# Halkbank

> Halkbank is a VC fund in Istanbul backing Software and Information Technology. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Turkey
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/halkbank
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/halkbank
- Website: https://www.halkbank.com.tr
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/halkbank/

Halkbank is a financial services firm that provides banking and lending services. Their services include accepting deposits, the issuance of cash and non-cash loans, purchasing checks and bank bills, performing custody services, rendering insurance agency transactions, and trading the capital market instruments issued to perform intermediaryservices.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $161k–$11M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 67% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 67% |
| Apps | 1 | 33% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| AgTech | 1 | 33% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Equity Crowdfunding | 1 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Erkan Kilimci | Deputy General Manager | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erkan-kilimci |
| Ergin Kaya | Deputy General Manager, Banking Operations and Support Services | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ergin-kaya |
| Hasan Tuncay | Deputy General Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hasan-tuncay |
| Osman Arslan | General Manager/ CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/osman-arslan |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mistikist | Mistikist is a unique self-discovery experience that offers a way to clear your mind, relax, and rejuvenate with the aid of audio-visual content. Enjoy the simple, yet powerful experience of self-discovery sessions with our app.Take some time out of your day to relax with the sacred geometry experience.Easily clear your mind and relax withMistikist in the palm of your hand. The soothing sounds, music, and binaural beats will restore peace within minutes. Let your thoughts drift away as you experience a vibrant world of color, patterns, and live music.Never worry about anxiety or stress again. With Mistikist, you can clear your mind and relax in minutes.- The latest in mind-body science, proving how the brain processes sound. - Music and binaural sound waves made to offer an immersive experience. - A portal into a calming world of color, sound, and light - Experience a meditative experience unlike any other. - The most natural and powerful way to reduce stress and anxiety in just minutes. - Generate a deep sense of peace with the power of the mind.Have you been looking for a way to relax? Now you can! Mistikist features tranquil music, soothing visuals, and binaural beats to help you clear your mind and find peace.Nowadays, more and more people have difficulty in learning and suffer from mental problems due to the rush of everyday life and events and there are plenty of applications offering solutions to those problems. Creating Mistikist with lots of specially crafted sounds and images in order to change your brain frequencies, insert positive messages into your subconscious mind and help your brain regulate its chemistry so that you can have a better mood, we aim to provide you a long term solution for sleep problems and de-stressing.Providing these solutions in 12 different languages, we are trying to create an environment where you can experience the beauty & magic of binaural beats and sacred geometry in perfect harmony. Briefly, we are not here to provide you a temporary solution but a permanent and efficient solutions for your everyday life. Our main purpose is to provide you a space where you can enjoy your moment to take a breath and get rid of the daily problems permanently.What is included in Mistikist?Binaural Beat Meditations Scientific studies show that it is possible to entrain the human brain into certain frequencies via binaural beats. As there are 5 different frequencies in the human brain, each one is related to a specific purpose, we provide these 5 frequencies; Alpha, Beta, Delta, Gamma, Theta.Sacred Geometry Being used since ancient civilizations, sacred geometry has always been an integral part of peace and comfort in any environment. As human-brain is delighted with the harmony of nature, people feel pretty calm and happy in the places where sacred geometry is being used consciously. Therefore, Mistikist contains plenty of visuals inspired by sacred geometry.Our Top Features: Exclusive Binaural Beat & Sacred Geometry contents Weekly blog posts Personal Note-taking & voice recording to track your progress User-friendly and user-oriented interfaceMistikist’s library offers plenty of contents about topics including: Relaxation Concentration Sleep Happiness Anger Self-Confidence Motivation Colors & Sacred Geometry Change & Courage Self-Love | $161K | Seed | Apr 01, 2024 |  |
| Orbiba Robotics | Orbiba stands for "an organic bond" motto. The basic philosophy is the idea that ​​“People become what they eat”. It believes that the cleaner the basic foods that sustain a person's life, the cleaner his body, and spiritual and intellectual development will be. Orbiba Robotics is an agriculture teknoloji startup that we establishedto produce affordable robot platforms that process data with AI for every individual who wants to contribute to the field of clean agriculture. With this initiative, we want to support organic agriculture practitioners who take the initiative to solve the problem of access to safe food, the awareness of which is increasing day by day in the world, with smart small robots that we will design and develop, with minimal carbon footprint, using renewable energy, low cost and high return on investment. While providing this support, we aim to provide solutions in line with new technological developments by discussing the difficulties experienced in organic agriculture with our relevant stakeholders. The values ​​of our initiative; 1- Beneficial to nature and what it contains 2- Innovative 3- Sharing with humanity with open source philosophy. | $220K | Equity Crowdfunding | Jan 26, 2024 |  |
| Metatime | Metatime is a technology and finance company that offers a single distributed blockchain ecosystem that enables a user to manage all from a single screen which is operating centers located in Turkey, Lithuania, Switzerland, UK and USA. | $11M | Seed | Mar 20, 2023 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BluLive](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blulive) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [European Innovation Council](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eic-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [EIC-Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eic-fund-6481) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [European Innovation Council](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/european-innovation-council) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kalyon Holding](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kalyon-holding) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Keiretsu Forum](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keiretsu-forum) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Halkbank invest in?

Halkbank invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Equity Crowdfunding stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Halkbank's check size?

Halkbank typically joins rounds of $161k–$11M 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 Halkbank participates in.

### How do I contact Halkbank?

Public channels for Halkbank include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Halkbank?

The team at Halkbank includes Erkan Kilimci (Deputy General Manager), Ergin Kaya (Deputy General Manager, Banking Operations and Support Services) and Hasan Tuncay (Deputy General Manager). 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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