Sabancı ARF (Almost Ready to Fly) is Sabancı Holding’s accelerator program offering a 20-week training and mentorship track to help startups develop prototypes, build customer connections, and increase invoicing. In its second cohort the program deployed follow-on seed investments totaling 39,650,000 TL (reported as roughly 40 million TL) across six startups, with Sabancı Holding taking minority equity stakes. The six funded companies were Carbon Centrum, Inodash, Nanoterial, Rumitech, Text2Test and UptechLabs, each focused respectively on autonomous CO2 footprint tracking and offsets; an AI-backed product-market-fit workspace; recycling lanthanide-rich permanent magnets from e-waste; converting streetlight poles into grid-independent energy and communications infrastructure; AI-driven end-to-end test generation without technical expertise; and smart LED plus hydroponic systems for energy- and water-efficient plant cultivation. With the second period, total program support reached 78,385,000 TL, and combined with the first period cumulative support is 140,000,000 TL. The program pairs capital with hands-on mentorship and market access through Sabancı Holding’s ecosystem.

Total raised

$1M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Jan 2024