# E. Bora Uygun

> E. Bora Uygun is a seed investor at BORA&SONS (Istanbul) backing Software and SaaS. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [BORA&SONS](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bora-sons)
- Location: Istanbul, Turkey
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://tr.linkedin.com/in/dr-e-bora-uygun-a768b744/en
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/bora_uygun
- Website: https://x.com/bora_uygun

E. Bora Uygun is a seed investor at BORA&SONS in Istanbul focused on Software and SaaS. E. Bora Uygun is the Founder and CEO of BORA&SONS. He holds a Ph.D. in information technologies from Marmara University and has an MBA from the same institution.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$3.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 28% |
| SaaS | 3 | 17% |
| FinTech | 3 | 17% |
| Mobile Apps | 3 | 17% |
| Payments | 2 | 11% |

58 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 12 | 67% |
| Series A | 2 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 11% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 13 | 72% |
| Turkey | 2 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Revel Games | Revel Games engages in the creation of mobile gaming apps. | $4.5M | Seed | Mar 15, 2022 |  |
| RemoteTeam (acquired by Gusto) | Remote Team offers automated payrolls, time off, HR tools, and compliance made simple. The San Francisco-based company was founded in 2020 by Sahin Boydas. |  | Pre-Seed | Jun 01, 2021 |  |
| RemoteTeam (acquired by Gusto) | Remote Team offers automated payrolls, time off, HR tools, and compliance made simple. The San Francisco-based company was founded in 2020 by Sahin Boydas. |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 06, 2019 |  |
| Anyplace | Anyplace is a marketplace that provides flexible housing to digital nomads and millennials. Its mission to free people to live wherever they feel inspired to go by providing modern, dependable, turn-key living and accommodations anyplace in the world. | $2.5M | Seed | Jun 03, 2019 |  |
| Chooch | Deploy computer vision fast with the Chooch AI platform. Generate AI models for accurate visual detection across a wide variety of industries. Chooch proprietary technology has been deployed at scale for industries including geospatial, healthcare, security, media, industrial and retail and the US government. Applications range widely from trackingsurgical procedures, to mask detection and social distancing compliance, safety equipment assurance, intrusion monitoring, fire alerts, facial authentication, and image quality control. For more information or a technology demonstration, please visit Chooch.AI | $2.8M | Seed | Apr 18, 2019 |  |
| Carbon Health | Carbon Health is a tech-enabled healthcare company that delivers virtual care experience. It offers primary care services through a mobile application that enables users to follow-up on a treatment plan, manage prescriptions, and see lab reports all through one app. Carbon Health has created a coronavirus assessment tool and also set up covid-19testing in California.The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $3M | Seed | May 29, 2018 |  |
| Kin Insurance | Kin Insurance is a direct-to-consumer digital insurer focusing on the homeowner's insurance market. Kin Insurance enhances homeowners insurance convenience and affordability by removing external agents. The tech platform offers a seamless user experience, personalized coverage options, and efficient claims service. Kin utilizes extensiveproperty data for precise pricing and improved underwriting results. | $3.3M | Seed | Aug 01, 2017 |  |
| UniKey Technologies | UniKey Technologies offers a mobile platform to replace keys, codes, and passwords by turning a smartphone into a universal electronic key. It develops and offers a “touch-to-open” technology, through which a smartphone can stay in a pocket or purse to keep hands free; delivers patent-pending intelligence that detects whether an authorized user isinside or outside of the home or building before granting access to help prevent unauthorized entry; and provides multiple levels of security.The company partners with lock manufactures, including Kwikset and Weiser to create smart locks such as Kevo. Its cloud-based lock management solution enables multifamily properties to manage multiple locks for each unit. It brings leading smart lock and access control technology to address the needs of small and large commercial businesses. UniKey’s eKey systems, paired with its partners’ locks for hospitality, enable complete key management.UniKey Technologies was founded in 2010 by Phil Dumas and is based in Florida, United States. | $10M | Series A | Apr 15, 2015 |  |
| Final | Final is an Oakland-based startup focused on combating fraud online and offline, while giving consumers more control over their spending. The credit card startup provides its users with a physical card and a mobile application that protects the user’s account from fraud, theft, breaches, and card cancellation. Through its application, the companyallows its users to give a credit card number to each merchant or a disposable one-time use number for one-off purchases, and provides view of transactions and buying habits. Founded in 2014, Final is a venture-backed company that went through Y Combinator in Winter 2015. | $1M | Seed | Jan 27, 2015 |  |
| Connected2.me | Connected2.me; a global messaging platform with 25M+ registered users. Users are acquired by viral growth. It has anonymity feature that is not available in other messaging platforms, which allows communication without revealing your identity. | $515K |  | Dec 19, 2014 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Atanova Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atanova-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Braitman & Company](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/braitman-company) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Initialized Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/initialized-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Lauder Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lauder-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Oakhouse Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oakhousepartners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About BORA&SONS

VC Fund · Coal Harbour, Canada

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| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E. Bora Uygun | CEO and Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dr-e-bora-uygun |

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## FAQ

### What does E. Bora Uygun invest in?

E. Bora Uygun invests primarily in Software, SaaS and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is E. Bora Uygun's check size?

E. Bora Uygun typically joins rounds of $1M–$3.3M 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 E. Bora Uygun participates in.

### When did E. Bora Uygun last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for E. Bora Uygun closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 18 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?

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