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ScaleX Ventures

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Amsterdam · Seed–Series A · 12 people tracked

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Investment thesis

ScaleX Ventures emphasizes a founder-centric philosophy centered on its Founders' Partner Program, which is designed to help startups grow faster by enabling founders to learn from and support one another. The approach is built on the idea of founders putting other founders first, helping peers overcome growth challenges and accelerate their learning curves. Through this program, the firm's portfolio founders become part of a collaborative community rather than facing the entrepreneurial journey alone.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Series A
Check
$216K – $2.2M
HQ
Amsterdam, NL
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2017
Tracked investments
47
Acquisitions
2

Team · 12 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Philip Jüngen· Venture Partnerin
Sinem Eser· Head of Talent

Founder mafia

5 people who came through ScaleX Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 33 of 47 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×19SaaS ×17Enterprise Software ×11Data & Infrastructure ×9Developer Tools ×9Cybersecurity ×6Fintech ×6Cloud Computing ×3

HQs:United States×14Türkiye×4Bulgaria×1United Kingdom×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 19 portfolio companies
21%
solo founders
4 of 19 mapped founding teams
44%
repeat founders
of 27 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×42 founders×53 founders×54+ founders×5

Where their founders studiedfrom 25 founders with education data

Boğaziçi University ×8Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University ×4Robert College ×3Draper University ×2Eastern Mediterranean University ×2Koç University ×2Marmara University ×2Sabanci University ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 25 founders with field-of-study data

Engineering ×13Computer Science ×7Business & Management ×4Life Sciences ×2Mathematics & Statistics ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 27 founders with career history

Carnegie Mellon University ×3Microsoft ×3Apple ×2Baylor College of Medicine ×2Catchpoint ×2Citus Data ×2Getir ×2Invicti ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×3

7 founders hold a PhD · 2 hold an MBA (of 27 with degree data) · backed the same founder in 2+ companies: 2 founders

Investments · 47 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2025 · 12024 · 22022 · 62021 · 12019 · 111 dated

Atlasatlas.soin𝕏

Atlas is a customer support platform that helps startups deliver white-glove support and manage customer relationships to reduce churn.

Enterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Jon O'Bryan(Founder)inRahul Asati(Founder)inArpit Maheshwari(Founder)Avi Singh(Founder)inCarlo Dela Rosa(Founder)Christian Mochen(Founder)

Co-investorsSoma CapitalY Combinator6th Man VenturesAccelALLVPCathay Innovation+18 more

Atlas Roboticsatlas-robotics.comin𝕏

Atlas Robotics develops a Physical AI platform that powers autonomous warehouse robots for tasks like transport, vertical storage, and case picking, using shared AI across its hardware, software, and cloud stack.

AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsPittsburgh, US

Çetin Meriçli, Ph.D.(Founder)inTekin Meriçli, Ph.D.(Founder)in

Co-investorsGOOSE CapitalLocalGlobeNorthzoneVillage Global

Bluedotthebluedot.coin𝕏Seed

Bluedot provides a payment platform that consolidates charging transactions and expense tracking for electric vehicle owners and fleet operators.

CleantechClimate TechEnergyFintechMobility & TransportationSaaSSan Francisco, US

Selinay Parlak(Founder)inFerhat Babacan(Founder)inEsra Erimez(Marketing Manager)Martin Hamedani(Vice President of Partnerships)

Co-investorsAutotech VenturesCollaborative FundDorm RoomHeartfelt CapitalLeap Forward VenturesLobster Capital+14 more

Buluttanbuluttan.comin𝕏

Buluttan builds weather intelligence products using numerical weather prediction models and AI, including renewable energy production forecasts for wind and solar plants.

AI & Machine LearningClimate TechData & InfrastructureEnergy

Mehmet Kiral(Founder)inGokmen Guven(Founder)Guven Bolukbasi(Founder)

Co-investorsAPY VenturesArya Ventures

Coquicoqui.aiOct 2021Defunct

Coqui was an AI speech company behind the open-source 🐸TTS toolkit and the ⓍTTS multilingual voice-cloning model.

Be/De

Kelly Davis(Founder)Eren G?lge(Director)Joshua Richard Meyer(Director)Reuben Nascimento Morais(Director)

Co-investorsDnx VenturesMango Capital

Cybeatscybeats.comin𝕏Nov 2024

Cybeats is a software supply chain security company that provides an SBOM (Software Bill of Materials) management platform for organizations to track software components, automate vulnerability lifecycle management, and prioritize security remediation.

CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareIoTSaaSEtobicoke

Dmitry Raidman(Co-founder & CTO)James Van Staveren(Executive Officer)Justin Leger(Chief Executive Officer)inJosh Bald(Chief Financial Officer)inJulia Cherry(Chief Customer Officer)inAndy Ducharme(Head of Sales)in

Co-investorsGreensoil PropTech VenturesMaple Leaf AngelsInovia CapitalRipple Ventures

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)inAhmet Bilgen(Founder)Ayhan Boyacioglu(Founder)Bulut Arukel(Founder)

Co-investorsFinbergSabancı VenturesDeBa VenturesEczacibasi Momentum Teknoloji YatimlariLima VenturesMetis Ventures+2 more

Finchtryfinch.comin𝕏

Finch provides an API platform for applications to securely access employer and employee data with explicit consent, serving businesses that need workforce data integration.

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Jeremy Zhang(CEO)inAnsel Parikh(Founder)inDavid Albers(Process \u0026 Operations Contractor)inDee Horcasitas(Talent)Ian Wood(Recruiter)Joanna Wu(Senior Technical Sourcer)

Co-investorsBoxGroupCapital B Private HoldingsClocktower VenturesFiDi VenturesGeneral CatalystHomebrew+19 more

Finchnowfinchnow.com

Finch offers an all-in-one platform combining loyalty, marketing, digital signage, advertising, and payments for hospitality venues such as bars and restaurants.

AdTechFintechMarketing Tech

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-investorsAntlerAPY VenturesMetis VenturesRevo CapitalAI Startup FactoryFuel Ventures+1 more

Foliofolioai.com

Folio is an AI-native platform that provides tools for small and medium-sized businesses and solo entrepreneurs to build, sell, and grow their businesses.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail TechSaaS

Co-investorsFJ Labs

Genialisgenialis.comin

Genialis is a precision oncology company that applies data analysis to help drug developers understand mechanisms of action, resistance, and patient stratification for cancer therapies.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthMedical DevicesBoston, US

Miha Štajdohar(Executive Officer, Director)inRafael Rosengarten(Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder)inLuka Ausec(Executive Officer)inHamzeh Abdul-Hadi(Director)Tjasa Krisper Kutin(Executive Officer)

BoardIta Lu(Director)in

Co-investorsAngelini VenturesTaiwania CapitalDebiopharm Innovation FundFirst Star Venturesredalpine

Hardalusehardal.comin𝕏Pre-Seed · Nov 2024 · $320K

Hardal is a server-side and cookieless data analytics platform that connects first-party data from websites and mobile apps to marketing destinations, supporting integrations such as server-side Google Tag Manager and Meta Conversions API.

AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing Tech

Co-investorsSimya VC

Hermherm.ioin𝕏

Herm.io lets shoppers build a private, anonymised loyalty profile from their purchase history across multiple retailers, so brands can recognise and reward cross-channel customer loyalty with personalised discounts, store credit, and early access.

ConsumerMarketing TechRetail TechLondon, GB

Hilberthilberts.aiin

Hilbert builds AI-native infrastructure for growth teams to consolidate fragmented data, analyze growth drivers with mathematical rigor, and make rapid, precision-driven decisions.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureRetail TechSaaS

Cenk Batman(Founder)inCeyda E(Founder)Nazli Tan(Founder)in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzAsylum VenturesTIBAS Ventures

hipporellohipporello.comin𝕏Seed · Dec 2022 · $2M

Hipporello is a service desk platform that integrates with task management tools like Trello, Notion, Asana, and Jira to let teams manage support requests, tickets, and tasks in one place.

Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS

Co-investorsAtlassian VenturesTeknoloji Yatirim

Hyperbeeaihyperbee.aiin

HyperbeeAI develops AI inference technology aimed at improving the speed, accuracy, and cost of neural computation.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep Tech

Co-investorsRevo Capital

Icosacomputingicosacomputing.comin

Icosa Computing builds local AI tools that run on a user's own hardware instead of the cloud, including Zeno (a macOS AI workspace that adapts to a user's documents, code, and terminology) and LM Shop (a no-code platform for training custom AI models to run locally).

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper Tools

Tarun Advaith(Research)

Invidyoinvidyo.comSeed · Dec 2022 · $2M

Invidyo is an AI-powered video and radar monitoring system for baby monitoring and senior care, offering real-time alerts for events like falls, crying, sleep patterns, and calls for help.

