# Efe Duran Sarikaya

> Efe Duran Sarikaya is a seed investor in Düsseldorf backing Fitness, Apps and Shipping. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Düsseldorf, Germany
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: May 2023
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/duran-sarikaya/

Efe Duran Sarikaya is a seed investor in Düsseldorf focused on Fitness and Apps. Efe Duran Sarikaya

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $600k–$4.5M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $715k–$1.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fitness | 2 | 20% |
| Apps | 1 | 10% |
| Shipping | 1 | 10% |
| Shopping | 1 | 10% |
| Software | 1 | 10% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 20% |
| Angel | 1 | 10% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 10% |
| Equity Crowdfunding | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 7 | 70% |
| Germany | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NoExit Games | NoExit Games is a software company that designs and develops mobile hyper-casual games for both the play store and app store. | $362K | Equity Crowdfunding | May 16, 2023 |  |
| Hubtic | Combining digital transportation with its cutting-edge technology, Hubtic provides B2B services to make shipments faster, smarter, and more effective.Founded in Düsseldorf (Germany) with an operation office in Istanbul (Turkey), Hubtic GmbH operates in more than 20 countries. We provide a cloud-based service that enables both our customers andcarriers to stream, manage, and optimize their logistics operations online. As in every industry, the future of logistics is also about automation. Empowered by our expert team and modern approach to business, our aim is to carry the logistics industry one step forward. | $1.3M | Seed | Mar 23, 2023 |  |
| FormaStar | FormaStar is a Sports-focused digital ecosystem. | $500K | Angel | Dec 06, 2022 |  |
| ULive | ULive is a digital fitness platform. With ULive, users can develop physically, mentally and spiritually. Indoor Cycling using UBikes, Yoga, Pilates, Stretch, Dance and bUUt (functional body training) classes, which they can attend live every day and whenever they want, using mobile application. | $600K | Seed | Jun 30, 2022 |  |
| Urban Active | Urban Active offers indoor cycling, bootcamp, Pilates, yoga and guided fitness programs both in‑studio and via its mobile app. | $600K | Seed | Jun 30, 2022 |  |
| Yollando.com | Yollando.com is a Turkish-based shopping and package forwarding service that facilitates shopping. They offer a variety of services such as Discounted packet forwarding, Buy for me, Package consolidation, Repackaging, Package tracking, Order returns/cancels, and Free storage for orders. They provide lower shipping rates to abroad with discountrates up to 80 percent.Yollando.com was established to contribute to the export of Turkish brands. Apart from shopping consultancy, they are already producing alternative solutions for logistics and product supply to individual persons and companies in Turkey and abroad. |  | Seed | May 12, 2022 |  |
| Yollando.com | Yollando.com is a Turkish-based shopping and package forwarding service that facilitates shopping. They offer a variety of services such as Discounted packet forwarding, Buy for me, Package consolidation, Repackaging, Package tracking, Order returns/cancels, and Free storage for orders. They provide lower shipping rates to abroad with discountrates up to 80 percent.Yollando.com was established to contribute to the export of Turkish brands. Apart from shopping consultancy, they are already producing alternative solutions for logistics and product supply to individual persons and companies in Turkey and abroad. | $305.9K | Convertible Note | May 12, 2022 |  |
| Digime | Whether you're a fitness professional, doctor, or even a life coach, Digime3D softwares enables you to extract key body shape and measurements relevant to your industry. | $715K | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 27, 2022 |  |
| Plastic Move | Plastic Move engages in the production of bio-based and bio-degradable bioplastics made of waste bread. | $4.5M | Seed | Mar 08, 2022 |  |
| Fonbulucu | fonbulucu is a crowding funding platform that provide innovative financing and investment system benefit to entrepreneurs and investors. | $1.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 07, 2022 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Efe Duran Sarikaya invest in?

Efe Duran Sarikaya invests primarily in Fitness, Apps and Shipping startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Efe Duran Sarikaya's check size?

Efe Duran Sarikaya typically joins rounds of $600k–$4.5M at Seed and $715k–$1.1M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Efe Duran Sarikaya participates in.

### When did Efe Duran Sarikaya last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Efe Duran Sarikaya closed in May 2023. Shizune tracks 10 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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