Treeo VC
Venture capitalActively deployingSan Francisco · Pre-Seed–Series A · 4 people tracked
Investment thesis
Treeo VC invests in AI-native B2B companies at the pre-seed and seed stages, partnering with founders from day zero to build enduring global category leaders. The firm focuses on Turkish and select immigrant founders, leveraging a cross-border model that combines global perspective, technical depth, diaspora capital, and enterprise bridge-building. It believes the AI era is a major value-creation cycle reshaping how enterprises operate and compete. Treeo emphasizes systematic ecosystem building—connecting founders, operators, capital, and enterprise access across borders—while helping LPs integrate into the U.S. innovation ecosystem and giving them structured exposure to emerging cross-border AI-native innovation.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 4 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 19 of 22 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×14Enterprise Software ×9SaaS ×8Developer Tools ×4Deep Tech ×2Energy ×2Fintech ×2Future of Work ×2
HQs:United States×12United Kingdom×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 15 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×42 founders×93 founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 21 founders with education data
Delft University of Technology ×3Robert College ×3University of California, Berkeley ×3Sharif University of Technology ×2Stanford University ×2University of Amsterdam ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 21 founders with career history
Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research ×3Gusto ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
1 founders hold a PhD (of 20 with degree data)
Investments · 22 tracked
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Afternoon provides financial operations software for AI companies, handling compute cost management, pricing analysis, and expense attribution to help founders understand their financials and make informed decisions.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York City, US
Roman Zubenko(Founder)inBenjamin Paik(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
A personal productivity tool that helps users turn intentions into clear, guided steps and stay consistent through small, adaptive actions.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkWellness & Fitness
Bluedot provides EV charging access and fleet management, giving business fleet drivers access to public charging stations across the US along with payment automation and charging behavior tracking.
EnergyMobility & TransportationSaaS
Ferhat Babacan(Founder)inSelinay Parlak(Founder)in
Co-investorsHeartfelt CapitalOperator StackRevo Capital
Caretta is a real-time sales AI assistant that helps salespeople conduct technical and product-focused conversations during sales calls by pulling from internal documentation, knowledge sources, and organizational data.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Kayra Bahadir(Founder)inOmar Elamin(Founder)inPavlos Markesinis(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorVolta Ventures
ClarosFarm makes USDA-certified organic freeze-dried whole fruit, such as strawberries, tangerines, and blackberries, made from a single ingredient with no added sugar or preservatives, sold direct to consumers.
AgTechDirect to ConsumerFoodTech
Cognizo is a platform that helps marketers optimize their brand visibility in AI-powered answer engines and generative search platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechNew York City, US
Alp Aysan(Founder)inMehmet Alp Aysan(Founder)
Each Labs provides 24/7 technical support services for product companies, focusing on flexibility, speed, and stability during scaling operations.
Developer ToolsSan Francisco, US
Ferhat Budak(Founder)inEftal Yurtseven(Founder)
Co-investorsRevo Capital
Emotion Machine is a conversational AI company building voice models, AI character infrastructure, and phone agents across the conversational AI stack.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Ege Ozgirin(Co-founder)Emre Sarbak(Co-founder)
Co-investorsGradient Ventures
Co-investorsDraper AssociatesE2MC VenturesEmerald Development ManagersSeraphim SpaceZAKA VC
Outship is a recruiting platform that evaluates engineers by observing how they use AI coding tools to complete tasks, analyzing their problem-solving approach and decision-making process alongside the resulting code.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSan Francisco, US
Saner Cakir(Founder & CEO)inKayla Lee(Founder & COO)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Patientdesk.ai provides an AI agent that automates appointment scheduling, payment processing, and insurance verification for dental practices, enabling them to fill open slots with profitable patient visits.
Healthtech
Oncel Ozgul(Founder)inEmre Kaplaner(Founder)inFikri San Koktas(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
RankAI builds AI-powered tools that automatically generate, publish, and optimize web content for SEO ranking and conversion.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Hugo (Kanghong) Zhan(Co-Founder, CTO)in
Co-investorsWeb3com VenturesY Combinator
Tamarind provides a computational platform for protein and molecular engineering, offering AI and physics-based tools to design antibodies, peptides, enzymes, and small molecules.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Deniz Kavi(Co-founder & CEO)inSherry Liu(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator468 CapitalDimension Capital
Tecto provides AI adoption and governance solutions for regulated organizations, focusing on building trustworthy and accountable AI systems for public and private sectors.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSector AgnosticSan Francisco, US
Niosha Afsharikia, PhD(Co-founder & CEO)inRoksana Baleshzar(Co-founder & CTO)inNiosha Afsharikia(CEO)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
ThreeV builds a Multi-Sensory Asset Intelligence Platform that applies computer vision and AI to asset inspection use cases, currently focused on the Power & Utilities industry where inspection programs generate millions of images and other data annually.
AI & Machine LearningEnergyEnterprise Software
Eren Aksu(Founder)in
Co-investorsGaia VenturesMission One CapitalWatertower Ventures Management, LlcEverywhere VenturesLooking Glass CapitalStreetlife Ventures
Turbo is a 2D game engine and gaming backend for building low-res, sprite-based games, featuring a live coding environment, built-in multiplayer with servers and leaderboards, and small web-ready builds.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsGaming
Co-investorsAdvancit CapitalTwelve BelowBridgex VenturesRevo Capital
Turbo Law is an AI litigation platform that unifies case documents, facts, timelines, drafting, research, and strategy into a single matter-level workspace for law firms handling complex litigation.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaS
Co-investorsRevo Capital
An AI-powered platform for building web applications using a proprietary architecture designed to handle complex projects with high reliability and scalability at lower cost than competing services.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Victor Cheng(Co-Founder and CEO)in
Co-investorsY Combinator468 Capital
x1 is an AI-powered app studio that guides builders through structured stages—planning, design, build, QA, launch—to create and launch working iPhone products.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
Manil Lakabi(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Zavo builds an operating system for restaurant operations that integrates AI across reservations, payments, and management tasks.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkSaaSLondon, GB
Can Zehebi(Founder)inIlkan Gezer(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorNeer Venture Partners
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesTurbo · manilatimes.net · Aug 12, 2026
Cognizo · newmarketpitch.com · Jul 13, 2026
Patientdesk.ai · ycombinator.com · Mar 21, 2026
Outship · ycombinator.com · Mar 5, 2026
Tamarind Bio · ecosistemastartup.com · Mar 3, 2026
TectoAI · angelsround.com · Feb 4, 2026
Caretta · ycombinator.com · Feb 2, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Treeo VC made?
- Treeo VC has 21 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Treeo VC invest at?
- Treeo VC invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Treeo VC focus on?
- Treeo VC focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Enterprise Software, Mobility & Transportation, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Treeo VC located?
- Treeo VC is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Who does Treeo VC co-invest with?
- Treeo VC most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Draper Associates, Revo Capital, among 16 tracked co-investors.
Co-investors · 2
Unknown Ventures is a venture studio based in Austin that provides funding and operational support to early-stage startups at the pre-seed to Series A stage. The firm backs founders seeking to create innovative solutions that improve human experience.
SOSV is a deep tech venture capital firm that makes first-check pre-seed investments and follow-on rounds in startups focused on human and planetary health, providing lab space and hands-on support at its US locations.
Firms observed investing alongside Treeo VC, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Treeo VC's recorded portfolio.
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