# Esas Ventures

> Esas Ventures is a VC fund in Istanbul backing Health Care and Software. See 43 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Turkey
- Total investments: 43
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 5%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/esasventures/about/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/esasventures
- Website: http://www.esasventures.com/

Esas Ventures is a VC fund in Istanbul focused on Health Care and Software. Esas Ventures is the venture capital arm of Esas Holding, one of the largest family-owned investment firms in Turkey and is backed by the first and second generation family members of Şevket Sabancı, one of the founding members of Sabancı Holding, a leading Turkish conglomerate.With offices in Istanbul and London, Esas Ventures invests in earlystage companies globally.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $700k–$9M |
| Series A | $5M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 8 | 19% |
| Software | 7 | 16% |
| E-Commerce | 7 | 16% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 14% |
| Internet | 5 | 12% |

77 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 25 | 58% |
| Series A | 8 | 19% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 5% |
| Series D | 2 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 5% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 20 | 47% |
| Kenya | 3 | 7% |
| Canada | 3 | 7% |
| India | 2 | 5% |
| Mexico | 2 | 5% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fethi Kamisli | Founder & Managing Partner | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fethi-sabanc%C4%B1-kam%C4%B1%C5%9Fl%C4%B1 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RubiBrands | Established in 2021, RubiBrands is a beyond Amazon roll-up business that acquires and partners with e-commerce native brands. It then grows these brands into global powerhouses through investments, centralizing and optimizing operations, focusing sourcing to Turkey, brand building and introduction to new markets and channels. | $3M | Seed | Oct 04, 2023 |  |
| GoWit Technology | GoWit is a leading AdTech company, specializing in a multi-channel Retail Media Ads platform for online retailers. Our main objective is to empower businesses with comprehensive advertising solutions and maximize ad monetization. To reach a broader audience, we offer a variation of on-site & off-site advertising options such as SponsoredProducts, Sponsored Brands, Display, Video and In-Store Ads. With a clear focus on transparency, we are committed to helping our partners establish a powerful presence in the ever-growing world of retail. |  | Seed | Jun 01, 2023 |  |
| GoWit Technology | GoWit is a leading AdTech company, specializing in a multi-channel Retail Media Ads platform for online retailers. Our main objective is to empower businesses with comprehensive advertising solutions and maximize ad monetization. To reach a broader audience, we offer a variation of on-site & off-site advertising options such as SponsoredProducts, Sponsored Brands, Display, Video and In-Store Ads. With a clear focus on transparency, we are committed to helping our partners establish a powerful presence in the ever-growing world of retail. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Jun 01, 2023 |  |
| River | River Financial is a challenger financial institution specializing in Bitcoin financial services. River Financial's flagship product, a Bitcoin brokerage, provides sophisticated retail investors with a high-touch platform to buy and sell Bitcoin.Founded in 2019 by Alexander Leishman and Andrew Benson, River's brokerage product providesits clients with best-in-class security, a world-class client service experience, and investment performance tools such as cost basis tracking. | $35M | Series B | May 16, 2023 |  |
| Flora | We are a Bay Area-based sustainable e-commerce marketplace. We acquiring, nurture and grow e-commerce brands on a mission to make quality, sustainable products more accessible and affordable. Flora exists to empower people to live sustainably in their daily lives because we believe that inspiring small sustainable choices can lead to a big impact. | $9M | Seed | Sep 28, 2022 |  |
| Procol | It's the year 2020, and the world's largest spend taken place offline.We’re living in a world where we have Amazons. In contrast with the world of business purchases where 60% of the time is spent on cold calling, emailing, following-up, and even worse, a large number of transactional frauds happen on payments and deliveries. Resultingin ruined trust and suffered business relationships.In a market of trillion $ of business spend, Procol is building an all-in-one digital procurement platform — a single place for live auctions, collaboration, and intelligent insights.Backed by investors like Blume Ventures, Sequoia Surge, Beenext, and Rainmatter. | $6.1M |  | Sep 13, 2022 |  |
| Procol | It's the year 2020, and the world's largest spend taken place offline.We’re living in a world where we have Amazons. In contrast with the world of business purchases where 60% of the time is spent on cold calling, emailing, following-up, and even worse, a large number of transactional frauds happen on payments and deliveries. Resultingin ruined trust and suffered business relationships.In a market of trillion $ of business spend, Procol is building an all-in-one digital procurement platform — a single place for live auctions, collaboration, and intelligent insights.Backed by investors like Blume Ventures, Sequoia Surge, Beenext, and Rainmatter. | $6.5M | Series A | Sep 13, 2022 |  |
| RubiBrands | Established in 2021, RubiBrands is a beyond Amazon roll-up business that acquires and partners with e-commerce native brands. It then grows these brands into global powerhouses through investments, centralizing and optimizing operations, focusing sourcing to Turkey, brand building and introduction to new markets and channels. | $23M | Seed | May 24, 2022 |  |
| Caantin | Kibanda Topup digitizes the supply for micro, small and medium-sized restaurants. Kibanda Topup allows restaurant owners to order inventory such as grains, poultry, beverages, and beef by app through a simple SMS and get the orders the next day. | $1.7M | Seed | Mar 01, 2022 |  |
| Aviron Interactive | Aviron Interactive is a fitness company offering a rower with gamification features. It is a connected rowing machine designed with the user in mind. Short, high-intensity workouts save time, high resistance settings allow to include strength training along with cardio workout, and hundreds of content options to get motivated and keep engaged monthafter month. | $18.6M | Series A | Feb 23, 2022 |  |

10 of 43 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Esas Ventures invest in?

Esas Ventures invests primarily in Health Care, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 43 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 Esas Ventures's check size?

Esas Ventures typically joins rounds of $700k–$9M at Seed and $5M–$30M 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 Esas Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Esas Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Esas Ventures?

The team at Esas Ventures includes Fethi Kamisli (Founder & Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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