ScaleX Ventures

ScaleX Ventures is an early-stage technology venture capital firm founded in 2017 and headquartered in Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey, with additional operating presence in the San Francisco Bay Area. The firm was co-founded by Dilek Dayinlarli, Managing Partner, and Berkay Mollamustafaoglu, best known as the co-founder of Opsgenie, which was acquired by Atlassian. The partnership's operator track record also includes early-stage involvement with Insider and COO experience at Peak Games. The 13-person team includes 3 Partners, 2 Venture Partners, and 1 Principal. ScaleX backs bold founders building category-defining technology companies from seed through Series A, with initial checks of roughly 300,000 euros to 3 million euros. The firm is sector-agnostic but concentrates in B2B SaaS, enterprise software, AI, cybersecurity, and software infrastructure. Geographically, the firm prioritises Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey alongside US founders of Turkish or CEE origin — with a stated mission to close the opportunity gap for founders in unusual places. Across Fund I, ScaleX made approximately 22 investments, with 2024 as its most active year at 7 new deals. Named portfolio companies include Ubicloud (open-source cloud infrastructure), KuzuDB (graph database), Meditopia, Flowla, Bluedot, Finch, Hilbert's AI, Periodic Labs, Figopara, and Buluttan. The most recent exit was Kondukto, acquired by Invicti. A signature innovation at ScaleX is the Founders' Partner Program: every portfolio founder receives a share of ScaleX's fund profits, embedding a mutual stake in outcomes across the entire portfolio. This structural alignment reflects the firm's founding belief that the best investors are themselves founder-caliber operators, and that venture capital works best when the incentives of managers and founders are genuinely shared.