Google Bootcamp and "Startup Festival": Competitions for Central Asian Startups

We are sharing a selection of competitions where you can participate, win cash prizes, and receive support for developing your startup.

Google Solution Challenge Bootcamp

Google Solution Challenge Camp 2023 will bring together developers, mentors, founders, and industry leaders in one place.

The goal of the event is to help startups and developers improve their products and businesses.

The event will take place at De Montfort Almaty for startuppers from Turkey, Azerbaijan, Central Asia, and Mongolia.

Top 10 participants will receive $1,000 each, and the top 3 will receive $3,000 for each team member.

When: November 18 at 10:30

Where: Almaty, al-Farabi Ave., 120/48, De Montfort University

Amanat Tech

The hackathon aims to popularize information and communication technologies among young people, support the ideas of beginner startuppers, engage youth in implementing IT projects, and develop innovative solutions for social problems.

Participants can include:

— youth aged 16 to 35, citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan

— teams consisting of no fewer than two and no more than five participants.

Winners will receive:

— first place — 1,000,000 tenge

— second place — 700,000 tenge

— third place — 500,000 tenge.

Deadline: November 20

«Descendants of Independence»

Grants competition. A total of 30 grants of 3,000,000 tenge each will be awarded for each project.

The goal of the program is state support for new and existing initiatives by young people aimed at forming a community of active, creative youth.

Participation conditions:

— citizens of Kazakhstan aged 14 to 35.

Categories:

— science

— culture

— information technology

— business

— media.

Deadline: November 26

Entrepreneurship World Cup 2024

Winners of the national stage will be able to present their projects at the international stage in Saudi Arabia.

The total prize fund of the event across six categories is $1,000,000.

Finalists will also receive prizes in the form of sponsor support totaling $100,000,000. Contestants will receive free access to educational resources.

Deadline: April 1, 2024

«KNU Innofest-2023 Startup Festival»

Both individual participants and development teams of two or more people can participate in the competition — each team must include at least one developer from KNU.

Projects for creating new products, items, technologies, and services based on own scientific-technical and scientific-technological research, having potential for commercialization, are accepted.

Categories:

— creative innovations

— digital technologies

— production technologies

— resource-saving technologies

— green economy.

Deadline: November 20

Start-Up Energy Transition Award

A competition for startups and young companies from around the world that offer solutions for transitioning to new energy sources or contribute to combating climate change.

In 2024, the competition is held in the following categories:

— clean energy and storage

— industry

— buildings and construction

— mobility and transport

— ensuring universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy sources.

The winner in each category will receive €10,000.

Deadline: November 28