12 startups from Central Asia that received funding in November 2024

November was a successful month for startups: projects attracted funding, won hackathons, and received support from accelerators. We share a list of winners who received funds to develop their projects.

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Results of the Developer Competition in Karaganda
A total of 80 teams comprising 230 participants took part in the hackathon. First place was won by Team No. 47 — Arman Sargazin and Baltabekov Rakhat, who received the grand prize of 500,000 tenge. Second place and a prize of 300,000 tenge were awarded to Team No. 8 — Bazarbayev Erasyly, Zhorabek Alimzhan, Serikov Aizhas, and Tolbaev Alinur, while third place with a prize of 200,000 tenge went to Team No. 74 — Anasov Ruslan and Abdulov Malik.

BILLZ Attracts Investment from Trendyol Co-founder Evren Uchok
BILLZ, a leading startup in retail automation and providing financing solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Central Asia, has secured investment from renowned investor and entrepreneur Evren Uchok. With strategic investments and support from Uchok, BILLZ is poised to strengthen its technological foundation, expand its market presence, and create new solutions for retail enterprises across Central Asia.

Startup Pleep Raises $100,000 in Investment
Mark Inger, a 17-year-old schoolboy from Almaty and founder of the startup Pleep, has secured $100,000 in investment from the Impala Partners fund. Pleep enables entrepreneurs to create a fully functional AI assistant in just 15 minutes without any prior knowledge of AI. All an entrepreneur needs to do is answer seven questions about their business.

Results of AI’preneurs
AI’preneurs is an acceleration program by Astana Hub, bringing together top specialists from various fields to form teams and develop AI startups. As part of the program, participants underwent an intensive four-month journey from team formation and idea generation to creating a startup and launching it into the market. Participants launched 21 startups from scratch, seven of which have already received funding.