# KWORKS Koç University Entrepreneurship Center

> KWORKS Koç University Entrepreneurship Center is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence. See 57 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details…

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Turkey
- Total investments: 57
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 51%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/company/kworkscenter
- X (Twitter): http://www.twitter.com/kworkscenter
- Website: http://kworks.ku.edu.tr
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kworkscenter

KWORKS Koç University Entrepreneurship Center is a VC fund in Istanbul focused on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. KWORKS Entrepreneurship Research Center focuses on providing startups and entrepreneurs with consulting services to build and develop their business ideas and products. It mainly focuses on technology-based ventures. Its consulting services focus on product, customer, and business development; operational infrastructure; and more.KWORKSEntrepreneurship Research Center enables startups to obtain insights and advisory services from their community of mentors, founders, and business leaders in Turkey.KWORKS Entrepreneurship Research Center was founded in January 2015 by Koç University, and it is based in Istanbul, Turkey.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 20 | 35% |
| Machine Learning | 15 | 26% |
| SaaS | 14 | 25% |
| Software | 13 | 23% |
| Manufacturing | 7 | 12% |

95 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Non-equity Assistance | 32 | 56% |
| Pre-Seed | 17 | 30% |
| Seed | 7 | 12% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 46 | 81% |
| United States | 4 | 7% |
| South Korea | 1 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mahmut Ozdemir | Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mahmut-ozdemir |
| Bora CIKIKCIOGLU | Technology Entrepreneurship Programs Specialist, Growth Hacker | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bora-cikikcioglu |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Forg3t Protocol | Forg3t Protocol provides provable AI unlearning infrastructure for enterprises. It enables verification and auditing of sensitive data removal from AI models. This ensures strong regulatory compliance. Built for secure, transparent AI data management. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Mar 25, 2026 |  |
| Meetgate | Meetgate is a developer of an AI-powered candidate assessment and recruitment platform intended to streamline the hiring process. | $250K | Seed | Dec 06, 2024 |  |
| Muvekkil | Muvekkil is an online platform that offers AI based legal assistants that answer questions and recommendations for the legal problems. |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 02, 2023 |  |
| Deepsent | Deepsent develops AI based customizable domain-Specific LLM Solutions for enterprises. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Mar 14, 2023 |  |
| Apollon Engine | Apollon Engine is an AI-powered platform that creates sounds based on uploaded images. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Mar 14, 2023 |  |
| Ulawk | Ulawk is a AI based legal monitoring platform designed to simplify tracking of corporate registry updates. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Mar 14, 2023 |  |
| Ubicro | Ubicro manufactures indoor growing systems intended to grow fresh, pesticide-free crops. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Mar 14, 2023 |  |
| Boly App | Boly is a spectator sports of new version of basketball. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Mar 14, 2023 |  |
| Imperium | Imperium is the next generation construction project management software. It allows you to manage Construction processes such as Project management, Procurement, Technical Office, Quality & Safety, Finance and Sales management on a single platform. Imperium, which facilitates the construction processes with its increasing number of solutionpartners, aims to prevent Budget Overruns in construction, prevent Poor Communication between project stakeholders, Timely Delivery and positive control of Risk Management. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Mar 14, 2023 |  |
| Airdub | Airdub is an artificial intelligence-based voice cloning platform for content creators. |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 14, 2023 |  |

10 of 57 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [İşbank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isbank) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Keiretsu Forum](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keiretsu-forum) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Keiretsu Forum Turkey](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keiretsu-forum-turkey) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Vehbi Koç Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vehbi-ko%C3%A7-foundation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ACT Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/act-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does KWORKS Koç University Entrepreneurship Center invest in?

KWORKS Koç University Entrepreneurship Center invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and SaaS startups, most often at Non-equity Assistance and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 57 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact KWORKS Koç University Entrepreneurship Center?

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### Who are the partners at KWORKS Koç University Entrepreneurship Center?

The team at KWORKS Koç University Entrepreneurship Center includes Mahmut Ozdemir (Director) and Bora CIKIKCIOGLU (Technology Entrepreneurship Programs Specialist, Growth Hacker). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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