Arke Telekom, a Türkiye-based defence and communications technology company, has secured €1 million in funding from ACT Venture Partners, a venture capital firm focused on deep technology investments. The investment will support the company’s international expansion and further development of communications solutions for unmanned systems.
Founded in 2014 by Dr. Saygun Önay and Barış Karadeniz, Arke Telekom is headquartered in Ankara, Türkiye. Önay serves as Co-founder and CEO, while Karadeniz is Co-founder and CTO. The company specialises in wireless communications, waveform development, embedded systems and related engineering technologies.
The company’s flagship technology, ArkeLink, is designed to maintain communications between unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating in environments affected by electronic warfare, signal jamming and disruptions to Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS).
ArkeLink combines software-defined radio technology with a self-forming and self-healing mesh network architecture. The system is designed to establish alternative communication routes when individual network links become unavailable, supporting connectivity in challenging operating environments.
Although defence is its primary market, Arke Telekom is also developing applications for disaster response, search and rescue, public safety and critical infrastructure operations.
The company was selected for NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) 2026 Challenge Programme under the Advanced Communication Technologies category. The programme provides participating companies with access to technical expertise, testing facilities and international networks to support the development of dual-use technologies.
With the new investment, Arke Telekom plans to introduce ArkeLink to international markets and expand its product portfolio to accommodate different types of unmanned systems.
