# Karafarin Bank

> Karafarin Bank is a VC fund in Tehran backing Banking and Financial Services. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tehran, Iran
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/karafarin-bankk
- Website: http://www.karafarinbank.ir

Karafarin Bank is a VC fund in Tehran focused on Banking and Financial Services. Karafarin Bank offers retail and corporate banking services. The bank services include deposits, loans, safebox, foreign currency deposits, documentary credits, guarantees. The bank offers mobile, internet banking. The bank also offer brokerage, investments, leasing, insurance.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Banking | 1 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ZarinPal | ZarinPal is a pioneer online payment gateway in Iran. | $136.8K | Convertible Note | Jan 16, 2019 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Karafarin Bank invest in?

Karafarin Bank invests primarily in Banking and Financial Services startups, most often at Convertible Note stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Iran. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Karafarin Bank last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Karafarin Bank closed in Jan 2019. Shizune tracks 1 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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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