Winners of the Entrepreneurship World Cup announced

The results of the Entrepreneurship World Cup (EWC) Turkey pillar of the Entrepreneurship World Cup (EWC), organized in partnership with the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) and Monsha'at, have been announced. The final jury of the competition organized for the 4th time this year included Nevzat Aydın, the Chairman of GEN Turkey; Hande Çilingir, Vice President of the Board of Directors of GEN Turkey and Founding Partner & CEO of Insider, Başak Karaca, GEN Member of the Board of Coca-Cola Turkey; Alpagut Çilingir, Google Turkey Director of Retail, Game and Start-Up Sectors; Gökçe Kabatepe, Member of the Board of Directors of GEN Turkey and Raiffeisen Country Manager; and Tal Garih, Member of the Board of GEN Turkey and Director of Digital Transformation and Innovation at Alarko Holding. While Ollang, which brings together professional translators with those looking for online translation services, won the first place, Hergele Mobility, which offers a turnkey business model in the scooter and e-mobility areas won the second place. In addition, the “Entrepreneurial Woman Special Award” was also awarded to Lal Polater from Hergele Mobility. In the competition where Coca Cola, Google and Trendyol provided financial sponsorship support to national finalists, and Kavlak, Kolektif House and Meta are amongst the in-kind sponsors, Ollang won the cash prize of TRY 300,000 as well as the legal counselling and right to participate in Global Accelerator Program, Hergele Mobility, which came in the second, won the free membership of Kolektif House for a year as well as legal counselling and right to participate in the Global Accelerator Program. Lal Polater from Hergele Mobility, who also received the Entrepreneurial Woman Special Award, also received a cash prize of 150,000 TL. Ollang and Scoundrel Mobility will now compete to win the in-kind service award worth $10 million and the financial prize worth $1 million on a global scale. Aydın “We fully believe that there are many ideas that can be unicorns in Turkey” Nevzat Aydın, Chairman of the Board of Directors of GEN Turkey, who made an assessment in this regard, said: “We fully believe that there are many ideas that can be unicorns in Turkey. With our trust and faith in the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Turkey we are assuming the role of a bridge between the global entrepreneurship ecosystem and the ecosystem in our country under the roof of GEN Turkey, which is the Turkey pillar of the Global Entrepreneurship Network organized in 200 countries. We congratulate our startups that received awards in the Entrepreneurship World Cup competition, which is a part of this, and wish them continued success.” Mrs. Çilingir: “The number of applications, which was 301 last year, reached 330 this year” Hande Çilingir, Vice President of the Board of Directors of GEN in Turkey and Founding Partner and CEO of Insider stated: “We, GEN Turkey, aim to encourage and support creative young people who have business ideas and to expand the foreign perspective of entrepreneurs and to increase the number of entrepreneurs who leave Turkey and open up to the world. The Entrepreneurship World Cup we organized is just one of the activities we have held in this context. We are happy and proud to increase the number of applications from 301 last year to 330 this year. We believe that these numbers will continue to increase in the coming years.” Karaca“ "We are happy that two women entrepreneurs have been ranked in the competition” Başak Karaca, GEN Member of the Board of Coca-Cola Turkey; made the following assessment: “As GEN Türkiye, our goal is to bring all initiatives to a sustainable, scalable, and global perspective, as well as to support them in this journey while writing the most successful stories of Turkey." In this context, we are accomplishing a large number of activities. We congratulate all of our startups competing in EWC 2022, and we are proud that two female entrepreneurs shared the first and second place of the competition, and we wish them continued success.” Mr. Garih: "The winners have the chance to create networks on a global scale” Tal Garih, Member of the Board of Directors of GEN Turkey and Director of Digital Transformation & Innovation, Alarko Holding highlighted: "There is a high demand for the applications of the Entrepreneurship World Cup competition this year, and in EWC 2022, which started under the roof of GEN Turkey this year, as in the previous two years, our national finalists were supported with surprise awards by in-kind sponsors as well as financial awards. The winners of the competition, Ollang and Hergele Mobility, are now awaiting the opportunity to meet entrepreneurs and ecosystem experts in many countries of the world on a global platform,” he said. Mr. Kabatepe: "The prize offered on a global scale since 2019 is 153 million dollars” Gökçe Kabatepe, Board Member of GEN Turkey and Country Manager of Raiffeisen also said “Having a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem for economic development is one of the most fundamental dynamics. As GEN Turkey, we continue our efforts to strengthen the ecosystem with this awareness without slowing down. We are pleased that the Entrepreneurship World Cup, which has been offering $3 million cash prizes and $150 million in kind prizes to startups on a global scale since 2019, has also served this purpose and paved the way for entrepreneurs to take their adventures to the next stage,” he said. What is the Entrepreneurship World Cup? The Entrepreneurship World Cup is a program that helps entrepreneurs at all levels, from the idea stage to scale-up, to reach the next stage in their journey. EWC combines potential investments with access to a global platform with opportunities such as investor presentation, online educational resources, mentoring and cash prize.