Sunday, October 4, 2026
The pulse of startups and VC from the Caucasus to Central Asia.
Bridge Point VC leads the largest logistics round in Kazakhstan this year, betting that trucks, not rails, will carry the corridor’s next decade of trade.
Aidos Seitkali
Oct 3, 2026 · 7 min read
Our quarterly deal tracker shows fewer, larger rounds, and a quiet shift of angel money toward AI and agritech.
Silkbeat Data DeskOct 29 min read
Private clinics are digitising faster than anyone expected. Here’s who is winning, and why insurers are the next frontier.
Lilit HakobyanSep 306 min read
Tax holidays and a fast-track visa scheme have turned Tashkent into the region’s busiest outsourcing hub. Can it graduate to products?
Dilnoza KarimovaSep 295 min read
$8.6M
Capital tracked
7
Deals logged
4
Active funds
8
Countries covered
Georgia
Sep 25 · 6 min read
Azerbaijan
Sep 16 · 3 min read
Armenia
Sep 8 · 6 min read
Kyrgyzstan
Sep 28 · 4 min read
Kazakhstan
Sep 21 · 4 min read
Tajikistan
Sep 15 · 5 min read
| Company | Round | Amount | Investor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lingvo AI🇦🇲 | Pre-seed | Undisclosed | Ararat AngelsLead | Sep 12 |
| Cargoline🇰🇿 | Series A | $4.5M | Bridge Point VCLead | Aug 20 |
| Harvestly🇺🇿 | Pre-seed | $250K | Ararat AngelsLead | Jun 1 |
| Medbook🇦🇲 | Seed | $800K | Caravan CapitalLead | May 5 |
| Paylane🇬🇪 | Seed | $500K | Caravan CapitalLead | Mar 10 |
| Paylane🇬🇪 | Seed | $1M | Steppe Ventures | Mar 10 |
🇰🇿 Almaty, Kazakhstan
Freight marketplace for trucks crossing the region.
🇬🇪 Tbilisi, Georgia
Cross-border payments for small exporters.
🇦🇲 Yerevan, Armenia
Clinic booking and patient records for private clinics.
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Five hubs from the Caucasus to Central Asia, and the deal flow running between them. Drag to orbit, pick a hub to see who is building there.
Borders: Natural Earth. Relief is stylised. Counts reflect startups tracked in the Silkbeat directory.
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