E-TOHUM SUCCESS BY IZMIR UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICSS ENTREPRENEURS

Projects developed at Embryonix Centre within Izmir University of Economics, made it in the first 40 among 2000 applications in e-tohum organization that brings entrepreneurs and investors together. The projects named GIFTEK and PALWAR, developed at IUE Embryonix Centre, attracted great attention at E-tohum Entrepreneurship Summit, a market place who aims to bring entrepreneurs that want to launch their own internet businesses and companies, investors, professionals together. Project owners meet with the investors to get support for their innovative ideas.  

Taylan Özgür Demirkaya, Director of IUE Embryonix Centre, pointed out that both of the projects selected for e-tohum from Izmir were developed within their centre.  Demirkaya said, “Our purpose is to help realize the dreams of entrepreneurs with innovative ideas. Getting these innovative ideas accepted in business life is not an easy adventure. We provide guidance, counselling, and training support to entrepreneurs through this difficult process. Ranking in the first 40 is a major success for projects. Next step is to get them commercialised. This is the best of the joy.”  

Gifts by GIFTEK

Giftek Internet Company, launched by Buğrahan Sabuncuoğlu, graduate of IUE Department of Computer Engineering and Murat Arı, graduate of IUE Software Engineering, allows people to send and receive gifts to each other from wherever they are. Sabuncuoğlu, who gave information about the mobile platform they developed, said, “Users will be able to send gifts to their friends wherever they check in, co-pay, or simply pay their friends’ bills. A person who wants to purchase a gift for their friend can pay for it and send it through Giftek. The person willing to accept the gift can receive it at the restaurant, cafeteria, store, simply where ever they are. In this way, Giftek provides a real time interaction between people.”

PALWAR will carry team spirit to cyber world

PALWAR, created by Serkan İçer, Ramazan Ayvaz, Mert Çüküren, Yiğit Çüküren and Ergin Tiranoğlu, became the second project of Embryonix Centre which proved its success in e-tohum. With PALWAR, the young entrepreneurs developed a game where fans are able to show their admiration to their teams by using their mobile phones.  İçer, who gave information about the game, stated the following:

“We developed a location-based game. It is a game that enables you to plant a virtual flag in the cafe, or restaurant. While the team mates are trying to keep the flag in that location, the opponent team members are virtually trying to remove those flags, and plant their own. Users are being rated for planting, protecting, and taking down a flag and get in the Palwar League with their scores and receive surprise gifts each week. When we are out wandering, our team spirit reaches another dimension in Palwar.”