Acceleration program for social entrepreneurs who pursue their business for a positive change in Climate Action

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Application deadline 8th of February 2021


Sustainable Growth Program is a 6-month startup acceleration program for social entrepreneurs focusing on increasing Climate Action impact in partnership with HSBC and WWF; designed and implemented by Hackquarters.

PROGRAM GOALS

Raise awareness for the climate initiative and startups in Turkey and region
Strengthen startup and technology impact in ClimateTech
Increase commercial impact enforcing global network of investors, climate organizations and corporate partners.

CLIMATE ACTION

In accordance with the HSBC 2021 global vision and WWF major priorities, Sustainable Growth Program will be focusing on solution and technologies related to the 13the goal Climate Action.

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PROGRAM TIMELINE

PROGRAM BENEFITS

Tailor made training bootcamps
& Mentorship
Commercialization Support
by Hackquarters
Networking opportunities with
climate and startup organisations and partners

EVENTS

Want to know more about technologies aiming to stop and prevent Climate change join us for the first Online Meetup of Sustainable Growth Program powered by HSBC Turkey, WWF Turkey & HQ
Join us for the kickoff of the 2021 batch in Climate Change. Meet our new startups who are tackling the biggest problem for us.

CLASS OF 2020

Mumo invites people to a sustainable life with natural and long-lasting alternatives to single-use products. We remind the importance of bonding through our products and aim to create a nature friendly behavioral transformation
Mana, which means the super power arose from its roots, designs and produces environment-friendly & slowly processed products for women and houses with the women of these lands.
Ecording aims to raise environmental awareness in individuals and develops new technologies to achieve that goal. Using EcoDrone that deliver airborne seed cannon shoots in hard-to-reach areas that need to be afforested
Compose it produced a machine that will take advantage of your food wastes and transform them into a highly efficient soil and creating a new hobby.
BlindLook provides freedom for blind people in social life by making restaurants and restaurant menus accessible for them.

MENTORS

Arda Berkay Çağın

STRATEGY & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ADVISOR

Berhan Kongel

Co-Founder & CEO

Arf

Berkay Yavuz

Head Of Marketing & Growth

BiTaksi

Berç Çubukciyan

Senior Manager

Maven Insights and Solutions

Ecem Gülyaşar

Senior Account Manager

Geometry Istanbul

Evren Gulyasar

Head of Digital Comm & Commerce

Geometry Global

Gurcan Ozan

Partner

ACT Venture Partners

Gökay Kılıç

Innovation Consultant

Bayer

Göksemin Gökalp Özdemir

Brand Strategy & Digital Marketing Consultant

G2O

Hilal Yılmaz

Digital Marketing

Hackquarters

Ismail Sincik

Country Manager

AVK International A/S

Kaan Akın

Founder

Hackquarters

Melih Gürel

Digital Transformation Manager

Hackquarters

Meric Bicakcioglu

Social Entrepreneurship & Social Innovation

Ozyegin University

Murat Unver

Trainer, Business and Entrepreneur Mentor, Coach

SPED

Nilay Yalçınkaya Yörük

Partner

INTRACT

Ohad Or

Co-founder

Hafla

Ozgur Ahmet Kose

Brand and Story Designer

The Others

Sabina Babayeva

COO

Hackquarters

Sinem Çepni

General Manager

İnovasyon Proje

Tunç Özgül

Head of Startup and VC ecosystem

Amazon Web Services

Umut Karadeniz Gök

Senior Business and Marketing Consultant

Umut Gök Management and Education

Yonatan Pinto

Business Development and Marketing Director

Baker McKenzie

PARTNERS

Hackquarters

Hackquarters is the leading startup accelerator and corporate innovation partner in Turkey combining superb global reach with deep local knowledge. Founded in 2015, Hackquarters has engaged with over 6,000 startups across the world; of which 150 are currently part of various programs.

HSBC

HSBC is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organisations. We serve more than 40 million customers through four global businesses: Retail Banking and Wealth Management, Commercial Banking, Global Banking and Markets, and Global Private Banking.Our network covers 65 countries and territories in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, North America and Latin America.

WWF 

WWF is the world’s leading independent conservation organisation. Our mission is to create a world where people and wildlife can thrive together.
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WWF's mission is to build a future in which people live in harmony with nature. From our experience as the world's leading independent conservation body, we know that the well-being of people, wildlife and the environment are closely linked. That's why we take an integrated approach to our work.