BOARD OF ADVISORS
Sports Startups Accelerator Program is the first İstanbul-based Accelerator Program initiated by Sinan Güler, Turkish Professional Basketball Player and Business Angel, in order to support the development of sports and entrepreneurship ecosystems, with an objective of bringing international Startups having sports-based products or services together with international potential partners, mentors and investors.
Sports Startups Accelerator Program aims to help the growth of sports Startups that operate in different technology areas and offer solutions to sports-based problems, to introduce investors to the national and global sports entrepreneurs, and to bring selected Startups together with Turkey’s sports ecosystem stakeholders.
Startups working on either of the below-mentioned areas:
can apply.
Meet with international startups, potential clients, strategic partners and investors
Work with successful and selected startups and mentors
Come together with best startups in their fields and sports ecosystem actors
Take advantage of being a part of international network of investors, mentors and startups
Catch the investment opportunities you have targeted and dreamed of
The explanations regarding the Sports Startups Accelerator Program (“Program”) conducted by Güler Biz Spor ve Eğitim Limited Şirketi (“Güler Biz), the conditions of accession to the Program and Program rules regulating the relationship between the applicants (“Applicants”) are specified under this application specification.
All the individuals and companies and their competent representatives which will apply to the Program are obliged to read and confirm all the explanations present in this specification and on the Program website (www.accelerator.sinanguler.com) and fill up the application form on the Program website completely and correctly. Hereby all the Applicants are deemed to declare and guarantee that they have accepted all the stated terms and conditions with their express consent along with the correctness of the information supplied by them.
Sports Startups Accelerator Program, is the first accelerator program based in Istanbul initiated with the aim of bringing the Startups and the international potential partners, mentors and investors together in order to support the development of sport and entrepreneurship ecosystem.
In this context, Sports Startups Accelerator Program aims to help the growth of Startups operating in different technological fields and providing a solution to sport-oriented problems, to introduce investors to national and global sport entrepreneurs and to bring the chosen enterprises and partners of the sport ecosystem of our country together.
1. The applications for accession to the Program shall be accepted through the application form (“Application Form”) present on the Program website (https://www.accelerator.sinanguler.biz). Any application that may be claimed to be made through other ways will not even be taken under review.
2. The language of the Program shall be either Turkish or English. The application form present on the Program website and other documents requested in this Specification may be prepared in either of these two languages. The documents prepared in any other language will not be accepted.
3. In order to apply to Sports Startups Accelerator Program, all the conditions stated below should be fulfilled
a. If the applicant is a company; being a business duly established according to the law it is subject to or that is applied, having no obstacle or prejudice for operating and being a legal entity according to the relevant law and;
b. Being a prototype for having products or services those may provide solution to sport-oriented problems,
c. Being already developed a product or service in any of the fields listed below that are covered by the Program:
1. From the Applicants that applied to the Program and declared and guaranteed that they meet the accession conditions under this Specification, the ones that do not meet all of the accession conditions or do not meet the conditions during the Program will be eliminated. The Applicants that are eliminated from the Program accept, declare and guarantee that they will not demand anything at any time under any circumstances.
2. The Applicants accept and declare that they have shared the information requested during the application period with express consent and without involving any confidential information or business secret and they are aware of that Güler Biz may share these pieces of information with third parties and companies at any time and in this context there is no information in the application that is prejudicial for share and also reading and complying with the content of this Specification is under their responsibility.
3. The Applicants have the right to withdraw their applications until the termination of the evaluation process which follows the application process within the scope of the calendar that will be published on the Program website. The Applicants are expected to send e-mail to the address “[email protected]” with their excuses in order to withdraw the aforesaid applications.
4. The Applicants shall not make any modifications on the application form filled up over the Program website and other documents after the last day of application.
5. The Applicants accept and guarantee to provide Güler Biz any additional information or documents if required.
6. The Applicants accept and guarantee that they do not violate the intellectual property rights of third parties in any ways while fulfilling the obligations specified under this Specification and/or within the scope of the products and services in the Program applications.
