# Ahmed Faruk Karslı

> Ahmed Faruk Karslı is a seed investor in Istanbul backing E-Commerce, Art and Retail. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Istanbul, Turkey
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmed-f-karsl%C4%B1-b6016161?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3BKrFQ2GopRgKsMrvBKkjwpg%3D%3D
- Website: https://danismanmesutsimsek.business.site/

Ahmed Faruk Karslı is a seed investor in Istanbul focused on E-Commerce and Art. Ahmed Karslı is the chairman of the board at Papara.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $461k–$4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 33% |
| Art | 1 | 17% |
| Retail | 1 | 17% |
| Marketing | 1 | 17% |
| Electronics | 1 | 17% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 3 | 50% |
| Estonia | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Getmobil | Getmobil operates a smart device platform for buying and selling secondhand cellphones, laptops, and tablets. The company's platform repairs defective devices as quickly as possible offers a wide selection of device accessories, buys used electronic devices in good condition from consumers, determines the problems by passing them throughextensive tests, repairs them with an expert technical team, and resells them, allowing consumers to get a new or refurbished product at an affordable, reliable, and competitive price. | $4M | Seed | Feb 13, 2024 |  |
| Artcomun | Artcomun is a technology platform that develops art and trade technologies for all. It uses data and algorithms to fit the art trade into mobile devices. The company gives users access to hundreds of thousands of artists on a single platform while managing its presence; it also gives artists the opportunity to exhibit for free and build theirpersonal brand. Artcomun aims to achieve limitless supply power and diversity by leveraging data and algorithms in a manner similar to what Spotify did for the music industry. |  | Pre-Seed | Nov 14, 2022 |  |
| Getmobil | Getmobil operates a smart device platform for buying and selling secondhand cellphones, laptops, and tablets. The company's platform repairs defective devices as quickly as possible offers a wide selection of device accessories, buys used electronic devices in good condition from consumers, determines the problems by passing them throughextensive tests, repairs them with an expert technical team, and resells them, allowing consumers to get a new or refurbished product at an affordable, reliable, and competitive price. | $1.5M | Seed | Sep 20, 2022 |  |
| Glocalzone | Glocalzone is a shopping platform where you can shop for anything, meet new people, and have fun. Using Glocalzone, you can make money while traveling and bring any products from anywhere in the world via travelers. | $461K | Seed | Feb 23, 2022 |  |
| Glocalzone | Glocalzone is a shopping platform where you can shop for anything, meet new people, and have fun. Using Glocalzone, you can make money while traveling and bring any products from anywhere in the world via travelers. | $474.8K | Convertible Note | Feb 23, 2022 |  |
| EasyCep | EasyCep, marketplace for refurbished electronics devices was founded in 2018 by Mehmet Akif Özdemir and İsmail Dinçer. Easycep makes it easier for consumers to sell their used electronic devices online. Also, it makes easier for consumers to find and buy professionally refurbished smartphones, tablets, computers and other some electronic devices aswell as 12 month warranty and at up to 70% of their original prices. With the prolongation of electronic products, EasyCep refurbishes them and offers them with a 12-month warranty. | $1.2M | Seed | Apr 28, 2021 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [212](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/212-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Angel Effect](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-effect) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DFF Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dutchfoundersfund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Arya Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arya-ventures-139c) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DFF Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/augus-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fibabanka](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fibabanka) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Ahmed Faruk Karslı invest in?

Ahmed Faruk Karslı invests primarily in E-Commerce, Art and Retail startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ahmed Faruk Karslı's check size?

Ahmed Faruk Karslı typically joins rounds of $461k–$4M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ahmed Faruk Karslı participates in.

### When did Ahmed Faruk Karslı last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ahmed Faruk Karslı closed in Feb 2024. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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