Türk Telekom continues its efforts to contribute to Turkey’s vision of becoming a technology producing and exporting country. In addition to financial resources, it provides strategic support in expanding into global markets with the opportunity to collaborate internationally and receive investments from global investors.
Türk Telekom CEO Ümit Önal, who came together with the startups selected for the 12th term of the Türk Telekom Ventures PİLOT startup acceleration program; “As Türk Telekom, we have been continuing our work and investments for the future of technology with the motivation of contributing to the growth of the entrepreneurship ecosystem for more than 10 years. We see any work that will reduce foreign dependency in technology as a national duty.. Local We develop social media platforms and carry out social responsibility activities that will transform technology into benefit. With this approach; We continue to support innovative initiatives that will make a difference for our future and make our country stand out in the world in the field of technology.
“We are proud to witness the initiatives we support opening up to the world,” he said.
Türk Telekom, which pioneers Turkey’s digital transformation and makes investments in the technologies of the future, continues to contribute to Turkey’s technology export vision with the Türk Telekom Ventures PİLOT startup acceleration program. The startups selected for the new period of the Türk Telekom Ventures PİLOT startup acceleration program met with Türk Telekom CEO Ümit Önal at the Türk Telekom Ventures Entrepreneurship Center located in the Atatürk Cultural Center.
“Startups are rising with Türk Telekom Ventures”
Türk Telekom CEO Ümit Önal; “As Türk Telekom, we have been supporting technologies that shed light on tomorrow and the initiatives that feed these technologies for more than 10 years. With Türk Telekom Ventures and the startup acceleration program PİLOT, we contribute to the growth of innovative startups that will make a difference for our future and make our country stand out in the world of technology. We have provided 32 million TL cash support to startups so far with the Türk Telekom Ventures PİLOT startup acceleration program. While the portfolio value of the 21 startups invested with Türk Telekom Ventures corporate venture capital and Türk Telekom Ventures GSYF reached 190 million dollars, the said figure is; It points out the value and leverage of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the Turkish economy. With the motivation of our country being a country that exports the technology it produces to the world, we transfer our knowledge in the field of technology to the startups included in our PILOT program, and create strategic collaborations and opportunities that will enable them to expand abroad as well as financial support. We see every investment we make in our ventures as an investment in Turkey’s future. Our aim is to ensure that new world brands and unicorns emerge from our country by supporting many more initiatives that will grow and achieve global success with our support. We continue to support innovative technologies and act as a bridge in the global journeys of our initiatives so that the solutions we develop are used all over the world. “We will continue to support the business development and investment processes of both the startups in our portfolio and Türk Telekom and its group companies in international markets with the company we established in the USA with Türk Telekom Ventures, our strategic collaborations and the global investment funds of which we are among the investors.” he said. Önal reminded that startups that receive 150 thousand TL cash support within the scope of Türk Telekom Ventures PİLOT will have 30 thousand USD investment support at the end of the program and the opportunity to participate in the global entrepreneurship program specially designed for PILOT startups at Stanford University.
“We offer a local social media experience with Yaay, and a technology experience that improves the future with TahtApp.”
Stating that they are carrying out pioneering work to make Turkey a self-sufficient country in the field of technology, Önal,
“We prioritize domestic collaborations in all our areas of activity and lead the development and use of domestic products. Yaay, our local social media platform that we launched under the roof of Türk Telekom, offers different experiences to users. Our Yaay platform currently has nearly 2 million users. Our institution has a culture that focuses on creating value by transferring its technological know-how to all areas of life. With this understanding, we carry out studies that will transform technology into goodness and benefit, and we shape the future with new generation technologies. With the TahtApp application developed by Türk Telekom R&D team, we enable children with low vision to receive education together with their classmates. “As Türk Telekom, while continuing our work with our technology approach that improves the future, we will continue to be the pioneer of every project that will add value to our country and move it forward, beyond being a telecommunications company with the mission assigned to us by history.”
“We aim to accelerate and strengthen our growth in Silicon Valley”
Zülal Tannur, Founder and CEO of From Your Eyes, one of the startups selected for the 12th term of Türk Telekom PİLOT, said:We develop and license solutions for businesses across a wide spectrum, from humans to automobiles, to bridge the gap between machine vision and biological vision. VehicleVision, also known as vehicle vision, AeroVision, used in airports, and FYE Mobile Vision, which makes the lives of visually impaired people easier with XR technologies, are some of the solutions we have developed. Thanks to Türk Telekom Ventures PİLOT, we aim to accelerate and strengthen the growth of NeuroVision AI Tech, our headquarters company in the USA, in Silicon Valley. “Thanks to the mentorship and training in the PILOT program, we plan our growth with the right strategy.” he said.
