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Founder One
Venture capital · Istanbul, Turkey · Europe
Founder One is an early-stage venture capital fund in Turkey focused on impact investing, founded in 2022 by Girişimcilik Vakfı, Türkiye Bilişim Vakfı and Maxis. It invests in technology startups that generate measurable social or environmental benefit alongside financial returns, and reports a portfolio of 43 companies across six impact areas.
Invests inEducationHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsimpact investingclimatehealtheducationagricultureinclusion
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Or find every investor that fitsFounder One lists 29 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Education (29%), Healthcare & Biotech (22%) and AI & Machine Learning (14%). 85% of its companies are based in Turkey. It invests most often alongside Maxis, 212 and Simya VC.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Founder One, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Founder One's whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; its own site lists 29. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 66th | 29 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 48th | 29% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Education | 29% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 22% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 14% | 18% |
| Space & Defense | 8% | 3% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 8% | 6% |
| Consumer | 8% | 3% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 4% | 7% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 2% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Maxis | 13 |
| 212 | 4 |
| Simya VC | 3 |
| Inveo Ventures | 2 |
| 500 Emerging Europe | 1 |
| Fark Labs | 1 |
| Oxtech Ventures | 1 |
| Teknoloji Yatırım | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers29100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Founder One head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
from public registers and its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Founder One| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Apr 2026 | Seed |
Round details for Founder One
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Founder One's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
29 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARGEDU provides a cloud-based education management platform for schools and educational institutions. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Binamod develops and sells products for educational purposes, including earthquake training kits and mobile applications. | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Binclusive makes digital applications and content accessible for people with disabilities and compliant with accessibility laws. | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform to find and book appointments with doctors and clinics in various branches of medicine. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Fazla provides technology-based comprehensive waste management solutions to prevent waste formation at its source and ensure the circular economy gains from the waste generated. | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Yellow Health provides health management services, including laboratory tests and personalized insights, to help individuals manage their health | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Givin sells new and second-hand branded products | E-commerce & MarketplacesConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Good Sanitation Company provides sanitation units and technologies for various environments and events. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Grawindy designs and develops a core wind technology to provide renewable energy solutions | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Kidokit provides daily plans and activities for children's development and allows parents to track their child's progress. | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| MATERIX develops and applies nano-coatings to improve the efficiency of solar panels and other surfaces | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Okut is an interactive learning application that helps children improve their reading, listening and logical skills. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| PhiTech develops an AI platform for precision medicine in rare diseases and hereditary cancers | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| PhiTech develops a multi-omics AI platform for precision medicine in rare diseases and hereditary cancers | Healthcare & Biotech | Apr 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| PoiLabs develops and provides indoor mapping and navigation solutions | Healthcare & BiotechReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| reprai develops and provides artificial intelligence systems for pharmaceutical companies to automate and optimize their operations | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Scoper develops and sells medical devices such as laryngoscope blades, video otoscopes, and artificial reality glasses for airway management. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Swatchloop creates Digital Product Passports (DPP) for waste to facilitate more efficient recycling and provides smart suggestions for correct separation and collaboration using artificial intelligence | Space & DefenseConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| TeacherX provides a platform for teachers and learners to connect, communicate, and collaborate, offering personalized career guidance, tutoring, and community resources. | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| Tovivu provides educational resources and study plans for students preparing for various exams in Turkey. | Education | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- founderone.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 10 Apr 2026
- Companies checked
- 29
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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