Deepdefence Acceleration Program launches

Teknopark Istanbul launched the Deepdefence Acceleration Program for startups focused on defence technologies in partnership with ASELSAN through its incubation centre Cube Incubation. Teknopark Istanbul, one of the largest supporters of Turkey's entrepreneurship ecosystem, launched the Deepdefence Acceleration Program for startups focused on defence technologies in partnership with ASELSAN through its incubation centre Cube Incubation. Deepdefence aims to support innovative business ideas in the defence technologies sector or in fields that can be adapted to defence technologies, contributing to their prototype development, commercialisation, growth and globalisation processes according to startup needs. The programme will provide entrepreneurs with various training courses, as well as mentoring support including technical mentoring from ASELSAN, first customer status and product/prototype validation support where ASELSAN can be a customer, laboratory and infrastructure support, access to Cube Incubation incubation centre facilities, consulting for public grant programmes, access to investment funds, marketing and promotional support and access to international acceleration programmes. To apply, visit cubeincubation.com. Teknopark Istanbul General Manager M. Fatih Özsoy stated: "At Teknopark Istanbul, which has become a globally recognised centre, we want to support our entrepreneurs and contribute to strengthening our country's capabilities in defence technologies. We believe that with a pioneering institution like ASELSAN, we will open completely new horizons for our entrepreneurs in this field."