# Zeynep Ilgaz

> Zeynep Ilgaz is a pre-seed investor at Breakaway Partners OÜ backing EdTech and Education. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Breakaway Partners OÜ](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breakaway-partners-o%C3%BC)
- Location: San Diego, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2023
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zeynep-ilgaz-78732a5/

Zeynep Ilgaz is a pre-seed investor at Breakaway Partners OÜ in San Diego focused on EdTech and Education. Zeynep Ilgaz and Serhat Pala founded Confirm Biosciences in 2008, since which Zeynep has been serving as its chief advisor.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| EdTech | 1 | 100% |
| Education | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| primeclass.ai | Primeclass is the fastest, most efficient way to master the skills you need. 100% online, part-time & self-paced. Our industry-leading programs in Visual Studies (Photo, Video, Fashion and Design) recognized by top companies worldwide.Your success is our goal, we reinvented online learning for you. Only at Primeclass:-PersonalizedCurriculum -Tiered Professional Networking -Learn by Doing -Job Focused Content and Assignments -Real-Life Projects -1:1 Mentorship and Coaching when you need it -100% Placement Rate PromiseWe strive to make quality education affordable, our learning tracks start from $49 per monthCustomers love what we do and our 2020 traction metrics prove that our model works: 340% YoY Growth LTV/CAC>3 $40K MRR almost half of our $700K round signed or spoken aboutThe scalability of our model relies on the platform we created and the process of wrapping educational content in tracks, which creates a sufficient starting barrier between us and competitors who want to repeat us. We have an absolutely clear roadmap on how to get to 100M ARR in our segment in 5-7 years.In the bottom line, metrics and growth achieved without external investment demonstrate the quality of the product (our metrics are better than much more mature projects that have invested> 10x on product creation), and thanks to the process and platform, we can add tracks faster and cheaper than competitors, showing better unit economics.primeclass is DBA (doing business as) name of Heartbeat Education, corporation registered in Delaware, US | $200K | Pre-Seed | Jun 30, 2023 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Breakaway Partners OÜ

VC Fund · Tallinn, Estonia

founder-focused investment company that mentors and funds early-stage companies that are disruptive in their industries.

2 contacts available at Breakaway Partners OÜ.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Serhat Pala | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/serhat-pala |
| Zeynep Ilgaz | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zeynep-ilgaz |

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## FAQ

### What does Zeynep Ilgaz invest in?

Zeynep Ilgaz invests primarily in EdTech and Education startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Zeynep Ilgaz last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Zeynep Ilgaz closed in Jun 2023. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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