# StartupIst VC

> StartupIst VC is a VC fund backing Software, B2B and Artificial Intelligence. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 9%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

StartupIst VC is an investment firm.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $200k–$11M |
| Pre-Seed | $500k–$1.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 27% |
| B2B | 2 | 18% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 18% |
| SaaS | 1 | 9% |
| Elderly | 1 | 9% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 64% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 27% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 27% |
| Turkey | 2 | 18% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 18% |
| Sweden | 1 | 9% |
| Estonia | 1 | 9% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gengage | GenGage.ai transforms online shopping with AI that understands shopper needs and processes vast product catalogs to deliver personalized recommendations. Our platform replaces overwhelming product grids with guided shopping experiences, increasing conversion rates and cart values for retailers while making discovery intuitive for consumers. | $800K | Seed | Apr 04, 2025 |  |
| Enuygun Innovation | Enuygun Innovation A.Ş. is the tehcology hub of the Wingie Enuygun Group, a leading online travel agency in the MENA and EU regions.Our primary focus is on developing advanced AI solutions to offer a seamless travel experience for over 50 million travelers. | $200K | Seed | Mar 20, 2025 |  |
| LIVZYM Biotechnology | LIVZYM is a biotechnology research center. They provide services that include microorganisms, fermentation, filtration, drying, and packaging. An online inquiry form is available on the company's website. | $11M | Seed | Jul 30, 2024 |  |
| Careflick | AgeTech AI Startup building multi-modal AI companions for seniors.86% of older adults in the US want to age at home. We’re building human-like AI companions for these 58 million seniors who are increasingly alone, unsupported, and caught in a widening caregiver gap - offering proactive reminders, personalized daily conversations, conversationalcognitive games, emotional support and practical daily support so they can stay independent for longer. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Jun 01, 2024 |  |
| Silo Team | Silo Team is a platform that provides comprehensive solutions for managing the developer lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, and retention. It offers community-generated templates and an AI knowledge hub to streamline processes for tech teams. This approach helps organizations save time and enhance productivity by simplifying complexworkflows. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Apr 17, 2024 |  |
| Cattler | Cattler is a cloud, mobile farm management system for the cattle industry. It integrates operational management and analytics of cattle farms on a single platform. Cattler connects to any third party device users might have (scales, EID readers) and allows them to complete their daily tasks seamlessly from start to finish. From livestock managementto feeding; grom animal health to billing invoices and managing inventories. From the lot to the individual, and from the first day to the last. | $400K | Seed | Sep 15, 2023 |  |
| Devo | Devo is an end-to-end operating system for convenience stores. Its intuitive and comprehensive solution enables stores to operate more efficiently, with tools and capabilities including a broad online presence, omnichannel Point of Sale, reporting and analytics, and more. |  | Seed | Jul 21, 2023 |  |
| Hotel Manager | Hotel Manager offers a full-stack guest experience solution that taps into the possibilities of everyone’s most-loved device. Deployed and backed by a powerful cloud-based console for teams. Hotel Manager is a beautifully integrated ecosystem where hotels are at the epicenter. | $2.7M | Seed | May 16, 2023 |  |
| Figuro | Figuro builds technology infrastructure for insurance intermediary distribution. We work with insurance carriers to develop customized digital tools for their agent networks—delivering functional products in 4-6 weeks that adapt to their specific distribution goals (lead generation, client experience, sales velocity). We also provide independentagents and brokers with a sales operating system that consolidates prospecting, quoting, and portfolio management while giving them access to insurance products they can sell without formal carrier contracts. Our technology works with or without APIs, solving the fundamental infrastructure gap that exists in intermediary-dominated markets. Founded by former insurance agents who scaled an agency from $0 to $2M in premiums in 23 months, we currently serve 300+ agencies and partner with carriers including GNP México (17,000 agents) and MetLife | $500K | Pre-Seed | Mar 31, 2023 |  |
| Hotel Manager | Hotel Manager offers a full-stack guest experience solution that taps into the possibilities of everyone’s most-loved device. Deployed and backed by a powerful cloud-based console for teams. Hotel Manager is a beautifully integrated ecosystem where hotels are at the epicenter. | $1.2M | Seed | Dec 14, 2022 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Fuel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fuel-ventures-fund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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- [COREangels Lisbon](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coreangels-lisbon-a167) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Startupist Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startupist-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does StartupIst VC invest in?

StartupIst VC invests primarily in Software, B2B and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 11 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 StartupIst VC's check size?

StartupIst VC typically joins rounds of $200k–$11M at Seed and $500k–$1.3M 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 StartupIst VC participates in.

### When did StartupIst VC last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for StartupIst VC closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 11 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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