Our team's startup Lentify wins first place in the TTO Business Plan Competition

The winners of the TTO Business Plan Competition were announced on 10 February 2026 at the Patent Commercialization Launch Program, held at the Gebze Technical University (GTÜ) Congress and Cultural Center. Lentify, a spin-off startup run by our team, took first place and a prize of 100,000 TL.

Lentify is an early-stage startup run by our PIs, Asst. Prof. Ümit Barış Kutman and Asst. Prof. Bahar Yıldız Kutman, together with research assistant Rıfat Buğra Bildiri and PhD student Kübra Tutkun Akdeniz. We congratulate the Lentify team and wish them continued success.

Source: GTÜ Institute of Biotechnology