Startups from Central Asia and the Caucasus that attracted investments in April 2026

Azerbaijan

AldMD Technologies
Azerbaijani startup AldMD Technologies raised $100,000 in investment after winning a startup program. The raised funds will be directed by the team toward product development and further scaling of the solution.

Clopos
Azerbaijani startup Clopos received investment from INMerge Ventures fund; the deal amount was not disclosed. The funds will be used for product development, team expansion, and accelerating the regional growth of the platform for the HoReCa sector.

Kazakhstan

Pizza Pitch Winners
The final of the Pizza Pitch startup event took place in Astana, where 55 teams participated in the selection from 141 applications, and only 12 startups reached the final. Participants competed for prize places and investor attention, presenting solutions in the fields of AI, healthtech, and retail tech.

The final demonstrated the potential of Kazakh startups in scalability and entry into international markets, and the winners received cash prizes:

Desargues AI — 700,000 tenge
ZhurekAI — 500,000 tenge
Sentra — 300,000 tenge.

DeepTech Bäige Winners

In the final of the DeepTech Bäige competition by Nazarbayev University, science-based startups competed for a prize fund, and the winners received funding to develop their projects. The best teams presented solutions in the fields of AI, robotics, and agrotech, confirming the potential of knowledge-intensive startups to scale.

The winners were:

AI DRONE — 7,000,000 tenge
ROBIO — 5,000,000 tenge
BUNKSENSE — 3,000,000 tenge.

Kyrgyzstan

Neuro Kids AI
EdTech startup Neuro Kids AI, developed by students of the American University of Central Asia, raised investment to develop its platform in the field of pediatric speech therapy. The funding will be used for further product development, expansion of pilot implementation, and scaling the solution for specialists, parents, and centers.

Water Watch AI
Startup Water Watch AI from Oscar and Sons Group became the winner of the Eco Startup Competition RES EXPO-2026, presenting an AI platform for monitoring and forecasting water resources. The project has already proven its effectiveness in a pilot in Kyrgyzstan, reducing water losses by 50%, and is preparing for scaling in Central Asian countries.

Uzbekistan

AliPos
Uzbek startup AliPos raised $200,000 in investment to develop its product in the field of restaurant technology. The funding will be used to expand the SaaS platform, which helps restaurants automate operational processes and manage efficiency through centralized data.

OpenSpot
Startup OpenSpot raised $100,000 in investment with a company valuation of $6 million. The funding is directed toward scaling the AI and IoT-based parking management platform, as well as preparing for the next round of investment and expanding into Central Asian and US markets.