Teens In Innovation

Name

Teens In Innovation

Legal name

TEINN - Teens In Innovation

Website

https://teinn.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Teens In Innovation (TEINN) is a Turkish non-profit operating Turkey's largest high school entrepreneurship network, delivering a free 6-week online curriculum and digital tool kit to 10,000+ students across 500+ schools, funded through corporate sponsorships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Istanbul

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Educational Programs - Free for Students: The Kaşif Program is provided completely free of charge to high school students. The organization covers program costs through corporate sponsorships, CSR partnerships, and institutional funding rather than charging participants.
2. Institutional/Corporate Partnerships: Revenue is generated through partnerships with corporations who sponsor programs in exchange for youth engagement, brand visibility, and CSR alignment. Organizations like Arz Portföy and TurkInvest provide sponsorship and project partnership opportunities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Teens In Innovation (TEINN) delivers free entrepreneurship education programs and digital learning tools to high school students in Turkey. Its flagship is the 6-week Kaşif Programı (Explorer Program) with 11 interactive online sessions covering ideation, business modeling, AI tools, networking, and investor exposure. It is complemented by a proprietary digital toolkit of five tools including a gamified learning game, a content repository for educators, a digital canvas workspace, an event management system, and an AI assistant.

Product overview

Teens In Innovation (TEINN) operates a platform-plus-modules architecture centered on its core TEINN Kaşif Programı (Explorer Program) — a 6-week intensive entrepreneurship education program for high school students with 11 interactive sessions. Supporting this core program is the Dijital Alet Çantası (Digital Tool Kit), a suite of five supplementary digital tools: Girişimcilik Tabusu (an educational taboo game with 500+ entrepreneurship concepts), İçerik Havuzu (a content repository with 100+ presentations and videos for educators), TEINN Kanvas (a digital canvas tool for business model and value proposition creation), eKatılımcı (an event participant management system with QR check-in), and TEINN GPT (an AI-powered assistant for entrepreneurship questions). The company also offers services for schools, institutions, and communities including training programs, networking events, and project partnerships.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TEINN Kaşif Programı: 6-week intensive entrepreneurship training program with 11 interactive sessions designed for high school students, following the motto 'Discover - Design - Develop'.
• TEINN Dijital Alet Çantası

Products and services

• TEINN Kaşif Programı (Explorer Program) A 6-week intensive entrepreneurship education program for high school students (ages 14-18) featuring 11 interactive online sessions covering orientation, idea discovery, business model canvas, networking, entrepreneur and investor talks, AI tools exploration, and an Ideathon. Graduates receive TEINN certification and a pathway to advanced incubation programs. Free for participants.
• Girişimcilik Tabusu (Entrepreneurship Taboo) A digital gamified learning game that teaches entrepreneurship concepts through taboo-style team gameplay. Includes 500+ concepts and score tracking, designed for high school students and educators as a supplementary learning tool.
• İçerik Havuzu (Content Pool) A digital content repository providing entrepreneurship training materials (presentations, videos, downloadable documents) to educators. Includes 100+ presentations as a free resource.
• TEINN Kanvas (Canvas) A digital workspace for creating business model canvases, value proposition canvases, and other visual project planning tools, with export functionality. Targeted at student entrepreneurs and educators.
• eKatılımcı A digital event and program participant management system featuring QR code quick check-in and certificate generation. Used by TEINN to manage registrations for the Kaşif Program and other events.
• TEINN GPT An AI-powered conversational assistant that answers entrepreneurship-related questions and helps users develop business ideas. Available 24/7 in Turkish language, providing domain-specialized support for student entrepreneurs.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10,000+ students engaged in entrepreneurship education
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• DECA: International student organization preparing high school and college students for careers in business, finance, hospitality, and entrepreneurship. Comparable because both serve high-school students with structured entrepreneurship/leadership programming and large school-network distribution.
• Junior Achievement Turkey (JA Turkey): Turkish affiliate of JA Worldwide delivering entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and work-readiness programs to K-12 students across Turkey. The most directly comparable competitor operating in TEINN's home market with overlapping school networks and curriculum focus.
• Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE): Non-profit focused specifically on entrepreneurship education for young people from under-resourced communities, with classroom curricula and competitions. Highly comparable to TEINN in target audience (youth), delivery model (structured programs + tools), and outcome focus (idea generation and business basics).
• Girişimcilik Vakfı (Entrepreneurship Foundation of Turkey): Turkish foundation supporting entrepreneurship education and the startup ecosystem across Turkey. Comparable as a domestically-rooted Turkish organization promoting entrepreneurship to young people and operating with similar corporate sponsorship and CSR models.
• Technovation (formerly Iridescent): Global tech entrepreneurship program for girls and young women including curriculum, mentorship, and a competition. Comparable in delivering structured entrepreneurship programs with digital tools to youth, especially in underserved communities.

Broad incumbents

• Enactus: International non-profit mobilizing university students to develop entrepreneurial projects addressing social issues. Comparable in mission (youth entrepreneurship for impact) though Enactus focuses on university students and operates a global competition format.
• Junior Achievement (JA Worldwide): Global non-profit delivering entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and work-readiness programs to K-12 students. JA is the most direct global incumbent in youth entrepreneurship education and serves as the natural benchmark for TEINN's program model and scale ambition.
• Ashoka Youth Venture: Part of Ashoka, supporting young people to launch social ventures and changemaking initiatives. Comparable in building a national pipeline of young changemakers with entrepreneurship skills, though Ashoka's lens is broader (social innovation) than TEINN's pure entrepreneurship focus.

Emerging players

• Startup Weekend EDU / Techstars Startup Weekend: Event-based entrepreneurship programs (54-hour build weekends) including EDU-flavored variants for student founders. Comparable in using events (including ideathons-style formats, which TEINN also runs) to drive youth into entrepreneurship experiences.

Regional players

• Young Enterprise (UK): UK-based charity providing entrepreneurship education programs to young people aged 4-24 through schools. Comparable in structured youth entrepreneurship programming and school partnerships, though operating primarily in the UK rather than Turkey.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/teensininnovation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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