11 startups from Central Asia that have attracted investments in the last month

Startup Introdex Raises Investment from MOST Ventures

The Introdex platform, founded by Kazakhstani citizens Admet Akhter and Shamil Ahmedov, as well as Dane Jacob Pedersen, has secured investment from the international accelerator Antler, the Central Asian fund MOST Ventures, and angel investors from Singapore and the United States. A total of $460,000 was raised at the pre-seed stage.

Winners of the Almaty Ecology Tech Challenge

The Almaty Ecology Tech Challenge was held online. More than 80 teams from across Kazakhstan participated, with 10 advancing to the final to present their innovative ecological solutions.

The Mems team from Astana, presenting the Demall project—a photocatalytic paint capable of purifying the environment from harmful compounds—took first place and received a prize of 500,000 tenge. The Recycling team from Taraz also took first place with a prize of 500,000 tenge for their Smart Trash Bin project, an AI-based waste sorting and management system.

The Winners team, with the AirWay project—an air quality reporting generator for apartments and cars—secured second place and received a prize of 300,000 tenge.

The Quality 4 Air team from Almaty took third place with a prize of 200,000 tenge, proposing ecological inspection and car modernization services.

Winners of the VideoGen Hackathon

As part of the Accelerate Prosperity incubation program, a hackathon was held at the High Technologies Park. All participants implemented cutting-edge ideas in AI-driven video content generation and demonstrated demo versions.

First place was awarded to the team with the "World Architect" project—a platform for screenwriters and filmmakers.

Second place went to Ala-Too BilimAI—a platform for easy and convenient video creation with voiceovers, based on user-input scripts in various languages.

Third place went to KkIP Vitra—a neural network capable of automatically translating foreign videos into less common languages, including Kyrgyz, ensuring access to content in multiple languages for a global audience.

Winners of the "Safe Transport – Innovations Against Harassment" Hackathon

The "Safe Transport – Innovations Against Harassment" hackathon attracted more than 100 participants, including 10 competing teams. Participants developed the best innovative solutions to ensure the safe transportation of women and children in public transit.

First place, with a prize of 70,000 som, was won by the Safety and me team. Second place went to the Mega team, and third place to the Baiters team.