new level Spotawheel was founded in 2015 in Athens, Greece, currently operating in Greece and Poland | $109.7M |  | Apr 27, 2022 |  |
| Spotawheel | Spotawheel is a tech-driven used cars dealership platform that takes customer trust to a whole new level Spotawheel was founded in 2015 in Athens, Greece, currently operating in Greece and Poland | $109.7M | Series B | Apr 27, 2022 |  |

10 of 44 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Collective Spark invest in?

Collective Spark invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 44 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Collective Spark's check size?

Collective Spark typically joins rounds of $247k–$5M at Seed, $193k–$2.6M at Pre-Seed and $1.4M–$8M 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 Collective Spark participates in.

### How do I contact Collective Spark?

Public channels for Collective Spark include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Collective Spark?

The team at Collective Spark includes Sila Celik (Venture Partner), Atil Erken (General Partner) and Gorkem Oktay (General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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