# Turgut Gürsoy > Turgut Gürsoy is a seed investor at Lidya Ventures backing Advertising and Machine Learning. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Lidya Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lidya-ventures) - Total investments: 3 - Last investment: Jan 2019 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/turgut-gursoy-86781217 Turgut Gürsoy is a seed investor at Lidya Ventures focused on Advertising and Machine Learning. Turgut Gürsoy - Founder @ Lidya Ventures ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Advertising | 1 | 33% | | Machine Learning | 1 | 33% | | Information Technology | 1 | 33% | | Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 33% | ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 1 | 33% | | Angel | 1 | 33% | | Series A | 1 | 33% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Tarentum | Tarentum AI develops solutions to critical business needs using machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies. | $700K | Seed | Jan 24, 2019 | | | Blesh | Managing a wide network of 300+ apps and 66 million downloads with the integration of Blesh SDK, Blesh provides hyper-local targeting and smart messaging services for enterprises, advertisers and apps. Blesh has a strong angel investor network with high-net-worth individuals such as Ali Sabancı, Turgut Gürsoy and many others. | $4M | Series A | Nov 14, 2016 | | | Blesh | Managing a wide network of 300+ apps and 66 million downloads with the integration of Blesh SDK, Blesh provides hyper-local targeting and smart messaging services for enterprises, advertisers and apps. Blesh has a strong angel investor network with high-net-worth individuals such as Ali Sabancı, Turgut Gürsoy and many others. | | Angel | Aug 19, 2014 | | 3 of 3 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Esas Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/esas-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Inventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inventures-turkey) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [TR.PE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trpecapital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Lidya Ventures VC Fund 1 contacts available at Lidya Ventures. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Turgut Gürsoy | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/turgut-g%C3%BCrsoy | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — 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 - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — 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 - [SaaS Angel Investors in Turkey](https://shizune.co/investors/saas-angel-investors-turkey) - [Artificial intelligence Angel Investors in Turkey](https://shizune.co/investors/artificial-intelligence-angel-investors-turkey) - [Machine Learning Angel Investors in Turkey](https://shizune.co/investors/machine-learning-angel-investors-turkey) - [Machine Learning Investors in Turkey](https://shizune.co/investors/machine-learning-investors-turkey) ## FAQ ### What does Turgut Gürsoy invest in? Turgut Gürsoy invests primarily in Advertising, Machine Learning and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### When did Turgut Gürsoy last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Turgut Gürsoy closed in Jan 2019. Shizune tracks 3 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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