Startup Turkey
We annonuced the Etohum 15 startups during the Entrepreneurship Summit at ITU that we organized together with the Management Engineering Club. Together with the entrepreneurs selected during the almost 1 year long selection process we will head to the Startup Turkey Etohum Camp during February. Entrepreneurs will make presentations during this 3 day event to which many investors will participate in and they will have the opportunity to meet with many people from the sector.
We are organizing the February Etohum camp for the 5th time in Antalya. This organization was named Startup Turkey last year. This organization hosts many guests from abroad and continues to develop every year. We had went to the first Rixos Etohum camp with 80 people. This year we estimate that the number of participants will be about 600.
This organization is open only to entrepreneurs who were selected by Etohum. We invite only those entreprenerus that we have selected over the years. This year we will go to the camp before everyone else with 15 startups that we selected. All the accommodation and expenses of these startups and our selected entrepreneurs are covered by Etohum. In addition, we also support some of the entrepreneurs that we selected over the years and work as Etohum to ensure that all their early stage expenses are met.
The immense interest in Startup Turkey camp this year makes us glad. This organization is open only to invited guests from among the Etohum ecosystem and apart from our Etohum Investors Club and sponsors, only the invited guests pay an entrance fee of 600 EU. This organization and the support of our sponsors ensure that each year 50 free meetings and activities can be organized and that these organizations can be broadcast via internet so that every entrepreneur can gain access. All our other meetings that we organize throughout the year are open to everyone and free.
Confirmed speakers for this year’s Startup Turkey camp
Ali Arslan – Undersecretariat of Treasury
Hayrettin Demircan - Undersecretariat of Treasury
Hakan Ertürk - Undersecretariat of Treasury
Rupesh Chatwani – EBRD
Yuksel Dibekoğlu – Ilab Ventures
Niko Bonatsos – General Catalyst
Barış Aksoy – Intel Capital
Cem Soysal – Inventram
Elmira Bayrasli
Emre Sokulluoğlu – Grou.ps
Devrim Yaşar – Koding
Eren Bali – Udemy
Efe Cakarel – Mubi.com
Dilawar Syed – Yonja
Ali Dağlı – GP Bull Hound
Richard MacManus – Readwrite
Sina Afra – Markafoni
Fatih İşbecer – Pozitron
Mevlüt Dinç – Sobee
Sidar Şahin – Peak Games
Ertuğrul Belen – Etohum Investors Club
Pekka Sivonen – appcampus
Soner Canko – BKM
Mete Güney – Mastercard
Kıvanç Onan – Paypal
Tamer Özmen – Microsoft
Erol Bilecik – Index
Omar Christidis – Arabnet
Habib Haddad – Wamda
Ramez Mohamed – Flat6labs
Dr. Abdul Malik Jaber – Menaapps
Allen Taylor – Endeavor
Miles Kirby – Qualcomm Ventures
Mustafa Say – Ilab
Ömer Hızıroğlu – Inovent
Evren Üçok – Early Bird
Participating Investment Companies
General Catalyst,
Qualcomm Ventures,
Intel Capital,
Ilab Ventures,
212,
3TS Capital Partners,
Hummingbird Ventures,
Earlybird Ventures,
EBRD,
Simile Venture,
Ventech,
Inovent,
Inventram,
Tahincioğlu Holding
BIC Angel Investments,
String Ventures, ,
Eleven Accelerator,
Flat6labs,
Doğa Girişim,
Trpe Capital,
SAS Finance,
Doğuş Media Group,
Aslanoba AS,
Bilyoner
Keiretsu Forum
GBA
VoiVoda Ventures
Enkuba
Girişim Fabrikası
In addition to the entrepreneurs selected via the Etohum selection process, startups that have passed early stage will be able to participate and make presentations. This year we see a high participation profile in addition to increased interest from angel investors. The organization will be broadcast live via Pozitiftv just like previous years. Investors who cannot participate will be able to watch the program live via internet.