# Bek Ventures

> Bek Ventures is a VC fund in Luxembourg backing Gaming and Robotics. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bekventures/
- Website: https://x.com/bek_vc

Bek Ventures is a VC fund in Luxembourg focused on Gaming and Robotics. Bek Ventures (f.k.a. Earlybird Digital East Fund) is one of the world’s leading early-stage venture capital investors, investing in tech startups with global ambitions and roots in Emerging Europe. Currently in its second decade, the firm has over $600m committed capital across its active funds and the team’s investment track record includes someof the multi-billion dollar successes emerging from the region, including UiPath, Payhawk, and Peak. The firm was recently named the top-performing VC globally since 2010 by HEC-Dow Jones.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 1 | 50% |
| Robotics | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Logistics | 1 | 50% |
| Electronics | 1 | 50% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cem Sertoglu | Managing Partner | 34 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/m-cem-sertoglu |
| Dan Lupu | Ex-Partner | 18 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-lupu |
| Ertunc Alioglu | CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ertunc-alioglu |
| Evren Ucok | Ex-Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evren-ucok |
| Mehmet Atici | Managing Partner | 48 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mehmet-atici |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Grand Games | Grand Games is shaping the future of gaming by creating genre-defining games played by millions worldwide. | $30.1M | Series A | Jan 09, 2025 |  |
| Brightpick | Brightpick offers AI robots for warehouses to easily automate every step of their order fulfillment. The innovative Brightpick robots enable warehouses of any size to fully automate order picking, consolidation and dispatch, as well as stock replenishment. Brightpick Autopicker, the company’s award-winning flagship robot, is the only mobile robotin the world that robotically picks and consolidates orders directly in warehouse aisles. The Brightpick solution takes just weeks to deploy and allows companies to reduce their fulfillment labor to a minimum. Headquartered near Cincinnati, OH, Brightpick has more than 200 employees and hundreds of AI robots deployed across the US and Europe. | $21M | Series B | Dec 07, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Credo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/credo-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alpha Intelligence Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpha-intelligence-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Balderton Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/balderton-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bek Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bek-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Earlybird Digital East Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/earlybird-digital-east-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Earlybird Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/earlybird-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Bek Ventures invest in?

Bek Ventures invests primarily in Gaming, Robotics and Software startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Bek Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Bek Ventures?

The team at Bek Ventures includes Cem Sertoglu (Managing Partner), Dan Lupu (Ex-Partner) and Ertunc Alioglu (CFO), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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