Paris: Trkiye has brought 26 technology startups to the VivaTech 2026 fair in France, Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacir said Thursday.
According to Anadolu Agency, VivaTech 2026, one of Europe's largest technology and entrepreneurship events, runs through June 20 and brings together companies, investors, and innovation leaders from around the world. The Ministry of Industry and Technology and the Presidency's Investment and Finance Office are participating in the event with a Trkiye pavilion.
Speaking during a visit to the pavilion, Kacir stated that 14 of the 26 participating startups are part of the Turcorn 100 program, which supports Turkish technology companies with the potential to achieve valuations exceeding $1 billion. "We are at the VivaTech technology summit in France. This is a platform where technology startups from around the world meet and connect with investors," Kacir mentioned.
He further explained that the startups are presenting their products and services to investors, promoting both their businesses and Trkiye's technology ecosystem. "As the Ministry of Industry and Technology, together with our Presidency Investment and Finance Office, we support the participation of Trkiye's technology startups in international platforms under the Turcorn 100 program," he added.
Kacir highlighted that Trkiye's innovation ecosystem now includes more than 13,000 technology startups operating in 114 technoparks, including nearly 3,000 early-stage ventures. "Our goal is to see 100,000 technology startups established in Trkiye by 2030 and to increase the valuation of our Turcorns, Turkish technology ventures worth more than $1 billion, to $100 billion," he revealed.
He concluded by emphasizing that Trkiye would continue to advance its National Technology Initiative under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "We will continue to strengthen our ambition to be a country that develops its own domestic and national technology products and services with its own resources and people and can offer them competitively to the world," Kacir concluded.