Startup Battle and the Next Cohort of the Investment Readiness Accelerator: Competitions and Opportunities for Startups from Central Asia

We have compiled a selection of hackathons and accelerators for IT specialists and startups from Central Asia.

Startup Battle

This is a competition where 30 teams will be selected by the IT Park team and will have the chance to present their startup. The grand prize is a trip to Lisbon for the web summit.

Winners will receive prizes from event sponsors, including:

— first place: a trip to the web summit in Lisbon, 12 million sum for the C space coworking

— second place: 10 million for the C space coworking

— third place: 8 million for the C space coworking.

When: June 10

Where: 4a Muminova St.

Registration for the event is available via the link.

Deadline: June 9

“Technological Marathon 11.0”

Participants in the marathon need to solve one of the tasks in the fields of extraction and processing of hydrocarbon raw materials, extraction and processing of solid minerals, in order to get the opportunity to win a contract.

When: June 15

Where: Almaty

Registration is available via the link.

Deadline: June 10 at 18:00

SportTech vs PropTech Hackathon

Each team must create a project based on one of the presented cases:

— creation of a service for selecting maintenance staff

— development of an application or bot for collecting and accounting funds in amateur leagues.

Two winning teams will receive cash prizes of 500,000 tenge to develop their projects.

When: June 23-25

Where: Karaganda, “Terricon Valley” office

Registration is available via the link.

MOST Ventures Startup Accelerator

MOST Ventures and MOST Business Incubator announce the launch of the next stream of the Investment Readiness Accelerator program, where existing startups will be able to prepare their product for investment.
Startups from Central Eurasia can participate: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia.
IRA opportunities for startups:
— investments up to $500,000
— mentoring from a personal angel investor
— multiple growth increase
— preparing the startup for investment.
The acceleration will take place offline in Almaty over two months.

You can submit an application via the link.

Deadline: June 11

Central Asian Bridge Project for Startups and Companies

The Central Asian Bridge Investment Consultants Club project, in partnership with the investment platform connect4pro, is looking for steadily developing companies in the garment manufacturing sector to attract potential investments from $10,000 to $100,000.

Main requirements for potential business projects:

— existing business for at least 1.5 years

— annual turnover of at least 8,000,000 som.

Registration is available via the link.

Deadline: June 9