7. In the event that an applicant applies to the Program on behalf of a company, the applicant is responsible for having the relevant authority. Within this period, in the case that it is found out that the applicant which has made the aforementioned application does not have the relevant authority, the applicant knows and accepts that the related application will be deleted automatically and Güler Biz will not have any responsibility.
8. The Applicants may apply to the Program with their different products more than once. However, in this case, this situation should be indicated in the relevant note present at the last part of the application form.
9. More than one startup may apply to the Program with a product they created mutually. However, in this case, they are expected to indicate this situation in the relevant note present at the last part of the application form. Additionally, in such a case, the Applicants accept that Güler Biz shall not have any role or responsibility regarding the regulation, protection or possession of the intellectual property rights or other similar issues between the Applicants.
10. The Applicants agree (i) to attend the Education Camp which will be carried out in Istanbul within the scope of the calendar and method to be formed by Güler Biz in case that they are chosen during the program process and (ii) to create the Investor Presentation file by meeting and working with the mentors and/or educators at least six ( 6) days a week until the Investor Presentation Day (“Demoday”) in case that they continue the process at the end of the camp and (iii) to perform the aforesaid presentation in person on the Investor Presentation Day.
11. The Applicants accept, declare and guarantee that in the case that they obtain investment from any company, fund or similar structure and/or make an agreement for a service, cooperation etc. in twenty-four (24) months following the Demoday within the scope of the Program, they will be obliged to notify Güler Biz about the aforesaid development and they will provide share option right to Sinan Güler over the price that will be paid to them within the related investment and/or cooperation since they have been given the opportunity to find the cooperation and investor by joining the Program.
12. The Applicants are aware of that they will not be able to make any request of Güler Biz or hold Güler Biz responsible for any dispute that may arise between them and any mentor, investor, consultant that they may meet and/or work with or any Program collaborator may contribute in any status at any stage of the Program.
13. The Applicants give permission for the publishing of their company logo -if available- and the information that they are involved in the Program on the Program website as well as the occurrence of their title and logo in other Program promotions in line with the purpose of the Program in case that they are chosen in the Program process and invited to the Education Camp. In the case that more than one startup applies to the Program with one product and the application is chosen proper to this Specification, the logo of each company supplied to Güler Biz may be included on Program website and on all other relevant Program promotions, with the written consent of all companies.
14. The Applicants also give permission for the promotion and use of the products/services which they have applied to the Program with, along with their names, company names and logos in the case that they are chosen during the Program process.
15. The Applicants accept the publishing of all images and videos that may be taken/recorded by Güler Biz within the scope of the Program or that may be delivered to Güler Biz by any partner or Program collaborator. Güler Biz reserves the right to upload the aforesaid videos or images to the Program website and to publish them in social media accounts of the Program.
16. Güler Biz and the Applicants accept and guarantee that they will process and protect the data that will be given by the other party within the scope of the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 (“PPD Law”) proper to the PPD Law.
17. Güler Biz reserves the right to make any changes in this Specification and in the content, method and calendar of the Program on condition that it notifies by announcing clearly on the Program website or by sending electronic mail on reasonable causes.
We are kindly requesting you to read carefully of the below given Clarification Text on Protection of Personal Data and learn about our purpose of processing your personal data and your associated rights within this scope.
a) Data Controller
Your personal data shall be processed by Güler Biz Spor Ve Eğitim Hizmetleri Ltd. Şti. (“Company”), as a Data Controller, according to the below explained scope, pursuant to Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (“KVKK”).
b) Purpose of processing personal data
The personal data of our estimable online visitors to be obtained under the Application Form shall be processed by our Company with a limited manner, within the scope of Sports Startups Accelerator Program in order to evaluate the application of your company and to carry out the necessary operations related with the application, in a healthy manner.