AI & Machine LearningHealthtechIoTHollywood, US

Co-investorsTeknoloji Yatirim

Ironbeeironbee.aiin𝕏

IronBee provides a verification layer for AI agent code, built for engineers and developers who need to trust the behavior of their agents.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSaaS

Serkan Ozal(Founder & CEO)inErcan Er(Co-Founder)in

Konduktokondukto.io𝕏Seed · Sep 2022 · $1M

Invicti offers an application security testing platform that combines DAST, SAST, software composition analysis, API security, container scanning, and application security posture management (ASPM) with proof-based scanning to validate exploitable vulnerabilities.

CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSaaS

Can BilgininCenk Kalpakoğluin

Co-investors500 Emerging Europe500 Global

Kuartismedkuartismed.cominSeed · Nov 2022 · $2M

KuartisMED develops AI-enabled solutions for newborn health monitoring and clinical decision support, particularly for premature babies.

AI & Machine LearningHardwareHealthtechMedical Devices

Ahmet Saracoğlu(CEO, Co-Founder)Prof. Aylin Tarcan(Chief Medical Officer, Co-Founder)Prof. Ayşe Nur Ecevit(Chief Clinical Officer, Co-Founder)

Co-investorsAPY VenturesTechmine Gsyo

Locomationlocomation.ai

Edgeworth, US

Cetin Mericli(Executive Officer, Director)Alonzo Kelly(Executive Officer, Director)Michael George(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardMike Stubler(Director)inJim DiSanto(Director)George Ugras(Director)in

Co-investorsAV8 VenturesBatshit Crazy VenturesDraper TriangleFusionProeza VenturesReshape

Meditopiameditopia.comin𝕏

Meditopia provides holistic wellbeing programs that combine psychology, technology, and wellness to support mental, emotional, and physical health.

Digital HealthMental HealthWellness & Fitness

Berk Yilmaz(Founder)inFatih Mustafa Çelebi(Founder)inAli Murat Ceylan(Founder)Berk Yılmaz(Founder)Fatih Celebi(Founder)

Co-investorsAtlanticHighland EuropeStartersHubVela PartnersAtlantic LabsCreandum

Opnovaopnova.aiin

Opnova provides AI agents that learn from video demonstrations of IT operator workflows and autonomously execute identity governance tasks across enterprise applications without requiring connectors or APIs.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Sinan Eren(Co-Founder & CEO)inJosé Luís Pereira(Co-Founder, CTO & President)inPedro Saleiro(Co-Founder & Chief AI Officer)inTiago Melo(Co-Founder & Chief Architect)in

Co-investorsFaberIncubate USPreface Ventures

Peakapeaka.comin𝕏

Peaka is a logical data warehouse platform that consolidates disparate data sources into a unified layer, enabling organizations to query, blend, and expose data via SQL, natural language, or APIs.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSPalo Alto, US

Mustafa Sakalsız(Founder and CEO)

Picus Securitypicussecurity.comin𝕏

Picus Security develops security validation technology, including Breach and Attack Simulation and automated penetration testing, to help organizations identify and prioritize cyber exposures and apply mitigations.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSWilmington, US

Hamdi Alper Memis(Director, Executive Officer)Volkan Ert?rk(Executive Officer, Director)Volkan Erturk(Founder)inH. Alper Memis(Founder)in

BoardSeymur Tari(Director)Joe De Pinho(Director)in

Co-investorsBek VenturesRiverwood CapitalACT Venture Partners

Quantivequantive.cominAcquired

WorkBoard provides a software platform for enterprise teams to define, align, and track strategic priorities and OKRs (objectives and key results).

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSSofia, BG

Deidre Paknad(CEO)Daryoush Paknad(Co-founder)inIvan Osmak(Founder)Jordan Angelov(Founder)Martin Kirov(Founder)Radoslav Georgiev(Founder)

Co-investorsEleven VenturesIndex VenturesLAUNCHub VenturesTechstarsVisionaries ClubInsight Partners+2 more

Resmoresmo.comin𝕏Pre-Seed · Mar 2022 · $1Macquired by JumpCloud

JumpCloud provides an AI-powered unified IT management platform that consolidates identity, access, and device management for organizations, securing both human users and non-human AI identities across cloud and on-premises environments.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Rajat Bhargava(CEO)

Thundrathundra.ioNov 2019

Boston, US

Serkan ?zal(Executive Officer, Director)Ismail Azeri(Director)Timothy Daniels(Director)

