# Mehmet Atici

> Mehmet Atici is a seed investor at Earlybird Venture Capital backing Software and E-Commerce. See 48 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Earlybird Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/earlybird-venture-capital)
- Location: Istanbul, Turkey
- Total investments: 48
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 48%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://tr.linkedin.com/in/msatici/en
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/ms_atici

Mehmet Atici is a seed investor at Earlybird Venture Capital in Istanbul focused on Software and E-Commerce. Mehmet currently works as Managing Partner at Bek Ventures (ex-Digital East Fund).

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 10% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 8% |
| Cyber Security | 3 | 6% |
| Payments | 2 | 4% |
| Cloud Security | 2 | 4% |

41 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 17% |
| Series A | 7 | 15% |
| Series B | 5 | 10% |
| Series C | 3 | 6% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 4% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 5 | 10% |
| United States | 3 | 6% |
| Serbia | 2 | 4% |
| Poland | 1 | 2% |
| Estonia | 1 | 2% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Midas | Midas is the first neobroker of Turkey, providing zero commission Turkish and American stocks. | $80M | Series B | Aug 19, 2025 |  |
| Lace | Lace is a revenue intelligence software designed for call centers in the trades. It uncovers over 40% of unbooked calls, generating millions in additional revenue while empowering agents (CSRs) to book more calls - all with no extra marketing or hiring costs. | $14M | Seed | Apr 21, 2025 |  |
| Picus | Picus developed a novel and holistic approach to IT security: Continuous Security Validation. The Picus Security Validation Platform simulates real-world cyber threats to evaluate and optimize cybersecurity measures, ensuring organizations are prepared for potential security breaches. Picus enables businesses to test their security controlscontinuously, identifying gaps and weaknesses in their defenses. The company's technology integrates with existing security tools, providing actionable insights to enhance an organization’s ability to detect, prevent, and respond to cyber-attacks. | $45M | Series C | Sep 19, 2024 |  |
| Picus | Picus developed a novel and holistic approach to IT security: Continuous Security Validation. The Picus Security Validation Platform simulates real-world cyber threats to evaluate and optimize cybersecurity measures, ensuring organizations are prepared for potential security breaches. Picus enables businesses to test their security controlscontinuously, identifying gaps and weaknesses in their defenses. The company's technology integrates with existing security tools, providing actionable insights to enhance an organization’s ability to detect, prevent, and respond to cyber-attacks. | $45M | Series C | Sep 19, 2024 |  |
| Proofs | Proofs enable companies with APIs to build proof-of-concept (PoCs) and integrations for their prospects in minutes. Proofs follow practices for the whole software development cycle adjusted to your stack and workflow preferences and provide a preview URL along with a Docker image, while a tested and documented codebase is committed back to therepository seamlessly integrating with CI and CD systems. | $2.6M | Pre-Seed | Jun 20, 2024 |  |
| Proofs | Proofs enable companies with APIs to build proof-of-concept (PoCs) and integrations for their prospects in minutes. Proofs follow practices for the whole software development cycle adjusted to your stack and workflow preferences and provide a preview URL along with a Docker image, while a tested and documented codebase is committed back to therepository seamlessly integrating with CI and CD systems. | $2.6M | Pre-Seed | Jun 18, 2024 |  |
| Midas | Midas is the first neobroker of Turkey, providing zero commission Turkish and American stocks. | $45M | Series A | Apr 19, 2024 |  |
| Binalyze | Automated Investigation and Response Platform Powered by Digital Forensics | $19M | Series A | Sep 12, 2023 |  |
| Binalyze | Automated Investigation and Response Platform Powered by Digital Forensics | $19M | Series A | Sep 12, 2023 |  |
| Binalyze | Automated Investigation and Response Platform Powered by Digital Forensics | $19M | Series A | Sep 12, 2023 |  |

10 of 48 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Earlybird Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/earlybird-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 17 deals together
- [Earlybird Digital East Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/earlybird-digital-east-fund) — VC Fund, 16 deals together
- [QED Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qed-investors) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scale-asia-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [OpenOcean](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/open-ocean) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Creandum](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creandum) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About Earlybird Venture Capital

VC Fund · Berlin, Germany

Founded in 1997, Earlybird invests in all development and growth phases of technology companies. Among the most experienced venture investors in Europe, Earlybird offers its portfolio companies not only financial resources but also strategic support plus access to an international network and capital markets. With EUR 2 billion under management,eight IPOs and 30 trade sales, Earlybird is one of the most established and active venture capital firms in Europe.

5 contacts available at Earlybird Venture Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andre Retterath | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andre-retterath |
| Annette Schiering | Financial Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/annette-schiering |
| Catrin Schmidt | Team Assistant | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catrin-schmidt |
| Cem Sertoglu | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/m-cem-sertoglu |
| Christian Nagel | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dr-christian-nagel |

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## FAQ

### What does Mehmet Atici invest in?

Mehmet Atici invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Cyber Security startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 48 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Mehmet Atici last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mehmet Atici closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 48 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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