Nestlé Türkiye Provides 1.5 Million TL Seed Funding Support to Agricultural Initiatives

Applications have started for the Genç İşi Tarım Incubation Program, through which Nestlé Türkiye encourages young entrepreneurs to develop innovative solutions in agriculture and food. Applications, which will continue until September 28, 2026, will result in 8 initiatives being accepted into the program. At the end of the program, a total of 1.5 million TL in seed funding support will be provided to the three initiatives that place in the top ranks.

The Genç İşi Tarım program, launched by Nestlé Türkiye to contribute to the sustainable future of the agriculture and food ecosystem, continues with the Incubation Program following the Idea Marathon.

The program, aimed at early-stage initiatives developing innovative solutions to needs in the agriculture and food value chain, seeks to help teams strengthen their business models, advance their market validation, and create a concrete roadmap for sustainable growth.

Teams of at least two people, consisting of entrepreneurs aged 18-30, can apply to the program. Initiatives that have developed a prototype or minimum viable product (MVP), completed their initial customer validation, or entered the market and made their first sales can apply.

The Genç İşi Tarım Incubation Program will be held over 12 weeks between October 21, 2026 and January 20, 2027.

At the start of the program, the current status and priority development areas of the initiatives will be determined. Following the needs analysis, a personalized development roadmap will be created for each team.

Within the scope of the program, initiatives will;

Financial planning and projection

Brand positioning

Sales and business development

Presentation skills

Customer and needs validation

Development of the value proposition

Strengthening the business and revenue model

Market entry and growth strategies

participate in training sessions and workshops on topics such as these.

Initiatives will also benefit from one-on-one mentoring sessions with Nestlé professionals and field experts. In addition to the mentoring support to be provided in the areas of strategy, finance, marketing, operations and business development, three development follow-up meetings will be held throughout the program.

At the end of the 12-week program, which will be carried out in application partnership with Impact Hub Istanbul and Foodback, initiatives will present the solutions and business models they have developed, along with the progress they have made throughout the program, to the evaluation board at the Demo Day event.

As a result of the evaluation;

750 thousand TL to the first-place initiative

500 thousand TL to the second-place initiative

250 thousand TL to the third-place initiative

a total of 1.5 million TL in seed funding support will be provided.

The first-place team will also have the opportunity to receive business development mentoring from Nestlé experts for three months. All initiatives that complete the program will be offered visibility and access to ecosystem connections support.

Applications for the Genç İşi Tarım Incubation Program will continue until September 28, 2026.

The program's participation conditions, process details and application form can be accessed through Nestlé Türkiye's Genç İşi Tarım page.