# Founder One

> Founder One is a VC fund in Sisli backing Software and EdTech. See 39 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sisli, Turkey
- Total investments: 39
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 54%
- Fund size: $7.9M
- Last fund: May 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/founderone/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/founderonevc
- Website: https://www.founderone.com/index.php
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Founderonevc/

Founder One is a VC fund in Sisli focused on Software and EdTech. Founder One makes investment at the idea and seed stage in initiatives with measurable impact goals.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $100k–$600k |
| Pre-Seed | $100k–$1.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 13% |
| EdTech | 4 | 10% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 10% |
| Health Care | 4 | 10% |
| Mobile Apps | 4 | 10% |

69 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 25 | 64% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 5% |
| Series B | 1 | 3% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 24 | 62% |
| United States | 2 | 5% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sina Afra | General Partner | 46 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sina-afra |

## 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 |  |
| PoiLabs | PoiLabs is an inclusive indoor positioning platform for smart buildings. PoiLabs digitizes physical spaces by providing indoor navigation for the visually impaired, mapped indoor navigation, indoor analytics, and location-based marketing services. These technology solutions enable businesses to make their spaces accessible to everyone, trackand understand customer behavior, improve customer experience, and increase revenue through location-based marketing strategies.PoiLabs solutions are used by prestigious companies in the field such as Hopi, Boyner, Emaar, Istanbul Airport, Turkcell, and İş Bankası in more than 500 locations.With a team of 20 people, PoiLabs operates at ITU Arı 6 Technopark. At the end of 2022, they started their international operations with their London office. | $100K | Seed | Mar 01, 2025 |  |
| MilkApp | MilkApp is a developer of raw milk analysis, tracking, and identification systems. They also develop a mobile milk analyzer system. They also provide research and development services for agricultural fields. | $100K | Seed | Oct 16, 2024 |  |
| Good Sanitation Company | Good Sanitation Company provides a specific sanitation and hygiene solution for those in temporary accommodation environments. | $450K | Seed | Sep 05, 2024 |  |
| The Good Wild | The Good Wild produces plant-based products that enhance nutritional value. The brand offers sprouted and fermented legumes, aiming to preserve natural plant protein. |  | Seed | Jul 24, 2024 |  |
| The Good Wild | The Good Wild produces plant-based products that enhance nutritional value. The brand offers sprouted and fermented legumes, aiming to preserve natural plant protein. | $1.4M | Pre-Seed | Jul 24, 2024 |  |
| Kavaken | Kavaken offers artificial intelligence-powered solutions to renewable energy asset owners. | $1.1M | Seed | Jun 26, 2024 |  |
| Materix | Materix is a nanotechnology company collaborating with industry and academia to develop commercializable materials. The company uses thin films for surface properties, providing hydrophobic, photocatalytic, protection, and antibacterial functions. | $100K | Seed | Apr 16, 2024 |  |
| Swatchloop | Swatchloop identifies waste technically for more efficient recycling of textile waste and offers smart suggestions to provide correct sorting and collaboration with machine learning. In addition, it provides data analysis with the ability to tracking all recycling processes in a sustainable and be transparent, from the QR code to the finalconsumer. | $100K | Seed | Apr 03, 2024 |  |
| VerdantWave | VerdantWave provides an alternative to petroleum-based plastics by utilizing renewable resources and agricultural waste to drastically reduce the carbon footprint, improve mechanical characteristics, and assist organizations pursuing net zero goals. | $100K | Seed | Mar 26, 2024 |  |

10 of 39 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Maxis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maxis-19c6) — VC Fund, 27 deals together
- [Esor Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/esor-investments) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Founder One invest in?

Founder One invests primarily in Software, EdTech and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 39 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Founder One's check size?

Founder One typically joins rounds of $100k–$600k at Seed and $100k–$1.4M 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 Founder One participates in.

### How do I contact Founder One?

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### Who are the partners at Founder One?

The team at Founder One includes Sina Afra (General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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