The Big Bang Startup Challenge has won the Silver Award at the Brandverse Awards 2024
The results of the Brandverse Awards 2024, organised in cooperation with Marketing Türkiye Magazine and BoomSonar, have been announced. Big Bang Startup Challenge 2023, which has been identifying the best new startups through ITU ARI Teknokent’s 360-degree support incubator centre ITU Çekirdek for 12 years, won the Silver Award in the B2B category of the Event Management section under the PR main category.
The winners of the Brandverse Awards organised by Marketing Türkiye and BoomSonar have been announced. The Big Bang Startup Challenge 2023, Turkey’s largest entrepreneurship event organised by ITU ARI Teknokent’s ITU Çekirdek incubator centre, won the Silver Award in the B2B category of the Event Management section under the PR main category. Thousands of brands were evaluated with the expertise of Deloitte Turkey for the Brandverse Awards.
Big Bang reached 20 million people
The Big Bang Startup Challenge, which took place last December, reached 6 million users through social media and 2.5 million accounts through influencer collaborations, with communication starting three months in advance. Print and visual media coverage before and after the event reached a total of 20 million people. Event management was handled by Dream Design Factory (DDF), digital communications by Salt İletişim and PR activities by Brandworks İletişim Danışmanlığı.
A record-breaking event
Over 4,000 technology enthusiasts attended the Big Bang Startup Challenge. Throughout the two-day event, startup booths and experience areas greeted visitors in the foyer. On the first day of the event, the top 50 startups of 2023 were showcased on eight different vertical stages. In addition to the demo day, Big Bang was a focal point for the entrepreneurship ecosystem and technology enthusiasts with a concert by Mustafa Sandal, DJ performances and stage shows specially prepared for the 100th anniversary of our republic. In 2022, awards, cash and investments worth TL 341 million were announced on the Big Bang stage, which tripled to TL 1.28 billion last year.
Big Bang 2024 is coming
The countdown has begun for the next edition of Turkey’s, and indeed the region’s, largest entrepreneurship event. This year’s event will take place in December and is expected to feature numerous successful start-ups, a record-breaking amount of funds announced for start-ups and two packed days.
Full details of the event can be found at [http://bigbang.itucekirdek.com](http://bigbang.itucekirdek.com)