Ahu Serter
Bio
Ahu Serter is a serial entrepreneur and investor with a focus on investing in technology, smart transportation and women led businesses. With more than 35 investments, she is considered one of the top angel investors of Turkey and has been ranked in Turkey’s Fortune top 50 women as well as awarded the 2016 Enterprising Woman of the Year Award in the US over $100M category. She is the Chairwoman of Fark Holding, a conglomerate comprised of companies in automotive (Farplas, Farform, Faraero), appliances (Farel) and tourism (Casa dell'Arte Hotels of Art & Leisure). Besides her executive roles at Fark Holding, Serter is a shareholder and board member at Mata Automotive, a carbon fiber and wood veneer interior trim supplier for luxury vehicles such as Tesla, Aston Martin, Bentley and Jaguar Land Rover. She is also the founder of Fplus Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Farplas, investing in companies for disruptive innovation in smart transportation, focusing on companies that combine automotive, electronics and software competences for more sustainable mobility alternatives globally. She is the founder and lead investor of Arya Women Investment Platform and an investor in Rising Tide Europe.