# Kültepe Investment

> Kültepe Investment is a VC fund in Kayseri backing Software, E-Commerce and SaaS. See 24 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kayseri, Turkey
- Total investments: 24
- Last investment: Feb 2025
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kultepe/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Kultepe_Yatirim
- Website: http://www.kultepe.com.tr/

Kültepe Investment is a VC fund in Kayseri focused on Software and E-Commerce. Kültepe Investment was established by 20 investors within the Erban Angel Investor Network to improve the investment climate of Central Anatolia and to make Kayseri a unique and unique center of attraction for entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $31k–$2M |
| Pre-Seed | $100k–$250k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 25% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 17% |
| SaaS | 3 | 13% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 13% |
| FinTech | 2 | 8% |

53 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 13 | 54% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 13% |
| Convertible Note | 3 | 13% |
| Series B | 1 | 4% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 13 | 54% |
| United States | 6 | 25% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Spiky.AI | Spiky.ai uses AI-based sentiment analysis to examine videos from online learnings/meetings in order to boost engagement. Founded in 2020 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. | $2.8M | Seed | Feb 25, 2025 |  |
| Colendi | Colendi is a multifunctional banking as a service platform that democratizes banking services for consumers, merchants, and financial institutions to overcome the limitations associated with legacy banking. Colendi is moving forward with the goal of solving a chronic financial problem that directly affects more than three billion people who do nothave bank accounts and more than five billion people who cannot get loans. | $65M | Series B | May 22, 2024 |  |
| Shippn | Shippn is a trusted community marketplace for people to be able to shop from anywhere in the world. Shippn hosts help shoppers from all around the world to have a local address in every country and shop conveniently like there are no borders.With Shippn, everyone can shop online from more than 15 countries in the world and receive their itemswith express delivery in 1-5 days after our hosts receive their packages regardless of where they live.People can dive into shopping action in USA to catch Black Friday deals or Christmas specials. They can buy a classy watch from Switzerland or handmade rug from Turkey with Shippn.Shippn connects people to shop from various countries, at great prices, in more than 25 cities and 15 countries. And with world-class customer service and a growing community of users, Shippn is the easiest way for people to monetize their extra space and open it to an audience of millions.Shippn works with worldwide trusted logistics partners like DHL, TNT, UPS, FEDEX and picks the best partner to deliver to members’ door fast and secure. | $547K | Seed | Mar 04, 2024 |  |
| Wide Game Studio | Wide Game Studio aims to provide people with innovative virtual reality gaming and application experiences that are unmatched. With great enthusiasm and excitement. Wide Game Studio strives to be an innovator in the virtual reality industry by pushing the frontiers of imagination. | $100K | Pre-Seed | Jan 17, 2024 |  |
| Laska | With its expertise in waste upcycling applications, LASKA produces high-value, in demand products. Therefore, Laska makes the future more livable and contributes to a sustainable economy. |  | Seed | Dec 08, 2023 |  |
| Delivers.AI | Delivery droid operator |  | Convertible Note | Nov 17, 2023 |  |
| WePlay Ventures | WePlay Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on gaming Startup. | $529.3K | Seed | Oct 19, 2023 |  |
| PackUpp | PackUpp is a new generation on-demand “Fast Delivery” technology company and we provide E-Commerce delivery solutions. We serve “Next-Day”, "Same-Day" and "3 Hours Express" deliveries to e-commerce companies. In addition to it, we form “Private Dedicated Field Delivery Teams” to companies as a special delivery team of brand. Wedigitalize all the delivery process by our unique software and technology.Focus on the job which you are best at! Rest, all your packages will be delivered by PackUpp, Fast Delivery Expert. | $1.1M | Seed | Dec 01, 2022 |  |
| Biftek | Biftek is a biotechnology company that produces microorganism-based, natural, and cost-effective growth medium supplements to grow muscle stem cells. It is a solution at the intersection of meat production and climate change mitigation. The company allows customers to produce meat at a reasonable cost by significantly lowering associated costs. | $300K | Convertible Note | Sep 04, 2022 |  |
| Vahaa | Vahaa is a smart agriculture startup that combines vertical hydroponic agriculture techniques with IoT technology that provides you to grow fresh and clean fruits and vegetables in the middle of the city all year round. It doesn't matter whether you are at home, at your office, or somewhere else. With the Vahaa Hanging Garden, you can growproducts such as lettuce, arugula, mint, basil, and thyme on your wall and you can easily control every step of your production with the Vahaa App. | $330.2K | Seed | Aug 01, 2022 |  |

10 of 24 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Kültepe Investment invest in?

Kültepe Investment invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 24 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Kültepe Investment's check size?

Kültepe Investment typically joins rounds of $31k–$2M at Seed and $100k–$250k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kültepe Investment participates in.

### When did Kültepe Investment last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kültepe Investment closed in Feb 2025. Shizune tracks 24 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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