Applications for the 3rd term of the year continue at İTÜ Çekirdek, which brings together more than 500 startups every year and supports their growth journey 360 degrees. ITU Çekirdek, which has the title of the World’s Best University Incubation Center, opens its doors to all entrepreneurs who believe that their technological and innovative solutions can be commercialized.
More than 4,500 mentoring meetings, more than 250 hours of training, more than 300 investor meetings, more than 100 seminars, workshops, networking meetings and more than 90 entrepreneurship trainings await the entrepreneurs accepted to the program. The application deadline for this enjoyable and learning journey is May 27.
With the leadership of Turkey’s entrepreneurship and innovation base, İTÜ ARI Teknokent, since 2011, İTÜ Çekirdek, the world’s best university incubation center, has been a partner in the success stories of entrepreneurs whose dreams have gone beyond the limits. It reached more than 77 thousand applications from more than 70 entrepreneurs and 76 countries.
İTÜ Çekirdek, which has transformed the entrepreneurship ecosystem by reaching from ‘one’ to ‘thousands’ with the responsibility of being an “Impact Creating Incubation Center”, opens its doors to all entrepreneurs who believe that their technological and innovative solutions can be commercialized with the 3rd term applications that will continue until May 27.
The heart of the entrepreneurship ecosystem beats at İTÜ Çekirdek
Growing entrepreneurs with 360 degree support; ITU Çekirdek, which opens global market channels for its products and services and designs and offers all services for rapid development, receives more than 7 thousand applications in a year, and more than 500 of them are accepted into the program.
At ITU Çekirdek, where entrepreneurs have access to a pool of more than 500 active mentors every year, more than 4500 mentoring trainings are given annually, followed by a development program of more than 250 hours, more than 100 seminars, workshops, networking meetings and more than 90 entrepreneurship trainings.
ITU Çekirdek organizes more than 300 investor meetings and dozens of Demo Days every year, thus providing entrepreneurs with the opportunity to make presentations and introduce themselves in front of more than 1,000 corporate stakeholders.
In addition, with more than 30 partner incubation centers, entrepreneurs have access to a very wide network and benefit from the special opportunities of more than 50 institutions that provide them with discounted and priority services. İTÜ Çekirdek, where success is sustainable, offers the opportunity to receive investment to more than 90 startups every year.
İTÜ Çekirdek has been more than “an” Incubation Center for 12 years
To date, ITU Çekirdek has received more than 77 thousand applications from 76 countries and accepted more than 4 thousand 700 startups and more than 11 thousand 500 entrepreneurs. More than 900 mentors who have supported entrepreneurs in the ITU Çekirdek ecosystem in 12 years have held more than 44 thousand mentoring meetings, and with opportunities such as industrial design, workshops, R&D fund support and patents, they have helped more than 650 startups develop and improve their first products and protect their intellectual property. Support was given for .
Entrepreneurs had the opportunity to access more than 18.5 million dollars in cash awards & grants through and with the privilege of İTÜ Çekirdek, while a total of 350 entrepreneurs succeeded in receiving 273 million dollars of investment from more than 520 investors in 616 different rounds. İTÜ Çekirdek initiatives attracted the attention of investors not only from Turkey but also from around the world, and 64 entrepreneurs received investments from 35 different countries.
The United States, Germany and the United Kingdom led the way in foreign investments. At İTÜ Çekirdek, where the valuation reached by entrepreneurs exceeded 3 billion dollars, the total turnover exceeded 220 million dollars, while the total export turnover exceeded 120 million dollars. While 230 enterprises of İTÜ Çekirdek operate actively in the global market, they also create employment for more than 11 thousand people.
İTÜ Çekirdek invites all entrepreneurs who believe that their technological and innovative solutions can be commercialized to receive support and investment through the 3rd term applications, which continue at itucekirdek.com until May 27.