#Venture
The region's best startups speak every language but English
Central Eurasian venture funding hit a record $320 million in 2025. The opportunity is not the money — it is that almost no one is telling the story to the people who could fund its next chapter.
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.
Uzbekistan's first unicorn is just getting started
Uzum crossed a $2.3bn valuation in 2026 — the high-velocity second pillar after Kazakhstan.
The diaspora capital map
How Armenian operators — ServiceTitan, Picsart, Krisp — turn distance into deal flow.
Bishkek, the frontier of the frontier
Tiny checks, big tax breaks: why Kyrgyzstan rewards the patient founder.
The Armenian YC class of 2025
Six startups, one capital, and a pattern: technical founders with global product instincts and a Yerevan address.
Why Baku is funding climate hardware
An oil-rich state is writing checks that quietly look very different from its petro-dollar past.
The corridor's first deep-tech fund
A $40m vehicle out of Astana takes its first three bets — and they are not what you'd expect from the region.
Five maps that explain Central Asian venture in 2026
Capital flows, founder origins, talent migration. The shape of the corridor, drawn in numbers.
The Bishkek loophole
Kyrgyzstan's IT park lets foreign founders keep more capital than anywhere else in the region. There is a catch.