c) Method and legal reasons for collecting personal data
The personal data to be collected from you shall be automatically processed on an electronic environment by basing on the legal ground as specified in Article 5 of the KVKK, which reads as follows: “It is necessary to process the personal data of parties of a contract, provided that the processing is directly related to the execution or performance of the contract”.
d) Personal Data Categories and Types
Within the scope of the Application Form, the below-mentioned personal data shall be obtained from you:
e) Transferring Personal Data
Your personal data as specified in (d) sub-clause of this Clarification Text shall be transferred by our Company to our business partners, suppliers and service providers residing within country, in line with accomplishment of the purposes as specified in (c) sub-clause and with a limited manner for the purpose of fulfillment of such purposes and shall be transferred to abroad, due to the reason that the server of the Application Form has been maintained within a cloud program located in abroad.
f) Your rights concerning protection of personal data as a data subject
You may communicate your requests in writing, regarding the rights of data subject regulated by Article 11 of the KVKK according to the Communiqué on Application Methods and Principles to the Data Controller to the below given address of our Company: Yeşilce Mah. Emirşah Sk. 21 2 Kağıthane/İstanbul or by e-mail to the following e-mail address: [email protected] over your personal e-mail address written on the Application Form.
As Güler Biz Spor ve Eğitim Hizmetleri Ltd. Şti. ("Sports Startups Accelerator Program"), we exercise utmost due care about your personal data. For this reason, we would like to inform you about your rights on the use and protection of your personal data within the scope of the Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (“KVKK”) in force with an aim to protect your fundamental rights and freedoms.
1. What is Personal Data?
In the KVKK, personal data is defined as any kind of information related to a natural person who is either identified or identifiable. In this regard, your name, last name, e-mail address, and phone number that you share with us are defined as personal data.
2. What is the purpose of personal data collection by Sports Startups Accelerator Program?
As Sports Startups Accelerator Program, we collect your personal information with an aim to provide you with services, fulfill our legal obligations, and inform you on campaigns, news, and recent developments within our Company and we process your personal information in this regard.
3. Why and to whom do we transfer your personal data?
We may share your personal data with our headquarters abroad, our affiliates that we collaborate at home as well as institutions and organizations collectively representing us during the period of our business relationship with them and/or our business partners that we cooperate to conduct our activities. In addition, we may share your personal data with courts and other public institutions to fulfill our legal obligations provided that such personal data sharing shall be limited thereof.
4. How do we keep your personal data?
Your personal data shared with Sports Startups Accelerator Program are kept in compliance with the applicable legal regulations, provisions of the KVKK, and Sports Startups Accelerator Program standards.
5. How long do we keep your personal data?
As Sports Startups Accelerator Program, we keep your personal data in compliance with the KVKK. We will delete or destroy your personal data, or otherwise make your personal data anonymous to continue to use when the purpose of processing personal data is no longer in effect as per Article 7/f.1 of the KVKK and/or upon expiry of the period of limitation under which we are obliged to process your personal data as per the applicable legislation.
6. What are your rights pursuant to the KVKK?
Pursuant to Article 11 of the KVKK, you are entitled to make the requests listed below by submitting an application to us regarding your personal data:
- Request to learn about whether your personal data are processed,
- Request for information on your personal data if such personal data are processed,
- Request to learn about the purpose for processing your personal data and whether such personal data are used in compliance with their intended purpose,
- Request to learn about third parties to which such personal data are transferred in Turkey or abroad,
- Request for correction of your personal data in case of incomplete or inaccurate processing of such personal data,
- Request for deletion or destruction of personal data,
- Request for notification to third parties, to which such personal data are transferred, of the processes for correction and/or deletion or destruction of your personal data in case such personal data are processed in an incomplete or an inaccurate manner,
- Raise an objection to any result against the person arising out of any analysis of such personal data exclusively by means of automated systems, and
- Claim for compensation of damages in case of damage arising out of any illegal processing of such personal data thereof.
