Within the scope of the Akbank+ Program, which allows Akbank members to work on their entrepreneurial ideas full-time, the in-house ventures that received investment have been announced. Waste Log, which digitizes waste processes, and Voltla, which improves the experience of electric vehicle owners, each received an investment of $500 thousand from Akbank.
Serving the development of Turkiye for 75 years, Akbank’s Innovation Center Akbank LAB has continued to expand its innovation and intrapreneurship programs since 2016.
In its first year, more than a hundred Akbank employees applied to the Akbank+ program, which is a first in Turkiye as it enables Akbank employees to work on their entrepreneurial ideas full-time. The in-house entrepreneurs selected for the program worked full-time for more than 6 months at Akbank LAB to bring their ventures to life.
With the evaluation of the Akbank+ Investment Committee carried out at the last stage of the program, it was decided to invest $500,000 in each of Waste Log, which digitizes waste processes, and Voltla, which improves the experience of electric vehicle owners.
Developed by Mahir Okay Celik and Ertug Sargut as part of the Akbank+ program, Waste Log serves as an impact initiative and makes it easier for businesses to track waste processes by digitizing them. Waste Log also allows individual users to easily recycle their waste oil.
Voltla, developed by Akbank entrepreneurs Esra Gul Korkmaz, Ozgur Baris and Kubilay Kulaoglu, makes life easier for electric vehicle owners and also improves the payment experience by enabling all electric charging stations to be viewed from a single point and routed to stations.
Source: Egirisim / Prepared by Irem Yildiz