{"id":55993,"date":"2026-07-16T12:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T12:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/55993\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T12:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T12:18:11","slug":"garanti-bbva-partners-tech-program-launches-its-10th-cohort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/55993\/","title":{"rendered":"Garanti BBVA Partners Tech Program Launches Its 10th Cohort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The startups were chosen following an application and evaluation process by a jury that included Ali Karabey (212), Prof. Dr. Attila Dikba\u015f (\u0130T\u00dc ARI Teknokent), Dr. \u00c7a\u011fla G\u00fcl \u015eenkarde\u015f (Istanbul Bilgi University), \u0130sa \u0130nci (Nextven), Kerem Bozokluo\u011flu (Logo Ventures), Mustafa \u015een (GT Payment Systems), \u00d6zerk \u015eener (Jupiter), Sibel Kaya (Garanti BBVA), and U\u011fur Kaplan (GT AI Factory). Over the six-month acceleration program, they will receive office space, tailored mentorship, opportunities to collaborate with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbva.com\/es\/garanti-bbva\/?_gl=1*1f4gvle*_gcl_au*MzA2Mzc5ODQwLjE3NzcyOTU2MzY.*_ga*MjAyMTYxMzEyLjE3Mzc5NzcxOTg.*_ga_915V905T16*czE3ODQxODI5ODgkbzQ5JGcxJHQxNzg0MTgzMTUyJGoyMCRsMCRoMA..\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Garanti BBVA<\/a> and its subsidiaries, advertising and PR support, training and seminars, and advantageous banking products and services.<\/p>\n<p>Garanti BBVA Executive Vice President<a href=\"https:\/\/www.garantibbvaemeklilik.com.tr\/board-of-directors\/sibel-kaya\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Sibel Kaya<\/a> said entrepreneurs need more than just financing\u2014sometimes knowledge, the right connections, visibility, or encouragement. Rather than offering a standard acceleration model, she said, Partners Tech takes a more selective, focused, and tailored approach that recognizes each startup\u2019s distinct needs, combining mentorship, training, and collaboration with Garanti BBVA\u2019s corporate expertise and ecosystem network. \u201cWe believe technology startups emerging from T\u00fcrkiye will grow into powerful global success stories, and we are glad to stand alongside them on that journey,\u201d she said, adding that this year\u2019s solutions\u2014spanning generative AI, cybersecurity, blockchain, and next-generation customer experience\u2014reflect the level T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s tech entrepreneurship has reached.<\/p>\n<p>Running since 2015, the Garanti BBVA Partners acceleration program has supported 65 technology startups to date.<\/p>\n<p>The 10th-cohort startups<\/p>\n<p>Eriklabs develops solutions that automate testing operations end-to-end using AI, offering LLM-powered test automation, performance and device testing, and QA consultancy to speed up software development.<br \/>\nText2Test is building an AI-based platform that lets even non-technical users run software tests through natural-language commands.<br \/>\nRudiq uses blockchain to convert real-world assets such as real estate and energy into digital tokens, enabling fractional ownership and broader investor access to high-value, low-liquidity assets.<br \/>\nFreya develops LLM-powered AI voice assistants that hold natural conversations, replacing traditional IVR systems with human-like communication to improve customer experience and operational efficiency.<br \/>\nFraud.com provides identity and biometric verification, transaction monitoring, and fraud orchestration solutions for banks and financial institutions, strengthening security across the digital customer journey while keeping the experience seamless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The startups were chosen following an application and evaluation process by a jury that included Ali Karabey (212),&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55994,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123],"tags":[148],"class_list":["post-55993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bbva","tag-bbva"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}