Kerem Uygurmen

Inventram is a hi-tech investment company, part of Koç Group, the largest Group of Turkey. It operates within the fields of intellectual property rights management, early stage equity investment and trading. It provides finance and management support for innovative ideas and projects coming from entrepreneurs, inventors and SME segment firms. İnventram’s objective is to commercialize innovative technological inventions with the best possible business models, so that intellectual capital will be converted into products and services that will promote society’s standard of living. The fund offers support in 11 major technology areas, including automotive, energy, information and communication, internet and mobile services, biotechnology and health, environmental technologies, consumer durables, defense industry, materials science and chemistry, agriculture and food technologies. The company has an Advisory Board of 57 highly experienced professionals and academics in their respective fields of expertise. As of the third quarter of 2014, Inventram has received over 3000 startup applications and projects. Out of that, Company has made 3 start-up investments, 13 technology commercializations and 37 patent investments to license.