# Pentas Ventures

> Pentas Ventures is a VC fund in Brooklyn backing Software and Health Care. See 25 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brooklyn, United States
- Total investments: 25
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/74748630/admin/
- Website: https://www.pentasventures.com/

Pentas Ventures is a venture fund that invests in products and services built for the next generation.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Pentas Ventures. Shizune tracks 2 team members at Pentas Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/pentas-ventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.4M–$15M |
| Series A | $7M–$12M |
| Series B | $21M–$40M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 16% |
| Health Care | 4 | 16% |
| Food and Beverage | 4 | 16% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 16% |
| Wellness | 3 | 12% |

52 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 13 | 52% |
| Series A | 3 | 12% |
| Series B | 3 | 12% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 8% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 8% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 21 | 84% |
| Singapore | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Emir Dereli | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emir-dereli |
| Emir Talu | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emir-talu |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Flash Protocol | Flash Protocol is a Bitcoin-native platform for issuing NFTs. |  | Seed | Mar 18, 2024 |  |
| Karat Financial | Karat provides a credit card tailored for creators and influencers, enabling them to grow and manage their businesses. Its Karat Black Card aims to aid income creators with a credit card suited to their needs. This is because banks don’t always understand the creator business model which can include unpredictable monthly income and a variety ofrevenue streams and thus prevents burgeoning creators from accessing capital. | $40M | Series B | Jul 19, 2023 |  |
| Chamberlain Coffee | Chamberlain Coffee is a manufacturer and retailer of coffee and related products. The company was founded in 2020 by Emma Chamberlain and is based in Beverly Hills, California, United States. | $7M | Series A | Jun 01, 2023 |  |
| Telly | Telly offers the first Dual Screen Smart TV, is the ultimate free television upgrade for the living room. | $20M | Seed | May 15, 2023 |  |
| Deeptune | Helping creators go global | $3.1M | Seed | Mar 01, 2023 |  |
| Deeptune | Helping creators go global | $3.1M | Seed | Mar 01, 2023 |  |
| Sequence | Sequence is a developer of video editing software used for filmmaking. It provides a way to collaborate on video and has a reimagined workflow for post-production to help storytellers, creators, and filmmakers with video production and editing. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Skinny Dipped Almonds | Skinny Dipped Almonds is a snack food company that offers chocolate-covered almond treats. Its roasted almonds are skinny-dipped in a thin layer of artisan dark chocolate and finished with a whisper of pure cocoa, espresso, or raspberry. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| klikit | klikit, a first-of-its-kind enterprise technology stack, helps restaurants become far more efficient in dine-in and food delivery operations, while also connecting restaurants with role-model creators to launch virtual food brands for additional revenue. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Oct 06, 2022 |  |
| Partake Foods | Partake Foods is a food and beverage company that specializes in selling allergy-friendly cookies. The company's products are free of the top 12 allergens so families can eat safely, healthfully, and deliciously — even on-the-go. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. | $20.8M | Series B | Oct 04, 2022 |  |

10 of 25 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [City Light Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/city-light-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Forerunner](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forerunner-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Inspired Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inspired-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Pentas Ventures invest in?

Pentas Ventures invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 25 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Pentas Ventures's check size?

Pentas Ventures typically joins rounds of $2.4M–$15M at Seed, $7M–$12M at Series A and $21M–$40M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Pentas Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Pentas Ventures?

Public channels for Pentas Ventures include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Pentas Ventures?

The team at Pentas Ventures includes Emir Dereli (Managing Partner) and Emir Talu (Partner). 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 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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