11 startups from Uzbekistan that we were proud of in 2023

We are sharing a selection of Uzbek startups that have attracted investments, won competitions, and developed their projects this year. 

EZSpeech

Digital speech therapy with artificial intelligence. The startup won the regional stage of the She Loves Tech competition for women-founded tech startups. Also this year, the project completed two specialized programs — C4 Accelerator in Medical Innovations Incubator in Tübingen and the Wild Card program of EIT Health together with CIMIT, becoming the only non-European participant.

depozit.uz 

A service for selecting, comparing, and ordering banking and financial services and products raised a round of $100,000 from UzVC. 

IMAN Invest

A FinTech startup operating on the principles of Islamic finance. IMAN Invest attracted investments from the international fund and accelerator 500 Global.

Dalatek

An agri-platform that simplifies the export process. In 2022-2023, the startup received grants from the Ministry of Agriculture and from the International Organization IFAT. The founder, Dilдора Atajanova, was nominated for the prestigious international award WOMEN IN TECH in the Start-Up Award category.

Additionally, Dalatek conducts courses for agrotechnologists; thanks to a grant from Yosh Fermerlari Kengashi, 210 young people are learning from them for free. 

Tass Vision

The startup creates products that help increase sales for large retail chains. The company completed the international technological acceleration program Silkway Accelerator. As a result, Tass Vision expanded into the markets of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. 

Didox

A platform for optimizing processes between companies. It helps increase sales, control finances, and improve document flow.  The startup attracted $175,000 in investments from the Uzbek fund AloqaVentures.

Mohirdev 

The startup attracted investments from the fund AloqaVentures and represented Uzbekistan at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. Additionally, the project was included in the list of 20 startups from around the world to participate in the International Organisation of Employers Fourth Migration Challenge competition.

Pastoral

An AgroTech startup creating a platform for regenerative livestock farming. The company attracted investments from the venture fund UzVC. Additionally, the startup entered the top 80 of the Global Impact Challenge by SVG Ventures Thrive — a venture capital firm headquartered in Silicon Valley. 912 startups from around the world participated. 

kpi.com

A startup for automating business processes. It attracted $200,000 in investments from the venture fund AloqaVentures.

Tahrirchi

A startup by students of Inha University in Tashkent, aimed at helping people write correctly in the Uzbek language. This year, Tahrirchi became a partner of Microsoft and gained the opportunity to publish its plugins in their store.

Modme CRM

An Edtech startup entered the Indonesian market and attracted $100,000 in investments with a company valuation of $1.2 million. The investor was the UzVC fund.