# Sankonline

> Sankonline is a VC fund in Istanbul backing Apps and Artificial Intelligence. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Turkey
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Nov 2023
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sankonline
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/SankoVC
- Website: http://www.sankonline.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sankonline

Sankonline is a venture capital company that invests in start-ups that entrepreneurs want to add innovation to the product and service sector with their brilliant ideas.It was established in 2014, which is embodied in Sanko Holding, in the startup project investing in internet and project development support, while at the same time create theirown projects with experienced teams in the industry are brought to life.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $300k–$2.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 4 | 24% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 24% |
| SaaS | 3 | 18% |
| Fitness | 2 | 12% |
| Software | 2 | 12% |

37 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 53% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 12% |
| Series A | 1 | 6% |
| Series B | 1 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 8 | 47% |
| United States | 4 | 24% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ismail Sen | StartUp Analyst | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ismail-sen |
| Emre Altay | General Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emre-altay |
| Turgut Konukoglu | CEO | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/turgut-konukoglu |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 3pmetrics | 3pmetrics simplifies carbon and water footprint accounting, along with ESG analysis, through its user-friendly SaaS platform and API services. The 3pmetrics Sustainability Gateway empowers companies to autonomously manage ESG metrics for the entire value chain in just one day. |  | Pre-Seed | Nov 15, 2023 |  |
| BiSU | BiSU is a mobile platform that enables its users to order drinkable water in Turkey. Through the platform, its users have the ability to order water from any brand available nationally.BiSU is completely free of commission or fees and aims to democratize access to bottled water in Turkey by increasing transparency in prices and quality of water.The platform allows its customers to compare prices and pay with their credit cards for delivered bottled water.BiSU was launched in 2015 by Ergin Uner & Ozan Alptekin. It is based in Istanbul. | $4.6M | Convertible Note | Dec 30, 2022 |  |
| Hiwell | Hiwell app is an online psychological counseling app that helps people without leaving their homes. | $1M | Seed | Nov 02, 2022 |  |
| Biftek | Biftek is a biotechnology company that produces microorganism-based, natural, and cost-effective growth medium supplements to grow muscle stem cells. It is a solution at the intersection of meat production and climate change mitigation. The company allows customers to produce meat at a reasonable cost by significantly lowering associated costs. | $300K | Seed | Sep 07, 2022 |  |
| Hirize | Hirize uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to automate the early stages of the screening process and free up valuable time for busy hiring teams.Hirize automates the initial screening process, starting with the application and ending with a curated shortlist of the most promising candidates.Each candidate's resume and cover letterget automatically analyzed and used to rate candidates in an unbiased and requirements-based manner. Next, Hirize allows candidates to self-schedule, and the data is easily transferable to assist you in building an excellent candidate database. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Aug 08, 2022 |  |
| Hirize | Hirize offers AI APIs for resume parsing, document extraction, and recruitment automation for HR and fintech platforms. |  | Seed | Aug 08, 2022 |  |
| Enquire AI | Enquire is on a mission to make organizations knowledge-efficient. We provide the world’s leading enterprises an AI-powered platform to leverage global subject-matter expertise in real time.Our uniqueness is defined by our software, which starts with Network Pulse. Through Network Pulse, all that clients need to do is submit a question. Fromthere, our AI-driven multifactor algorithm identifies the experts best placed to provide tailored, actionable analysis in 250 words, which smartly arrives in the client’s dashboard within minutes. There on, clients can assess answers according to the experts’ professional background and platform ratings and go deeper with any expert of their choice on a Pulse Call or collaborate longer-term on a Pulse Project. We have made this knowledge journey uniquely empowering and seamless for the client by fitting it to their established workflows for data gathering and research. | $200K | Series A | Aug 01, 2022 |  |
| ULive | ULive is a digital fitness platform. With ULive, users can develop physically, mentally and spiritually. Indoor Cycling using UBikes, Yoga, Pilates, Stretch, Dance and bUUt (functional body training) classes, which they can attend live every day and whenever they want, using mobile application. | $600K |  | Jun 30, 2022 |  |
| ULive | ULive is a digital fitness platform. With ULive, users can develop physically, mentally and spiritually. Indoor Cycling using UBikes, Yoga, Pilates, Stretch, Dance and bUUt (functional body training) classes, which they can attend live every day and whenever they want, using mobile application. | $600K | Seed | Jun 30, 2022 |  |
| Urban Active | Urban Active offers indoor cycling, bootcamp, Pilates, yoga and guided fitness programs both in‑studio and via its mobile app. | $600K | Seed | Jun 30, 2022 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Sankonline invest in?

Sankonline invests primarily in Apps, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Sankonline's check size?

Sankonline typically joins rounds of $300k–$2.5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Sankonline participates in.

### How do I contact Sankonline?

Public channels for Sankonline include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) 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 Sankonline?

The team at Sankonline includes Ismail Sen (StartUp Analyst), Emre Altay (General Manager) and Turgut Konukoglu (CEO). 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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