Aktif Ventures, a subsidiary of Aktif Bank, became one of this year's gold sponsors of the Big Bang Startup Challenge, the event held by ITU Cekirdek which has been selected as the world’s best university Incubation center and whereby the best startups are chosen every year. Yasemin Evsahibioglu, the Deputy CEO & Chief Venture Officer at Aktif Ventures, said; "We are excited and thrilled to witness the thriving stories of the starts up growing out at ITU Cekirdek".

 

Aktif Bank and Aktif Ventures, one of its subsidiaries, continue to support young entrepreneurs. The quarter-finals of the Big Bang Startup Challenge, held by ITU Cekirdek Incubation Center which has been selected as the "World's Best University Incubation Center" by UBI Global, will be held at UNIQ Istanbul on October 11 - 19, and the finals will be held on December 13 - 14. The biggest entrepreneurship event in Türkiye, which will be held this year for the 12th time, will be sponsored also by Aktif Ventures as a gold sponsor. Pinar Yilmaz, Gamze Numanoglu, Kadir Ozturk and Erkut Baloglu, the members of the senior management of Aktif Bank, will assess numerous startups at the quarter-finals.

 

Evsahibioglu: We are accompanying the startups during their journey

Indicating that the Big Bang Startup Challenge brings startups together with the business and investment world, Yasemin Evsahibioglu, the Deputy CEO & Chief Venture Officer at Aktif Ventures, said; "This purposeful event brings the entrepreneurs together with the investors and funds, and meets them up with their initial capital and enable them to meet the potential customers. So, we are thrilled to accompany and witness such success stories".