Project Activities

Home/Project Activities

The SMARTNET Project is designed to support the provision of effective business and product development services that will help entrepreneurs accelerate the commercialisation of technology-oriented business ideas with high performance and synergy by improving the network between Technology Transfer Intermediary Institutions.

The project has 3 main activities covering sub-activities:

Activity 1: Establishment of a Network of Technology Transfer Agencies and Development of Institutional Infrastructure

Activity 2: Pilot Application for Acceleration, Commercialisation and Access to Funds

Activity 3: Visibility and Communication Activities

Within the scope of project activities

  • Providing 250 entrepreneurs with business development and commercialisation trainings,
  • Establishment of 10 new innovation-oriented enterprises,
  • obtaining national/international patents,
  • Supporting the commercialisation of 2 technology-oriented business ideas and
  • It is aimed to contribute to the development of the capacities of Technology Transfer Offices.

To support the development of the capacities of Technology Transfer Offices

  • to ensure cooperation between TTOs with a perspective that promotes the strengths and eliminates the weaknesses of network members in order to optimise resources and capabilities,
  • To highlight patents, business ideas and entrepreneurs with high commercialisation potential with its smart software infrastructure based on artificial intelligence,
  • To accelerate the commercialisation processes of business ideas and patents of entrepreneurs and SMEs with the funnel model to identify qualified business ideas and filtered patents,
  • To increase awareness on patents, evaluation of inventions, strengthening the follow-up of applications,
  • matching products and services at the commercialisation stage with national and international angel investment funds,
  • Organising a study visit to a selected country in the European Union to introduce good practices, networking and access to relevant opportunities to entrepreneurs and project stakeholders
  • to reach and host qualified mentors and qualified angel investors; and
  • Activities are carried out to monitor and support TTO graduate entrepreneurs.

Technical Assistance for “A Smart Network for Technology Transfer and Commercialisation with Funnel Model (SMARTNET)” is a project co-financed by the European Union and the Republic of Türkiye.  The Contracting Authority of the project is the Ministry of Industry and Technology, Directorate General for European Union and Foreign Affairs and the End Recipient of the Assistance is Yıldız Technical University.  The main stakeholders and partners of the project are İstanbul Technical University, Gebze Technical University and Hasan Kalyoncu University.

Instagram Linkedin-in Twitter Youtube
Quick Menu
Contact
  • SMARTNET Office
    YTÜ Yıldız Technical University Davutpaşa Campus Yıldız Technopark A1 Block, Floor -1 Esenler/Istanbul
Smartnet
©2025 - All Rights Reserved

This publication has been produced with the financial support of the European Union and the Republic of Türkiye. The Consortium, which runs the project, is responsible for the content of the publication, and the content in no way reflects the views of the European Union and the Republic of Türkiye.