# Kerim Kotan

> Kerim Kotan is a seed investor backing Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 53%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerim-kotan/
- Website: http://www.kerimkotan.com

Kerim Kotan is a seed investor focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Kerim Kotan

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $9.9k–$2M |
| Pre-Seed | $1M–$1M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $715k–$3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 26% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 16% |
| SaaS | 2 | 11% |
| Mobile Apps | 2 | 11% |
| Digital Media | 2 | 11% |

47 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 58% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 11% |
| Angel | 1 | 5% |
| Series A | 1 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 11 | 58% |
| Canada | 1 | 5% |
| Germany | 1 | 5% |
| United States | 1 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Werover | At the beginning, Werover developed innovative technologies to ensure the safety of human life and accessibility underwater. As the demand for renewable energy grew, we started to offer predictive and preventive maintenance recommendations for renewable energy.The increasing demand for renewable energy assets globally has highlighted the need foreffective maintenance and repair of these assets. Early detection of damages is crucial to prevent them from becoming larger problems. As Werover, we aim to extend the lifespan of energy assets through our developed technologies that provide health monitoring and early detection of issues. Our goal is to promote sustainability in energy assets through the use of our software, which has been developed for both hydroelectric power plants and wind energy. We have divided our technologies into two categories:Searover, A line of ROVs specifically designed for the detection of cracks and sedimentation in Hydropower plants through the use of 3D mapping technologies.Windrover, a real-time health monitoring system that uses advanced machine learning algorithms to analyze vibration and acoustic data, enabling the early detection of defects in wind turbine blades.MAKE RENEWABLE SUSTAINABLE | $1.7M | Seed | May 28, 2025 |  |
| Buluttan | We are a weather intelligence house. Fed by our hyper resolution, high accuracy weather forecast engine, we are building products to enhance financial and operational efficiency of our stakeholders in addition to helping them mitigate weather related safety risks to their assets and employees | $1M | Pre-Seed | May 08, 2024 |  |
| Innovasion Labs PINC | Innovasion Labs PINC produces lithium-ion battery technology prototypes using technology that has undergone proof of concept testing in a laboratory setting. | $2M | Seed | Dec 01, 2023 |  |
| FormaStar | FormaStar is a Sports-focused digital ecosystem. | $500K | Angel | Dec 06, 2022 |  |
| TelomEye Pharmaceuticals | TelomEye Pharmaceuticals provides treatments to prevent and improve age-related ophthalmologic disorders. | $1M | Seed | Nov 17, 2022 |  |
| Sports Digitale | Sports Digitale is a sports media company that works in a variety of sports, such as basketball and football and creates content for social media and YouTube. The company builds a comprehensive brand in sports communication by working on e-commerce, app development, event management, and influencer marketing projects. | $100.5K | Seed | Oct 11, 2022 |  |
| Sports Digitale | Sports Digitale is a sports media company that works in a variety of sports, such as basketball and football and creates content for social media and YouTube. The company builds a comprehensive brand in sports communication by working on e-commerce, app development, event management, and influencer marketing projects. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Aug 01, 2022 |  |
| Medialyzer | Today’s marketing is fragmented, many-sided and complex reflecting the consumer journey that touches diverse channels and mediums. Thus, marketers have to manage wider media mix with increasing kind and number of data. Measuring ROI under these conditions is difficult. Medialyzer’s AI based algorithm measures the impact of each ad airing ononline activity. Our cutting edge video recognition technology provides advertisers with fresh data in in real time. Analyzing your media investments’ impact on online consumer behavior is the key to boost your ROI. Master your consumer journey with our integrated marketing platform. |  | Seed | Jun 01, 2022 |  |
| Help Steps | Help Steps is an application based on health and common sense, where the steps taken during the day turn into goodness and support. | $50K | Seed | May 17, 2022 |  |
| Yollando.com | Yollando.com is a Turkish-based shopping and package forwarding service that facilitates shopping. They offer a variety of services such as Discounted packet forwarding, Buy for me, Package consolidation, Repackaging, Package tracking, Order returns/cancels, and Free storage for orders. They provide lower shipping rates to abroad with discountrates up to 80 percent.Yollando.com was established to contribute to the export of Turkish brands. Apart from shopping consultancy, they are already producing alternative solutions for logistics and product supply to individual persons and companies in Turkey and abroad. |  | Seed | May 12, 2022 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [RePie Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/re-pie-asset-management) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [TechOne VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techone-vc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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- [Pytch Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pytch-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Kerim Kotan invest in?

Kerim Kotan invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Kerim Kotan's check size?

Kerim Kotan typically joins rounds of $9.9k–$2M at Seed, $1M–$1M at Pre-Seed and $715k–$3M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kerim Kotan participates in.

### When did Kerim Kotan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kerim Kotan closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 19 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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