About
Faruk Oztok works in operations and as a Venture Fellow at 212, focusing on early-stage startups and the firm's US presence. He previously served as Chief Revenue Officer at Fume (YC W24), worked in management consulting at Strategy& (PwC), and was a Venture Scout for Soma Capital. He is pursuing a BA in Economics and Psychology with a Computer Science minor at Harvard University, with cross-registered graduate coursework at MIT.
Experience
- V11Venture Partnercurrent2025 — present
- 212Venture Capitalcurrent2025 — present
- Soma CapitalVenture Capital2024 — 2026
- AmazonProduct2025LA & Seattle
- Fume (YC W24)Chief Revenue Officer2024
- Strategy&Summer Associate2024
- Harvard VenturesDirector2023 — 2024
- Arçelik TürkiyeInnovation Intern2023
- Various StartupsCo-Founder2018 — 2023
- Koç UniversityResearch Assistant, Department of Economics2021 — 2022
- Tech İstanbulBusiness Operations Intern2020
Education
- Harvard UniversityBachelor's degree (Honors), Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor’s, Cross-Registered
- The Koç SchoolInternational Baccalaureate / High School
- Yale Young Global ScholarsPolitics, Law & Economics
- Tarsus American CollegeElementary and Middle School
- Sabanci UniversitySummer Program, Courses: Business Management
Skills & more
Languages English · Spanish · Turkish
From Faruk's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology849
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda
+ 843 more
Also attended The Koç School6
Mert KarabiyikOperations | Venture Fellow at 212Safak Araz KozluExperts | Investment Advisory at 212Esra BerkolChief of Staff at Selvedge VentureMerve ZabcıInvestor at twozero VenturesRaif BarbarosPartner at Mistral Venture PartnersAydın Doğan YalçındağInvestment Committee at TechOne Venture Capital
Also attended Yale Young Global Scholars5
Also attended Tarsus American College2
Shared employers
Also worked at Amazon260
Dave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAlessandro De BenedettiAssociate at NorthzoneScott JacobsonManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupBill RichterCEO of Qumulo and venture partner at MadronaEduardo BlasiAnalyst at Inveready Technology Investment Group
+ 254 more
Also worked at Strategy&103
Naomi Pilosof IonitaBoard Partner at Menlo VenturesLou SegallDirector, Strategy at Sapphire VenturesEmilie KarlssonClient Team Member at Generation Investment ManagementJonathon GeorgeVice President at Flare Capital PartnersRob HicksChief Financial Officer at Giant Ventures Global LlpKoda WangFounder, Block & ex CCO, Rent the Runway at Giant Ventures Global Llp
+ 97 more
Also worked at Various Startups80
Laura BuhlerPartner, Head of Community at Felicis VenturesDaniel SimonVenture Partner at FJ LabsMichelle GonzalezCorporate Vice President and Global Head, M12 at M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Shakhina PulatovaInvestor at Storm VenturesAileen AllenPartner at Mercury FundEran SavirFounder & Managing Partner at Savyon Ventures
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Colleagues at 212
Ali H. Karabey
Investment | Growth Funds at 212
Ali Naci Temel
Operations & Investment | 212 NexT at 212
Ali Pandir
Experts | Venture Partner at 212
Barbaros Ozbugutu
Experts | Leadership Management at 212
Beliz Gunel
Experts | Advisor at 212
Cagdas Yildiz
Investment | Simya VC at 212
Caglar Urcan
Investment | 212 NexT at 212
Can Abacigil
Experts | Product Development at 212