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Metis Ventures

Venture capital

London · Pre-Seed–Seed · 2 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Metis Ventures invests with high conviction at the early stage, writing initial checks of up to EUR 3 million into disruptive technology companies positioned for global expansion or to become regional champions. The firm concentrates on AI-enabled verticals it understands deeply, targeting sectors it believes will transform how people engage, transact, and do business over the coming decades.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 16, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Seed
Check
$3.3M
HQ
London, GB
Instruments
Equity
Tracked investments
62

Team · 2 people

from curated

What they invest in

from 45 of 62 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×26SaaS ×24Enterprise Software ×12Marketing Tech ×8AdTech ×6Retail Tech ×6Fintech ×5HR Tech ×5

HQs:Türkiye×12United States×4Estonia×2United Kingdom×2Canada×1Croatia×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 19 portfolio companies
63%
solo founders
12 of 19 mapped founding teams
70%
repeat founders
of 23 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×122 founders×54+ founders×2

Where their founders studiedfrom 25 founders with education data

Boğaziçi University ×4Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University ×4Istanbul Technical University ×3Istanbul University ×3Eastern Mediterranean University ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 23 founders with career history

A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research ×2Bogazici University IT Club - Compec ×2Maven Partners ×2Mezun Group ×2Pozitron ×2RUUT ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×4

2 founders hold a PhD (of 25 with degree data)

Investments · 62 tracked

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16 Hazyhazy.com

Harry Keen(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlbionVCNeva Sgr.Notion CapitalUCL Technology Fund

AloTechalotech.com.trin𝕏

AloTech provides a cloud-based call center platform that lets sales and support teams manage customer communications remotely across multiple channels, including voice and text.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingSaaS

Co-investorsTechOne Venture Capital

Aniberaanibera.comin

Anibera is an animation studio that produces cartoons, animated movies, and commercials, and provides 2D/3D animation services to creators and producers of animated films, TV/web series, and commercials.

Creator EconomyMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorstwozero Ventures

Avaneckavaneck.com
BluTVblutv.comAcquired

Turkish digital television service offering series, movies, and live broadcasts without advertisements.

Co-investorstwozero Ventures

Brandefensebrandefense.ioin𝕏

Brandefense is a threat intelligence platform that combines AI-driven analytics with human intelligence to provide digital risk protection, external attack surface management, fraud monitoring, and third-party risk management.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaSWilmington, US

Hakan Eryavuz(Executive Officer)inMehmet Caner Koroglu(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsTechOne Venture Capital

Bunchbunch.live

Bunch is a mobile app for video chatting with friends while playing party games together.

ConsumerGamingImpact & Social GoodSocial

Jason LiangJordan Howlett

Co-investors500 GlobalColopl NextGolden VenturesRed Beard VenturesTRANSCENDVelo Partners+2 more

Carboncentrumcarboncentrum.com
Cineshortcineshortapp.com

Co-investorsDOMiNO VenturesTechOne Venture Capital

Cognitiwecognitiwe.aiin𝕏

Cognitiwe is an industrial computer vision company that builds a predictive Vision AI platform converting video and images into data to improve operational efficiency, safety, and sustainability.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRetail TechTallinn, EE

Attila Algan(Founder)inMete Bayrakin

Co-investorsDOMiNO VenturesKickstart InnovationTechOne Venture Capital

DigiMEdigime3d.comin𝕏

DigiMe3D provides 3D body-scanning and analysis tools used to track physical changes in clients, serving dietitians, gyms, personal trainers, physiotherapists, and sports clubs.

HardwareHealthtechSports TechWellness & Fitness

Co-investorsTechOne Venture Capitaltwozero Ventures

EchoTwin AIechotwin.aiin𝕏Nov 2024

EchoTwin AI provides a digital twin platform called CityView that collects real-time data from city infrastructure to enable predictive analytics, anomaly detection, and automated workflows for urban management.

AI & Machine LearningGovTechPropTechSaaSBoca Raton, US

Chris Carson(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsAutomotive Ventures Mobility

Ekmob SFAekmob.comin

Ekmob is an AI-native sales force automation (SFA) platform that captures field and meeting data via voice-to-CRM, generates forecasts, risk alerts and AI coaching summaries, and automates workflows such as quotes, approvals and document handling.

AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech

Co-investorsAngel EffectLima VenturesTechOne Venture Capital

Eloquent AIeloquentai.coin𝕏

Eloquent AI builds an enterprise AI platform that automates customer operations and agent tasks for regulated industries like banking, insurance, and fintech.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSan Francisco, US

Tugce Bulut(Founder)inAldo Lipani(Founder)in

Co-investorsDuke Capital PartnersHomebrewRevo CapitalTranspose Platform ManagementValia VenturesY Combinator+5 more

Ergcontrolsergcontrols.net

YIKA is a hand hygiene monitoring platform that uses badge cards, sensors, and a reporting dashboard to continuously track and report hand hygiene activity without disrupting staff.

Digital HealthHealthtechIoT

Evercopyevercopy.aiin

Evercopy is an AI platform that generates personalized ad creatives—including banners, product photos, video ads, and text—across 30+ formats adapted to different platforms.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech

Deniz Ozgur(Founder)in

Co-investorsSimya VC

Evreka Home Pageevreka.coin𝕏

Evreka provides an all-in-one waste and material traceability platform for enterprises and multinationals to manage waste collection operations across multiple locations, covering assets, resources, SLA management, and compliance from input to output.

Circular EconomyCleantechClimate TechGovTechIoTLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS

Bayram Berkay AkçoraMehmet PancarogluinMert BarutcuinUmutcan Dumanin

Co-investors500 Emerging Europe500 GlobalTechOne Venture Capital

Figoparafigopara.comin𝕏

Figopara is a Turkish financial technology platform that digitizes financial processes between commercial businesses and banks, letting companies convert invoices and checks into cash before maturity and compare financing offers from multiple financial institutions.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

Koray Gultekin Bahar(Founder)inArman Eker(Founder)in

Co-investorsFinbergIFCSabancı VenturesDeBa VenturesLima VenturesScaleX Ventures+2 more

Finedinefinedinemenu.comin𝕏

FineDine offers POS Lite, a lightweight point-of-sale application that turns tablets and mobile devices into order-management terminals for restaurants and cafes.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingFoodTechFuture of WorkRetail TechSaaSIstanbul, TR

Adil Burak KILIC(Founder)inDuygu Kutluoglu Kilic(Founder)Berk CaglayaninBurak KılıçCaglar Cakar

Co-investors500 Emerging Europe500 GlobalArya VenturesInveo VenturesSavour VenturesTechOne Venture Capital+1 more

Flowlaflowla.comin𝕏

Flowla builds digital buyer experiences aimed at replacing email as the primary channel for closing deals, focusing on sales engagement.

AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech

Erdem Gelal(Founder)in

Co-investorsRevo CapitalScaleX VenturesAI Startup FactoryAntlerAPY VenturesFuel Ventures+1 more

Forfarmingforfarming.co

Co-investorsTechOne Venture Capital

Getmobilgetmobil.comin

Recommerce company based in Turkey

Co-investorsArya VenturesDFF Ventures

Iftrueiftrue.coin𝕏

iftrue is an engineering intelligence platform that measures the impact of AI coding tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Claude Code by unifying their usage signals into a single dashboard for tracking adoption, efficiency, rework, and ROI.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsDOMiNO Ventures

Inkiinki.techin

INKI provides a Device-as-a-Service (DaaS) subscription for businesses, offering brand-new or refurbished laptops, phones, and displays that are fully insured, maintained, and managed for a flat monthly fee across the EU.

Circular EconomyFuture of WorkSaaS

Inooster

Technology company providing gamification-based solutions to boost motivation, performance, efficiency, and loyalty in businesses.

Inooster Information Technologiesinooster.comin𝕏

Inooster provides a modular gamification API platform called NOOS that enables applications to integrate game mechanics such as tasks, achievements, levels, badges, leaderboards, and challenges to boost user engagement and performance.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSTurkey, TR

Co-investorsTechOne Venture Capital

Kamionkamion.coin𝕏

Kamion operates a mobile platform connecting shippers and carriers, offering both contracted and spot freight transportation.

