I have an idea
You have named the problem, but the solution has yet to take shape. With training, mentorship and business-model support, we test the idea with you and put it on solid ground.
Starting point: Pre-incubation
ANKARA UNIVERSITY TEKMER
Design the Future
From Knowledge to Technology, From Idea to Venture
We bring academic knowledge together with technology, innovation and entrepreneurship, and we stay alongside research as it turns into products and value.
Here, ideas are not just discussed — they are developed, validated, turned into products and scaled.
- DISCOVERWe make room for new ideas to appear, through scientific knowledge, emerging technologies and work that crosses disciplines.
- TRANSFORMWe turn research outcomes and academic depth into venture potential.
- LEADWe help technology ventures grow, and grow back into the ecosystem that raised them.
Wherever you start, the road leads to the same place.
Which of the two descriptions below is closer to you? We settle your starting step together during the application.
I want to grow my venture
You already have a product or a prototype; what comes next is customers, investment and market. Workspace, R&D incentives and a strong network give you momentum.
Starting point: Incubation and Acceleration
- 01IdeaBring your idea.
- 02Pre-incubationValidate your idea.
- 03IncubationBuild your venture.
- 04AccelerationGet ready to grow.
- 05Scale-upGrow your venture.
- 06Give Back to the EcosystemShare your experience.
What you find here
What do we offer our entrepreneurs?
Workspaces
A desk in the shared area, a private office for your team, or a virtual office that keeps you connected without one.
Meeting Spaces
Meeting rooms, the conference hall and workshop spaces are in the same building, and customer and investor conversations happen there.
Training
Entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, law, intellectual property and business development.
Mentorship
One to one with industry professionals, academics and founders who have done it before.
Investor Access
Investor meetings, demo days and investment readiness.
Funding and Project Support
Guidance in reaching TÜBİTAK, KOSGEB, EU and other support programmes.
Network
Direct contact with the university, the public sector, industry and investors.
Commercialisation
Ownership, licensing and transfer of an invention, put in writing.
We focus on Türkiye's strategic technology needs.
Artificial Intelligence & Data
Applied artificial intelligence and systems that turn data into decisions.
Health & Biotechnology
Diagnosis, treatment and biotechnological product development.
Defence & Security
Critical infrastructure, cyber security and defence technologies.
Agriculture & Food Technologies
Efficiency and food safety from the field to the table.
Public Technologies (GovTech)
Digital solutions that make public services faster.
Digital Transformation
Processes and business models moving into the digital.
Two concrete things that being here gives you.
KOSGEB TEKMER
The centre is supported by KOSGEB, and we stand beside you when you apply to KOSGEB programmes.
Law No. 5746
A tax advantage for R&D: the incentives of Law No. 5746 come into play for companies running their project here.
Read the lawFrom the Republic's First University to the Technologies of Tomorrow
Ankara University's faculties, laboratories and researchers are the first link in the chain; the sequence below shows the stops a piece of research passes through on its way to the market.
- Faculty
- Laboratory
- Researcher
- Founder
- Industry
- Investment
- Market
The road from the laboratory to the market starts here, at TEKMER.
We open the doors a venture needs together with these institutions.
- Ankara University
- Ankara University TTO
- Ankara University Teknokent
- ANKÜR
- Ankara University Development Foundation Schools
- KOSGEB
- ANKARAİM
Bring us the idea. We will build the rest together.
Fill in the application form and our team will get in touch.