Garanti BBVA Partners Tech Program Launches Its 10th Cohort
Five startups—Eriklabs, Text2Test, Rudiq, Freya, and Fraud.com—have been selected for the 10th cohort of the Garanti BBVA Partners Tech Program. Working in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and blockchain, they will benefit from six months of mentorship, collaboration, and growth opportunities.
The startups were chosen following an application and evaluation process by a jury that included Ali Karabey (212), Prof. Dr. Attila Dikbaş (İTÜ ARI Teknokent), Dr. Çağla Gül Şenkardeş (Istanbul Bilgi University), İsa İnci (Nextven), Kerem Bozokluoğlu (Logo Ventures), Mustafa Şen (GT Payment Systems), Özerk Şener (Jupiter), Sibel Kaya (Garanti BBVA), and Uğur Kaplan (GT AI Factory). Over the six-month acceleration program, they will receive office space, tailored mentorship, opportunities to collaborate with Garanti BBVA and its subsidiaries, advertising and PR support, training and seminars, and advantageous banking products and services.
Garanti BBVA Executive Vice President Sibel Kaya said entrepreneurs need more than just financing—sometimes knowledge, the right connections, visibility, or encouragement. Rather than offering a standard acceleration model, she said, Partners Tech takes a more selective, focused, and tailored approach that recognizes each startup’s distinct needs, combining mentorship, training, and collaboration with Garanti BBVA’s corporate expertise and ecosystem network. “We believe technology startups emerging from Türkiye will grow into powerful global success stories, and we are glad to stand alongside them on that journey,” she said, adding that this year’s solutions—spanning generative AI, cybersecurity, blockchain, and next-generation customer experience—reflect the level Türkiye’s tech entrepreneurship has reached.
Running since 2015, the Garanti BBVA Partners acceleration program has supported 65 technology startups to date.
The 10th-cohort startups
- Eriklabs develops solutions that automate testing operations end-to-end using AI, offering LLM-powered test automation, performance and device testing, and QA consultancy to speed up software development.
- Text2Test is building an AI-based platform that lets even non-technical users run software tests through natural-language commands.
- Rudiq uses blockchain to convert real-world assets such as real estate and energy into digital tokens, enabling fractional ownership and broader investor access to high-value, low-liquidity assets.
- Freya develops LLM-powered AI voice assistants that hold natural conversations, replacing traditional IVR systems with human-like communication to improve customer experience and operational efficiency.
- Fraud.com provides identity and biometric verification, transaction monitoring, and fraud orchestration solutions for banks and financial institutions, strengthening security across the digital customer journey while keeping the experience seamless.