# Kuveyt Turk Bank

> Kuveyt Turk Bank is a VC fund in Istanbul backing Software and AgTech. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Turkey
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 37%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/kuveyt-turk-participation-bank
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/kuveytturk
- Website: http://www.kuveytturk.com.tr
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/KuveytTurk

Kuveyt Turk Bank is a VC fund in Istanbul focused on Software and AgTech. Kuveyt Turk is a Participation Bank established in 1989 to operate in accordance with terms set forth by the Council of Ministers' Decree dated Dec. 16, 1983 and no. 831/7506. Until they become subject to the Banking Law in 1999, activities of Special Finance Houses were conducted by Council of Ministers Decrees on the one hand and byDirectives of the Central Bank and the Undersecretariat of Treasury on the other hand. Starting from December 1999, Kuveyt Türk has become subject to the Banking Law no. 4389 just as other Special Finance Houses. Shareholders of Kuveyt Türk are Kuveyt Finance House (62%), Kuveyt Social Security Institution (9%), Islamic Development Bank (9%), General Directorate of Associations Turkey (18%), and other shareholders (2%). The Kuveyt Finance House, which is the largest shareholder of Kuveyt Türk with its 62 % share, is a giant finance institution of Kuveyt with its outstanding asset volume and contemporary and pioneering banking services

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $29k–$1.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 32% |
| AgTech | 5 | 26% |
| FinTech | 4 | 21% |
| Agriculture | 3 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 16% |

38 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 10 | 53% |
| Non-equity Assistance | 5 | 26% |
| Seed | 2 | 11% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 17 | 89% |
| United States | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mustafa Sipka | Process and Experience Center Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mustafa-sipka |
| Selman Ortaköy | General Manager | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/selman-ortak%C3%B6y |
| Ufuk Uyan | Chief Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ufuk-uyan |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pricing Coach | Pricing Coach offers price consultancy, analytics, and revenue simulations to optimize business pricing strategies. | $1.1M | Seed | Nov 27, 2024 | https://pricing-coach.com |
| Preptest | Preptest is an online education platform offers learning materials, practice tests, and trial exams using AI-powered learning |  | Grant | Nov 03, 2023 | https://x.com/preptest_ai |
| Jobtogo | Jobtogo is a freelancer platform that offers solutions to the problems experienced by companies in the supply of talent. |  | Grant | Nov 03, 2023 | https://www.jobtogo.co/ |
| TECH2BIOLOGY | TECH2BIOLOGY offers a remote hive monitoring system and beekeeping operations management to optimize bee life. |  | Grant | Nov 03, 2023 | https://x.com/tech2bio1 |
| Visight Technology | Visight Technology is a technology company that provides biometric authentication solutions using artificial intelligence |  | Grant | Nov 03, 2023 | https://x.com/visightech |
| GGlease | GGlease is a platform that provides leasing services to helps businesses that want to invest in machinery, equipment and machinery sellers |  | Grant | Nov 03, 2023 | https://x.com/gglease2023 |
| LinqiApp | LinqiApp is a one-of-a-kind mobile app that allows you to freely practice English with other language learners and learn better by doing missions every day. |  | Grant | Nov 03, 2023 | https://linqiapp.com |
| EconTech Bilişim Teknolojileri | Econtech Bilisim A.Ş. provides comprehensive software solutions tailored for finance and regulation management. The company specializes in transforming complex finance, compliance, and project management processes into sustainable FinTech and RegTech solutions. Their services cater to the needs of businesses looking to streamline and automate theirfinancial and regulatory operations, ensuring efficiency and compliance with industry standards. |  | Grant | Nov 03, 2023 | https://x.com/econtechbilisim |
| Muuvto | Muuvto is an application connects cargo owners with truck carriers for easy freight transport without complication |  | Grant | Nov 03, 2023 | https://www.muuvto.com/ |
| From Your Eyes | From Your Eyes offers AI-powered machine vision systems mimicking human vision, enabling smart, customizable edge processing. Designing machine vision systems that are closest to biological vision with their own trained artificial intelligence models, From Your Eyes enables video image processing and snapshot processing to be personalized,operated, and trained with edge computing. |  | Grant | Nov 03, 2023 | https://fromyoureyes.app/ |

10 of 19 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lonca Girişimcilik Merkezi](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lonca-girisimcilik-merkezi) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [APY Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apy-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AI Startup Factory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artificial-intelligence-factory) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Asır Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/as%C4%B1r-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [H2O Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/h2o-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Maxis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maxis-19c6) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Kuveyt Turk Bank invest in?

Kuveyt Turk Bank invests primarily in Software, AgTech and FinTech startups, most often at Grant and Non-equity Assistance 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 Kuveyt Turk Bank's check size?

Kuveyt Turk Bank typically joins rounds of $29k–$1.1M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kuveyt Turk Bank participates in.

### How do I contact Kuveyt Turk Bank?

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### Who are the partners at Kuveyt Turk Bank?

The team at Kuveyt Turk Bank includes Mustafa Sipka (Process and Experience Center Manager), Selman Ortaköy (General Manager) and Ufuk Uyan (Chief Executive Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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