# Evyap

> Evyap is a VC fund in Istanbul backing Life Science and Biotechnology. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Turkey
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/34179
- Website: https://x.com/evyapint
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arkonem

Evyap is a VC fund in Istanbul focused on Life Science and Biotechnology. The story of Evyap, which started with soap production in 1927 in Erzurum, now extends from soap to shower gels, from shampoos to shaving products, from skin care to fine fragnance, from baby diapers to toothpaste, and many other categories of products in over 100 countries.Evyap, by now, is one of the leading soap and personal care productsmanufacturers of the world. Evyap, which carries out a large portion of the export of soap and personal care products from Turkey, is among the 100 Top Turkish industrial firms. Evyap is growing steadily in order to meet the demands of the market. Aside from the facilities in Turkey, Evyap has a factory in Egypt that became operational in 2002.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Life Science | 1 | 100% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LIVZYM Biotechnology | LIVZYM is a biotechnology research center. They provide services that include microorganisms, fermentation, filtration, drying, and packaging. An online inquiry form is available on the company's website. | $11M | Seed | Jul 30, 2024 | https://www.livzym.com/tr/v2/ |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Danstar Ferment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/danstar-ferment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lallemand](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lallemand) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [StartupIst VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startupist-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tt-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Evyap invest in?

Evyap invests primarily in Life Science and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Evyap last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Evyap closed in Jul 2024. Shizune tracks 1 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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