Prosus Ventures has invested for the first time in a Central Asian startup — zypl.ai

Prosus Ventures, the venture fund of the international holding company Prosus, became the lead investor in zypl.ai in a pre-Series A round. This is the company's first investment in Central Asia.

As part of the deal, Prosus Ventures invested $2.5 million at a startup valuation of $35 million, and also acquired secondary shares of the company for $1.4 million. The total amount of investments raised in the round amounted to $3 million, with participation from Battery Road and Astana Hub Ventures.

The venture portfolio includes more than 80 startups, 10 of which have already become unicorns. Prosus is an international division of Naspers. The investment in Tencent is considered one of the most successful in history. The holding invested $32 million in Tencent in 2001, which now amounts to $150 billion. In the CIS, Prosus previously held stakes in Avito, Mail.ru, VK, and other major technology companies.

Investments in zypl.ai are aimed at the development of synthetic artificial intelligence models.