Türk Telekom established the Türk Telekom Ventures Entrepreneurship Center in Atatürk Cultural Center, where it is the main supporter and the meeting point of technology and culture and arts, to support innovative entrepreneurial ideas and continue to create value for the entrepreneurial ecosystem. The center, which meets every need of entrepreneurs, includes a shared office, meeting room, demo area and event area within the common working area. Additionally, free and fiber-speed internet service is offered to entrepreneurs.
Türk Telekom and AKM become the heart of entrepreneurship after culture and arts
With its pioneering approach in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship, Türk Telekom offers entrepreneurs a new working environment that will enable them to realize many ideas that will shape the future and open up to the world, and continues to strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem with the Türk Telekom Ventures Entrepreneurship Center.
In his speech at the opening, Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said, “I believe that Türk Telekom, which makes serious contributions to the development of culture and art in our country, will also provide very meaningful support to the formation of innovative ideas at AKM Entrepreneurship Center and the competition of young people with the world.
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Entrepreneurs with Türk Telekom Ventures Entrepreneurship Center at AKM; “They will have the opportunity to combine their dreams with technology and develop their ideas and projects that will create value in this place,” he said. Türk Telekom CEO Ümit Önal said, “We believe that the Entrepreneurship Center, which we established in the heart of Istanbul, at the Atatürk Cultural Center, in order to support innovative entrepreneurial ideas with technological and social opportunities and add value to the enterprise ecosystem, will inspire many ideas that will proudly represent our country.” said.
Türk Telekom, within the scope of high technology experience and innovative product services; It continues its work to support entrepreneurial activities with the corporate venture capital company Türk Telekom Ventures.
While the Beyoğlu Culture Road Festival organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism continues, Türk Telekom, as its main supporter, has launched the Türk Telekom Ventures Entrepreneurship Center, an experience and meeting area for entrepreneurs, at the Atatürk Cultural Center (AKM), where technology and culture come together. .
The opening of the Türk Telekom Ventures Entrepreneurship Center was hosted by Türk Telekom CEO Ümit Önal, with the participation of the Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy.
In his speech, Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said, “As it is known, we are one of the countries with the most dynamic young population in the world. Turkish youth shows every time how they turn the opportunities offered to them into success.
The achievements achieved in recent years, especially in the field of technology, culture, art, education and sports, allow us to look to the future with more confidence. For example, the excitement, energy and, most importantly, the determination of young people to produce for our country that we see at Teknofests show how important it is for us to trust young people.
No matter what anyone says, we, as the Republic of Turkey, believe and trust our youth to the fullest. We look to the future with confidence with the strength we receive from them. In this context, I congratulate Türk Telekom for supporting the development of entrepreneurship in Turkey with the programs it has created and the investments it has made.
I would like to state that this vision put forward by Türk Telekom, its contribution to the development of innovative ideas and especially its trust in Turkish youth are an example for other institutions. It is a development to be proud of for our country that young people who have completed the entrepreneurship program created by Türk Telekom for the development of entrepreneurship in Turkey are now operating all over the world.
The success achieved in different areas shows how accurate the planning of Türk Telekom is. I believe that Türk Telekom, which has made significant contributions to the development of culture and art in our country, will also provide very meaningful support to the formation of innovative ideas and the competition of young people with the world at the AKM Entrepreneurship Center.
Entrepreneurs with Türk Telekom Ventures Entrepreneurship Center at AKM; They will have the opportunity to combine their dreams with technology and develop their ideas and projects that will create value in this place. In this center, where the needs of entrepreneurs will be met to a large extent, our young people will also benefit from Türk Telekom’s experience and knowledge in the field of technology.
“I wish the Türk Telekom Entrepreneurship Center at AKM to be beneficial, and I congratulate Türk Telekom and everyone who contributed to the project for their trust in the Turkish people and young people, and I offer my respects to all of you,” he said.
“Our center will inspire many ideas that will proudly represent our country on the world stage.”
Türk Telekom CEO Ümit Önal He made the following statements: “As Türk Telekom, we continue our work with our corporate venture capital company, Türk Telekom Ventures, to open doors to the entrepreneurship ecosystem that will take their ideas even further, and to carry Turkey to the future in this field by growing the ecosystem.
