# Merve Gürel

> Merve Gürel is a seed investor backing Apps, Software and CRM. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/merve-gurel-73920383/

Merve Gürel is an investor.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $168k–$300k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 3 | 60% |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| CRM | 1 | 20% |
| Mobile | 1 | 20% |
| Computer | 1 | 20% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Angel | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 3 | 60% |
| Estonia | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Astopia | Astopia is an astrology application that helps people with personal development and self-discovery by creating an astrological chart of birth dates and guiding people on personal journeys through the wonders of the stars. | $300K | Pre-Seed | Mar 26, 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. |  | Seed | Oct 09, 2020 |  |
| 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. | $168K | Pre-Seed | Oct 07, 2019 |  |
| BlindID | BlindID is a unique social media platform which allows users to make one hundred percent anonymous voice calls with random people for a limited time. BlindID does not use information such as user name, phone number, profile photo, and gender. Enjoyable time with BlindID spending is only left to communication ability and creativity. |  | Seed |  |  |
| JETRACT | E-Auction: Digital Transformation For Your Auction Process Meet with your suppliers in cloud. Create competitive e-auctions with different auction types and high savings.E-Procurement: All of the procurement in the cloud. JETRACT enables you to complete your request for purchase, request for proposal, procurement approval and purchase orderprocesses on a digital platform. From beginning to end, all of the procurement process is optimised by a cloud based software. |  | Angel |  |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Angel Effect](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-effect) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Galata Business Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/galata-business-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lima Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lima-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TechOne VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techone-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Teknasyon](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/teknasyon) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Merve Gürel invest in?

Merve Gürel invests primarily in Apps, Software and CRM startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Merve Gürel's check size?

Merve Gürel typically joins rounds of $168k–$300k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Merve Gürel participates in.

### When did Merve Gürel last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Merve Gürel closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 5 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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