The winners of the competition for financing startups – Seed Money at the MVP stage have been determined

The selection of projects at the MVP stage within the framework of the startup funding program from Astana Hub - Seed money has been completed. The winners were ClickLog projects, 2tor.online educational online platform (online tutor), Legum.one, SaparLine, Simple augmented reality furniture marketplace, upkeep.kz, KITABU mobile app, Hustle Free, CodiPlay, Digital Farm, Seenus Comfort Calculator, Tenar, Speech Lab, Arcana medical mobile app, Conglomerate, foodai.tech, SAULET VIRTUAL, IPO FIT, Garderob, Nextbus. Each finalist will receive up to 5 million tenge ($11.4 thousand) to develop their startup.

12 thousand Kazakhstani teachers will take a course of digital inclusive education

The representative office of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Kazakhstan together with the international technopark of IT startups Astana Hub plan to train more than 12 thousand teachers in 11 regions of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the basics of digital inclusive education in a mixed format.

Kazakh startup Sagi has found a solution to waste disposal after the New Year holidays

Astana Hub participant, Sagi startup, together with LS Ecolife, a company engaged in the collection and processing of recyclables, are launching the eco-movement “Start the New Year environmentally friendly”. The promotion starts immediately after the holiday weekend, January 4, and will last until the end of the month.

Kazakh startup 1Fit raises half a million dollars to scale in Russia

The service was valued at ten million dollars. The Russian fund TMT Investments invested $500,000 in the company with the possibility of an additional investment of $3 million at a $40 million valuation.

Astana Hub summed up the results of the year

This year, with the support of the Ministry of Digital Development and Aerospace Industry, the technopark issued 100 grants for students of programming schools to study IT specialties, helped Kazakhstani IT companies conclude agreements and contracts with foreign partners for a total of $840,000, and for the first time financed 35 startups in various stages of development for a total amount of 300 million tenge.

Kazakhstan project for pregnant women: interview with the founder of the startup "On Moms"

In the first contest of IT startups Qaz Startup Battle, aimed at developing the Kazakh language and content, On Moms, a birth preparation startup from leading experts in the Kazakh language, took third place. The founder of the project, Sabira Kulchimbayeva, is a doctor of medical sciences, an obstetrician-gynecologist, a psychologist, the head of the Academy for Pregnant Women "On-moms", as well as a trainer for preparing for childbirth at the Multidisciplinary City Hospital No. 2, Nur-Sultan.

Что будет дальше с криптовалютами в Казахстане? Многих интересует данный вопрос, на который готовы ответить представители Министерства Цифрового развития и аэрокосмической промышленности и Международного финансового центра "Астана". Регистрация по ссылке - https://bit.ly/3mrd5U6

SipSim: We are delighted with how much Kazakhstan supports the development of IT, it's really very cool

The Belarusian company became one of the finalists of the Seed Money* start-up financing program and received 20 million tenge ($47 thousand) for the development of its project. Anna Ogorodnikova, Deputy Director for New Markets, spoke about why she and her team chose Kazakhstan as the first foreign market for scaling "SipSim".

Компания Sagi c партнерами дарит суммарно 30 000 бонусов в разные заведения и магазины, в их числе такие именитые кофейни как Hani и Мастер Кофе, Ювелирный магазин Казына Голд, магазины обуви и одежды Tucino и Women’s. 100% бонусов можно потратить сразу.

Magzhan Madiev was awarded the medal «Ерен еңбегі үшін»

On December 15, on the eve of the Independence Day of the country, by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the CEO of the international technopark of IT startups Magzhan Madiev received a state award from the hands of the Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry Bagdat Musin.

Kaniet Raev: There are no limits for scaling any project now

Founded by Kaniet Raev and Nursultan Keneshbekov in 2019, the Appboxo platform empowers any app to become a super app. The company provides software for launching mini-applications. Through this integration, the platform provides a global partnership across industries.

Startup SRC entered the top three finalists of the "Smart city" competition

A participant of the international technopark of IT start-ups Astana Hub, as well as a graduate of Techpreneurs acceleration, the start-up company IT SMART SOLUTIONS entered the top three of the Smart City Almaty competition and received a grant of 1,000,000 tenge!

The winners of the Idea Battle competition from Astana Hub received 200 thousand tenge each and access to the educational programs of the technopark

Technopark of IT startups Astana Hub held a competition for the best technological solution to the social problem of the Idea Battle region. The best ideas were the accessibility of the urban environment, teaching older people computer literacy and creating additional sources of moisture.

Three large construction companies immediately invested in the Proportunity.kz platform

This week, an official deal was completed between construction companies: Nur Astana kuryly (NAK), Exclusive Qurylys, the Sheber group of companies and the first crowdfunding investment platform in Kazakhstan in the Proportuntiy.kz platform.

The first official forum on blockchain technologies was held in Astana Hub

On December 9, Astana Hub hosted the first blockchain technology forum Kazakhstan Blockchain Day. The event was organized at the initiative of the Kazakhstan Association of Blockchain Technologies (KABT) in partnership with Astana Hub, MOST Business Incubator and Paxaro.

The unique alem programming school, working without teachers, held the second annual alem cup championship

The prize fund of the competition amounted to more than 2 million tenge. The championship was held with the support of the Nursultan Nazarbayev Foundation and the Astana Hub Technopark.

Bloggers and journalists from Poland visited Astana Hub for the first time

How Astana Hub works, how many startups have “grown up” within the walls of the technopark, and what the uniqueness of the Alem programming school was learned by journalists and bloggers from Poland. The visit to Astana Hub took place today, December 9, as part of an information tour in Nur-Sultan.

Astana Hub and IT Park of Uzbekistan agreed on cooperation

On December 7, Astana Hub and IT Park of Uzbekistan signed a Memorandum of Cooperation in the field of information technology. The event was attended by General Director of the International Technopark of IT Startups Magzhan Madiev, Deputy Director of IT-Park Uzbekistan for International Relations Bakhodir Ayupov and Manager of the International Department of the Ministry of Information and Communications Sanjar Alimov.

IT startups from Astana Hub will expand their activity in the Uzbek market

Kazakh resident companies of Astana Hub will expand their activities in Uzbekistan, the press service of the Ministry of Information and Communications reported.

Corporate innovations: how Astana Hub solves the issues of digitalization and process automation.

Modern technologies are becoming more and more complex, and process automation, especially in large companies, is not a luxury, but a necessity. At the end of November, Talgat Maratov, Chief Manager of the Corporate Innovation Office of Astana Hub, visited the Almaty Household Appliances Plant as part of a free diagnostics program. We talked with Talgat about the problems of corporations that the IT sector can solve, and what role startups play in this.