Fazla
500 Global '17Plug and Play VenturesIstanbul, TR · Founded 2016 · 25 known investors
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Fazla builds technology-based services that help companies reduce and manage surplus products and waste across categories like food, textile, packaging, and chemicals, connecting suppliers of surplus goods with parties that can reuse them in a circular economy. It serves manufacturers, distributors, retailers, the food-service sector, and individual consumers across the supply chain, and is based in Turkey.
Also known as FAZLA GIDA ANONIM SIRKETI · Fazla Gıda · Fazla Gıda A.Ş. · Whole Surplus
Founders & leadership
Fazla was founded in 2016 by Olcay Silahlı and Arda Eren.

Investors · 25
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Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$6M disclosed across 1 of 4 rounds · 2017–2023
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026Fazla (operating as Fazla Gıda A.Ş., also referred to as Whole Surplus) develops technology-based, end-to-end waste management services intended to prevent waste at its source and return surplus products to the circular economy. Its stated scope spans food, packaging, textile and chemical waste, and it serves stakeholders across the supply chain including manufacturers, distributors, retail and e-commerce, HoReCa, animal feed producers, recycling and recovery facilities, food banks and associations, municipalities and individual consumers.
The company's service set comprises Fazla Market, a closed-loop B2B platform where surplus inventory from suppliers is quality-checked and listed at discounted prices for approved buyers (covering products near expiry, items with packaging damage, inventory surplus and delisted products), with Fazla handling payment and logistics; a digital Donation platform connected to a food banking network in Turkey; an Animal Feed channel converting food unsuitable for human consumption into feed inputs; a Recycling service for non-edible waste streams; a Smart Scale System that measures how much and at what stage food becomes waste in professional kitchens and generates automated reports; the Fazla Iyi consumer application, which sells unsold food and beverages from local businesses in surprise boxes at roughly 50% discounts for pickup in time slots set by the business; and a Sustainability Consultancy practice. The company's website also presents an AI tool that analyses uploaded photos or product lists and recommends a disposition route (discounted sale, donation, animal feed or recycling) together with an estimated financial and CO2 impact report.
Compiled by commissioned research from 9 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 6
launches, deals, and filingsFazla Gıda closed a €2.5 million round led by 212, with MAP, 500 Istanbul and Atlantic Food Labs participating, bringing total accumulated funding to just over €3.4 million.
Launched the 'Increased Food is Our Future' project with Nestlé to address food loss and waste using innovation and technology.
Fazla Gıda raised 2.2 million TL in its third round, with participation from EGİAD, Galata Business Angels and a group of angel investors; proceeds earmarked for expanding operations in Turkey and building technological infrastructure for data analysis and recycling solutions.
The company received €120K in its second round from Berlin's METRO Accelerator for Retail powered by Techstars, in partnership with Hospitality.Digital.
Fazla Gıda received a $60,000 investment from 500 Istanbul.
$60K source ↗
Partnership with Migros began in 2017 with donation operations at a single store and expanded to a digital donation platform used across more than 400 stores.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
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primary sources listed
- Fazlafazla.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Fazla do?
- Istanbul-based Fazla runs technology-based surplus and waste management services for food, packaging, textile and chemical streams.
- Who founded Fazla?
- Fazla was founded by Olcay Silahlı, Arda Eren in 2016.
- Who are Fazla's investors?
- Fazla's investors include 500 Emerging Europe, 500 Global, Founder One, Galata Business Angels Official, Teknoloji Yatirim, 212, FoodLabs, Galata Business Angels and 2 more.
- How much funding has Fazla raised?
- Fazla has disclosed $6M raised across 1 of its 4 known rounds.
- Where is Fazla headquartered?
- Fazla is headquartered in Istanbul, TR.








