# Deniz Ventures

> Deniz Ventures is a VC fund backing Trading Platform, Financial Services and SaaS. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/denizventures/
- Website: https://www.denizventures.com

Deniz Ventures is a VC fund focused on Trading Platform and Financial Services. Deniz Ventures is the corporate venture capital fund of DenizBank Financial Services Group.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $172k–$733k |
| Pre-Seed | $1M–$1M |
| Series A | $5.1M–$8.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Trading Platform | 2 | 25% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 25% |
| SaaS | 1 | 13% |
| Credit | 1 | 13% |
| Bitcoin | 1 | 13% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 25% |
| Series A | 2 | 25% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Onlayer | Detect, monitor and remediate data breach and compliance risks of your company and your merchants. | $8.2M | Series A | Nov 19, 2025 |  |
| TeamSec | TeamSec seeks to outperform conventional securitization services on international markets. Cloud-based services that support artificial intelligence offer efficiency, security, and flexibility with the help of their TeamSec experienced team, allowing for an increase in operational efficiency. | $7.6M |  | Jan 29, 2025 |  |
| TeamSec | TeamSec seeks to outperform conventional securitization services on international markets. Cloud-based services that support artificial intelligence offer efficiency, security, and flexibility with the help of their TeamSec experienced team, allowing for an increase in operational efficiency. |  |  | Dec 16, 2024 |  |
| TeamSec | TeamSec seeks to outperform conventional securitization services on international markets. Cloud-based services that support artificial intelligence offer efficiency, security, and flexibility with the help of their TeamSec experienced team, allowing for an increase in operational efficiency. | $5.1M | Series A | Jul 03, 2024 |  |
| Erguvan | Voluntary carbon markets are opaque as they are dominated by OTC deals resulting in hefty brokerage fees and hidden margins. Matchmaking, integrity and settlement issues as well as counter-party risks are prevalent. On the other hand, access to carbon accounting solutions that offer integrated carbon offsetting features is low globally.Ourflagship product, Erguvan Marketplace is a secure and transparent carbon credits trading platform that directly connects end buyers and project developers, offering all participants a frictionless, efficient and low-cost transaction environment. We also provide a suite of activity-based carbon accounting APIs with seamless carbon offsetting features. | $732.8K | Seed | Aug 07, 2023 |  |
| Ekon Teknoloji | Ekon Teknoloji is a software company that offers algorithmic trading solutions in forex, viop, and bitcoin markets. | $171.9K | Seed | Jul 18, 2022 |  |
| Midas | Midas is the first neobroker of Turkey, providing zero commission Turkish and American stocks. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Mar 08, 2021 |  |
| Midas | Midas is the first neobroker of Turkey, providing zero commission Turkish and American stocks. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Mar 08, 2021 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Emirates NBD](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emirates-nbd) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Rasmal Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rasmal-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DenizYatırım](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/denizyat%C4%B1r%C4%B1m) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Future Impact Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-impact-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Oleka Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oleka-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Revo Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/revo-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Deniz Ventures invest in?

Deniz Ventures invests primarily in Trading Platform, Financial Services and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Deniz Ventures's check size?

Deniz Ventures typically joins rounds of $172k–$733k at Seed, $1M–$1M at Pre-Seed and $5.1M–$8.2M 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 Deniz Ventures participates in.

### When did Deniz Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Deniz Ventures closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 8 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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