The Advisory Board included venture investors, founders of startups and IT companies in Kazakhstan and other experts in the technology business of Kazakhstan:

Timur Bairov (Chairman of the CC) - head of the Bitfury Group representative office;

Ruslan Rakhymbay - Director of QAZAngels;

Timur Bairov (Chairman of the CC) - head of the Bitfury Group representative office;

Ruslan Rakhymbay - Director of QAZAngels;

Marat Tolibaev - Director of Smart Investments;

Murat Abdrakhmanov - partner, venture investor ASTEL;

Timur Turlov - CEO of Freedom Finance Holding;

Olzhas Satiev - President of CARCA;

Dauren Tulebaev - General Director of Kazdream Technologies;

Dagar Davletov - director of Alem;

Amirkhan Omarov - founder of Parqour;

Bayan Konirbaev - Director of the City Digitalization Department;

Askhat Omarov - founder of Farel;

Evgeny Shcherbinin - CEO of Prime Source;

Kairat Akhmetov - CEO of Sergek Development;

Alena Tkachenko - CEO of Nommi;

Alexander Doroshenko - CEO of Wooppay;

Mikhail Moshiashvili - Member of the Board of Directors of Sberbank Kazakhstan;

Alexey Li - CEO Arbuz.kz;

Ruslan Shaekin - venture investor;

Yelzhan Kushekbaev - business angel;

Sattar Utkelbaev - Managing Director for Technology, Private Company "Jas Ventures";

Artem Slesarenko - founder of Profland;

Erdos Mendybaev is the co-founder of Academie one.

The first meeting of the Advisory Board was devoted to the selection of members of an independent commission that will evaluate startups for funding under the Seed Money program.

During the meeting, it was decided to divide the commission into two groups: for projects at the MVP stage and for Product / Market Fit and Scale projects.

Thus, the following candidates are recommended for inclusion in the Commission:

• to evaluate startups at the MVP stage:

1. Ruslan Rakhymbay - Director of QAZAngels;
2. Dauren Tulebaev - General Director of Kazdream Technologies;
3. Dagar Davletov - director of Alem;
4. Amirkhan Omarov - founder of Parqour;
5. Ablaykhan Ospanov – digitalization adviser to Freedom Finance Bank;
6. Valeria Tyo - Project Manager Smart Construction BeInTech;
7. Alim Khamitov is the Managing Partner of MOST Ventures.

• for evaluating startups at the Product/Market Fit and Scale stages:

1. Marat Tolibaev - Director of Smart Investments;
2. Alexander Doroshenko - CEO of Wooppay;
3. Yelzhan Kushekbaev - Innovation Director of SYMBAT;
4. Kemel Aitzhanov - Managing Director of NOVARDIS in Central Asia;
5. Nurbek Raev - Member of the Board of Directors - Independent Director of JSC "NC" SEC "Astana".

Recall that the Seed Money startup funding program allows you to raise up to 20 million tenge under the revenue share model for the development and scaling of a startup. Projects at different stages of development can become participants in the program: Minimum viable product (MVP), Product/Market Fit and Scale. Acceptance of applications for projects at the MVP stage extended until October 2? more details: https://astanahub.com/pages/seedmoney.