Advice shaped by delivery, not just theory.

“He helped us turn a technology into a business: sharpening our business model and go-to-market, shaping our funding strategy, and supporting us through our seed round. More recently, he reviewed our Series A materials the way an investor would: direct, specific and in order of impact. Gokhan understands both sides of the table, founders and investors, and tells you what you need to hear rather than what you want to hear.”

“In our case, he gave the necessary “tough love” that helped us make a crucial pivot at the right time. His guidance has been invaluable in shaping our investment and commercialisation strategy, and his encouragement during harder funding periods helped us keep momentum.”

“Gokhan is an all-round champion when it comes to supporting technology start-ups. He is a leader who works with start-ups to help them become investment-ready through business modelling, pitch preparation, guidance on commercialisation of new technologies, and investor introductions.”

“Gokhan's support made a real difference in helping us get the most out of our TDAP programme. He's seen and studied a huge range of startups, and it shows in the way he helped us to think about innovation, commercialisation, and business model development.”

“Gokhan has been a great support during his time at APC. This has seen us transition from proof of concept to revenue with a new technology in a short time with wider input from the APC team.”

“Gokhan has been very supportive to us as the APC-side lead on our TDAP programme, providing his input and guidance on developing and scaling products. Gokhan is always approachable and puts time and energy into supporting development of SMEs; his enthusiasm for this is clear.”

“Gokhan proved himself to be an excellent business development consultant when working with me on a new product development project for my business. He was consistently helpful and professional throughout, and instrumental in securing the funds required for the project.”

“The business development support that I received from Gokhan was instrumental in helping me secure approval for an ERDF Smart Concept grant. Gokhan is an eloquent business consultant and was exceptionally good at getting me to explain my concept in commercial layman's terms which non-technical financial decision-makers would understand.”