Emre Dirican, Founding Partner of Sensed AI,
“Our initiative continuously monitors the physical and environmental health of buildings and critical infrastructures using artificial intelligence and remote sensing technologies and aims to ensure safe and sustainable living conditions for everyone around the world. With the Türk Telekom Ventures PİLOT program, we will have the opportunity to access Türk Telekom’s valuable networks and collaborations at home and abroad. “The opportunities offered by PILOT will enable us to achieve our goals faster and with a more accurate strategy,” he said.
Mistikist Founder and CEO Buğra Karahan “Based on scientific research conducted at universities such as MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Johns Hopkins; By turning the brainwave regulation method into an app accessible to everyone, I developed Mysticist as the world’s first digital stress reduction assistant. In just 2-8 minutes, we can achieve a 90% reduction in stress level and a 95% increase in focus level. With the PILOT program, which we were accepted to its 12th term, we both increased our growth rate in the international market and made significant progress in B2B and B2C customer acquisition. The PILOT program offers unique opportunities for us to move forward in many areas and reach large audiences.” he said.
Türk Telekom Ventures PİLOT’s 12th term initiatives are as follows:
Archi’s Academy – Personalized education platform
Archi’s Academy, a project-based and personalized online training platform in the field of software development, offers those who aim for a career in technology the opportunity to participate in instructor-led training and receive one-on-one mentoring with a flexible, commitment-free and monthly subscription.
Finsmart AI – Artificial intelligence supported CFO services
Finsmart AI, which provides automatic financial reporting systems and artificial intelligence-supported CFO services for rapidly growing companies, helps companies increase their sustainability, profitability and access to funds, analyzes their financial performance, provides actionable information, and enables investors to easily track the performance of their portfolio companies.
From Your Eyes – Machine vision solutions
Designing machine vision solutions for a wide spectrum ranging from humans to machines, From Your Eyes develops artificial vision systems that are closest to biological vision with the ability to personalize video image processing and snapshot processing, run and train with edge computing, and its own trained artificial intelligence models.
Mustard – The fastest way to measure serverside
Mustard offers server-side marketing measurement and analytics services required for primary data analytics on websites or mobile applications. In this context, companies can minimize server-side measurement and marketing, in-house development, project planning and server costs with artificial intelligence-supported algorithms. In addition, Hardal provides the end-to-end infrastructure necessary for cookie-free advertising campaign optimization and measurement.
Mysticist-Artificial intelligence supported neuroscience application
Mysticist, an artificial intelligence-supported neuroscience application that reduces stress and anxiety with visual and auditory stimuli and increases focus and work performance, helps those who are negatively affected by the stress of daily life and busy business life achieve mental well-being by regulating their brain waves.
QDelivery – Smart delivery platform
With QDelivery, a SaaS platform that enables companies carrying out delivery and field operations to digitalize, optimize and manage all these processes in the most effective way, companies optimize and easily manage all delivery and field operations, while at the same time reducing their operational costs and maximizing customer satisfaction.
Sensed AI – Platform for regular monitoring of the physical health of buildings and critical infrastructures
Sensed AI, an innovative earth observation startup specializing in urban and agricultural monitoring, makes remote sensing-based structural and environmental health analyzes available to everyone by delivering regular insights into the physical integrity and health of buildings and critical infrastructures with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data and advanced AI algorithms. makes it accessible.
Some Carbon-New generation carbon dioxide reduction and management
Some Carbon offers carbon reduction services to all industries at risk, especially sectors with high carbon leakage such as iron-steel and cement, to produce value-added products such as methanol from the carbon dioxide emissions coming out of the chimneys of factories and to carry out carbon management. In addition, it allows companies to evaluate emission reduction risks and opportunities and be less affected by regulatory financial obligations, and to obtain a value-added sustainable product such as methanol.
T4 People Analytics – Turning employee data into value with artificial intelligence
T4 People Analytics, which provides artificial intelligence solutions and enables highly effective data-based actions by bringing together all employee data in different systems of institutions, includes HR data warehouse, artificial intelligence-based undesirable turnover prediction, candidate scoring, text mining. There are machine learning models such as.
VenueX – Integrated digital marketing platform
VenueX, which enables brands to create and publish digital advertisements that will increase customer traffic and sales by integrating their store data with global platforms such as Google, Meta, Yandex, TikTok, Apple, measures the impact of companies’ advertisements and determines the conversion of advertising expenditures into store visits and sales, as well as brands’ advertising performance and sales. maximizes its income.
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