With Türk Telekom Ventures’ office in San Francisco, we aim to be a bridge by opening the valuable ideas coming from Turkey to the world through Silicon Valley and bringing the world’s innovative ideas to our country. “We invest in many fields, from health to energy, from education to artificial intelligence-supported business solutions, by guiding local startups focusing on technology.”
Önal said that, as Türk Telekom, they have blended their pioneering technology experience with art at the Atatürk Cultural Center so far, and said, “Beyoğlu Cultural Road Festival, organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and still continuing with various concerts and events, continues at AKM with all its enthusiasm.
Throughout the festival, which changes the atmosphere of the city, guests continue to have pleasant experiences with film screenings on the open-air stage, meetings with artists, tournaments for gamers, entrepreneurship talks and photomarathon events.
While this excitement continues, as Türk Telekom, we have mobilized our technological knowledge, which we have transferred to culture and arts at AKM, to support initiatives that have a significant impact on economic growth. In this context; “We offer a new working environment to our enterprises in the Entrepreneurship Center we established in AKM to shape the future with a culture of innovation, just like in the Santral building in Eminönü,” he said.
Önal said, “Our center, which is the meeting point of those who shape the future, will inspire many ideas and initiatives that will proudly represent our country on the world stage. “I hope that our Türk Telekom Ventures Entrepreneurship Center will be beneficial to everyone, and I would like to express my gratitude to everyone who contributed, especially our Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy,” he said.
Entrepreneurship center equipped with Türk Telekom technology in AKM, the heart of Istanbul
The heart of Istanbul is in AKM; Türk Telekom, which offers free WiFi service, the opportunity to have a pleasant time in the lounge area and different experiences for coffee lovers with Robot Cafe, will now support startups at AKM Türk Telekom Ventures Entrepreneurship Center, which stands out with its ease of access and technological equipment.
The center includes a common area where 20 people can work at the same time and an event area where they can organize seminars. In the co-working space, entrepreneurs are provided with a shared office, a meeting room, a demo area where they can introduce their own products, and free and fiber internet. The center, where technology support will be provided to entrepreneurs, also has an outdoor recreation and cafe area. Startups will present the products and services they have developed to visitors at the Türk Telekom Ventures Entrepreneurship Center.
Open to everyone in the entrepreneurial ecosystem
Türk Telekom Ventures Entrepreneurship Center, work areas and opportunities will be open to the entire entrepreneurship ecosystem. Entrepreneurs who want to benefit from the center, by clicking herek You can apply by filling out the participation form at. Entrepreneurs who receive the confirmation e-mail will be able to carry out their work at Türk Telekom Ventures Entrepreneurship Center.
Türk Telekom Ventures carries the potential of the domestic startup ecosystem to the global stage
As a Corporate Venture Capital company, Türk Telekom Ventures grows and provides value to early and mid-stage startups with Türk Telekom support and investment, and has invested in 16 different startups to date. The company, which makes its new term investments through the Türk Telekom Ventures Venture Capital Investment Fund, especially targets startups operating in the fields of health, education and artificial intelligence-based digital solutions that can create synergy with Türk Telekom.
PILOT graduate startups talked about their ideas
At the opening, Syntonym, MYTH.AI, Speedy and Aivisiontech, graduates of TT Ventures’ startup acceleration program PİLOT, had the opportunity to present their innovative projects and ideas to the participants with their demos. Syntonym, which offers a “Synthetic Data Anonymization” technology solution for visual data collection and processing, aims to grow in the US, European and UK markets with the investments it has previously received, and recently announced that it will expand its synthetic data software abroad using artificial intelligence.
In the field of design; MYTH.AI, which brings together many features such as high-resolution pattern creation, style transfer, texture synthesis and image archive digitization with impressive ease, provides 100 percent digital transformation in the design departments of companies. MYTH.AI, which makes its international sales to the Italian region, plans to expand to the UK as of the last quarter of 2023.
Speedy, on the other hand, is among PILOT’s 10th Term initiatives as the world’s first end-to-end autonomous online market system. The initiative aims to accelerate mass production processes and overseas operations in the future. Aivisiontech, the architect of the ai4sports software, which detects athlete injuries early with the artificial intelligence technology and thermal imaging it uses, also draws attention with its solutions especially for female athletes and e-Sports.