Accelerator
Sabancı ARF (Almost Ready to Fly)
Sabancı ARF (Almost Ready to Fly) is Sabancı Holding's accelerator for outside founders and group employees. The 20-week program offers tracks by team maturity in energy and climate, advanced materials and digital technologies, ending with investor pitches. In the first two cohorts, 30 startups each received 30 thousand dollars in cash. The 5th cohort opens in Q4 2026.
See your fitKey facts
- Organiser
- Sabancı Holding
- Cycle
- 5. Dönem
- Amount
- $30,000 · Investment
- Open to
- Türkiye
- Stages
- Pre-seed, Seed
- Sectors
- AI and machine learning, Climate and energy, Cybersecurity, Deeptech and hardware, Healthtech, HR and future of work, B2B SaaS
4 details are locked
See your fit: whether you qualify, the official application form, and Autopilot to fill it in for you. Equity, fees, format and location open with it.
See your fitKey questions about Sabancı ARF (Almost Ready to Fly)
Who can apply to Sabancı ARF (Almost Ready to Fly)?
Sabancı ARF (Almost Ready to Fly) is aimed at startups at these stages: Pre-seed and Seed. Eligible locations: Türkiye. Only startups in these sectors qualify: AI and machine learning, Climate and energy, Cybersecurity, Deeptech and hardware, Healthtech, HR and future of work, and B2B SaaS.
When is the Sabancı ARF (Almost Ready to Fly) deadline?
Cycle: 5. Dönem. Next cycles: 5th cohort applications expected in the last quarter of 2026.
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Verified on November 10, 2026 against the official page.