High school, university and above level teams that have applied to the competitions organized within TEKNOFEST between 2018 and 2023 will be able to participate in the TEKNOFEST Startup Competition. Initiative themes; Education Technologies, Health and Good Life Technologies, Transportation and Mobility Technologies, Agricultural Technologies, Communication and Communication Technologies, Tourism Technologies, Environment, Energy and Climate Technologies, Space, Aviation and Defense Technologies, Disaster Management Technologies and Barrier-Free Life Technologies.

All themes in the competition, which TEKNOFEST Competitors can participate in, consist of Pre-Incubation and Acceleration categories. In the Pre-Incubation category, teams that have an initiative idea or are developing their product will be evaluated in this category. At this stage, there will be no requirement for the initiative to be established or incorporated. In the acceleration phase, teams that have transformed their project into a testable product and established a company related to these projects will be evaluated with their presentations.

Over 7 million TRY in total will be awarded to the participants in the competition, which aims to include TEKNOFEST competitors in the startup ecosystem, to commercialize the projects developed in technology competitions and to contribute to the National Technology Initiative with the projects that turn into initiatives.