As Sports Startups Accelerator Program, we will reply to your requests free of charge as soon as possible within 30 days based on the nature of such requests. However, in case such requests require for any additional costs, the fee stipulated in the tariff determined by the Board shall be payable.
About PROGRAM
Sports Startups Accelerator Program (“Program”) to be carried out by “Güler Biz Spor ve Eğitim Hizmetleri Limited Şirketi” trade named company (hereinafter referred to as the “Program Owner”) is an Istanbul based first program which is aiming to bring together of the new initiatives having products or services focused on the sports at an international platform with the potential partners, mentors and investors.
Within this framework, the Program aims to help the growth of initiatives that operate in different technology areas and offer solutions to the problems focused on sports, to introduce investors to national and global sports initiatives with potential and to bring these initiatives together with the stakeholders of our country's sports ecosystem.
About the Web Site
Within the context of the Program, the website https://accelerator.sinanguler.com (“Site”) was launched. All of the natural persons or legal entities (“User”) who access and/or use and/or make use of the Site (“User”) are required to carefully read these Terms of Use and Privacy Policy (“Policy”) applicable to any use of the Site.
By reading this Policy, users are informed that the necessary information about the usage and sharing of information within the scope of the Site is made to them in accordance with the Turkish Code of Commerce (Turkish Commercial Code No. 6102, Turkish Code of Obligations No. 6098, Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698) and general ethical principles. Protection and confidentiality of the information you provide to us, as the Program Owner of utmost importance for us. Due to the many possibilities and risks offered by the Internet, we would like to inform you about the following issues regarding the protection of your information about the use of our Site.
About the information shared by the User
Users of the Site accept and declare that all commercial and/or personal information (“Information”) they share with us through the Application Form within the Site or in any other way with their express consent is correct and up-to-date. In the event that such information belongs to another third party (“Third Parties”), the Program Owner shall accept that the user shares such third party information with the Program Owner as required as a result of the necessary information and consent in accordance with the relevant Law and legal arrangements and we, as the Program Owner shall not assume and accept any legal and/or criminal liability thereof.
As the Program Owner, within the scope of your information collected through the website, we will provide you gradual information, in accordance with the relevant Law and legal regulations and we will provide detailed information about our legal reason in keeping your information, the purposes for which we use your information, and the persons and/or organizations that we transfer your information to.
About connected web sites
The legal owner of this Site is the Program Owner and the legal rights of the content and/or various items within the Site belong to the Program Owner and in some cases to other third parties. Any copying, unauthorized copying or imitation of the contents or elements of the Site is prohibited on the basis of the applicable legislations and is subject to the permission of the respective legal right holder.
The site contains links to the web sites of third parties. The Program Owner declares that it does not accept any liability or obligations for any third-party sites and/or contents and that the user cannot be held liable for any damages incurred by them.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
The Program Owner owns all rights exclusively. During the use of website, the right to use all financial rights (processing, reproduction, dissemination, representation, publication by means of sound and/or image transfer) and moral rights are automatically and exclusively belong to the Program Owner with the authorization of transfer to third parties since creating of works. However, in all cases, Users shall provide any financial rights transfer document that will be obtained from third parties regarding the transfer of the Program Owner, and accept and undertake to sign all kinds of documents required.
Cookies
Program Owner uses cookies, within the scope of the Site, some of which are mandatory and the detailed information on the use of cookies may be reviewed in the Cookie Policies text of the Website.
Changes on the Web Site
The Program Owner may at any time modify and change this Policy, any legal and/or other texts, any technical elements, contents or features contained within the site. Any such changes shall be deemed to be valid upon the publication of the same on the Site and it is the personal responsibility of the users to carry out the necessary examinations and readings regarding such changes and the Program Owner shall not have any legal and/or criminal liability in this context.
Contact
You can contact with us through the “Contact ”section of the Site or directly by sending an e-mail to [email protected] to share any comments and suggestions about the policy or to ask your questions.
