ODTÜ TEKNOKENT, Turkey's leading technology development zone, helps companies be successful abroad as well with the support and mentorship it provides to them. The entreprenuers who are provided with training and consultancy at ODTÜ TEKNOKENT 's T - Jump acceleration center in the US have the opportunity to meet with angel investors and to operate internationally.

According to the Performance Index determined by the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology, ODTÜ TEKNOKENT, which has been indicated as the leading technology development zone of Turkey for 5 years, proves its success with the achievements of entrepreneur companies in its area. Entrepreneurial companies, many of which have been established and commercialized in ODTÜ TEKNOKENT's acceleration programs, have the opportunity to receive training at ODTÜ TEKNOKENT's T-Jump Acceleration Center in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, USA and to meet foreign investors. Entrepreneurs who gain experience abroad, operate internationally and start working with foreign companies develop technology in ODTÜ TEKNOKENT and sell such technology they developed globally.

A wide company range from cyber security companies to smart waste companies...

Including more than 330 companies, ODTÜ TEKNOKENT has companies operating in many different sectors ranging from defense industry to telecommunication. Stating that many technology-based companies have been established through the acceleration program of ODTÜ TEKNOKENT, the General Manager Mustafa İ. Kızıltaş, "We, ODTÜ TEKNOKENT, helped many young entrepreneurs commercialize their business ideas and put them into operation. With the 'New Ideas New Jobs' acceleration program we will organize this year for the 13th time, we have commercialized more than 200 business ideas and created 1000 new jobs. In addition to our acceleration programs, we also provide mentorship support to many newly established companies with our incubation programs, and we are guiding them for the future of their business life. With T-Jump, our acceleration center located in the US, we are bringing entrepreneurs together with foreign investors or supporting them to open up to international markets."

Umutcan Duman, co-founder and CEO of Evreka Software, which operates in ODTÜ TEKNOKENT and produces waste collection technologies, says, "We have been operating in ODTÜ TEKNOKENT for about 3 years. For the past 3 years, we have always received full support. Today, we are working together to reduce the waste collection costs of almost 15 municipalities in Turkey and Switzerland. ODTÜ TEKNOKENT does not only add a global vision but also contributes to investment and to our meeting with investors. We have always had the support of ODTÜ TEKNOKENT management as well as the prestige and power brought to us by being an ODTÜ TEKNOKENT company in the 8-10-thousand-dollar investment process we have undertaken until today." he said.

Doruk Molo and Berk Taner, founding partners of Leadflip, who have been provided with training and consultancy in T-Jump, the acceleration center of ODTÜ TEKNOKENT in USA - Silicon Valley, stated that they have international customers thanks to their chatbot program they developed in ODTÜ TEKNOKENT.

Alper Turgut, the CEO of ALYO Information Technologies, which creates the video infrastructure of the leading media companies in the USA, stated that since 2012, they have been operating in ODTÜ TEKNOKENT and that being a part of ODTÜ TEKNOKENT is a great advantage especially in terms of R&D activities.

Comodo, founded in 1998 in the UK and continuing its activities in the field of cyber security, has decided to invest in Turkey by opening a R&D Center in ODTÜ TEKNOKENT in 2013 and included Turkey to the regions it operates.