Yakup Dogan, Assistant General Manager of Yapi Kredi: “As Yapi Kredi, we transform ideas into innovations like a technology company.”
According to the statement made by the bank, Yapi Kredi implemented Yapi Kredi FRWRD in order to create a framework that can produce continuous innovation with an agile culture by focusing on customer needs, while aiming to develop innovative products with agile and lean models by increasing the innovation culture and awareness within the institution, it aims to expand this ecosystem with partnerships and collaborations outside the institution.
Yapi Kredi will support entrepreneurs working on “SME Solutions” in the new term of the Fast FRWRD Acceleration Program. Startups that develop products and services for SMEs will be able to apply for the new term of the Yapi Kredi Fast FRWRD Acceleration Program until April 10.
All startups included in the program have the opportunity to receive mentorship from the leading names in the ecosystem and participate in investor matching with the leading angel investors, investment networks and VCs of the ecosystem within Yapi Kredi’s network. At the same time, they can attend trainings, seminars and masterclasses that will help grow their ventures within the scope of the program.
Invexen is the executive of the Fast FRWRD Acceleration Program, which brings together the support provided by Yapi Kredi and its program partners with startups, while many ecosystem stakeholders and investors are among the partners of the program.
‘We aim to nurture and move forward the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Turkiye’
Yakup Dogan, Deputy General Manager of Yapi Kredi, whose views were included in the statement, stated that they attach great importance to innovation and entrepreneurship and said:
‘As Yapi Kredi, we transform ideas into innovations like a technology company. In the new period of the Yapi Kredi Fast FRWRD Acceleration Program, one of the biggest indicators of the importance we attach to innovation, we will this time focus on entrepreneurs developing services for SMEs. We aim to contribute to the digitalization of SMEs and touch their lives by supporting startups working to make the lives of SMEs easier. In this sense, we aim to support the skills of startups that add dynamism and value to the sector, to offer products and services that will meet changing customer expectations. Therefore, we find the Yapi Kredi Fast FRWRD program very valuable in order to develop the innovation culture in our country. With the contributions we provide to startups in the Yapi Kredi Fast FRWRD program, we aim to nurture and advance the entrepreneurship ecosystem in our country. While doing all this, we work to make our customers’ lives easier with solutions tailored to their needs.’
Source: AA / Prepared by Irem Yildiz