# Erdem Holding

> Erdem Holding is a VC fund in Istanbul backing Artificial Intelligence and Energy. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Turkey
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/erdem-holding
- Website: https://erdem.com.tr
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trerdemholding

Erdem Holding is a VC fund in Istanbul focused on Artificial Intelligence and Energy. Erdem Holding operates in various sectors including telecommunications, energy, construction and building materials, real estate, manufacturing, recycling, and waste management. With a diverse portfolio, the company engages in a wide range of activities aimed at contributing to the economy and environmental sustainability. Erdem Holding,established in 1965, has grown alongside the dynamic Turkish economy, adapting to and innovating within the rapidly changing business landscape. The company's commitment to growth and sustainability is evident in its multifaceted operations and strategic investments across its sectors of involvement.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 100% |
| Energy | 1 | 50% |
| Retail | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Analytics | 1 | 50% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 1 | 50% |
| Germany | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Werover | At the beginning, Werover developed innovative technologies to ensure the safety of human life and accessibility underwater. As the demand for renewable energy grew, we started to offer predictive and preventive maintenance recommendations for renewable energy.The increasing demand for renewable energy assets globally has highlighted the need foreffective maintenance and repair of these assets. Early detection of damages is crucial to prevent them from becoming larger problems. As Werover, we aim to extend the lifespan of energy assets through our developed technologies that provide health monitoring and early detection of issues. Our goal is to promote sustainability in energy assets through the use of our software, which has been developed for both hydroelectric power plants and wind energy. We have divided our technologies into two categories:Searover, A line of ROVs specifically designed for the detection of cracks and sedimentation in Hydropower plants through the use of 3D mapping technologies.Windrover, a real-time health monitoring system that uses advanced machine learning algorithms to analyze vibration and acoustic data, enabling the early detection of defects in wind turbine blades.MAKE RENEWABLE SUSTAINABLE | $1.7M | Seed | May 28, 2025 |  |
| Vispera | Vispera is an image recognition and analytics company that runs its proprietary technology. With that, we provide retailers and suppliers with the missing insights they need for better performance at all points of sale. The image recognition based automation we provide helps our clients monitor the performance of their in-store execution and takecorrective actions.Our business technology solutions have been shaped into products that help boost productivity for field operations and improve in-store performance of display units. We provide real-time data and guidance on the field team performance, as well as key retail execution metrics such as on-shelf availability, planogram compliance, shelf share, price tag readings, branding material visibility, etc. Among these metrics, problems with on-shelf-availability alone cost the retail sector 1.75 Trillion USD each year. Delivering and commoditizing IR services require expert knowledge which we have. Due to our high performance in accuracy, reporting dashboard flexibility and customer satisfaction we are recently seeing competitors’ clients convert to Vispera services. We maintain our technological edge as well as a robust but flexible product strategy.We want to make image recognition a commodity service for the global retail sector and enable perfect store execution and experience for retailers, suppliers and consumers alike. As such, we progressively move from an IR vendor into retail data analytics provider supported by IR-based evidential reality. | $1.9M | Convertible Note | Mar 14, 2023 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Akca Holding](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akca-holding) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alchemist Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alchemist-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cleantech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cleantech-ventures-98f7) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Founder One](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founder-one) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Koc GSYF VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/koc-gsyf-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Maxis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maxis-19c6) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Erdem Holding invest in?

Erdem Holding invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Energy and Retail startups, most often at Seed and Convertible Note 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.

### When did Erdem Holding last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Erdem Holding closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 2 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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