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
Skills & more
Languages English · Spanish · Turkish
From Faruk's professional profile.
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
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Faruk Oztok?
- 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.
- Where does Faruk Oztok work?
- Faruk Oztok is Operations | Venture Fellow at 212.
- Where did Faruk Oztok go to school?
- Faruk Oztok studied at Harvard University (Bachelor's degree (Honors), Econometrics and Quantitative Economics); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor’s, Cross-Registered); The Koç School (International Baccalaureate / High School).
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