23-24-25 OCTOBER | ISTANBUL | INVITE-ONLY

Join us at the GO! GLOBAL Türkiye Summit, where daring startups unite with world-renowned investors to build legendary, generational companies.

SPONSORED BY 

Digital task force members

Are you ready to GO! GLOBAL?

GO! GLOBAL SUMMIT 2024 brings together Türkiye’s most promising startups and leading global venture capital firms. This summit offers Turkish founders a unique opportunity to connect with world-class investors, present their bold ideas, and gain insights from seasoned entrepreneurs. We’re seeking creators, challengers, and independent thinkers—founders ready to disrupt industries and drive real change. For investors, this is an opportunity to engage early, recognizing that pivotal decisions can have a lasting impact. Investors will connect with a curated group of driven founders, each ready to scale their vision globally. Join us in our relentless pursuit to build legendary, generational companies.

Investors joining GO! GLOBAL

Pieter Kemps

Partner, Surge

Joe De Pinho

Partner

Sascha Guenther

Managing Director & Head of DACH

Tristan Lacroix

Head of M&A

Yusuf Özdalga

Partner, Head of UK & Europe

Yusuf Özdalga

Partner, Head of UK & Europe

Onur Aydın

Managing Director

Onur Aydın

Managing Director

Nick Huber

General Partner

Mohammed Ahmed Al-Hardan

Head of Technology

Alexandre Lazarow

Managing Partner

Eylül Kayın

Partner

Anthony Doeh

Partner

Bernard-Louis Roques

General Partner & Co-Founder

Ebetuel Palleres Venegas

Founder and Managing Director

Fadi Ghandour

Founder and CEO

Monik Pham

Founding Partner

Monik Pham

Founding Partner

Helene Falchier

Partner

Helene Falchier

Partner

Sinath Kim

Senior Principal

Carl El Hage

Manager

Simone Tedeschi

Partner

Andrew Maus

Managing Director

Emmanuel DeSouza

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Marcus Clover

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Memet Yazıcı

Senior Managing Director

Udayan Goyal

Managing Partner

Ufuk Demirci

Global Head, Venture Capital Funds

Ufuk Demirci

Global Head, Venture Capital Funds

Kevin Weil

CPO

Kevin Weil

CPO

Program

DAY I – Closed Session for Selected Startups

08:30 – 09:00

Registration and Welcome Coffee

09:00 – 09:15

Welcome and Agenda
Overview

09:15 – 10:30

Workshop 1: Fundraising Masterclass

10:30 – 10:45

Coffee Break

10:45 – 12:30

Workshop 2: GTM Strategy
for Global Scale

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch

13:30 – 14:30

Workshop 3: Creating a Global Company

14:30 – 15:00

Coffee & Networking

All Day

Arrival of Guests

08:30 – 09:00

Registration & Welcome Coffee

09:15 – 10:30

Workshop 1: Fundraising Masterclass

10:45 – 12:30

Workshop 2: GTM Strategy
for Global Scale

13:30 – 14:30

Workshop 3: Creating a Global Company

All Day

Arrival of Guests 

09:00 – 09:15

Welcome and Agenda
Overview

10:30 – 10:45

Coffee Break

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch

14:30 – 15:00

Coffee & Networking

DAY II

09:00 – 09:40

Registration & Breakfast

09:40 – 10:00

The New Super-Cycle: Artificial Intelligence

Kevin Weil, CPO, Open AI
Cem Garih, Formus Capital

10:00 – 10:30

Opening Remarks

Hande Çilingir, TAİK Digital Task Force Leader
Murat Özyeğin, Chairman, Türkiye–U.S. Business Council (TAİK)

10:30 – 11:00

Keynote Remarks

H.E. Mehmet Fatih Kacır, Minister of Industry and Technology of the Republic of Türkiye

 

11:00 – 11:20

Fireside Chat: Potential of the Region and Opportunity

Fadi Ghandour, Founder & CEO, Wamda Capital
Aslı Kurul Türkmen, Managing Director, Endeavor

11:20 – 11:35

Coffee Break

11:35 – 12:15

Panel I: Investor Panel

Investing in Early-Stage Companies: Building the Foundation for Global Success

12:15 – 12:45

Panel 2: Founder Panel

Scaling Globally – Lessons from Successful Founders

12:45 – 13:45

Networking Lunch

13:45 – 14:25

Panel 3: Investment Panel
Navigating Late-Stage Investment Focus

14:25 – 14:35

Turcorn100 Presentation

14:35 – 15:00

Coffee Break

09:00 – 09:40

Registration & Breakfast

10:00 – 10:30

Opening Remarks

Hande Çilingir, TAİK Digital Task Force Leader
Murat Özyeğin, Chairman, Türkiye–U.S. Business Council (TAİK)

 

11:00 – 11:20

Fireside Chat: Potential of the Region and Opportunity

Fadi Ghandour, Founder & CEO, Wamda Capital
Aslı Kurul Türkmen, Managing Director, Endeavor

11:35 – 12:15

Panel I: Investor Panel

Investing in Early-Stage Companies: Building the Foundation for Global Success

12:45 – 13:45

Networking Lunch

14:25 – 14:35

Turcorn100 Presentation

09:40 – 10:00

The New Super-Cycle: Artificial Intelligence

Kevin Weil, CPO, Open AI
Cem Garih, Formus Capital

10:30 – 11:00

Keynote Remarks

H.E. Mehmet Fatih Kacır, Minister of Industry and Technology of the Republic of Türkiye

11:20 – 11:35

Coffee Break

12:15 – 12:45

Panel 2:  Founder Panel

Scaling Globally – Lessons from Successful Founders

13:45 – 14.25

Panel 3: Investment Panel
Navigating Late Stage Investment Focus

14:35 – 15:00

Coffee Break

DAY III – Closed Session for Investors

09:00 – 11:00

Closed Breakfast With Investors
Ecosystem Presentation

11:00-12:30

One-on-one Meetings

09:00 – 11:00

Closed Breakfast With Investors
Ecosystem Presentation

11:00 – 12:00

One-on-one Meetings

Go! Global Türkiye Applications

Applications are now open to industry’s leading VCs, LPs, startups and scale-ups.

DAY 1 & DAY 2

Applications are now open to startups and scale-ups.

DAY 2

Applications are now open to industry’s leading VCs, LPs, startups and scale-ups.

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