SAHA Istanbul, which was founded in 2015 and has implemented many projects by contributing to the development of the domestic defense industry with its 816 members, determined the 15 companies to be supported with the evaluation made over 740 points in total, specific to the entrepreneur company of the forms received from 11 Evaluation Board members.
SAHA Istanbul Industry cluster, which includes 816 companies and 22 universities in the Defense, Aerospace Technologies industry, continues to grow as Europe’s largest industrial cluster and contributes to the development of the domestic Defense Industry with the SAHA Initiative program.
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Saha Istanbul chose 15 companies to support
Haluk Bayraktar, Chairman of the Board of SAHA Istanbul, gave information on the subject;
“With the ‘SAHA Entrepreneurship Programme’, which was called for in the first term, entrepreneur companies with high-tech projects will be supported in many areas from legal and technical consultancy to training and mentoring.
Within the scope of the program, it is also aimed for the entrepreneurial company to know its competitors globally, to understand the competition, to take its place in the global market for the product it has developed, and to participate in project market activities with organizations.
Haluk Bayraktar said that SAHA Istanbul attaches great importance to the SAHA Initiative program, which will enable the Domestic Defense industry to develop projects with high added value and compete in the Global arena; “Our entrepreneurial companies, which are high-tech products, especially defense, space and aviation, will make a great contribution to the technology development capacity of our country,” he said.
At the same time, negotiations with the Development Agency are continuing in the project, and a great added value will be provided to entrepreneurial companies within the scope of the financial support program. In this context, the following support will be provided.
- Preparation for investor talks
- Access to investment
- Education and mentoring
- High-level meetings with industry leaders
- Business development and promotion
- Free booth allocation and final presentations at SAHA Expo
- Access to SAHA Project Committees
- Financial, legal and technical consultancy
- Infrastructure support
- First customer access support
By combining the capabilities of companies to eliminate foreign dependency; Stating that they have created this synergy with new talents, consortia and similar structures, SAHA Istanbul Chairman of the Board Haluk Bayraktar;
“SAHA Initiative paves the way for all companies with projects in Turkey. It will make the competition of the defense industry stronger, especially in the global arena, and will support quality and conscious growth in the sector.”