ITU ARI Teknokent on Media
İTÜ ARI Teknokent is expanding its globalization support that it has been providing to technology companies and startups for years. Offering both physical and online investment readiness camps, Demo Day services, market discovery weeks, and programs through its over 200 coordinators, mentors, and coaches in Germany, France, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands, İTÜ ARI Teknokent is becoming Türkiye's gateway to the global market.
İTÜ ARI Teknokent is expanding its globalization support that it has been offering to entrepreneurs for years. From now on, İTÜ ARI Teknokent has structured a unique system that provides support both online and physically in 5 different countries, 365 days a year, becoming Türkiye’s gateway to global innovation from Istanbul for local technology companies and startups. Having conducted the Innogate International Acceleration Program since 2014, İTÜ ARI Teknokent will create different hubs by leveraging international incubation network collaborations in the new period. The first phase of the globalization process consists of three different stages designed to fit the goals and scale of startups, with the support of over 200 coordinators, coaches, and mentors from the markets of Germany, France, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands. In this context, physical and online mentoring, investment readiness camps, Demo Days, market discovery weeks, and programs will be organized to help startups start exporting or increase their export operations.
A Unique Globalization Process for Local Technology Companies
İTÜ ARI Teknokent General Manager Prof. Dr. Attila Dikbaş, emphasizing that they have always raised the bar in Türkiye with the global activities carried out since the establishment of İTÜ ARI Teknokent, shared insights about their new project: “As İTÜ ARI Teknokent, we had already transformed into a global ecosystem with the success stories of the companies that participated in the Innogate program, which we have organized for 18 cohorts, the door we opened in Istanbul to global entrepreneurs from 80 different countries with ITU SEED, the acceleration support we provided, and the partnership requests we received from universities and entrepreneurship centers abroad. Now it was time to make our experience continuous in different markets. In this context, we have initiated a unique globalization process that will provide services 365 days a year in Germany, France, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands. In today’s world where our business practices have become location/office-independent, İTÜ ARI Teknokent, with an innovative approach, will make five different markets accessible to our startups both online and physically. This transformation is designed for our entrepreneurs to evaluate global opportunities more effectively. We believe that this comprehensive and continuous support we offer to our entrepreneurs with ‘Innogate Always On’ will further strengthen Türkiye’s technology and innovation ecosystem. The five target markets we identified were chosen entirely with the needs of our startups in mind. Our priority in initiating this process was to increase the exports of our entrepreneurs emerging from our country and ensure their growth in all markets by facilitating and accelerating their commercial activity processes through the establishment of global hubs. The main goal of our program is to support our entrepreneurs with foreign investors while allowing them to retain the decision-making mechanisms and enabling our valuable startups to grow in our country. In the new period, İTÜ ARI Teknokent will be the founder of the global ecosystem for technology companies and startups both within its structure and throughout Türkiye.
Applications are open.
For detailed information and application for Innogate Always On, which consists of three stages that can be tailored to the desires, needs, and phases of technology companies and startups: innogate.org
