# Figen Korun

> Figen Korun is a seed investor in Istanbul backing E-Commerce, FinTech and Software. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Istanbul, Turkey
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 8%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Figen Korun is a seed investor in Istanbul focused on E-Commerce and FinTech. Figen Korun

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $18k–$2M |
| Pre-Seed | $125k–$178k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 23% |
| FinTech | 2 | 15% |
| Software | 2 | 15% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 15% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 15% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 54% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 23% |
| Series A | 2 | 15% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hummingdrone | Hummingdrone provides cutting-edge autonomous drones and software solutions designed specifically for the solar energy industry. | $177.7K | Pre-Seed | Jun 26, 2024 |  |
| Ni-CAT Battery Materials and AI Company | Ni-CAT is working on AI-assisted research and development of next-generation battery materials, which is the key to the transition to battery electric vehicles. Ni-CAT believes that the speed of EV transition is still not enough to prevent global warming and replace carbon-based fuels in near future, and it is not related to money or resources. Webelieve that speeding up EV transition is possible with our novel methodology, which combines three approximation to the solution: our unique AI-assisted materials research, digitalized reactor farm and our novel surfactant-assisted synthesis.As the electrification of the automotive industry expands, we deliver state-of-the-art technologies to meet the industry’s high-quality standards. To help our customers to step up the EV transition, we will be working on our research and development of lower-cost/higher performance, ultra-high energy density battery materials to serve innovative solutions for a brighter future. With our expertise in the application of machine learning in material science, we are developing low cobalt/high nickel lithium cathode materials. Cathode determines the type of a lithium battery and is the limiting factor for nickel-based batteries. Further improvement in battery performance is possible through AI-assisted custom high nickel cathode materials with increased charge rate, charge to discharge ratio, tap density, or any other specifications. By our unique computer-controlled digital reactor farm, we numerize synthesis parameters and output specifications for the machine learning algorithm we have been developing. | $197.1K | Seed | Sep 20, 2022 |  |
| Riskoptima | RiskOptima is a market-neutral portfolio management company. They create a portfolio of stocks by using a combination of fundamental, quantitative, and deep learning models. This allows them to identify mispriced stocks and create a market-neutral portfolio with a lower risk profile. It uses software that is used for financial engineering. | $18.3K | Seed | Mar 07, 2022 |  |
| Bartme | Bartme is a c2c Barter Platform. Our mission is to put barter back in our daily life to maximise lifespan of any book today and any product tomorrow. Globally. Innovatively.We see a very strong tech-driven hype in 2nd hand (i.e. pre-owned) market. However, there is immense untapped potential in traditional barter. We have examined prominentproblems in barter concept and developed a unique, brand new mobile app to make barter a favorable option in 2nd hand trade.Happy Barter,Bartme Team | $2M | Seed | Sep 01, 2021 |  |
| İletmen | İletmen is a food delivery app which takes packages, products or orders from your business and deliver them to your customers. | $280K | Seed | Nov 11, 2020 |  |
| Ni-CAT Battery Materials and AI Company | Ni-CAT is working on AI-assisted research and development of next-generation battery materials, which is the key to the transition to battery electric vehicles. Ni-CAT believes that the speed of EV transition is still not enough to prevent global warming and replace carbon-based fuels in near future, and it is not related to money or resources. Webelieve that speeding up EV transition is possible with our novel methodology, which combines three approximation to the solution: our unique AI-assisted materials research, digitalized reactor farm and our novel surfactant-assisted synthesis.As the electrification of the automotive industry expands, we deliver state-of-the-art technologies to meet the industry’s high-quality standards. To help our customers to step up the EV transition, we will be working on our research and development of lower-cost/higher performance, ultra-high energy density battery materials to serve innovative solutions for a brighter future. With our expertise in the application of machine learning in material science, we are developing low cobalt/high nickel lithium cathode materials. Cathode determines the type of a lithium battery and is the limiting factor for nickel-based batteries. Further improvement in battery performance is possible through AI-assisted custom high nickel cathode materials with increased charge rate, charge to discharge ratio, tap density, or any other specifications. By our unique computer-controlled digital reactor farm, we numerize synthesis parameters and output specifications for the machine learning algorithm we have been developing. | $49.1K | Pre-Seed | Jul 30, 2020 |  |
| Bartme | Bartme is a c2c Barter Platform. Our mission is to put barter back in our daily life to maximise lifespan of any book today and any product tomorrow. Globally. Innovatively.We see a very strong tech-driven hype in 2nd hand (i.e. pre-owned) market. However, there is immense untapped potential in traditional barter. We have examined prominentproblems in barter concept and developed a unique, brand new mobile app to make barter a favorable option in 2nd hand trade.Happy Barter,Bartme Team | $29K | Seed | Jul 07, 2020 |  |
| Bartme | Bartme is a c2c Barter Platform. Our mission is to put barter back in our daily life to maximise lifespan of any book today and any product tomorrow. Globally. Innovatively.We see a very strong tech-driven hype in 2nd hand (i.e. pre-owned) market. However, there is immense untapped potential in traditional barter. We have examined prominentproblems in barter concept and developed a unique, brand new mobile app to make barter a favorable option in 2nd hand trade.Happy Barter,Bartme Team |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 07, 2020 |  |
| 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. | $111K | Series A | Jun 18, 2020 |  |
| 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. | $559.2K | Seed | Jun 09, 2020 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Figen Korun invest in?

Figen Korun invests primarily in E-Commerce, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Figen Korun's check size?

Figen Korun typically joins rounds of $18k–$2M at Seed and $125k–$178k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Figen Korun participates in.

### When did Figen Korun last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Figen Korun closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 13 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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