Kaan Kayabalı
Founder and CEO @ Onedio
Kaan Kayabalı is a seed investor at Onedio focused on eSports and Education. Kaan Kayabali, a Turkish entrepreneur, is the founder and CEO of Onedio Media and Internet Services Inc.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Kaan Kayabalı invests in
Stages Kaan Kayabalı invests in
Countries Kaan Kayabalı invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- eSports 1 (33%)
- Education 1 (33%)
- Communities 1 (33%)
- Video Games 1 (33%)
- Social Media 1 (33%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (67%)
- Angel 1 (33%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Komunite
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Komünite is Turkey's methodology-driven digital entrepreneurship platform, founded in 2021 to transform how independent creators and micro-entrepreneurs build sustainable businesses. Rather than relying on innate talent or chance, Komünite champions a systematic approach to venture building—what it calls "Metot Girişimcilik"(Methodical Entrepreneurship)—where learnable frameworks replace guesswork and data-driven iteration replaces intuition.The platform operates across three integrated verticals:• Komünite (Core Platform): An online community of digital entrepreneurs, content creators, designers, and freelancers supported by 36 specialized forum channels, structured mentorship programs, and regular events including Tool Night, AMA sessions, Speed Networking, and Founder's Talk. Members gain access to educational resources, collaborative project opportunities, and the Katma Değer Fonu—an in-house investment fund providing $2,000–$7,000 in seed capital to promising digital ventures in exchange for 30% equity stakes.• Komünite Space: A 160m² physical innovation hub located in Vadistanbul, Istanbul, featuring event capacity for 80 seated or 160 standing attendees, a professional video production studio, and flexible workspace configurations. The venue hosts workshops, corporate training programs, and sector-specific networking events that bridge online community engagement with real-world collaboration.• Lokomotif AI: The corporate training arm delivering generative AI programs to enterprises. Offerings include AI Leadership seminars for executives, AI Literacy workshops for teams, AI Strategy development programs, and monthly AI Trends briefings. Lokomotif AI also provides automation consulting and custom AI-powered digital product development services.Komünite addresses a structural gap in Turkey's entrepreneurship ecosystem: the isolation, resource scarcity, and methodological uncertainty that constrain independent digital creators. Through its rolling fund model, physical infrastructure, and enterprise training revenue streams, the platform has built a self-reinforcing ecosystem where corporate clients fund community growth, successful ventures generate reinvestable returns, and members progress from learners to mentors to founders.The platform's venture studio arm, Komünite Stüdyo, develops digital products for external clients while serving as a proving ground for member talent, matching projects with specialists from its internal database based on demonstrated competencies and track records. | $600K / Seed / Nov 25, 2025 | |
Playz
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Playz is a social media platform for gamers. | $100K / Angel / May 21, 2019 | |
Wudya
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Wudya is a social gaming company developing social and mobile games. Wudya developed 8 social games on Facebook like Magnificent Millennium and The Message, playable globally in Turkish, English and Arabic. In total 1.2 million users played these games.Our next product, a unique game, specially designed for smartphones and tablets offers a wholenew way of gaming experience combined with the old school methods. Whole story, design documents and a playable prototype is ready for the game. | Seed / Jul 10, 2011 |
Co-Investors
Easyapp
1 deal together
Teknasyon
1 deal together
About Onedio
Onedio is a new media platform which provides everything from video, short & funny lists, tests & breaking news for its visitors to share. According to Alexa, it is the most visited Turkish website in Turkey( June 2016). Onedio has 90M+ monthly visits, 25M+ unique visitors, that most of this came from mobile within 18-30 yo audience.Onedio is also publishing in Russian & English. Its strong technical foundation is providing easy to scale platform for native ad networks & international expansions
Onedio Contacts
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Kaan Kayabalı
Founder and CEO
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Aytek Açık
Vice President of Sales
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Demirhan Büyüközcü
Co-Founder
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Hakan Danışık
CTO
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Omer Ozener
COO
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What does Kaan Kayabalı invest in?
Kaan Kayabalı invests primarily in eSports, Education and Communities startups, most often at Seed and Angel 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.
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