İTÜ Çekirdek Acceleration / Express Programme

Run by İTÜ Çekirdek (İTÜ ARI Teknokent).

Rather than a fixed cohort, ITU Cekirdek offers year-round support in Istanbul with applications open throughout the year, across two entry tracks: Acceleration for prototype-stage teams seeking market validation, and Acceleration EXPRESS for teams whose product is validated in market. The offer is mentoring, office space, training and investor meetings; no investment figure and no equity percentage are published. Sectors are generalist with a mobility focus.

Investment: Not disclosed
Equity taken: Not disclosed
Duration: Not disclosed
Format: hybrid
Cadence: rolling
Location: Istanbul, Turkiye

Sectors

How to apply

Official website

This programme has notes explaining its undisclosed figures, available in the full dataset.

Sources

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https://itucekirdek.com/en/acceleration/ read 2026-09-06 — supports name, organization, city, country, country code, duration note, batch cadence, format, sectors, application url, status, contact email

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Last verified 2026-09-06.