The Technology Development Foundation of Turkey (TTGV) is the manager of Turkey's first public-private funded program to support research, development, and technological innovation projects in the private sector. TTGV is administrated by a private sector majority public-private board and is fully independent and transparent in daily operations. Since 1991, the Foundation has managed over US$0.5 billion in public funds through various programs. As a part of innovation ecosystem, TTGV serves to improve the capacity of private entrepreneurship by using public and its own funds in order to:Develop and manage funds and programs Contribute with consultancy, educational, coaching and analyzing services Generate collaboration platforms to raise awareness and agenda setting Policy making and corporate knowledge sharing between local and international networks.