“Summit Erciyes: Future Investors Summit” was held in cooperation with Erciyes Technopark and Central Anatolia Development Agency (ORAN) in order to create a new awareness in the business world regarding venture capital investment funds, tax advantages that the companies will gain if they invest in the fund, opportunities provided by the technology and innovation ecosystem and experience sharing of business people who invest in technology.

Our Rector, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Çalış; Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Recai Kılıç; Deputy Director General of Development Agencies Ahmet Şimşek; ORAN Secretary General Ahmet Emin Kilci; Chairman of Kayseri Chamber of Industry Mehmet Büyüksimitçi; Chairman of Chamber of Chamber of Commerce; Provincial Director of Industry and Technology Kamil Akçadırcı; Provincial Health Director Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ali Ramazan Benli and many guests attended the event.

In the opening speeches of the event, Ahmet Emin Kilci, Board Chairman of the Organized Industrial Zone Yunus İmamoğlu, Ömer Gülsoy and Mehmet Büyüksimitçi made speeches and thanked those who contributed to the organization of the event.

In his speech at the event, our Rector said that technology investment which started with the establishment of the ERBAN (Angel Investment Network) is progressing day by day in Kayseri. He said: “As Erciyes Technopark, we would like you to know that we are trying to encourage investment in technology and innovation-based enterprises in our region and to ensure long-term growth in these enterprises. For this purpose, Erciyes Business Angel Network (ERBAN), Türkiye’s 14th and Anatolia’s first accredited business angel network, continues to serve within Erciyes Technopark in order to provide funds for technology-based companies by investors. While ERBAN continues its activities by obtaining angel investor licenses for people with knowledge, experience and capital, it continues to serve without slowing down in order to put the value-added projects into practice and to contribute to their growth with financial support. ERBAN will continue to support the ecosystem with 106 investors as of today, 54 of whom are licensed as angel investors by the Ministry of Treasury and Finance. Technology investment which started with the establishment of ERBAN has progressed day by day in our city. Investments were made in 21 advanced technology companies with the capital in Kayseri. Today, we will evaluate the changing investment processes in our country together with the important representatives of the sector, public authorities, investors and entrepreneurs. We are glad to host Türkiye’s first angel investment summit, which brings together all the stakeholders of the system in our city”.

Stating in his speech that Kayseri made significant contributions to the growing capital of Anatolia, Deputy Director General of Development Agencies Ahmet Şimşek said: “Invaluable contributions are made to the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Kayseri. Two years ago, I expressed that every new year, in terms of entrepreneurship in Türkiye, brings successes that will cause the previous year to be forgotten. Despite the pandemic, 2020 proved itself in our growing entrepreneurship ecosystem.”