Yahya Ülker
Founder & Chief Executive Officer @ Yildiz Ventures
Yahya Ülker is a pre-seed investor at Yildiz Ventures focused on Food and Beverage and Software. Yahya Ulker is the CEO at Yildiz Ventures.
- Total investments:
- 7
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Yahya Ülker invests in
Stages Yahya Ülker invests in
Countries Yahya Ülker invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $569k–$3.9M
- Pre-Seed
- $150k–$1.2M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Food and Beverage 3 (43%)
- Software 2 (29%)
- E-Commerce 2 (29%)
- SaaS 1 (14%)
- Apparel 1 (14%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 3 (43%)
- Seed 2 (29%)
- Funding Round 1 (14%)
- Convertible Note 1 (14%)
Country
- Turkey 3 (43%)
- United States 2 (29%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Sentez
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Sentez is an AI Portfolio Company that rapidly builds, tests, and scales AI-powered mobile applications and B2B products. We've developed a proprietary system that compresses traditional development cycles from months to days, enabling us to move fast, learn faster, and double down on what works. We operate at the intersection of AI innovationand consumer products, turning emerging technologies into real-world applications that reach millions. We don't just build apps. We build the infrastructure to build apps at scale. | $500K / Pre-Seed / Dec 31, 2025 | |
Refabric
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Refabric stands as a premier provider of artificial intelligence software tailored for the fashion industry, establishing a new benchmark for creativity and efficiency driven by data, while promoting sustainable manufacturing practices. The company delivers comprehensive AI solutions that tackle challenges throughout the fashion value chain,beginning with ideation and design and continuing through production and commercialization. Notably, Refabric is the first and only AI fashion enterprise to receive recognition from LVMH. | $1.2M / Pre-Seed / Aug 29, 2024 | |
Paragon Pure
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Paragon Flavors is a food company. They seeking to develop better natural ingredients that fit the needs of modern foods. They have within flavor encapsulation, process engineering, physical chemistry, as well as navigating food ingredient regulatory spaces. | $3.9M / Seed / Sep 13, 2023 | |
Yenir
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Yenir is a food waste platform that sells fresh products without producing waste and at a discount. It opens Resell Hub recycling centers in the regions it serves, collects products from contracted companies, passes them through quality control, and sells them at low prices. The increased number of Yenir Re-Sell Hubs is intended toaccelerateYenir's growth momentum and to provide a broader range of solutions to the companies with which it collaborates. | $568.6K / Seed / Jun 01, 2023 | |
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Yenir
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Yenir is a food waste platform that sells fresh products without producing waste and at a discount. It opens Resell Hub recycling centers in the regions it serves, collects products from contracted companies, passes them through quality control, and sells them at low prices. The increased number of Yenir Re-Sell Hubs is intended toaccelerateYenir's growth momentum and to provide a broader range of solutions to the companies with which it collaborates. | $150K / Pre-Seed / Nov 14, 2022 | |
Kolay
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Kolay is a SaaS platform that combines employee engagement with core HR needs. We are helping HR professionals to streamline their day to day tasks with an easy to use and smart platform. | $1.9M / Convertible Note / Jun 07, 2022 | |
Istegelsin
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Istegelsin is an online supermarket that offers the next generation market shopping experience for consumers. The company solves the market shopping problems by developing technologies to provide mobile solutions that bring the freshest fruits and vegetables kept on cold storages, products from the best brands, out-of-the-oven bakery products tohouse for the same prices as the regular supermarkets. Istegelsin was foundedi n 2018 and is based in Istanbul, Turkey. | Apr 01, 2018 |
Co-Investors
About Yildiz Ventures
Yıldız Ventures has three main fields of activity. These areas stand out as startup acceleration program, incubation, and financial investment. Entrepreneurs who receive support from Yıldız Ventures have the opportunity to test their products on a pilot scale and receive important feedback on product-market compatibility by collaborating withcorporate companies from the early stages.
Yildiz Ventures Contacts
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Yahya Ülker
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
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FAQ
What does Yahya Ülker invest in?
Yahya Ülker invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Yahya Ülker's check size?
Yahya Ülker typically joins rounds of $569k–$3.9M at Seed and $150k–$1.2M 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 Yahya Ülker participates in.
When did Yahya Ülker last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Yahya Ülker closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 7 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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