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Metis Ventures
Venture capitalLondon · Pre-Seed–Seed
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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 Sep 27, 2026.
What they invest in
from 48 of 64 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×28SaaS ×24Enterprise Software ×13Marketing Tech ×8AdTech ×6Retail Tech ×6Developer Tools ×5Fintech ×5
HQs:Türkiye×13United States×4Estonia×2United Kingdom×2Canada×1Croatia×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 22 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×132 founders×74+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 30 founders with education data
Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University ×5Boğaziçi University ×4Istanbul Technical University ×3Istanbul University ×3Açı Schools ×2Eastern Mediterranean University ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 28 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×13Computer Science ×7Business & Management ×2Economics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 28 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
3 founders hold a PhD · 1 hold an MBA (of 31 with degree data)
Investments · 64 tracked
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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-investorsGalata Business Angels OfficialTechOne Venture Capital
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
Turkish digital television service offering series, movies, and live broadcasts without advertisements.
Co-investorstwozero Ventures
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
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 VenturesKonvoy VenturesRed Beard VenturesTRANSCEND+2 more
Cineshort is an ad-free streaming service for handpicked, editorially curated independent short films, available across devices via subscription.
ConsumerMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsDOMiNO VenturesTechOne Venture Capital
Co-one provides an AI governance and testing platform that lets enterprises evaluate, monitor, and secure large language model applications across their lifecycle, covering scenario-based accuracy testing, version comparison, and a live firewall against prompt injection, hallucinations, and PII leaks.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Co-investorsDOMiNO VenturesLeap InvestmentLima VenturesTechOne Venture Capital
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 CapitalEleven VenturesFlat6Labs
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 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 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 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
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
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
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
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
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-investorsAPY VenturesRevo CapitalScaleX VenturesAI Startup FactoryAntlerFuel Ventures+1 more
Recommerce company based in Turkey
Mehmet Ertan Uygun(Founder)inZeynep Uygun(Founder)in
Co-investorsArya VenturesDFF Ventures212Logo VenturesLowercarbon CapitalMaxis
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
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
Karoly Kiss(Founder)inLiviu Huluta(Founder)in
Co-investorsBalderton CapitalRadical Ventures
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
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' 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 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
Co-investorsStartersHubTechOne Venture Capitaltwozero Ventures
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
Co-investorsKültepe InvestmentTechOne Venture Capitaltwozero Ventures
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
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
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
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
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
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-investorsGalata Business Angels Officialtwozero Ventures
Quin AI offers a product tour and demo experience for brands, presenting projected ROI and results.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsBlackfinch VenturesStartersHub
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
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-investorsFinbergMovens CapitalLogo Ventures
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.
Co-investorsStartupFontwozero Ventures
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
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-investorsAPY VenturesTechOne Venture CapitalZAKA VC
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 VenturesAPY VenturesDorm RoomGood News Venturesm]x[v CapitalRoo Capital+4 more
Digital sports management platform integrating clubs' financial and administrative data with automated insights.
Co-investorstwozero Ventures
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
Digital manufacturing platform for engineers and purchasing professionals.
Co-investorsStartersHubTechOne Venture Capital
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-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
Demirhan Buyukozcu(Founder)in
Co-investorsInveo VenturesRevo Capital
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
Vectroid is a managed vector database offering vector search, full-text search, hybrid search, and filtered queries at scale, designed to index billions of vectors with low latency and high recall.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Talip Ozturk(CEO and Co-Founder)Kevin Hanson(Head of Operations and Co-Founder)Zoltán Baranyi(Co-Founder)
Co-investorsScaleX VenturesRace Capital
Ceyhun Burak Akgül(Founder)in
Co-investorsAPY VenturesArya VenturesFinbergGalata Business Angels OfficialKeiretsu Forum
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
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 Gsyo3TS Capital PartnersOleka Capital
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-investorsAPY VenturesTechOne Venture Capital
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 Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests exclusively in gaming studios across Europe, Central Asia, and Turkey.
Gaming
Co-investorsKültepe InvestmentTechOne Venture Capitaltwozero Ventures
Yuppo is an educational technology initiative focused on early childhood (ages 0–6), using AI to analyze each child's developmental needs and deliver personalized, evidence-based content such as activities, interactive stories, sounds, and music.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerDigital HealthEdTech
Co-investorsWamda CapitalLogo Ventures
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Atlas SpaceAvane Cloud KitchenAvaneckCarboncentrumForFarmingOllangQuin AISporttzXometry
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesEloquent AI · eloquentai.co · Dec 9, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Metis Ventures made?
- Metis Ventures has 64 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, 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 61 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamTRVC16: Merve Zabcı on Data-Driven Investing and Building Metis Ventures
TRVC - The Turkish VC · Merve Zabcı
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