# Workup

> Workup is a VC fund in Istanbul backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 106 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Turkey
- Total investments: 106
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 68%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/isbankworkup
- Website: https://workup.ist
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/workupisbankasi

Workup is an entrepreneurship program established to enable technology-oriented startups with a scalable and sustainable model.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Workup. Shizune tracks 2 team members at Workup. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/workup-c9de?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 25 | 24% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 17 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 11 | 10% |
| AgTech | 10 | 9% |
| FinTech | 9 | 8% |

148 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Non-equity Assistance | 95 | 90% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 2% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 72 | 68% |
| United States | 8 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 6% |
| Estonia | 3 | 3% |
| Germany | 2 | 2% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Berhan Kongel | Mentor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/berhan-kongel |
| Mehmet Taban | Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mehmet-taban |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ancient Greens | Ancient Greens specializes in the research, development, production, packaging, and distribution of various types of natural products. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Mar 26, 2024 |  |
| SeraCell | SeraCell is a technology company that develops smart irrigation and air conditioning system for greenhouse based enterprises. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Mar 26, 2024 |  |
| Afara | Afara is an agtech company that conducts research and manufactures robots that perform agricultural activities by reducing labor needs for farmers and providing energy efficiency with environmentally friendly practices. Afara Agricultural Technologies Inc. was established in 2023 by receiving investment from the crowdfunding platform Fonlabuyusun.It is to manufacture and offer to farmers Afara robots in sufficient quantity and level to ensure complete collection of residual cotton in all cotton fields in the world, and to become a leading brand in the agricultural technologies sector. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Mar 26, 2024 |  |
| SoilBiom | SoilBiom strives to safeguard natural resources, particularly soil used for agriculture. creating nutrient and protection products tailored to plants and soil. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Mar 26, 2024 |  |
| Bridgesoft | Bridgesoft is a software development company. It offers services like artificial intelligence, embedded systems, the Internet of Things, and others. They develop their artificial intelligence applications with deep learning, which is a sub-field of machine learning. They develop on cloud services, all its systems are designed to meet in a commonnetwork and service structure. It also develops Agri-Tech products like Smart SprayeX, which is AI-powered agricultural pesticide spraying machinery and equipment. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Mar 26, 2024 |  |
| UptechLabs | UptechLabs is an R&D business that develops projects in the areas of embedded system design, software, and sensor technologies. It enables to production of plants with the desired aroma and quality without using pesticides while using half as much energy, through the use of clever LED lighting and hydroponic plant growing systems. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Mar 26, 2024 |  |
| Zuzzuu | Zuzzuu offers artificial intelligence tools to help digital sales and marketing enterprises. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Feb 01, 2024 |  |
| Korvo | Korvo is an end-to-end platform that helps digital content creators manage and scale their passion business. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Feb 01, 2024 |  |
| Branchsight | Branchsight enables you to manage the digital marketing activities of your multi-location brand from a single center. Branchsight's dealer-friendly, easy-to-use platform is an excellent tool designed to increase your global leverage by strengthening the awareness of your locations in the local market. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Feb 01, 2024 |  |
| Juuli | Juuli is a financial platform that helps freelancers strengthen their financial profiles. The platform provides solutions that help freelancers work from anywhere, receive payments, and manage their expenses. Juuli allows freelancers to focus on their craft without the financial complexities associated with company ownership. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Feb 01, 2024 |  |

10 of 106 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [İşbank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isbank) — VC Fund, 105 deals together
- [Hackquarters](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hackquarters-startup-launchpad) — VC Fund, 69 deals together
- [Kolektif House](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kolektif-house) — VC Fund, 27 deals together
- [Girisimcilik Vakfi](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/girisimcilik-vakfi) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Ankara Tekmer](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ankara-tekmer) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Tenity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tenity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Workup invest in?

Workup invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Non-equity Assistance and Funding Round stage. Most of the 106 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Workup?

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### Who are the partners at Workup?

The team at Workup includes Berhan Kongel (Mentor) and Mehmet Taban (Co-Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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