Armenian EarlyOne to participate in Seedstars CEE Regional Summit

On December 3 EarlyOne startup, the Armenian winner of Seedstart 2016, will participate in Seedstars CEE Regional Summit in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan.

The solutions, developed by the startup, allow businesses to reduce client service time, saving about USD 30 000 a year. The system is convenient for providers of banking and financial, healthcare and medical, telecommunications and public services.

Seedstars informed Itel.am that the Regional Summit is the culmination of Seedstars’ work throughout the year. Apart from Armenia, the event will bring together national winners from Georgia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Iran, Czech Republic, Ukraine and Moldova, as well as startups from Kazakhstan.

The startups will have an opportunity to pitch in front of an audience of 300 investors, media, and entrepreneurial representatives. The CEE Regional Summit will commence with a two-day boot camp, during which the startups will work with foreign mentors to improve business models of their products and acquire pitching skills.  

In addition, entrepreneurs will have an opportunity this year to participate in the Seedstars Growth program and receive seed investments.

Winners from their respective countries will participate in Global Summit in Switzerland in April, 2017.  The winners will receive investments and prizes of over USD 500 000.

“We are happy to bring together startups, entrepreneurs, investors and ecosystem players to help increase connections across the continent and accelerate the growth of CEE-born global businesses,” says Tiffany Obser, Senior Associate for CEE and MENA at Seedstars World.

“Seedstars World is a platform, connecting investors to the next generation of startup entrepreneurs. We honestly think that the best way to have an impact in emerging countries is by investing and promoting entrepreneurship. We look forward to seeing how the different startup scenes have evolved in a year and the new startups in the country,” explains Alisee de Tonnac, Seedstars World CEO. “

It is worth mentioning that Armenian final of the contest took place on June 25. Regarding the previous years, SoloLearn, one of MIC Acceleration startups, became the winner of Seedstars Yerevan 2013 and was among Seedstars World best 3 startups the same year. EyeCare team, the Armenian winner of 2015, was among Seedstars World 10 best startups.

Itel.am’s interview with Seedstars Regional Manager for CEE/MENA Igor Ovcharenko is available here.