İTÜ Çekirdek
Startup accelerator · run by ITU ARI Teknokent · Istanbul · Turkey · Middle East
Istanbul university incubation centre running acceleration and growth tracks plus Turkey's largest startup challenge for early-stage founders.
Apply on the programme's own siteİTÜ Çekirdek terms
Read from the programme's own page on September 13, 2026, and re-read every morning. A figure nobody states is left empty rather than estimated.
- Funding
- $2 million
“With total funding exceeding $2 million, Missafir operates in more than 30 cities and over 100 locations across Turkey, Cyprus, Montenegro, and Croatia, managing over 2,300 properties.” check it
- Equity taken
- 3%
“It is a TÜBİTAK program that offers the opportunity to receive up to 900,000 TL in investment in exchange for a 3% equity stake, supporting the journey of turning technology-focused business ideas into reality.” check it
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