{"id":178281,"date":"2025-06-18T14:24:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T11:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/?p=178281"},"modified":"2025-06-20T14:26:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T11:26:13","slug":"uzbekistan-and-estonia-hosted-an-international-pitch-session-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/uzbekistan-and-estonia-hosted-an-international-pitch-session-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Uzbekistan and Estonia hosted an international pitch session together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On June 5, Tehnopol brought together ten startups \u2014 five from Estonia, five from Uzbekistan \u2014 for an online pitch session, where the companies presented their business ideas. Investors from both countries, including EstBAN representatives Olga Lu\u0161t\u0161ik, Kati Vabi and Greta Pudan, participated to explore investment readiness and potential cooperation opportunities.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the investors, the startups were at very different stages of development \u2014 some had only built their MVP, while others already had a customer base and recurring monthly revenue (MRR).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From Estonia, the following startups presented their idea to Uzbek investors:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>FMA (Find My Accountant)\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GaaSAI\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Antscape\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TraynMe\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leadfellow\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs it became clear, the level of digitalization of services in Central Asia is still low, meaning there are many so-called \u2018low-hanging fruits\u2019 \u2014 unsolved problems that could be addressed with simple and valuable solutions,\u201d commented Olga Lu\u0161t\u0161ik. \u201cAt the same time, most of the local startups are focused on their own region, and few showed global ambitions \u2014 which is understandable, considering they operate in a large and growing domestic market. In that sense, this can even be seen as an advantage compared to Estonian startups,\u201d she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Uzbek investors, Estonian startups might have seemed significantly more mature in terms of solutions and product development, and the differences in focus and complexity sometimes made it difficult to relate to the pitches.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t necessarily say that Estonian startups felt like \u2018science fiction\u2019 to Uzbek investors,\u201d noted Lu\u0161t\u0161ik. \u201cRather, the two ecosystems are solving different types of problems, shaped by their respective digital maturity levels and market needs \u2014 and that difference was clearly visible.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis kind of cross-border pitch session is incredibly valuable for both startups and investors. It helps founders gain fresh perspectives on how their solutions are perceived in different markets and gives them a chance to test the scalability of their ideas,\u201d said K\u00e4tlin-Carolin Noorm\u00e4gi, Community Manager at Tehnopol Startup Incubator. \u201cWe see a lot of potential in fostering deeper ties between the Estonian and Uzbek startup ecosystems \u2014 there\u2019s so much to learn from each other.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Events like these help investors map the maturity level of different markets and assess the potential for cross-regional collaboration. They also play an important role in building the first connections between ecosystems that have had limited interaction so far. Tehnopol is EstBAN partner member and they have several startup-supporting programs ongoing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The article was initially published at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/estban.ee\/news\/startups\/uzbek-and-estonian-startups-met-at-an-international-pitch-session\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EstBAN\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 5, Tehnopol brought together ten startups \u2014 five from Estonia, five from Uzbekistan \u2014 for an online pitch session, where the companies presented their business ideas. Investors from both countries, including EstBAN representatives Olga Lu\u0161t\u0161ik, Kati Vabi and Greta Pudan, participated to explore investment readiness and potential cooperation opportunities.\u00a0 According to the investors, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":178278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-startup-incubator"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178282,"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178281\/revisions\/178282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}