# Koray Gultekin Bahar

> Koray Gultekin Bahar is a seed investor at Figopara (Istanbul) backing Software and FinTech. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Figopara](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/figopara)
- Location: Istanbul, Turkey
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/koraybahar/

Koray Gultekin Bahar is a Co-Founder & CEO at Figopara.Koray attended Eastern Mediterranean University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $250k–$1M |
| Angel | $140k–$346k |
| Convertible Note | $250k–$730k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 25% |
| FinTech | 3 | 15% |
| Education | 3 | 15% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 15% |
| Apps | 2 | 10% |

41 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 12 | 60% |
| Angel | 3 | 15% |
| Convertible Note | 3 | 15% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 12 | 60% |
| Estonia | 2 | 10% |
| United States | 2 | 10% |
| Germany | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HrPanda | HrPanda is a domestic candidate monitoring system. It is a comprehensive solution for tracking, onboarding, and engaging applicants. | $250K | Seed | Mar 14, 2024 |  |
| Ekmob | Ekmob creates mobile projects for companies which have mobile field teams and operations.Companies with mobile teams and field operations have some common problems such as inefficiency in management of mobile teams, communication difficulties, inability to get instant data from field, offline mobile team on the field. All these problems lead tolack or deficiency in decision-support systems. | $500K | Seed | Jul 26, 2023 |  |
| Yancep | Yancep is a web-based application. The company offers portfolios that can be modeled according to the investment goals and risk preferences of users. Investors can become anyone with this platform. | $730K | Convertible Note | May 04, 2023 |  |
| dentalPrices | Diştedavim is a dental appointment platform that facilitates the appointment process in the field of dental treatment services. | $200K | Angel | May 02, 2023 |  |
| Ollang | One-stop-shop for video / audio content localization. | $1.5M | Seed | Mar 24, 2023 |  |
| Kalfa | Kalfa is a human-assisted digital business platform for financial advisors. It also offers transferring receipts and invoices to the system, mobile applications, e- auto bank transactions, preparing accrual records, and insurance policies, enabling operational work to be more controllable and faster from a single center. | $790.5K | Seed | Mar 13, 2023 |  |
| 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 |  |
| heybooster | heybooster is the creator of a platform for marketing analysis that aids e-commerce managers in finding chances for revenue growth and in making better choices. It provides clients with digital reporting, online meetings, online communication, an online project management system, and an online playbook that helps them discover problems, findpossibilities for revenue growth, and cut expenses. | $170.3K | Seed | Sep 16, 2022 |  |
| Swipeline Media | Start-up & tech stories in seconds | $250K | Convertible Note | Jul 06, 2022 |  |
| Healmeup | Evimdekipsikolog.com is a digital platform that provides accessible, easy, and cost-effective expert support to anyone who wants to get psychological counseling while struggling with the difficulties of life. Evimdekipsikolog.com works with a large number of experienced Psychologists and Psychological Counselors who are licensed and trained invarious fields. | $368.7K | Seed | Mar 17, 2022 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Angel Effect](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-effect) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Inveo Yatirim Holding](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gedik-yatirim-holding) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [hiVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hivc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Lima Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lima-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [APY Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apy-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Boğaziçi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bo%C4%9Fazi%C3%A7i-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Figopara

VC Fund · Istanbul, Turkey

Figopara is a solution that discounts companies' e-invoices before their due dates with the offers received by financial institutions. It provides secure information to the financial companies that the customer is associated with and wants to reach by providing them with printed invoice information.​

5 contacts available at Figopara.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Arman Eker | Co-Founder & CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arman-eker |
| Avsar Dirgin | General Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avsar-dirgin |
| Fatih Sönmez | Chief Sales Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fatih-s%C3%B6nmez-2079 |
| F. Firat Gonen | Chief Data Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/f-firat-gonen |
| Firat Aytas | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/firat-aytas-ec7b |

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## FAQ

### What does Koray Gultekin Bahar invest in?

Koray Gultekin Bahar invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Education startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Koray Gultekin Bahar's check size?

Koray Gultekin Bahar typically joins rounds of $250k–$1M at Seed, $140k–$346k at Angel and $250k–$730k at Convertible Note. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Koray Gultekin Bahar participates in.

### When did Koray Gultekin Bahar last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Koray Gultekin Bahar closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 20 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?

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