Ventures and entrepreneurs supported by Sabancı University Entrepreneurship Council's pre-incubation center SUCool enjoy great success in Turkey and the world. Raklet, a SUCool-supported venture, was accepted to Microsoft's venture acceleration center and will work at Microsoft Ventures in Berlin for three months. Raklet will also make a presentation in the Demo Day on June 29, 2016 in Berlin.
Raklet also found the opportunity to participate in Hannover Messe, one of the most influential trade shows in the business, and meet with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Following appointments with US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Satya Nadella met with startups in the Microsoft Ventures Accelerator. One of the ventures that had a 45-minute appointment with Satya Nadella was Raklet. To date, 80% of Microsoft Ventures startups received an average funding of 2.1 million dollars.
Raklet’s appointment with Satya Nadella focused on 1 billion dollars of Azure Cloud support provided to foundations, associations and universities through Microsoft Philantrophies, and how Raklet helped these institutions develop. Raklet founder and Galatasaray University faculty member Assistant Professor Gönen Eren said, “Raklet enables institutions to build their own social network and increase their revenues, which leads to growth, development, and more benefits to the society."
About Raklet:
Raklet is an integrated social platform that enables associations, foundations and nongovernmental organizations to keep their membership information current, send emails and text messages, collect membership fees and donations, and sell event tickets.