# Mustafa Kopuk

> Mustafa Kopuk is a seed investor at DOMiNO Ventures backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 27 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [DOMiNO Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/domino-ventures)
- Total investments: 27
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 30%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mustafakopuk/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/mkopuk
- Website: https://tarvenn.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mustafa.kopuk22

Mustafa Kopuk is a Managing Partner at DOMiNO Ventures with a focus on providing seed and early stage funding for entrepreneurs with breakthrough ideas in Artificial Intelligence, Gaming and Metaverse. He is helping the Turkish and Eastern European startups who transform existing industries with the power of technology on the global stage. He iscarrying different roles in many NGOs and investment networks in related to entrepreneurship. He has a Master's degree in Business Administration and Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering.The funds under his management invest in global-focused technology startups originating from Turkey with a fund size over 100 Million USD. As of 2023, there are more than 80 technology startups operating globally in their portfolio.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $100k–$1M |
| Pre-Seed | $500k–$2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 7 | 26% |
| Software | 6 | 22% |
| SaaS | 4 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 11% |
| Gaming | 2 | 7% |

54 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 16 | 59% |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 26% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 11 | 41% |
| United States | 10 | 37% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Validfor | Validfor is an AI-Native agentic digital validation platform designed specifically to address compliance issues in the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Feb 24, 2026 |  |
| Helio AI | Helio AI uses AI and game-based tests to help companies hire 10x faster while cutting their daily tasks in half. More than 300 top brands across six countries, including BMW and Zara, trust Helio AI, with a churn rate of just 2% | $1M | Seed | Nov 25, 2025 |  |
| EVE | EVE is the first Inbox Revenue Engine for small and mid-sized B2B businesses — an AI platform that connects directly to email, documents, and calendars to uncover hidden revenue. By autonomously identifying overlooked leads, stalled deals, and buying signals, EVE helps companies recover 20–30% of revenue typically lost in daily communication gaps.EVE is building the default revenue operating system for the next generation of SMBs — turning ordinary inboxes into real-time revenue engines.Backed by leading investors, including Firsthand.VC, Founders Future, A16Z Scout Fund, and founders of Slack and Hugging Face, EVE is redefining CRM for SMBs by bringing automation and intelligence to where business actually happens — the inbox. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Nov 11, 2025 |  |
| Polygraf | Polygraf creates AI-powered tools to combat fake & malicious digital content. Organizations using the Polygraf Trust Engine benefit from real-time authentication, analytics and insights that power growth. Polygraf is set to address the growing challenges posed by human and AI-generated misinformation head-on. Polygraf’s multilayer AI protocolcan be used to authenticate any kind of digital text, audio & video content for consumers, businesses and government organizations. The protocol is now capable of detecting and authenticating both AI and human-generated content and determining its trustworthiness in real-time, as is showcased in the Polygraf browser extension. The company was ranked as the Top Analytics Startup to Watch Globally by Dealroom, and listed on Top Startups in Austin by the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, and SXSW/Established Startup Of The Year 2023 Top 10. | $9.5M | Seed | Oct 28, 2025 |  |
| datatruck | datatruck is a workforce automation platform for trucking companies with a focus on actionable data insights for business owners. Our Generative AI called TruckGPT can eliminate manual work involved in the workflow and improve efficiency. It is truly powerful ERP for trucking companies and first Transportation Management System to utilize ChatGPTpowers. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 22, 2025 |  |
| PointAI | PointAI creates that helps them transform their customer service operations. Our AI co-pilot manages a wide range of support tickets, including complex tasks and interactions with external services, enabling true automation. This leads to faster response times, improved accuracy, and greater efficiency in handling customer inquiries. By leveragingour technology, support leaders can focus on strategic initiatives, data-driven decision making, and delivering a superior customer experience, all while reducing operational costs and preventing employee burnout |  | Pre-Seed | Feb 29, 2024 |  |
| GoDays | AI-driven Continuous passive and active analytical tool, preventing burnout of employees. Continuous well-being based on passive collaboration data, sentiment analytics. | $600K | Pre-Seed | Feb 21, 2024 |  |
| Igor | We are a neobanking company based in Istanbul that operates exclusively online without any traditional physical branch. Igor allows you to open a paperless account in less than 2 minutes.While not a bank itself, we provide banking and financial services in partnership with leading banks in Turkey through our web, mobile app and prepaid igor Card.We offer numerous features for individuals and merchants as a payment and PF solution. We are trying to help small and big businesses succeed on their own terms by accepting all credit and debit cards with better commissions than the regular market. | $900K | Seed | Nov 21, 2023 |  |
| Iftrue | Iftrue empowers software teams to accelerate their development process and achieve exceptional growth with data-driven insights and a focus on optimizing developer experiences. The company focuses on optimizing developer experiences, enabling software developers to improve productivity and accelerate the software development process. | $100K | Seed | Nov 10, 2022 |  |
| Artifica.io | Artifica.io creates products for the requirements of industries by utilizing artificial intelligence technologies. | $500K | Seed | Sep 12, 2022 |  |

10 of 27 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [StartupFon](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startupfon) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [AloqaVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aloqaventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [twozero Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/twozero-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [WePlay Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/weplay-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Aegean Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aegean-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AFM Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afm-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About DOMiNO Ventures

VC Fund · Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Domino Ventures Management B.V. (the “Fund Manager”) is a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid), incorporated and existing under Dutch law, having its statutory seat (statutaire zetel) in Amsterdam.

2 contacts available at DOMiNO Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mustafa Kopuk | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mustafa-kopuk |
| Uygar Mesudiyeli | Limited Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/uygar-mesudiyeli |

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## FAQ

### What does Mustafa Kopuk invest in?

Mustafa Kopuk invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 27 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Mustafa Kopuk's check size?

Mustafa Kopuk typically joins rounds of $100k–$1M at Seed and $500k–$2M 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 Mustafa Kopuk participates in.

### When did Mustafa Kopuk last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mustafa Kopuk closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 27 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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