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Akbank

Sabanci Center, 4. Levent, Istanbul, 34330, Turkey

Overview

Akbank provides banking transactions for economic, financial, and commercial endeavors and activities. Their banking applications include corporate and investment banking, commercial banking, SME banking, retail banking, payment systems, treasury transactions, private banking, and international banking services.

Total investments
2
Lead investments
2
Investments · 12mo
1
Active investors
12

Sector focus

  • Banking
  • Finance
  • Financial Services
  • Insurance
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Investment portfolio

  • Revogo

    Led · Seed · Jun 2026

    Revogo operates a re-commerce marketplace focused on baby and child products such as strollers, car seats and high chairs, where it differs from typical C2C classifieds by purchasing items directly from parents for instant cash. Purchased products undergo hygiene testing, detailed disinfection and refurbishment when needed, then are offered back on the platform with certification. The model aims to eliminate long negotiation and logistics pain points for sellers while giving buyers access to inspected, budget-friendly certified items. Revogo was founded by Nur Aras, Önder Hakan Topuz and Melih Aydın as a spin-off from Akbank's intrapreneurship program Akbank+ under Akbank LAB. The company has secured $300,000 in pre-seed corporate funding from Akbank and plans to deploy the capital to enhance its platform, speed up operations and scale its renewal-and-sales processes.

  • Metriqus

    Led · Equity · Jul 2024

    Metriqus is a data-focused marketing platform that helps mobile game studios manage and analyze their marketing data. Its solution allows studios to consolidate all of their data in a single place, obtain smart insights, and receive recommendations to reach the right audience. The product was developed by Akbank employees Timur Demirkıran and Esra Atakişi within the Akbank+ program under Akbank LAB. Akbank invested in Metriqus as part of the program's second cohort, supporting the startup's analytics offering. The investment is part of broader Akbank+ activity that, together with first-period investments in Waste Log and Voltla, brings the program's cumulative deployed capital to $1.4M. Akbank executives framed the move as a continuation of the bank's innovation investments, extending into analytics after prior focus areas like circular economy and electric mobility.

Team

  • Hakan Binbaşgil

    Board Member and Chief Executive Officer

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  • Bekir Sapmaz

    Founder

  • Seyit Tekin

    Founder

  • Nuh Naci Yazgan

    Founder