# Hackquarters

> Hackquarters is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 159 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Turkey
- Total investments: 159
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 45%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hackquarters/
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/hackquarters
- Website: http://www.hackquarters.co
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hackquarters

Hackquarters is a VC fund in Istanbul focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Hackquarters is your launchpad to become a successful company that you deserve to be. In Hackquarters you will have access to our great team, capacity and disruptive technologies. It’s not only our office space that we will be sharing, but people who see far beyond today.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Hackquarters. Shizune tracks 3 team members at Hackquarters. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/hackquarters-startup-launchpad?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 34 | 21% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 24 | 15% |
| FinTech | 23 | 14% |
| SaaS | 22 | 14% |
| Information Technology | 21 | 13% |

193 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Non-equity Assistance | 123 | 77% |
| Funding Round | 18 | 11% |
| Seed | 4 | 3% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 2% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 61 | 38% |
| United Kingdom | 15 | 9% |
| United States | 13 | 8% |
| Spain | 9 | 6% |
| Germany | 6 | 4% |

19 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hilal Yılmaz | Creative Branding Strategist | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hilal-y%C4%B1lmaz |
| Kaan Akın | Founder, CEO | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kaan-ak%C4%B1n |
| Sabina Babayeva | Program Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sabina-babayeva |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ingosa | Ingosa virtual assistants can interact and engage with your business on your website, phone or in the app. Ingosa creates a rich and engaging experience for customers, including through visual widgets (giphs, videos, carousels, date pickers etc.) and unique branding and customization opportunities. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Apr 05, 2024 |  |
| Ancient Greens | Ancient Greens specializes in the research, development, production, packaging, and distribution of various types of natural products. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Mar 26, 2024 |  |
| SeraCell | SeraCell is a technology company that develops smart irrigation and air conditioning system for greenhouse based enterprises. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Mar 26, 2024 |  |
| Afara | Afara is an agtech company that conducts research and manufactures robots that perform agricultural activities by reducing labor needs for farmers and providing energy efficiency with environmentally friendly practices. Afara Agricultural Technologies Inc. was established in 2023 by receiving investment from the crowdfunding platform Fonlabuyusun.It is to manufacture and offer to farmers Afara robots in sufficient quantity and level to ensure complete collection of residual cotton in all cotton fields in the world, and to become a leading brand in the agricultural technologies sector. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Mar 26, 2024 |  |
| Bridgesoft | Bridgesoft is a software development company. It offers services like artificial intelligence, embedded systems, the Internet of Things, and others. They develop their artificial intelligence applications with deep learning, which is a sub-field of machine learning. They develop on cloud services, all its systems are designed to meet in a commonnetwork and service structure. It also develops Agri-Tech products like Smart SprayeX, which is AI-powered agricultural pesticide spraying machinery and equipment. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Mar 26, 2024 |  |
| Zuzzuu | Zuzzuu offers artificial intelligence tools to help digital sales and marketing enterprises. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Feb 01, 2024 |  |
| Korvo | Korvo is an end-to-end platform that helps digital content creators manage and scale their passion business. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Feb 01, 2024 |  |
| Branchsight | Branchsight enables you to manage the digital marketing activities of your multi-location brand from a single center. Branchsight's dealer-friendly, easy-to-use platform is an excellent tool designed to increase your global leverage by strengthening the awareness of your locations in the local market. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Feb 01, 2024 |  |
| Juuli | Juuli is a financial platform that helps freelancers strengthen their financial profiles. The platform provides solutions that help freelancers work from anywhere, receive payments, and manage their expenses. Juuli allows freelancers to focus on their craft without the financial complexities associated with company ownership. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Feb 01, 2024 |  |
| Trendbox | Trendbox collects real-time data from retailer of FMCG, PetShops, Hardware Stores, Pharmacy. Then instant smart reports are generated with AI and serviced to manufacturers and distributers.Some of our value added reports that we services: “Who is my competitor? Or Sold together?", "Was the promotion effective?", "What shouldmy price level be?", ”What should my stock level be? ", ”Where should I prioritize in distribution? ", "Did I position the products in my portfolio correctly?" If you want to see the sales, region and consumer behavior trends, then yes Trendbox is what you are looking for! SELL IT SMARTER, NOW! |  | Non-equity Assistance | Feb 01, 2024 |  |

10 of 159 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Workup](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/workup-c9de) — VC Fund, 69 deals together
- [İşbank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isbank) — VC Fund, 55 deals together
- [Girisimcilik Vakfi](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/girisimcilik-vakfi) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Ankara Tekmer](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ankara-tekmer) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Doğuş Grubu](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dogus-yayin-grubu-a-s) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [InvenDO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/invendogus) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Hackquarters invest in?

Hackquarters invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and FinTech startups, most often at Non-equity Assistance and Funding Round stage. Most of the 159 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Hackquarters?

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### Who are the partners at Hackquarters?

The team at Hackquarters includes Hilal Yılmaz (Creative Branding Strategist), Kaan Akın (Founder, CEO) and Sabina Babayeva (Program Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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