B2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesIstanbul, TR

Berkay Adlim(Founder)in

Co-investorsCathexis VenturesMyAsiaVCY Combinator

KolayBi'kolaybi.comin𝕏

KolayBi' is a pre-accounting (ön muhasebe) software for tracking receivables/payables, income-expense, inventory, e-invoicing, and e-commerce integrations, with bank account and cash-flow management from a single screen.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Gokhan Boyana(Founder)in

Co-investorsStartersHubTechOne Venture Capital

LIVAD Technologieslivad.streamin𝕏

LIVAD provides livestream advertising tools that let streamers monetize their live streams and enable brands and agencies to run marketing campaigns within live content.

AdTechCreator EconomyMarketing Tech

Akın Sert(Founder)in

Co-investorsStartersHubTechOne Venture Capitaltwozero Ventures

Medialyzermedialyzer.comin𝕏

Medialyzer offers TV Tracking, a tool that detects TV ad airings in real time and triggers synchronized actions on digital advertising platforms such as Google Ads, Meta, TikTok, and X.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaS

Mustafa Güllüin

Co-investorsTechOne Venture Capitaltwozero Ventures

Mediazonehqmediazonehq.comin𝕏

MediazoneHQ develops data-driven media technologies and digital products designed to enable scalable growth.

AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing TechMedia & Entertainment

Miros AImiros.aiin

Miros builds an AI-driven product discovery technology that infers shopper intent from behavioural signals such as scroll velocity, clicks, and dwell time, rather than requiring shoppers to describe what they want.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail TechTallinn, EE

Co-investorsTera VenturesBADideas.fundSnatched VenturesSpecialist VCZAKA VC

MoovBuddymoovbuddy.comin𝕏

MoovBuddy is a preventive digital health solution for musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders such as back/neck pain and poor posture, offering affordable exercises and treatments to prevent and address these conditions early.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechWellness & Fitness

Damla Yildirim(Founder)in

Co-investorstwozero Ventures

Octopusoctopussignage.comin𝕏

Octopus converts physical display screens into measurable, intelligent assets that track audience attention and sell advertising inventory.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningIoTRetail Tech

Co-investorsTechOne Venture Capital

Ollangollang.com

Co-investorsRevo Capital

Pixa Softwarepixasoftware.comin𝕏

Pixa provides an order management and e-commerce integration platform for online retail brands, including tools for marketplace integration, automation, and warehouse management (WMS).

E-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS

Bilal Büyükdere(Founder)in

Co-investorsTechOne Venture Capital

Polymetpolymet.aiin𝕏

Polymet is an AI tool that generates user interface designs and accompanying front-end code from text descriptions or images, enabling non-designers to produce production-ready interfaces without hiring dedicated design staff.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareIstanbul, TR

Yusuf Hilmi(Founder)in

Co-investorsImagination CapitalTranspose Platform ManagementY Combinator

PubInnopubinno.comin𝕏

Pubinno builds connected draft beer technology and hardware aimed at improving pour quality and making draft operations more sustainable for the beverage and hospitality industry.

AI & Machine LearningFoodTechHardwareIoT

Necdet Alpmen(Co-Founder & CTO)inCan Algul(Co-Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorstwozero Ventures

Quin AI

Online customer analytics tool using first-party real-time click-stream data to analyze visitor intentions and predict behavior.

Quinenginequinengine.comin𝕏

Quin AI offers a product tour and demo experience for brands, presenting projected ROI and results.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceMarketing TechSaaS

Co-investorsBlackfinch VenturesStartersHub

RADAARradaar.ioin𝕏

RADAAR is an all-in-one social media management platform that enables teams to plan, publish, and engage across multiple social networks with centralized workflows and reporting.

Marketing TechSaaSSocial

Co-investorsTechOne Venture Capital

Replenitreplen.itin

Replenit is an AI decision engine that automates customer lifecycle decisions across retail channels to optimize timing, relevance, and profitability of interactions.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechRetail TechSaaS

Ilyas Kurklu(Co-founder & CEO)

Co-investorsMovens Capital

Scoutiumscoutium.comin𝕏

TeamScope is a sports analytics platform that records match footage with AI cameras and produces AI-powered performance analytics on players and teams using 40+ parameters, alongside integrated calendar, chat, and email tools.

Emre Ün(Founder)in

Co-investorsStartupFontwozero Ventures

Sertifiersertifier.comin𝕏

Sertifier provides a platform for creating, issuing, and managing digital certificates and credentials at scale, including bulk sending, social sharing, branding, and analytics.

EdTechEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS

Co-investorsLima VenturesTechOne Venture Capital

Sorwesorwe.comin𝕏

Sorwe provides a team quiz platform that enables organizations to run virtual quizzes and competitions to build workplace culture, engagement, and communication among distributed or hybrid teams.

Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSLondon, GB

Emrah Ertürk(CEO)Emre Üner(CTO)

Co-investorsTechOne Venture CapitalZAKA VC

spiky.aispiky.aiin𝕏

Spiky provides an AI platform for venture capital investors to assist with deal sourcing, due diligence, portfolio management, and founder relationships.

AI & Machine LearningFintechHR TechSaaSSales TechBoston, US

Co-investorsAmrock VenturesDorm RoomGood News Venturesm]x[v CapitalRoo CapitalTechOne Venture Capital+1 more

SportSerpsportserp.com

Digital sports management platform integrating clubs' financial and administrative data with automated insights.

Co-investorstwozero Ventures

Sporttzsporttz.vc
Timus Networkstimusnetworks.comin𝕏

Timus provides activity and productivity tracking software for managed service providers to monitor team activity across applications and users.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS

Co-investorsTechOne Venture Capital

Urban Activeurbanactive.one

Urban Active is a fitness studio operator with locations in Istanbul offering group exercise classes designed to build physical strength and community engagement.

ConsumerSports TechWellness & FitnessIstanbul, TR

Co-investorsTechOne Venture Capital

V Countv-count.comin𝕏

V-Count provides people-counting and visitor analytics solutions using Nano sensors and the BoostBI platform, measuring foot traffic, demographics, and in-store movement without storing personal data or images.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHardwareRetail Tech

Co-investorsInveo VenturesRevo Capital

Vanoraventuresvanoraventures.comin

Vanora Ventures provides cross-functional product development and digital solutions services comparable to an in-house team, serving clients across multiple industries through design, software development, and strategy services.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaSSector Agnostic

Visperavispera.co

Ceyhun Burak Akgül(Founder)in

Co-investorsArya VenturesFinbergKeiretsu Forum

VRLab Academyvrlabacademy.comin𝕏

VRLab Academy provides virtual science laboratories with over 240 interactive experiments in biology, chemistry, and physics, available on PC, tablet, and VR headsets such as Meta Quest 3.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechGaming

Co-investorsInveo VenturesLima VenturesTechOne Venture Capital

Wamowamo.ioin

wamo provides a digital business account for companies of various sizes, offering multi-currency payments in 22 currencies, bulk and team payouts, Visa debit cards, and expense management with accounting integrations.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSLondon, GB

Yanki Onen(Founder)in

Co-investorsTechmine Gsyo

WASKwask.coin𝕏

WASK provides an AI agent platform for automating Google Ads and Meta Ads campaign management through agentic workflows that monitor accounts, detect optimization opportunities, and recommend actions for user approval.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS

Co-investorsTechOne Venture Capital

Waspwasp-lang.devin𝕏

Wasp is a full-stack web framework that reduces boilerplate code and provides built-in structure for web application development.

Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareZagreb, HR

Matija Šošić(Founder)inMartin Sosic(Founder)in

Co-investorsAbstraction Capitalbig_betsBrighter CapitalY Combinator468 CapitalAcequia Capital (AceCap)+3 more

Weplay Venturesweplayventures.comin𝕏

WePlay Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests exclusively in gaming studios across Europe, Central Asia, and Turkey.

Gaming

Co-investorsTechOne Venture Capitaltwozero Ventures

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Metis Ventures made?
Metis Ventures has 62 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Metis Ventures invest at?
Metis Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
What is Metis Ventures's typical check size?
Metis Ventures typically writes checks of $3.3M.
What sectors does Metis Ventures focus on?
Metis Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Gaming, Mobility & Transportation.
Where is Metis Ventures located?
Metis Ventures is headquartered in London, GB.
Who does Metis Ventures co-invest with?
Metis Ventures most often shares deals with TechOne Venture Capital, twozero Ventures, DOMiNO Ventures, among 60 tracked co-investors.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

featuring the team

TRVC16: Merve Zabcı on Data-Driven Investing and Building Metis Ventures

TRVC - The Turkish VC · Merve Zabcı

Metis Ventures'ın tüm detaylarını Merve Zabcı ve Yiğit Arslan ile konuştuk

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