🚀 We successfully completed the Future Match Demoday & Closing Event!

With the participation of Istanbul Deputy Governor Mr. Erhan Günay and Dr. Ziya Taşkent, Board Member and Secretary General of the Istanbul Development Agency, our event brought together entrepreneurs, corporate partners, mentors, and valuable representatives of the ecosystem.

At the final stage of the Future Match journey, where we connect the real needs of corporate companies with the innovative solutions of technology startups, we shared the solutions developed throughout the program and the outcomes of corporate–startup collaborations.

🎤 The opening speeches of our event were delivered by Mr. Gürkan Yıldırım, Chairman of the TÜGİAD Board of Directors, and Dr. Ziya Taşkent, Board Member and Secretary General of the Istanbul Development Agency.

📊 Through a project presentation by Eyüp Üstdağ, Future Match Project Coordinator, we reviewed the program’s activities and outcomes. Dr. Hakan Bektaş, Faculty Member at Istanbul University, presented the project report and shared key findings on corporate–startup collaborations with our participants.

🎙️ In the panel discussion titled “From PoC to Scale: Where Do Collaborations Get Stuck?”, moderated by entrepreneurship ecosystem expert Zübeyde Ağsakallı, we discussed the challenges and potential solutions on the journey from PoC processes to scaling, together with:

• Mr. Aslan Saranga, CEO of Domino’s Pizza Eurasia Group

• Dr. İbrahim Elbaşı, Founder of Miniso Türkiye and Investment Partner at H2O Investment

• Mr. Deniz Avcı, Co-Founder & CEO of Flow Master

🧪 During the PoC Case session, Ms. Burcu Serin, Chairwoman of the TÜGİAD Registration & Disciplinary Board and President of Magna Carta Alfa Agency, and Mr. Ramazan Kurt, Co-Founder of Skrentech, shared their experiences from the PoC process with our participants.

A total of 25 startups took part in our event.

🎤 14 startups took the Demoday stage to present their pitch decks, showcasing their solutions and the progress they made throughout the program.

🚀 11 startups showcased their products and solutions to ecosystem stakeholders in the exhibition area.

Throughout the program:

🤝 78 B2B meetings

🧭 61 mentoring sessions

⚖️ 20 legal consultancy sessions

🧪 6 field tests

were carried out, alongside PoC processes that helped turn corporate–startup collaborations into concrete outcomes.

The solutions showcased by our startups both on the Demoday stage and in the exhibition area once again demonstrated that the collaborations established through Future Match are not limited to a single event. Instead, they have evolved into a sustainable collaboration model — from initial meetings to field tests, and from field tests to PoCs.

We would like to thank Mr. Erhan Günay for honoring our event with his participation; Mr. Gürkan Yıldırım and Dr. Ziya Taşkent for their valuable contributions through their opening speeches; Eyüp Üstdağ and Dr. Hakan Bektaş for their project presentation and report; our moderator Zübeyde Ağsakallı; our esteemed panelists; and Ms. Burcu Serin and Mr. Ramazan Kurt for sharing their PoC experiences.

We would also like to extend our sincere thanks to all the corporate companies, entrepreneurs, mentors, advisors, project team members, and ecosystem stakeholders who have been with us throughout every stage of this journey.

Together, we developed, matched, and took the first steps toward the business collaborations of the future. 💫

Future Match doesn’t end here; it continues through the partnerships we’ve built.