ESPOO, Finland & ISTANBUL, Türkiye — August 25, 2026 — Sabancı University Inovent A.Ş., Türkiye’s pioneering technology transfer and seed fund organization, in strategic partnership with Gedik University and the Gear UP GSYF program, has officially announced the launch of the Türkiye Pavilion at the upcoming NORDEEP Deep Tech Business Summit 2026. Scheduled for September 16–17, 2026, at the iconic Dipoli venue in Espoo, Finland, the pavilion will serve as a key bilateral gateway for advanced technology, investment, and strategic know-how.
As the Nordic region’s largest and most business-focused deep tech gathering, NORDEEP’s fifth-anniversary edition is set to host over 1,500 attendees, 400+ deep-tech startups, and 150+ specialized international investors. The Türkiye Pavilion represents a major milestone in connecting the fast-growing Turkish engineering and defense ecosystems with the highly sophisticated Nordic market—an area increasingly focused on industrial AI, quantum computing, advanced manufacturing, and dual-use defense technologies.
Facilitating Proof-of-Concepts (PoCs) and Deep Tech Investments
The primary mandate of the Türkiye Pavilion is to catalyze cross-border Proof-of-Concept (PoC) opportunities, transfer high-level industry know-how, and facilitate venture capital investments. Ten highly vetted Turkish startups specializing in deep tech, advanced manufacturing, defense, and dual-use technologies will be selected to showcase their working prototypes and hardware solutions directly inside the pavilion.
With NORDEEP’s unique matchmaking infrastructure and features like the Corporate Innovation Arena and The Discovery Zone, participating Turkish companies will gain direct access to global corporate buyers and specialized VCs who understand intellectual property risks and long R&D cycles.
Quotes from the Partners
“Türkiye possesses an incredibly robust talent pool in defense systems, hardware engineering, and advanced manufacturing,” said Evren Değerlier, Entrepreneurship & Business Development Manager of Sabancı University Inovent A.Ş. “Through this partnership with Gedik University, Gear UP, and NORDEEP, we are not just giving Turkish startups a physical booth; we are plugging them directly into the Nordic deep tech value chain, establishing a bridge for real-world PoCs and global scaling.”
Kutadgu Parıltı, the Entrepreneurship, Investment Ecosystem, and Incubation Center Manager at Istanbul Gedik University, highlighted the academic and industrial synergy of the project: “As an institution deeply rooted in industrial engineering and metallurgy, our collaboration with Inovent and Gear UP for the Türkiye Pavilion showcases the power of university-industry collaboration on a global scale. We are proud to bring Türkiye’s frontier engineering capabilities to Espoo, the heart of Nordic deep tech.”
Vedat Öndas, CEO of ArcticStartup, the organizing body behind the summit, added: “We are thrilled to welcome the Türkiye Pavilion to our 5th Anniversary Edition. Turkish deep tech and dual-use startups have demonstrated remarkable resilience and technical sophistication. NORDEEP’s goal is to bring tech, science, and business under one roof, and this partnership perfectly encapsulates that mission.”
Startups interested in joining the Türkiye Pavilion and securing sponsored, cost-free exhibition space and delegation passes are encouraged to submit their applications through the official SUCool and Gear UP application portals.
Read the orginal article: https://arcticstartup.com/turkiye-pavilion-at-nordeep-summit-2026/
