# ITUARI Teknokent

> ITUARI Teknokent is a VC fund backing Information Technology. See 27 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sariyer, Turkey
- Total investments: 27
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 22%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ituariteknokent
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/ariteknokent
- Website: http://www.ariteknokent.com.tr/en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ariteknokent

ITUARI Teknokent is an organization that is designed to provide an academic infrastructure from which the businesses can benefit. The advantages of the company are synergy environment for advanced technologies, competitive power in collaboration, clustering for rapid development, center of information, and consultancy system. Physical and socialfacilities of the organization are laboratory and research centers, ITU continuous education center, ITU information technologies department educational programs, central library, accommodation, and food facilities. ITUARI Teknokent is based in Turkey.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 5 | 19% |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 11% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 11% |
| InsurTech | 2 | 7% |
| Automotive | 2 | 7% |

37 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 12 | 44% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 22% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 7% |
| Grant | 1 | 4% |
| Series A | 1 | 4% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 15 | 56% |
| Germany | 1 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deniz Tuncalp | CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deniz-tuncalp |
| Attila Dikbaş | Chief executive officer | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/attila-dikba%C5%9F |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Winfluencer | Winfluencer is a platform for automated digital influencer marketing. Their solutions are machine learning, augmented reality, image processing, data analytics, social media analytics, and fraud detection. Winfluencer connects thousands of e-commerce sites through a single platform and an automated system. Because of the new generation affiliatemarketing approach, this system enables users to generate long-term income. Its transparent structure allows both users and the e-commerce site to track sales generated by their interactions. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 19, 2025 |  |
| Nanomik Biotechnology | Nanomik Biotechnology produces next generation biofungicides that increase the shelf life of fresh fruits and vegetables. Antimicrobial raw materials produced by microorganisms isolated from nature and active molecules obtained from plants are placed in micro-sized biopolymer capsules and applied to fruits. These completely natural microcapsulesadhere to the fruit and open within 24-48 hours and provide protection on the surface. While the biopolymer material forms an edible layer on the fruit, the ingredients in it prevent the growth of molds present in the medium. Unlike chemical fungicides, our products do not cause any harm to human and environment. | $1.2M | Series A | Jul 05, 2025 |  |
| Hummingdrone | Hummingdrone provides cutting-edge autonomous drones and software solutions designed specifically for the solar energy industry. |  | Seed | Jun 17, 2025 |  |
| Buyutech | Büyütech is a mobility perception company developing sensor-agnostic, AI-driven vision systems for automotive, defense, and industrial mobility. The company designs and manufactures camera-based ADAS systems, including Front & Rear ADAS Cameras, Surround and Side-View Cameras, and Driver Monitoring Systems. Büyütech also develops a multi-sensorperception platform that enables safer, regulation-ready mobility across sectors. | $4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 14, 2025 |  |
| WearTechClub | WearTechClub creates wearable sports goods that include sustainable fabric technology and sophisticated sensors. | $265K | Seed | Sep 13, 2024 |  |
| RumiTech | RumiTech is an initiative that transforms street lighting poles into a grid-independent, next-generation energy and communication infrastructure. | $412.5K | Seed | Aug 01, 2024 |  |
| Hummingdrone | Hummingdrone provides cutting-edge autonomous drones and software solutions designed specifically for the solar energy industry. | $177.7K | Pre-Seed | Jun 26, 2024 |  |
| Parca | Parca provides a trading platform for music and royalty rights | $20K | Pre-Seed | Jan 03, 2024 |  |
| Newky | Newky offers a new digital key experience that allows vehicles to identify their users with two-factor authentication. | $20K | Pre-Seed | Dec 27, 2023 |  |
| Newky | Newky offers a new digital key experience that allows vehicles to identify their users with two-factor authentication. |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 11, 2023 |  |

10 of 27 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alesta Yatırım](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alesta-girisim) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [TRANGELS](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tr-angels) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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- [APY Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apy-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AI Startup Factory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artificial-intelligence-factory) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does ITUARI Teknokent invest in?

ITUARI Teknokent invests primarily in Information Technology, Biotechnology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 27 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 ITUARI Teknokent?

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### Who are the partners at ITUARI Teknokent?

The team at ITUARI Teknokent includes Deniz Tuncalp (CEO) and Attila Dikbaş (Chief executive officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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