“ITU ARI Teknokent at the center of technology, innovation, R&D and entrepreneurship”

İTÜ ARI Teknokent aims to contribute to Türkiye technological development by providing the most suitable environment and facilities for technology companies and entrepreneurs to develop and commercialize their technologies.

Believing that success is “planting culture” and “value adding” through its activities and developed programs, İTÜ ARI Teknokent aims to always move "Forward Together" by not only striving to develop its brands such as İTÜ Çekirdek, ITU SEED, Big Bang, İTÜ Magnet, İTÜ Magnet Fab, Innogate and ARI TTO but also by providing value and support to the brands of its stakeholders.

İTÜ ARI Teknokent focuses on the following goals to strengthen Turkey's technological infrastructure:

• To be the center of R&D and innovation activities in Turkey and Istanbul,
• To support, develop, and direct the synergy of R&D companies through its academic network.

In this direction, for a versatile, effective, and sustainable university-industry collaboration, academics are encouraged to work with technopark companies utilizing the infrastructure and academic knowledge power provided by İTÜ ARI Teknokent.

Thus, located in Maslak, the heart of Istanbul, which is the trade center of Turkey and even the world, İTÜ ARI Teknokent has achieved many successful projects since its establishment.

Active in ITU Ayazağa Campus, ITU ARI Teknokent has been founded on an area of 1,655,000 m2 with 10 buildings with more than 330 technology companies built. It employs more than 8,000 R&D personnel and has completed more than 5,665 successful R&D projects, with a total of 11 billion dollars R&D income with its companies; It has realized a total export of 1 billion dollars.

In line with the performance targets that will be developed and defined each year, İTÜ ARI Teknokent expects the companies within its structure to increase their R&D revenues through the new technologies they will produce.

In line with these goals, İTÜ ARI Teknokent conducts various programs for the companies and entrepreneurs it hosts:

• İTÜ ÇEKİRDEK Incubation Center: For all entrepreneurs and startups who believe that their technological and innovative products or business ideas have the potential for innovative and commercial success.

• ITU SEED Accelerator Program: Bridges the gap between international entrepreneurs who want to operate in the Turkish market and the local ecosystem.

• İTÜ MAGNET Advanced Stage Entrepreneurship Center: For companies with a technology-based product ready and that have been able to sell this product to at least one customer.

• INNOGATE Always On: For companies that wish to continue their success in the global market.

• ARI TTO: For all the companies and entrepreneurs within İTÜ ARI Teknokent, addressing their needs related to project incentives, collaboration activities, academic consultancy, intellectual property rights, and cluster groups.

With all its activities, İTÜ ARI Teknokent, as Turkey's leading entrepreneurship and innovation hub, continues its efforts to enhance our country's competitive power in the field of technology on a global scale.