Regional Policy Dialogue Meeting “SMEs in a Green Economy”, 09 March 2018, Paris Session 2, "Incubation and Acceleration of High-Growth SMEs for a Greener Economy", Dr. Deniz Tuncalp, Chief Marketing & Operations Officer, ITU ARI Teknokent, Turkey

1. Incubation and Acceleration
of High-Growth SMEs
for a Greener Economy
Dr. Deniz Tuncalp
Chief Marketing & Operations Officer, ITU ARI Teknokent
Associate Professor, Istanbul Technical University
Visiting Associate Professor, Politecnico di Milano

2. • Founded as the Imperial School of Naval Engineering in 1773
• Engineering, Architecture, Business, Sciences
• 100% English programs in most departments
• ABET accreditation in 23 engineering programs
• Top university in the World - total number of ABET accreditations
Academic Staff: 2.134 faculty members
Undergraduate: 14 Faculties – 6 Research Institutes
22.281 students – 99 Undergraduate programs
Graduate: 13.508 students – 158 Graduate programs
ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY (ITU)
Pioneer Through Ages

3. The Global Technopark of Turkey
Located at the heart of Istanbul
• 130.000+ m2 office space in 10 buildings
• 260+ companies & 7.000+ personnel
• Companies exempt from a number of taxes
The R&D export champion of Turkey
• USD 1 Billion total cumulative tech exports

4. ITU ARI Teknokent:
Synergistic Mix of Large Enterprises & SMEs in Technology

5. IDEA
FORMATION
INCUBATION
GLOBAL
COMPETITION
ITU CEKIRDEK
Pre-incubator &
Accelerator
INNOGATE
International
Acceleration Program
ITU MAGNET
Advanced Scale-Up
Incubator
GROWTH
BIG BANG
Startup
Challenge
ITU CEKIRDEK
Incubator &
Accelerator
PROMOTION &
IDEA GENERATION
ITU Ginova
Entrepreneurship
Applied Research Center
ITU ARI Teknokent
Startup Ecosystem Programs

7. 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Num. of Startup Applications 873 1.146 1.519 4.130 6.068 11.096
Competing Co-founders 27 60 98 574 854 1.386
Competing Startups 11 24 39 282 366 478
Mentor Meetings 35 80 185 2.649 3.426 4.309
Big Bang Investments (TRL) 0 0 0 0 1.615.000 12.480.000
Big Bang Awards (TRL) 100.000 150.000 365.000 1.000.000 3.200.000 4.890.000
Total (USD) 56.000 73.530 164.000 350.000 1.455.000 4.442.000
• UBI Index Ranking: 3rd university-affiliated incubator in the World, 2nd in Europe (2018)
• Big Bang: The World’s largest demo day in terms of total investment and awards!
• Combined pre/incubation alumni:
– 22 mio TRL revenue, 500+ high-tech jobs
– 41 mio TRL investment; 380 mio TRL valuation (TRL 1 ≈ USD 2.5)
ITU Cekirdek: An Exponential Growth

9. ITU Magnet: A Scale-up Community
Opened in March 2017
+40 startups at Round A & B
Advanced prototyping lab
& maker space

10. Austin Boulder Chicago Denver New York Phoenix San Francisco Seattle Cambridge Berlin Istanbul
InnoGate
Offices & Partner Locations

11. 2014-2015 2015 2015-2016 2017-I 2017-II
Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Cycle 3 Cycle 4 Cycle 5
Term Nov-Jan Jun-Aug Nov-Jan Apr-May Oct-Dec
Applications 125 150 175 110 Invitation
Price Free Free Free $9.000 $7.000
TR Boot camp
US Boot camp
20
9
20
8
20
9
25
12
9
9
Success in USA 4 5 6 6 6
InnoGate in Numbers
Objective:
Accelerate and softland
50+ more companies
into Silicon Valley in the
next two years!

12. Some of the Eco-Innovation Products Generated
Bioprinters, e.g. to avoid
animal testing of cosmetics
Biological remediation
to clean oil & grease discharge
Sharing Platform:
Never buy, just rent!
Convert your car to an
electric-hybrid vehicle!
Make Li-ion bateries with
x3 capacity x10 useful-life
Construction elements
for vertical gardens
Plastic recycling technnology
for synthetic carpets
Anti-mould protection for
the food value-chain
Electricity generation
from air humidity!
Natural food preservative
from egg shells
Bioplastic from olive pulp
residue
Organic honey, royal jelly and
propolis based super-foods

13. Thank You! Dr. Deniz Tunçalp
Deniz.Tuncalp@ariteknokent.com.tr
Questions?