# Orkun Saitoğlu > Orkun Saitoğlu is a Series A investor at La French Tech Istanbul backing Soccer and Sports. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [La French Tech Istanbul](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/la-french-tech-istanbul) - Location: Istanbul, Turkey - Total investments: 2 - Last investment: Apr 2022 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/orkuns/ - X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/orkns - Website: https://x.com/orkns - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orkun.saitoglu.7/?paipv=0&eav=AfadX-hkxeyomLio_S8NSH5qhsuodXPEOIy1fGqbbKr7lX75VEKwmGNQS3_OL9NwAfE&_rdr Orkun Saitoğlu is a Series A investor at La French Tech Istanbul in Istanbul focused on Soccer and Sports. Orkun Saitoğlu is based out of Istanbul, Istanbul and is the Chief Executive Officer of iyzico. Orkun previously worked at PayPal as a Startup Lead. Orkun Saitoğlu attended the University Of Montpellier. Orkun Saitoğlu has received Prosus 10X Silicon Valley Leadership Program certification. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Soccer | 1 | 50% | | Sports | 1 | 50% | | eSports | 1 | 50% | | Crowdsourcing | 1 | 50% | ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Series A | 1 | 50% | | Convertible Note | 1 | 50% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Scoutium | Scoutium is a technology company that provides a unique motivation for all players, clubs and federations around the world. Scoutium has ten thousands of analyses of football players from Germany, Poland and Turkey in its database. With tens of partner clubs, Scoutium is able to access hundreds of cities, towns, and villages in the countries withmore than hundreds video experts and scouts. We aim to democratise football by opening up young players' horizons and giving opportunities to players to be discovered. With Scoutium, licensed football players can improve themselves with exclusively created overview videos, analyses from professional scouts, and special training programs, and can be discovered by clubs with regards to these videos & analyses. Football fans can earn money by recording 90-minute videos or making player analyses and have the chance to pursue a professional scouting career. Thanks to our technology, clubs can access to our database formed by match recordings and scouting analyses.Until today, Scoutium has raised 2.5M$. With projects in Machine Learning and Data Science, Scoutium has become an ITU Teknokent company in 2018.With the mission of enabling all players around the world to be discovered, Scoutium’s goal is to change the game forever. For more, please visit scoutium.com or download our app from Google Play & App Store. | $468.1K | Convertible Note | Apr 15, 2022 | | | Scoutium | Scoutium is a technology company that provides a unique motivation for all players, clubs and federations around the world. Scoutium has ten thousands of analyses of football players from Germany, Poland and Turkey in its database. With tens of partner clubs, Scoutium is able to access hundreds of cities, towns, and villages in the countries withmore than hundreds video experts and scouts. We aim to democratise football by opening up young players' horizons and giving opportunities to players to be discovered. With Scoutium, licensed football players can improve themselves with exclusively created overview videos, analyses from professional scouts, and special training programs, and can be discovered by clubs with regards to these videos & analyses. Football fans can earn money by recording 90-minute videos or making player analyses and have the chance to pursue a professional scouting career. Thanks to our technology, clubs can access to our database formed by match recordings and scouting analyses.Until today, Scoutium has raised 2.5M$. With projects in Machine Learning and Data Science, Scoutium has become an ITU Teknokent company in 2018.With the mission of enabling all players around the world to be discovered, Scoutium’s goal is to change the game forever. For more, please visit scoutium.com or download our app from Google Play & App Store. | $2M | Series A | Jul 03, 2020 | | 2 of 2 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Nokta Yatırım Holding A.Ş.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nokta-yat%C4%B1r%C4%B1m-holding-a-%C5%9F) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Rapsodo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rapsodo) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [TechOne VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techone-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [twozero Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/twozero-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About La French Tech Istanbul VC Fund 1 contacts available at La French Tech Istanbul. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Orkun Saitoğlu | Ambassador | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/orkun-saito%C4%9Flu | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [BITKRAFT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bitkraft-ventures) — VC Fund - [Sam Enrico Williams](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sam-enrico-williams-d11c) — Angel Investor - [Courtside Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/courtside-ventures) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [Alesta Yatırım](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alesta-girisim) — VC Fund - [APY Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apy-ventures) — VC Fund - [Boğaziçi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bo%C4%9Fazi%C3%A7i-ventures) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Sports Angel Investors in Middle East](https://shizune.co/investors/sports-angel-investors-middle-east) - [Sports Investors in Turkey](https://shizune.co/investors/sports-investors-turkey) - [eSports Investors in Middle East](https://shizune.co/investors/esports-investors-middle-east) - [eSports Angel Investors in Middle East](https://shizune.co/investors/esports-angel-investors-middle-east) - [eSports Investors in Turkey](https://shizune.co/investors/esports-investors-turkey) - [eSports Angel Investors in Turkey](https://shizune.co/investors/esports-angel-investors-turkey) ## FAQ ### What does Orkun Saitoğlu invest in? Orkun Saitoğlu invests primarily in Soccer, Sports and eSports startups, most often at Series A and Convertible Note stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### When did Orkun Saitoğlu last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Orkun Saitoğlu closed in Apr 2022. Shizune tracks 2 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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