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n recent years, the entrepreneurial ecosystem caught rapid growth in Turkey. In this growth, the contribution of accelerator programs is also significant which enable companies to open overseas markets and take support. ICUBE International Accelerator Programme is at the top of these programmes that executed under the leadership of Istanbul Science Park with the support of the Istanbul Development Agency.
MEETING WITH FOREIGN INVESTORS ICUBE International Accelerator Programme running by Istanbul Science Park ENTERTECH with the support of the Istanbul Development Agency enables entrepreneurs to globalize.
General Manager of Istanbul Science Park Yasin Erol Evaluated ICUBE Programme
Supported fifty entrepreneurs in a year
For the growth of companies within Turkey’s entrepreneurship ecosystem and opening to the UK market, Istanbul Science Park International Accelerator Programme, which is supported by the Istanbul Development Agency supported 50 firms within just one year.
30 Turkish British Magazine I January - February 2020
While ICUBE program that launched by Istanbul Science Park last year, supported 50 entrepreneurs up to now, it also succeeded to bring 20 start-ups to the UK market. The general manager of Istanbul Science Park Yasin Erol evaluated the activities that have been done along with ICUBE programme up to date. According to Yasin Erol; “ICUBE programme which was established in October 2018 serves as the International Accelerator Program, whose aim is to support entrepreneurs that mainly located within Istanbul provincial borders to entry into the UK market and strengthen them in overseas markets. Each term, 25 start-ups that have internationalization potential are accepted to ICUBE International Accelerator Programme by our well-experienced expert team members. These start-ups are mentored in many areas from finance to law, from project development to digital marketing.
