Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

Officials from companies with high growth potential in Şanlıurfa and Turkey's leading venture capital funds attended the event. Company officials with high growth potential met with representatives of venture capital funds to make it easier for them to reach the next league, where they have the opportunity to get detailed information and meet bilaterally.

TOBB Venture Capital Council President Göktekin Dinçerler and TOBB Board Member and Kayseri Chamber of Industry Chairman Mehmet Büyüksimitci gave the opening speeches of the event.

In his opening speech, TOBB Turkey Venture Capital Council President Göktekin Dinçerler gave information about the latest situation of the sector and mentioned the investment potential of Şanlıurfa province. Dinçerler also mentioned that such activities increase the awareness of the sector in Anatolia and that they will continue such activities in different provinces in the coming periods.

TOBB Board Member Mehmet Büyüksimitci shared with the participants that entrepreneurs in technoparks were brought together with venture capitals with an appetite to invest with Anatolia Meetings events in his opening speech. Büyüksimitci stated that the sector is improving day by day, and when the data is examined, the amount of investment made in the last 10 years has been realized in a single quarter this year. TOBB Board Member Büyüksimitci shared the information that Turkey has surpassed many European countries in investments in startups and reached the billion-dollar investment league.

Following the opening speeches, Said Yahya Kaban, Sector Specialist in the Financial Investments Unit of the Presidential Investment Office, gave a presentation on International Direct Investments and Venture Capital Sector Promotion.

Following the briefing, Presidential Investment Office Financial Investments Unit Manager Ahmet Cüneyt Selçuk, TOBB Turkish Venture Capital Council Ecosystem and Investments Subcommittee Chairman Altan Kücükçınar, Ministry of Industry and Technology Development Agencies General Directorate Filiz Alsaç and Startupfon Co-Founder Gülsüm Çıracı shared their experiences and answered the questions of the participants during the panel on "Investment Priorities and Methods of Venture Capital Funds" moderated by TOBB Turkey Venture Capital Council President Göktekin Dinçerler.

In the “Investment Priorities and Methods of Venture Capital Funds” panel, an interactive panel was held with the participation of Koray Dogançay, Senior Director of Business Venture Capital Investment Partnership Inc., Seçkin Yelmen, Deputy General Manager of Turkey Development and Investment Bank Inc., and Cem Baytok, Managing Partner of Ida Capital.