Nexus Ventures
VC Fund
Ankara, Turkey
Nexus Ventures is an investment firm that invests in transformational businesses and creates meaningful partnerships with entrepreneurs. They support these ventures through its mentorship, business and technical know-how, vast network, and capital. The firm was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Ankara, Turkey.
- Total investments:
- 29
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 21%
- Fund size:
- $3.7M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Nexus Ventures invests in
Stages Nexus Ventures invests in
Countries Nexus Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1k–$4.7M
- Angel
- $45k–$381k
- Series A
- $6.2M–$53M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 5 (17%)
- SaaS 4 (14%)
- Internet 4 (14%)
- Artificial Intelligence 4 (14%)
- Transportation 3 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 10 (34%)
- Angel 7 (24%)
- Series A 2 (7%)
- Series C 2 (7%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (3%)
Country
- Turkey 11 (38%)
- United States 6 (21%)
- India 4 (14%)
- Singapore 1 (3%)
- South Africa 1 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Burak ORUCU
Founder
|
Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Moneyview
|
Money View is an application that can track and organize expenses, bills, and account balances. It can derive finance information from SMSs. | $4.6M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 12, 2024 | |
Iambic
|
The Iambic AI-driven platform was created to address the most challenging design problems in drug discovery, leveraging technology innovations such as Enchant, a multi-modal transformer model that predicts clinical outcomes from the earliest stages of discovery, and NeuralPLexer, the best-in-class predictor of protein and protein-ligand structures.The integration of physics principles into the platform’s AI architectures improves data efficiency and allows molecular models to venture widely across the space of possible chemical structures. The platform enables identification of novel chemical modalities for engaging difficult-to-address biological targets, discovery of defined product profiles that optimize therapeutic window, and multi-parameter optimization for highly differentiated development candidates. Through close integration of AI-generated molecular designs with automated experimental execution, Iambic completes design-make-test cycles on a weekly cadence. | $100M / Series B / Oct 03, 2023 | |
Smartstaff
|
Smartstaff is a workforce management platform that focuses on businesses manage their workforce's attendance and payroll. It uses next-generation technology to automatically assign the right workers to the right shift, track and record worker attendance, and automate payout calculations and performance-linked incentives. | $6.2M / Series A / Jul 04, 2023 | |
Liminal Custody
|
We are a self custody wallet management solution for digital assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum. | $4.7M / Seed / May 31, 2022 | |
Rapido
|
Rapido offers a platform that enables users to book bike taxis, autos, and cabs for convenient travel. The service focuses on providing quick and affordable rides, catering to the transportation needs of urban commuters. Users can access the Rapido app to track rides in real-time, receive fare estimates, and book rides efficiently. The platformoperates in numerous cities, facilitating easy mobility for its customers. With a straightforward booking process, Rapido aims to simplify the commuting experience for users looking for reliable transportation options. | $180M / Series D / Apr 15, 2022 | |
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Iambic
|
The Iambic AI-driven platform was created to address the most challenging design problems in drug discovery, leveraging technology innovations such as Enchant, a multi-modal transformer model that predicts clinical outcomes from the earliest stages of discovery, and NeuralPLexer, the best-in-class predictor of protein and protein-ligand structures.The integration of physics principles into the platform’s AI architectures improves data efficiency and allows molecular models to venture widely across the space of possible chemical structures. The platform enables identification of novel chemical modalities for engaging difficult-to-address biological targets, discovery of defined product profiles that optimize therapeutic window, and multi-parameter optimization for highly differentiated development candidates. Through close integration of AI-generated molecular designs with automated experimental execution, Iambic completes design-make-test cycles on a weekly cadence. | $53M / Series A / Jul 14, 2021 | |
Pratilipi
|
Pratilipi is a platform which brings readers, writers and their stories together. From the next door neighbour reading stories in the afternoon, to the funny college kid downstairs, millions of people around you are using Pratilipi to discover, express and share their stories in the language they love. | $9.4M / Series C / Apr 30, 2020 | |
Uprise.Africa
|
Uprise.Africa is the Equity Crowdfunding platform for South Africa. The platform links both the online and real-world ecosystem to create a new innovative space for capital raise and small business investment.In order to present a unique offering to Business Owners and Investors alike, Uprise.Africa sources exceptional businesses and assistsEntrepreneurs in crafting their pitches. The platform allows Investors to invest capital into SA businesses in exchange for equity shares. Through extensive vetting, legal and compliance, Uprise.Africa will create a space that is credible, transparent and trustworthy. The platform enables trust to be built between Investors and Entrepreneurs and in doing so creates a supportive business ecosystem.Uprise.Africa is disrupting the traditional funding landscape by providing an alternative method for small businesses to raise capital. Entrepreneurs have access to a new way of accessing funds, they will also be able to grow their network and gain market validation. | Seed / Oct 24, 2018 | |
LOKI
|
LOKI is a cloud-based secure network platform that can be managed without any technical knowledge.The company enables companies to manage and secure their networks by changing how they interact with cybersecurity products. LOKI platform offers a cloud-based secure software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) infrastructure that automatically scansand protects all network traffic from threats. | $45K / Angel / Jan 01, 2018 | |
Istanbul Startup Angels
|
Istanbul Startup Angels is Turkey’s most active angel investment network with a focus on innovative and fast growing technology startups. Currently in the process of building a micro VC and starting Turkey’s first crowdfunding platform, ISA also partners with corporations to find the most promising and suitable startups for them, by running sectorfocused accelerator programs. | Dec 21, 2017 | |
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FAQ
What does Nexus Ventures invest in?
Nexus Ventures invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 29 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Nexus Ventures's check size?
Nexus Ventures typically joins rounds of $1k–$4.7M at Seed, $45k–$381k at Angel and $6.2M–$53M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Nexus Ventures participates in.
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Who are the partners at Nexus Ventures?
The team at Nexus Ventures includes Burak ORUCU (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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