Founder One
founderone.com Direct investor
Founder One is an impact venture capital fund of 20 million USD investing in early-stage startups in Turkey and beyond. It targets pre-seed and seed companies addressing inclusion, health and safety, and climate.
Founder One is a venture capital firm headquartered in Istanbul, Türkiye. It invests directly in companies, from pre-seed to seed, in inclusive society, healthy and safe living, sustainable climate and impact. Its stated cheque size is 100k USD. 20 million USD under management, as it reports.
“Founder One is a 20 million USD impact investment fund that helps develop technology oriented entrepreneurs that find solutions to impact the world's problems and make living more sustainable”
— Founder One, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Invests in
- Europe, Emerging Markets, Developing Economies, EMDE
- Sectors
- inclusive society, healthy and safe living, sustainable climate, impact
- Cheque size
- 100k USD
- Assets under management
- 20 million USD
Team, as Founder One publishes it
- Ali ŞAHİN General Manager
- Cem Leon MENASE Impact Lead
- Sümeyye Ağaç Portfolio Manager
- Muhammed GÜLTEKİN Investment Manager
Names and roles exactly as listed on founderone.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Founder One publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://founderone.com/name, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, hq_city, cheque_size, thesis_quote, description, aum, status, confidence
- https://founderone.com/page/fund-detailsinvests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors
- https://founderone.com/page/management-team-2people
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Record 13616 · added 2026-10-19 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence high
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