1 April 2022
Huge resources are concentrated in the leading ecosystems of the world, which have a positive impact on the development of global startups, attracting the best personnel from around the world, providing access to financial resources of venture and angel investments, advanced scientific achievements and developments.
It is extremely difficult to achieve the same favorable environment in each of the countries of the CIS region in a short period, however, by combining all the resources of the region, we can create a competitive startup ecosystem, which is what the Startup Central Eurasia platform is striving for.
ITU created the Startup Central Eurasia platform a year ago and today it follows the “startup” principle, flexibly adapting to the needs of its target audience. The main goal of the Startup Central Eurasia is to pool resources across the region to provide the regional innovation ecosystem with all the necessary components for its successful development and competition with the world's leading startup ecosystems.
To help startups reach the next level, the platform organizes training sessions and a Venture day, where startups can present their projects and receive an investment proposal. For its participants, the platform offers access to the database of mentors, as well as information on entering the markets of the CIS countries.
Startup Central Eurasia team is currently working on improving its services and link more startups, IT companies, accelerators, incubators, and innovation agencies to the platform. In addition, the platform tracks the most important events in the region and highlights significant moments for both IT industries and startups themselves.
The alliances will focus their work on artificial intelligence, fintech, business process outsourcing, education and venture capital financing. The main goal is to strengthen competitiveness of the participating countries in these areas by creating and developing joint projects.
In April 2022, the alliances will meet again to discuss prospects for further cooperation: namely, how to effectively develop the startup ecosystem of Central Eurasia, and the challenges faced by startups and representatives of the IT industry in the region, how to work together to increase the competitiveness of startups in international markets and improve access to investment from Silicon Valley.
Startup Central Eurasia Summit will be held on 14-15 April 2022 in a hybrid format (online and physically). The event will bring together leading IT and innovation organizations from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan to discuss the development of startup ecosystems in these countries.
Event program includes lectures, trainings and networking sessions. On the first day, participants will be hear from the leading experts on how to enter the Silicon Valley market, take part in a thematic training for startups and learn about the services that countries provide to IT companies and startups in terms of relocation, obtaining funding, accessing markets, etc. The second day of the summit will be a private event for members of the Startup Central Eurasia Platform Alliances, which will be held in the format of a round table. The Startup Central Eurasia platform is actively developing, and invites interested organizations to contribute. You can get acquainted with the activities of the platform and become a member of it on the website: https://startupcentraleurasia.com/en/.
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