Section
Founders
Profiles, journeys and field notes from the operators rewriting the region.
Founders
From Almaty to a $1.3 billion valuation
Higgsfield AI raised $50m, then an $80m extension — the first global breakout to carry a Kazakh origin story.
Founders
The diaspora capital map
How Armenian operators — ServiceTitan, Picsart, Krisp — turn distance into deal flow.
Founders
A day inside Tashkent's fastest startup
Field notes from the office, the product and the funding reality of Uzum.
Founders
The Armenian YC class of 2025
Six startups, one capital, and a pattern: technical founders with global product instincts and a Yerevan address.
Founders
A founder, a Telegram channel, a $4m seed
Distribution before product is a tired startup adage. In Almaty it is now a fundable thesis.
Founders
The quiet rules at Yerevan State Engineering
Half of the region's most-funded technical founders went here. The dean has a thesis on why.