Entrepreneurs Met with Investors at The Big Day
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The third of the entrepreneur-investor meeting, The Big Day, which has become a tradition of the Istanbul Ticaret University Trade Incubation Center, was held with broad participation.
20 entrepreneurs, both domestic and foreign, who completed their training and mentoring processes within the scope of the “Mıknatıs (Magnet) Istanbul” Project Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program, which was entitled to receive support within the scope of the Istanbul Development Agency Entrepreneurship Financial Support Program, stood before the jury at The Big Day. Entrepreneur candidates competed for an award of 130 thousand Turkish Liras.
20 VALUABLE ENTREPRENEURIAL IDEAS
After going through a six-month process, the following projects stood before the investors and the jury at The Big Day:
Interrupt Engineering featuring visual and auditory guide glasses for Parkinson’s patients; the New Generation Vein Scraper, an illuminated vein stripping surgical medical product used for vein stripping in varicose surgeries; Eneftimbu, a non-fungible token (NFT) exchange; SellerScan, a platform that solves the problems in the multiplatform e-Commerce System with Blockchain Technology; Binderclub, an anonymous social media platform; Truck Share, an artificial intelligence application that provides road, fuel and time optimization for truck drivers in the logistics field by changing trailers; Separec, the smart trash can that detects waste and separates it into four groups; e-assembly, the website where everyone can access and collect signatures with campaigns; Holgrart Metaverse, which transfers culture, art and business process solutions to the metaverse universe via blockchain-based finance; Dostext, a solution to the communication problems of hearing-impaired individuals; SabisKids, an online kindergarten platform; Kitabqurdum, which allows making money by reading books; Agroapp, an application that makes the agriculture sector smart; Tutor, where students can choose their own instructors; Biocountix, a deep learning-based autonomous bacterial colony counter product; Murmur, the digital backpack that advertises brands in an easier way; Tenter, the artificial intelligence that teaches coding o students; Tici, the platform where you can create your own e-commerce site; SaveManat, a financial application that allows you to make and build up savings; and Austimo, a robot product designed as an interactive web-based educational platform model for children with autism.
130 THOUSAND TL AWARD
Based on the scores assigned to the 20 entrepreneurial ideas throughout the Mıknatıs (Magnet) Istanbul program and by the Jury members at The Big Day, Interrupt Engineering initiative featuring visual and auditory guide glasses for Parkinson’s patients was awarded with the first prize of 60.000 TL, the New Generation Vein Scraper initiative featuring an illuminated vein stripping surgical medical product used for vein stripping in varicose surgeries was awarded with the second prize of 40.000 TL, and Austimo initiative featuring a robot product designed as an interactive web-based educational platform model for children with autism was awarded with the third prize of 30.000 TL
At the cocktail given after the award ceremony, entrepreneurs had the chance to meet with investors one-on-one.
“WE CARE FOR NEW VENTURES”
Making a speech at the opening, Istanbul Ticaret University Acting Rector Prof. Dr. Ömer Torlak stated that they attach importance to the emergence of entrepreneurs among both their students and the society in general, and used the following statements:
“Founder and patron of our university, Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (ITO) is among the world’s leading professional organizations with its over 700 thousand members. The chamber also has a central position in Türkiye and Istanbul trade. From this point of view, innovative business ideas and entrepreneurship are among the sine qua non of our university. Istanbul Ticaret University has to be one step ahead in raising new entrepreneurs and presenting entrepreneurial ideas with the support it receives from ITO. As the university administration, we are aware of our responsibility and we will continue to increase our efforts toawrds its fulfillment.”
Prof. Dr. Torlak congratulated the entrepreneurs who were ranked in the competition and stated that the initiatives of those who could not be ranked were also very valuable, and the important thing was to participate in the competition by showing courage.
“TECHNOLOGY-FOCUSED INITIATIVES”
Istanbul Ticaret University Chairman of the Board of Trustees Dr. İsrafil Kuralay continued his words by stating that as the University, they supported the development of new products and services with all their units and contributed to making our city and country a regional center of attraction that attracts technology-oriented initiatives. Dr. Kuralay has further said:
“Considering how much the industries need new business ideas, patented products and services today, the importance of The Big Day event, which aims having investors and entrepreneurs meet, will be understood more. Because today, many sectors’ access to both experienced employees and patented products is not just sufficient but also very difficult. In addition, it is the greatest right of both students and sector representatives that the labor and other costs spent on education are turned into real value. For this reason, the sector representatives here will make a great investment for themselves by supporting the business ideas and entrepreneurship proposals to be presented here today, and entrepreneurs and business idea owners will experience the happiness of receiving a recompense for their work.”
