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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 SeitkaliOct 37 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
Bishkek doubles down on a 1% revenue tax for software exporters, and adds a residency track for foreign engineers.
Aidos SeitkaliSep 284 min read
The Yerevan team says low-resource languages are a moat, not a niche. Its first customers are call centres and banks.
Lilit HakobyanSep 274 min read
A one-page guide to the residence permit, the 1% tax regime and the paperwork that still trips people up.
Nino BeridzeSep 256 min read
It started when the founders watched a family winery wait three weeks for a payment from Germany. Two years later, 600 exporters use it.
Nino BeridzeSep 238 min read
The state-backed vehicle will anchor up to six local VC funds, with a mandate to crowd in foreign LPs.
Aidos SeitkaliSep 214 min read
Using free satellite imagery, a seven-person Tashkent team builds yield forecasts that lenders now use to price farm loans.
Dilnoza KarimovaSep 186 min read
The central bank’s new rules let licensed EU players test products in Baku for up to 18 months.
Rashad AliyevSep 163 min read
Small cheques, big ambitions: Tajikistan’s founders pitch e-commerce, edtech and remittance tools to regional angels.
Dilnoza KarimovaSep 155 min read
The clinic-management platform plans to expand to Georgia and launch an insurer integration by spring.
Lilit HakobyanSep 123 min read
Small home markets are a feature, not a bug. An investor’s view on going global from Tbilisi or Bishkek.
Ana KvaratskheliaSep 105 min read
The campus that started as a Soviet factory is now the anchor of Armenia’s hardware ambitions.
Lilit HakobyanSep 86 min read
Three ex-support engineers in Bishkek turned their in-house ticket triage tool into a product with paying customers in 14 countries.
Aidos SeitkaliSep 67 min read
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