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MarketsEkonomimTurkish, translatedFiled 17 h ago

Strategic opportunity for R&D and Technopark companies: Crowdfunding solution for the 3 percent investment obligation

Original headlineAr-Ge ve Teknopark şirketlerine stratejik fırsat: Yüzde 3 yatırım yükümlülüğüne kitle fonlaması çözümü

Open the sourceReported by Ekonomim, ekonomim.com, 9 November 2026

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Turkey’s Capital Markets Board raised the qualified investor financial asset threshold to TRY 50 million, opening a new route for R&D and technopark companies to meet their 3% investment obligation through crowdfunding. Ecofolio is positioning its ongoing Loopyon Water Technologies campaign and upcoming offerings as a way for corporates to convert that mandatory allocation into value-added deep-tech partnerships. The change matters because it widens the pool of eligible investors and gives large corporates a compliant, venture-style channel for directing required capital into early-stage technology. What to watch next is whether Ecofolio’s campaign pipeline draws sufficient qualified-investor demand and whether other platforms replicate the model for obligation-bound corporate investors.

Muhabbit's AI wrote this summary in its own words from Ekonomim's report and translated it from Turkish. It can get details wrong, so check the source.

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Sermaye Piyasası Kurulu, Ecofolio, Loopyon Su Teknolojileri