# Firat Özpınar

> Firat Özpınar is a seed investor at Diffusion Capital Partners backing Software and SaaS. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Diffusion Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/diffusion-capital-partners)
- Location: Istanbul, Turkey
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: May 2022
- Lead investor: 63%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/firatozpinar/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/fozpinar
- Website: https://x.com/fozpinar
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/firat.ozpinar

Firat Özpınar is a seed investor at Diffusion Capital Partners in Istanbul focused on Software and SaaS. Firat Özpınar is based out of Istanbul, Istanbul and is the Partner of Diffusion Capital Partners. Firat previously worked at Paravion as a Member of the Board. Firat Özpınar attended Babson College.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 38% |
| SaaS | 2 | 25% |
| FinTech | 2 | 25% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 25% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 25% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Series A | 2 | 25% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 13% |
| Series B | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 4 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 13% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GovernID | GovernID is a software company that helps to implement software framework to comply with global privacy regulations. | $97K | Seed | May 18, 2022 |  |
| Virasoft | ViraSoft’s ambition is to be the first choice in the field of digital pathology in Turkey and in mid-term enabling to give service to the neighboring countries. Together with the R&D activities, we aim to improve the efficiency and effectivity in the pathology process and reach significant diagnosis results. | $2.5M | Seed | Sep 27, 2021 |  |
| V-Count | V-Count is a leading global provider of AI-powered visitor analytics and people-counting solutions for physical locations. | $1.6M | Series A | Dec 30, 2017 |  |
| Tekkredi | Tekkredi.com is a platform to help you reconfigure your existing loans in different banks and relax your monthly payment plan | $985K | Series A | Dec 28, 2017 |  |
| Appsilon Enterprise | We re-create the earth’s process to grow diamond. Our plasma chamber is like the Sun on the Earth. Atom by atom, the diamond lattice form and it’s the same with how diamond forms in nature. We mimic the process, but the result is the same with nature-born. | $1.6M | Seed | Nov 17, 2017 |  |
| Virasoft | ViraSoft’s ambition is to be the first choice in the field of digital pathology in Turkey and in mid-term enabling to give service to the neighboring countries. Together with the R&D activities, we aim to improve the efficiency and effectivity in the pathology process and reach significant diagnosis results. | $384K | Seed | Aug 02, 2017 |  |
| Parasut | SaaS bookkeeping for SMEs in Turkey. Leading the SaaS revolution in Turkey. Helping small businesses digitize and grow. | $2M | Series B | Nov 24, 2016 |  |
| Virasoft | ViraSoft’s ambition is to be the first choice in the field of digital pathology in Turkey and in mid-term enabling to give service to the neighboring countries. Together with the R&D activities, we aim to improve the efficiency and effectivity in the pathology process and reach significant diagnosis results. |  | Pre-Seed |  |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [TT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tt-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ak Portfoy](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ak-portfoy) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Eczacıbaşı Momentum](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eczac%C4%B1basi-momentum) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MetLife Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/metlife-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Revo Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/revo-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Diffusion Capital Partners

VC Fund · Istanbul, Turkey

DCP is an early-stage venture capital fund manager. We predominantly invest in deep-tech start-ups. At DCP we aim to invest in entrepreneurial teams that are building the future through progressive science and technology. We focus on cross-industry sectors and interdisciplinary projects to discover innovations occurring at the nexus of technologydomains where capital-efficient solutions can unlock significant value.

5 contacts available at Diffusion Capital Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A. Alper Karagoz | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alper-karagoz |
| Firat Özpınar | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/firat-ozpinar |
| Haluk Zontul | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/haluk-zontul |
| Altan Kucukcinar | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altan-k%C3%9C%C3%87%C3%9Ck%C3%87inar |
| Damla Kucuk | Office Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/damla-kucuk |

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## FAQ

### What does Firat Özpınar invest in?

Firat Özpınar invests primarily in Software, SaaS and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Firat Özpınar last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Firat Özpınar closed in May 2022. Shizune tracks 8 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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