Faturalab was founded in 2016 as an “invoice financing platform.” Today, it continues its journey as Turkey’s leading Supply Chain Finance platform by end-to-end digitising financing processes. Through our digital platform, we automate the entire workflow and enable financial processes between buyers, suppliers, and banks to take place quickly and seamlessly in a fully digital environment, in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
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Founded in 2016
First Transaction Executed in June 2020
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Ozan Vakar
Lead of Technology
After graduating from Galatasaray High School, Ozan Vakar went on to study Industrial Engineering at Boğaziçi University. His journey into the startup ecosystem began early; he gained his first hands-on experience at OmaSoft while still a sophomore in college.
Lead of Execution
Hasan Emre Aydın completed his undergraduate studies in Economics at METU, followed by an MBA and an International Trade degree in the USA. He began his banking career at Societe Generale and went on to hold leadership roles at Citibank, ABN AMRO, and Royal Bank of Scotland, specializing in corporate and financial institution marketing, foreign trade, cash management, electronic banking, and investment banking.
Lead of Strategy
Following his education at Galatasaray High School and Istanbul University (Economics), Doğan earned his Master’s degree in Economics from The London School of Economics. After starting his banking career at Citibank, he managed Treasury, Investment Banking, and Cash Management divisions at TEB, Alternatifbank, Finansbank, and Turkland Bank.
After providing software solutions to the insurance industry with OmaSoft, Ozan Vakar joined 32Bit—a company developing software for real-time financial data—as a managing partner in 2000. In 2012, he founded Globit, specializing in banking treasury and risk solutions. Under his leadership, Globit developed solutions utilized by over 100 banks across five continents. Since 2016, Vakar has been bringing his extensive experience in financial technologies to Faturalab as a co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
He has held various positions as Executive Vice President, Board Member, and Regional Head for Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EEMEA). He has spearheaded numerous award-winning international projects, including: Developing long-term financing through Asset-Backed Securitization (ABS) by pooling future credit card receivables, letter-of-credit-based international sales, and domestic commercial receivables/commodity stocks. Ensuring the optimal integration of technology and banking products to enhance the cash position efficiency of Turkish companies operating globally. Migrating corporate banking products to digital platforms. Establishing partnerships with international technology platforms to enable SMEs (Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises) to access early collection opportunities. From 2015 onwards, he served as the CEO of US and UK-based companies Ubiq and Dataplan, which specialize in supply chain and receivables finance. In 2019, he joined Faturalab—a fintech startup focused on working capital optimization and facilitating easy access to finance—as a Managing Partner. He currently continues his roles as a Board Member for various corporations and investment banks.
During his tenure in Treasury Management, he was responsible for bank balance sheet and risk management functions. Additionally, he managed the pricing of treasury products for corporate clients—including swaps and swap derivatives, structured FX and interest rate derivatives, commodity and interest rate derivative-based loan pricing, and index-based investment and loan products—as well as the sales of structured credit and risk management solutions. Kurumsal müşteriler için risk yönetimi, sermaye benzeri krediler ve yatırım finansmanı işlemlerini yönetti. Yatırım Bankacılığı fonksiyonunda hisse ve tahvil halka arzları, şirket birleşme ve evlilikleri, özelleştirme, danışmanlık, yapılandırılmış krediler ve sermaye benzeri kredilerden sorumlu olarak görev yaptı; (Onur Air satışı, İDO özelleştirmesi sürecinde İBB danışmanlığı, Türk Sermaye Piyasalarının en büyük Halka Arzı olan Halkbank ikincil halka arzı), QNB eFinans’ın Kurucu Yönetim Kurulu Başkanıdır.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Faturalab is Turkey’s largest financing platform, providing innovative financial solutions to entities (both Buyers and Suppliers) involved in commercial trade (invoices, proforma invoices, orders, etc.). Faturalab exists to bring stakeholders together under a win-win principle to optimise their working capital. It achieves this through advanced financial technologies while maintaining a strict focus on operational efficiency.
Working capital can be defined as the necessary cash position that allows companies to manage their daily operations effectively. Key components that require management include receivables, payables, and inventory. Optimisation involves supporting these resources with external financing to create synergy between them. This not only has a positive impact on a company’s cash flow but also drives increased profitability.
Faturalab orchestrates relationships among stakeholders based on the principles of transparency, free competition, and operational efficiency. It eliminates the need for any kind of technical infrastructure investment required at the initial stage. It enables stakeholders to utilise their resources in the areas where they are most productive and provides human resource support to ensure that processes take place with zero friction.
Optimise your working capital!