The explanations regarding the Sports Startups Accelerator Program (“Program”) conducted by Güler Biz Spor ve Eğitim Limited Şirketi (“Güler Biz), the conditions of accession to the Program and Program rules regulating the relationship between the applicants (“Applicants”) are specified under this application specification.
All the individuals and companies and their competent representatives which will apply to the Program are obliged to read and confirm all the explanations present in this specification and on the Program website (www.accelerator.sinanguler.com) and fill up the application form on the Program website completely and correctly. Hereby all the Applicants are deemed to declare and guarantee that they have accepted all the stated terms and conditions with their express consent along with the correctness of the information supplied by them.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Sports Startups Accelerator Program, is the first accelerator program based in Istanbul initiated with the aim of bringing the Startups and the international potential partners, mentors and investors together in order to support the development of sport and entrepreneurship ecosystem.
In this context, Sports Startups Accelerator Program aims to help the growth of Startups operating in different technological fields and providing a solution to sport-oriented problems, to introduce investors to national and global sport entrepreneurs and to bring the chosen enterprises and partners of the sport ecosystem of our country together.
CONDITIONS OF ACCESSION TO THE PROGRAM
1. The applications for accession to the Program shall be accepted through the application form (“Application Form”) present on the Program website (https://www.accelerator.sinanguler.biz). Any application that may be claimed to be made through other ways will not even be taken under review.
2. The language of the Program shall be either Turkish or English. The application form present on the Program website and other documents requested in this Specification may be prepared in either of these two languages. The documents prepared in any other language will not be accepted.
3. In order to apply to Sports Startups Accelerator Program, if the applicant is a company; it is required to be a business duly established according to the law it is subject to or that is applied, to have no obstacle or prejudice for operating and to be a legal entity according to the relevant law
I. PROGRAM RULES
1. From the Applicants that applied to the Program and declared and guaranteed that they meet the accession conditions under this Specification, the ones that do not meet all of the accession conditions or do not meet the conditions during the Program will be eliminated. The Applicants that are eliminated from the Program accept, declare and guarantee that they will not demand anything at any time under any circumstances.
2. The Applicants accept and declare that they have shared the information requested during the application period with express consent and without involving any confidential information or business secret and they are aware of that Güler Biz may share these pieces of information with third parties and companies at any time and in this context there is no information in the application that is prejudicial for share and also reading and complying with the content of this Specification is under their responsibility.
3. The Applicants have the right to withdraw their applications until the termination of the evaluation process which follows the application process within the scope of the calendar that will be published on the Program website. The Applicants are expected to send e-mail to the address “[email protected]” with their excuses in order to withdraw the aforesaid applications.
4. The Applicants shall not make any modifications on the application form filled up over the Program website and other documents after the last day of application.
5. The Applicants accept and guarantee to provide Güler Biz any additional information or documents if required.
6. The Applicants accept and guarantee that they do not violate the intellectual property rights of third parties in any ways while fulfilling the obligations specified under this Specification.
7. In the event that an applicant applies to the Program on behalf of a company, the applicant is responsible for having the relevant authority. Within this period, in the case that it is found out that the applicant which has made the aforementioned application does not have the relevant authority, the applicant knows and accepts that the related application will be deleted automatically and Güler Biz will not have any responsibility.
8. The Applicants accept the publishing of all images and videos that may be taken/recorded by Güler Biz within the scope of the Program or that may be delivered to Güler Biz by any partner or Program collaborator. Güler Biz reserves the right to upload the aforesaid videos or images to the Program website and to publish them in social media accounts of the Program.
9. Güler Biz and the Applicants accept and guarantee that they will process and protect the data that will be given by the other party within the scope of the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 (“PPD Law”) proper to the PPD Law.
10. Güler Biz reserves the right to make any changes in this Specification and in the content, method and calendar of the Program on condition that it notifies by announcing clearly on the Program website or by sending electronic mail on reasonable causes.
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