Active portfolio Esad Kılıç & Burhan Kocabıyık Rotterdam · Amsterdam · Istanbul —

We build apps,
we grow them,
we ship.

Goatstarter Ventures is a venture studio that builds its own products and backs founders already generating revenue. We built ARspar and sold it to Floorplanner. Today we're growing a portfolio that includes PrototipAL and GOAT. $5M+ in total revenue, 100K+ users, 2 exits.

20+ live products
7 ventures · 2 exits
Build · grow · invest · exit
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Thesis

Three principles. One position.

PRINCIPLE 01

Build first. Capital second.

The classic fund: apply, wait, maybe a check. We do the opposite. We build together for 8 weeks and back the ones who actually ship. Risk gets reduced with customers, not with a pitch deck.

PRINCIPLE 02

From builders to founders.

Esad and Burhan built ARspar and sold it to Floorplanner. They served Lamborghini, Red Bull and Westwing. Every founder we back is coached by someone who has actually shipped and sold a product.

PRINCIPLE 03

Turkish diaspora, a channel no one else has.

We have a community of hundreds of Turkish founders across Turkey, Germany, Europe and the US. 225K+ followers, 535+ DOA members. That distribution channel simply doesn't exist anywhere else.

Track Record

7 ventures. 2 exits. Still going.

$5M+
Total revenue
across all ventures
100K+
Users
ARspar
70+
Enterprise clients
Lamborghini · Red Bull · Westwing
2
Successful exits
ARspar · PrototipAL
Portfolio

Portfolio.

01ARspar
№ 01● Exit
ARspar
PropTech · AI visualization

Architecture and product visualization platform. 100K+ users, 70+ enterprise clients (Lamborghini, Red Bull, Westwing), 40+ countries.

Sold to Floorplanner · May 2024
ARspar
02PrototipAL
№ 02● Exit
PrototipAL
AI · content generation

AI content platform with web, iOS and a developer API. Reached six figures in revenue within its first year.

Sold · 2025 · 2026
PrototipAL
03GOAT
№ 03● Active
GOAT
AI Agent · thegoat.bot

An AI worker that builds your apps, finds your customers and creates your content. We're growing our own product with our own tool.

In active development · 2026 · today
GOAT
04DekorVizyon
№ 04● Active
DekorVizyon
AI · furniture & decor visualization

An AI tool that turns furniture photos into striking, staged living spaces in seconds.

Live · dekorvizyon.com
DekorVizyon
05Stagecast
№ 05● Active
Stagecast
Mac app · recording studio

A Mac studio that records screen and camera in one frame over a live gradient backdrop. Whiteboard, slides, teleprompter, clips.

Live · one-time license
Stagecast
06Dayglass
№ 06● Active
Dayglass
Mac app · productivity

A glass panel that lives on your desktop, under your windows. Your day's tasks stay visible and you write reminders in plain language.

Live · one-time license
Dayglass
07Trynotly
№ 07● Active
Trynotly
AI tool

An AI-powered productivity tool.

Live · trynotly.com
Trynotly
08Lantern
№ 08● Active
Lantern
Mac app · AI assistant

Talk to your Mac and it does the work. Opens your apps, writes your files, reads your mail, remembers your day. Runs on your own Claude subscription.

Live · one-time license
Lantern
0910+ Apps
№ 09
And 10 more apps.
● 10+ live
Backlot
Backlot
Hides desktop clutter for clean recordings
Copydesk
Copydesk
Clipboard history with search, plain paste
Keycap
Keycap
Shows your keys and clicks on screen
Lift
Lift
Box any text on screen, grab it to clipboard
Patchbay
Patchbay
Audio I/O in the menu bar, one-key mute
Quire
Quire
Merge, split, rotate and shrink PDFs
Relabel
Relabel
Batch file renaming with full preview
Squeeze
Squeeze
Compress, resize and convert images
Tally
Tally
Turns app usage into billable hours
Twin
Twin
Finds truly identical files, never auto-deletes
20+
Live micro-SaaS apps, all in production
$5M+
Total revenue generated across all ventures
2
Successful exits · ARspar, PrototipAL
How we back

We back in three ways.

TRACK 01

Consultancy.

AI product development, automation and growth consultancy for companies and founders. Hands-on, from a team that built and sold ARspar.

Product · AI Automation Growth
TRACK 02

Investment.

Selective investment into revenue-generating Turkish founders. The Goatstarter Founders Fund opens at the end of 2026.

Individual checks Early stage Turkish diaspora
TRACK 03

Our own ventures.

Companies Esad and Burhan build themselves (like PrototipAL). Started inside the holding with our own team.

Our own team 1 active 1 exit
An investor or partner?

Goatstarter Founders Fund end of 2026.

We're opening our first fund, made up of alumni and outside angels, at the end of 2026. Reach out for LP participation, mentor network, press partnerships or strategic conversations.

info@goatstarter.com →
Press

Us in the press.

Founders

Two founders. Six years together.

Esad Kılıç
Co-founder · Goatstarter Ventures
Esad Kılıç

Based in Rotterdam. Co-founder and head of product at ARspar (Floorplanner exit). Co-founder of DOA and PrototipAL. Master's in Finance & Marketing from Maastricht University. Named to the MT/Sprout "25 under 25" list.

ARspar Exit 7 ventures MT/Sprout 25 under 25 Strategy · Sales
Burhan Kocabıyık
Co-founder · Goatstarter Ventures
Burhan Kocabıyık

Based in Rotterdam. Co-founder and product manager at ARspar (Floorplanner exit). Co-founder of DOA and PrototipAL. Graduate of Hogeschool Rotterdam. Named "NL Best Under-25 Entrepreneur" in 2022. Runs Turkish AI content channels with 145K+ followers.

ARspar Exit NL Young Entrepreneur 2022 145K+ followers Product · Storytelling
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Work with us.

If you have a revenue-generating product and want to scale it, let's talk. If you're not there yet, we'll point you in the right direction.

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