This article is a working tour of every content block the Kevin page builder ships. Editors can drop these into any article in any order, and the design system will render them consistently. This piece is also the easiest way to preview a block before using it on a real story. Use the table of contents below to jump.
A market that was described as interesting but thin only three years ago is now, by any honest reading, real — but uneven. Central Asia's venture market reached a record $320 million in 2025, with Kazakhstan alone accounting for $209 million and Uzbekistan showing a sharp acceleration that few outsiders priced in.
Prose & inline formatting
Paragraphs accept full inline rich-text. You can mark words as bold, italic, bold-italic, or attach a hyperlink that opens in a new tab. Drop-cap and standfirst toggles are independent so the first paragraph of a feature can carry both.
A subsection
H3 headings are visually quieter than H2 and don't generate table-of-contents entries. Use them when the section already lives inside a labelled H2.
Lists
Bullet list
- A bullet list takes any number of plain-text items.
- It renders with the same vertical rhythm as the surrounding prose.
- Items are unstyled by default so editors can't accidentally break the page.
Numbered list
- Items can have an optional title
And a longer body underneath it, so a numbered list can do double duty as a small step-by-step.
- Titles are optional
If you omit the title the item renders just as a numbered paragraph.
- Use cases
Editorial checklists, methodology notes, post-mortems, recipe-style how-tos.
Quotes & callouts
"A pull-quote is a quiet emphasis tool. Use it once per article, not three times."
Data, facts and tables
Illustrative scenario estimates. Sources: regional venture associations.
- Q1 2024
Sandbox opens
First three cohort companies admitted.
- Q3 2025
Framework draft
Public consultation begins.
- Q1 2026
Final rules
Published in the regulator's gazette.
- Q3 2026
Enforcement
Full compliance required.
A stat band sits between sections and resets the rhythm of the article. The inline variant below renders the same data quietly inside the prose, useful when you want a smaller emphasis.
People, companies and rounds
Alibek Tursynov
- Born
- Almaty, 1996
- Previous
- Stripe, ex-Google
- Education
- NU Astana, Stanford
- Based
- Almaty / SF
Tursynov was the first hire on the early payments team at a regional super-app before leaving in 2023 to start his own company. He raised in three days.
Higgsfield AI
Generative video for creative professionals
- Founded
- 2023
- HQ
- Almaty / SF
- Headcount
- 37
- Stage
- Series A
- Total raised
- $130m
- Investors
- Sequoia, A16Z, Speedinvest
Higgsfield builds generative video tooling aimed at agencies and indie filmmakers. Its v3 model, released in Q1 2026, drew the first round of meaningful European agency contracts.
Higgsfield AI
An $80m extension closed two months later, bringing the total raised to $130m.
Images
Centred images live inside the prose column. Use these for editorial photography that should sit alongside the text, not break out of it.
Above: a two-column gallery. Below: the same set rendered three-across for tighter pacing.
Media embeds
Structural blocks
Dividers are quiet section breaks. Three styles: hairline rule, accent bar, or pure whitespace.
Above: a hairline rule.
Above: an accent bar.
Above: invisible whitespace — useful when the surrounding blocks already provide a visual break.
Custom React components
The escape hatch. Engineers register components by key in src/components/customComponents.tsx; editors then drop them in via the Custom React Component block with optional JSON props. Below: three of the components shipped by default.
The cheapest moat is the one nobody else thought worth the effort.
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