Growth Summit İstanbul 2026
Growth Summit İstanbul · 2026
Where growth meets in person.
Friday, 12 June 2026
09:30 — 17:00 · GMT+3
Kolektif House Levent
İstanbul, Türkiye
About This Event
Two hundred founders, investors and operators in one room.
One day to skip a year of cold intros.
Growth Summit İstanbul is the first edition of helo.land Growth’s flagship live gathering and the in person closing of Season 01.
Seven panels. One stage. No parallel tracks. Every conversation in front of every seat.
THE ROOM
Two hundred curated seats across founders, investors and operators.
The room is built together with founder networks, fund partners and operator communities across the region.
• Growth stage founders
• Venture capital and angel networks
• Operators and ecosystem builders
WHAT YOU WALK OUT WITH
01 · Pipeline acceleration
Warm introductions, curated networking and a single stage format designed for high context conversations.
02 · A read on capital
Hear directly from the investors actively deploying capital in this cycle.
03 · Operating playbooks
Lessons on AI, scaling, expansion and capital efficiency from founders building in real time.
ON THE FLOOR
Fintech · AI · Gaming · Tech investment
LINEUP — confirmed so far
Enis Hulli — e2VC
Özge Öz — QNBeyond Ventures
Şeyhmus Ölker — Megafortuna
Murat Ödemiş — Univenn Studio
Tuğrul Ağırbaş — Genwise
Gökhan Akar — Onicorn
Orhan Bayram — helo.land
More announced soon.
ACCESS
Free, by application.
Seats are curated and reviewed by the helo.land team.
Applying does not guarantee attendance.
PARTNERS
Lead Partner — BytePlus
Associate Partners — Redington · AWS · Univenn
Support Partners — Karaçam & Şir · Aposto Communications · Foundern
Hosted by helo.land Growth.
[email protected]
Agenda
09:30 · Arrival
Registration and structured networking.
10:00 · Lead Partner opening remarks
BytePlus × helo.land.
10:15 · Associate Partner introductions
Redington · AWS · Univenn.
10:35 · Panel 01 — Growth capital
Who is getting funded, and who is not.
11:05 · Panel 02 — Fintech after Series A
Scaling with institutional capital.
11:35 · Coffee break
11:50 · Panel 03 — The Corporate Lens
How holdings build with founders.
12:20 · Networking lunch
13:35 · Panel 04 — Built for millions
The app studio playbook in the AI era.
14:05 · Panel 05 — Turkey’s gaming decade
From local hits to global studios.
14:35 · Coffee break
14:50 · Panel 06 — The exit conversation
When, how and how much preparation it takes.
15:20 · Panel 07 — Where this is all going
Investors and founders on stage together.
16:00 · Closing reception
BytePlus × helo.land.
17:00 · Reception closes
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