BoardNeeraj Agrawal(Director)Berkay Mollamustafaoglu(Executive Officer, Director)in

Co-investorsBattery VenturesYork IE

Toritori.financein𝕏

Tori Finance is a DeFi yield protocol offering market-neutral, delta-neutral trading strategies on-chain through two tokens: trUSD, a synthetic dollar backed by trading positions, and strUSD, a yield-bearing token earned by staking trUSD.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Ubicloudubicloud.comin𝕏Seed

Ubicloud is an open source cloud infrastructure platform that offers managed services or self-hosted deployment to reduce cloud costs and eliminate vendor lock-in.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Umur Cubukcu(Founder)inOzgun Erdogan(Founder)inDaniel Farina(CTO)inEkin Akar(Head of Ops)

Co-investorsY Combinator500 Emerging Europee2vcIrregular ExpressionsMaxitechPioneer+5 more

Upstashupstash.com𝕏

Upstash is a data platform for developers that handles infrastructure management, allowing users to focus on application development.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Enes Akar(Founder)inMehmet Dogan(Founder)

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzMango CapitalMaximilian StoiberBek VenturesEarlybird Venture Capital

Vectroidvectroid.com

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-investorsMetis VenturesRace Capital

Weave Roboticsweaverobotics.comin𝕏

Weave Robotics builds home robots that fold laundry and perform household reset tasks, designing and manufacturing its own components such as actuators, end-effectors, and linkage systems.

Advanced ManufacturingConsumerHardwareRoboticsSan Francisco, US

Evan Wineland(Founder)inKaan Dogrusoz(CEO)inKaan Dogrusoz Evan Wineland(Founder)

Co-investorsMaxitechMyAsiaVCPioneerTranspose Platform ManagementY CombinatorAdjacent Ventures Llc+3 more

Weaveosweaveos.comin

Weave OS offers Code Quality, a tool that tracks production incidents, traces bugs to their source code commits, monitors revert rates across engineers and repositories, and identifies unstable codebases to help engineering teams catch quality issues early.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Adam(Co-Founder & CEO)Adam Cohen(Founder)inAndrew Churchill(Founder)inBrandon Rodman(Founder)inBrian Ma(Founder)inClint Berry(Founder)in

Co-investorsStandard CapitalAlbum VCHemisphere Ventures LLCY Combinator

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

AltogicBluedot TechnologiesBranchsightCerebraDatarowESGGenomizeKuzuKuzudbPicusVanemar

Exits · 2

2 acquisitions · showing 1

Resmoacq. by JumpCloud

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has ScaleX Ventures made?
ScaleX Ventures has 47 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does ScaleX Ventures invest at?
ScaleX Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
What is ScaleX Ventures's typical check size?
ScaleX Ventures typically writes checks of $216K – $2.2M.
What sectors does ScaleX Ventures focus on?
ScaleX Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, B2B Marketplaces, Biotech, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Robotics, SaaS.
Where is ScaleX Ventures located?
ScaleX Ventures is headquartered in Amsterdam, NL.
Who does ScaleX Ventures co-invest with?
ScaleX Ventures most often shares deals with 500 Emerging Europe, Metis Ventures, Revo Capital, among 63 tracked co-investors.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

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Dilek Dayınlarlı ve Berkay Mollamustafaoğlu ile ScaleX Ventures'ı konuştuk

Webrazzi · Dilek Dayinlarli

INVESTART Online Panel | ScaleX Ventures (Dilek Dayınlarlı)

ODTÜ Genç Girişimciler Topluluğu · Dilek Dayinlarli

Dilek Dayınlarlı & Şafak Tüfekçi | ScaleX Ventures - Product Leadership Summit

Girisimci Muhabbeti · Dilek Dayinlarli

ScaleX Ventures Kurucu Ortağı Dilek Dayınlarlı Değerlendirme (SW2020 1. Çeyrek Etkinliği)

startups.watch · Dilek Dayinlarli

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Co-investors · 3

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Both backed · 1
$500K – $100M
LAUNCHub Ventures

LAUNCHub Ventures is an early-stage venture firm backing founders from Central and Eastern Europe and the CEE diaspora, investing from pre-seed onward.

Both backed · 1
$324K – $3.2M
CRV (Charles River Ventures)

CRV is a venture capital firm that backs founders at the seed and Series A stages, focusing on those with deep conviction and unique insights.

$250K – $5M

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