# Gurcan Ozan

> Gurcan Ozan is a seed investor at ACT Venture Partners (Istanbul) backing Robotics and Software. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [ACT Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/act-venture-partners)
- Location: Istanbul, Turkey
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gurcanozan

Gurcan Ozan is a seed investor at ACT Venture Partners in Istanbul focused on Robotics and Software. Gurcan Ozan - Partner @ ACT Venture Partners

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Robotics | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| 3D Printing | 1 | 50% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aibuild | Aibuild is a software company with locations in London and Silicon Valley, that is transforming the Additive Manufacturing industry on a global scale. We are on a mission to make manufacturing efficient by accelerating the transition towards factories of the future that are cloud-connected, autonomous and primarily additive. |  |  | Dec 16, 2025 |  |
| Aibuild | Aibuild is a software company with locations in London and Silicon Valley, that is transforming the Additive Manufacturing industry on a global scale. We are on a mission to make manufacturing efficient by accelerating the transition towards factories of the future that are cloud-connected, autonomous and primarily additive. | $3.2M | Seed | Jun 09, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [212 NexT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/212-next) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aerospace Xelerated](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ati-boeing-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Atlas Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlas-ventures-67bb) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Driventure](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/driventure) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Force Over Mass Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/force-over-mass-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [IQ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iq-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About ACT Venture Partners

VC Fund · Amsterdam, The Netherlands

ACT Venture Partners (ACT VP) is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage deep-tech startups. ACT VP invested in 25 startups in total. ACT's investment philosophy is to identify early-stage ventures and back technical founders with visions and abilities to transform a market or an industry. ACT's target entrepreneurs developbreakthrough products and technologies, establish new market footholds or pursue novel business models.

5 contacts available at ACT Venture Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Duy Louis Tran | Investment Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/duy-tran-0047 |
| Erhan Z. Kilicozlu | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erhan-kilicozlu |
| Gokhan Guner | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gokhan-guner |
| Gozde Baloglu | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gozde-baloglu |
| Gurcan Ozan | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gurcan-ozan |

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## FAQ

### What does Gurcan Ozan invest in?

Gurcan Ozan invests primarily in Robotics, Software and 3D Printing startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Gurcan Ozan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Gurcan Ozan closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 2 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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