Opportunities for
IT Start-Ups
Kuzeyhan Özdemir
Bilkent TTO
THE STORY
STARTS WITH
CREATION OF
AN IDEA
AT OUR MINDS!
LET ME GUESS WHAT IS IN YOUR MIND. NOW !
IDEA ?
START UP ?
STAND UP ?
WHAT
???
“INNOVATION”
“ANGEL” (I LIKED THIS ONE)
“VENTURE CAPITAL”
ETC.
IS IT ALL?
WE HAVE “IT”
YES; WE
KNOW IT

Start Up vs Company
A Company is a BusinessOrganization
that Sells a Product or Service
in exchange of Revenue or Profit.
Opportunities for IT Start Ups
• There are Support and Grant Mechanisms mainly
from TÜBİTAK (Turkish Scientific and Research
Council), Turkish Ministry of Science - Industry and
Technology, KOSGEB (Turkish Small and Medium
Enterprises Development Organization).
• There are also Angel Investors and Venture Capital
Firms and Funds Supporting StartUps.
TÜBİTAK 1512 - Support Program in Stages for
Individual Entrepreneurs
Who can apply?
 Graduated from a university
 No share in any company
TÜBİTAK 1512 Program
1. Phase
From Idea to Business Plan
If the business idea is found to be positive by
TÜBİTAK, support will be given.
Support is in the form of
Entrepreneurship Traning & Business Mentoring
to prepare the Business Plan.
TÜBİTAK 1512 Program
2. Phase
Incorporation and Technological Verification
(Capital support)
if the application has been found succesful
after the evalution of business plan ,
Capital support will be given to
the Entrepreneur.
TÜBİTAK 1512 Program
2. Phase
Non-refundable (grant) capital fund ≤ 100000 TL
General expense support (%20) ≤ Project
support upper limit
Time duration ≤ 12 months
TÜBİTAK 1512 Program
3. Phase
Advanced R&D Phase
First R&D project will be supported under
TÜBİTAK 1507 SME R&D Initial Support Program
TÜBİTAK 1512 Program
3. Phase
Project budget upper limit ≤ 500.000 TL
AND
75% Support Rate
(Stated in 1507 SME R&D Initial Support
Program implementation fundamentals)
TÜBİTAK 1512 Program
4. Phase
Commercialization Phase
Supported companies will be led
to the Angel Investors and
Venture Capital Funds.
The companies will be met with the leading
actors in their sector and potential customers
through the project markets.
.
Ministry of Science Industry and Technology
- Techno Entrepreneurship Program
Who can apply: Any student who
will gradute in one year and any
university graduate with no
company share.
Support : 100.000 TL (Full Grant)
Support Duration : 12 months
KOSGEB – Entrepreneur Support Program
Entrepreneurship Support Programme comprises of 3
Subprogrammes:
• Applied Entrepreneurship Training
• New Entrepreneur Support
• Business Improvement Centre (BIC) Support
KOSGEB – Entrepreneur Support Program
Applied Entrepreneurship Training
• It includes training and workshop studies of minimum 60 hours
(entrepreneurship abilities testings, business idea exercises and
business plan preparation)
• Trainings are arranged for general and specific (youngs, women,
disadvantageous groups) target groups,
• No charge from participants.
KOSGEB – Entrepreneur Support Program
New Entrepreneur Support
•This support is available for the entrepreneurs who had completed
the Applied Entrepreneurship Training and started his/her own
business, ISGEM entrepreneurs.
SUPPORT
COMPONENT
UPPER LIMIT
(TL)
SUPPORT RATIO
(%)
(1st &2nd
Regions)
Enterprise
Establishment
Support
Establishment
Period
Machinery,
Equipment and
Office Hardware
Support
Operational Costs
Support
Fixed Assets
Investment
Support
No
Payback
5000
No
Payback
10000
No
Payback
12000
With
Payback
70000
60
(Female or
handicapped
entrepreneur:70)
SUPPORT RATIO (%)
(3st &4nd Regions)
70
(Female or
handicapped
entrepreneur:80)
KOSGEB – Entrepreneur Support Program
Business Improvement Center (BIC) Support
• Business Improvement Centers are centers founded and operated with
an aim of enabling the companies under its umbrella to pass through the
critical early years healthily and grow up by extending services such as
business improvement consultancy, workshop sites that can conveniently
be afforded, shared office equipments and office services.
• Municipalities, universities, special administrations, development
unions, professional organizations and non-profit organizations can solely
or collectively apply for the Business Improvement Centers establishment.
Bilkent TTO
• Bilkent University Technology Transfer Office (Bilkent TTO) was
established on October 1st 2013 within the university.
• Within the call of TÜBİTAK 1513 - Technology Transfer Office
Support Program in 2013, applications from 36 universities were
submitted. 10 universities including Bilkent University was
awarded with the grant started at January 1st 2014.
• Bilkent TTO is a unit under Provost Office. Provost of the University
is the Vice Rector who is in charge of Academic Affairs.
Bilkent TTO Supports Researchers
Through The Life Cycle of An Idea
• IDEA
• Development of the Project
• Getting funds for the Project
• University-Industry Collaboration
• Realisation of the Project
• Management of Intellectual Property
Rights (IPR)
• Licencing
• Enterpreneurships & Establishment of
Startups & Company
• PRODUCT or SERVICE at the MARKET
VIZERA
•Start-up by
Ali Çevik (2011) and Mert Küçük (2011)
Graduates of Bilkent Computer Engineering
Course: How to Start a Startup (Stanford Lecture Series)
Sam Altman, President, Y Combinator
1881 -
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IT ALL STARTED WITH AN IDEA !