# İstem Özden Alpar

> İstem Özden Alpar is a seed investor backing Human Resources, EdTech and Internet. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jan 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

İstem Özden Alpar is an individual investor.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $400k–$482k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Human Resources | 2 | 100% |
| EdTech | 1 | 50% |
| Internet | 1 | 50% |
| Education | 1 | 50% |
| Freelance | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UP School | UP School fills in the gap of female participation in society’s most important technology roles by offering free educational programs for women through technical education programs that train them in a specific area of technology. UP School launched two pilot programs in Robotic Process Automation and in Data Science, and have two activecorporate-sponsored programs in Data Analytics and Android Development in partnership with Ford Motor Company, and Akbank.Students who graduated from the program have been recruited by globally lead companies such as Ford Motor Company, Unilever, Siemens and Coca Cola Company. | $481.7K | Seed | Jan 26, 2023 |  |
| Jobtogo | Jobtogo is a freelancer platform that offers solutions to the problems experienced by companies in the supply of talent. |  | Seed | Feb 25, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Arya Women's Investment Platform](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arya-women-s-investment-platform) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Angel Effect](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-effect) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Boğaziçi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bo%C4%9Fazi%C3%A7i-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Coşkunöz Holding](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/co%C5%9Fkun%C3%B6z-holding) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cventures-c881) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Multikan Sağlık Ürünleri](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/multikan-sa%C4%9Fl%C4%B1k-%C3%BCr%C3%BCnleri) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does İstem Özden Alpar invest in?

İstem Özden Alpar invests primarily in Human Resources, EdTech and Internet startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is İstem Özden Alpar's check size?

İstem Özden Alpar typically joins rounds of $400k–$482k 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 İstem Özden Alpar participates in.

### When did İstem Özden Alpar last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for İstem Özden Alpar closed in Jan 2023. 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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