# Gate Inside Ventures

> Gate Inside Ventures is a VC fund in Istanbul backing Gaming and Sports. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Turkey
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Apr 2023
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gate-inside-ventures
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/gateinside
- Website: http://www.gateinside.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gateinside

Gate Inside Ventures is a VC fund in Istanbul focused on Gaming and Sports. Founded by successful entrepreneurs to help new comers. Gate Inside developed a new model of startup funding. Twice a year they invest a small amount of money. The startups move to their incubation center for 3 months. Founders get required help from mentors and other entrepreneurs like themselves in a unique working environment.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $50k–$250k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 1 | 20% |
| Sports | 1 | 20% |
| Charity | 1 | 20% |
| Finance | 1 | 20% |
| Hardware | 1 | 20% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Emre Gursoy | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emre-gursoy |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fitmap | A unique marketplace where people meet trainers and coaches from various branches of sport and health all around the world. | $50K | Seed | Apr 05, 2023 |  |
| Jib Games | We are a venture-backed game studio based in Istanbul, developing & publishing MMORPGs. The games developed by the team have been played by 25 million players in 8 countries.Currently working on Polity, a gaming platform where players can choose to excel in various professions as a citizen in an open virtual world. These professions derivefrom popular casual games. We target worldwide (esp. Tier 1) 16+ years old lifelong players.Long term vision of the Polity is to be a place for new form of education. We believe that a good education brings self-awareness which drives happiness. Our mission is to dream, design, create and develop better and happy ways to get educated. | $250K | Seed | Mar 11, 2020 |  |
| Zonetix Market Research | Zonetix is a zero-party data market research company operating in emerging markets. | $50K | Seed | Apr 30, 2019 |  |
| Bi'deneyim | bideneyim.com is an online social responsibility platform, those who wish to support charity can contribute whatever amount they want, in one step and without the hassle of lengthy procedures and at the same time be able to get the chance to live a unique experience with a celebrity and receive unique gifts. | $50K | Pre-Seed | Mar 02, 2016 |  |
| DGI Works | DGI Works they provide banking products, produces security and performance banking products | $300K | Series A | Jun 26, 2015 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DES Elektronik](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/des-elektronik) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Gate Inside Ventures invest in?

Gate Inside Ventures invests primarily in Gaming, Sports and Charity startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Gate Inside Ventures's check size?

Gate Inside Ventures typically joins rounds of $50k–$250k at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Gate Inside Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Gate Inside Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Gate Inside Ventures?

The team at Gate Inside Ventures includes Emre Gursoy (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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