{"id":10990,"date":"2025-10-15T16:12:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T11:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/bez-kategorii\/venture-record-uzbek-startups-attracted-250-million-in-the-third-quarter\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T16:12:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T11:12:36","slug":"venture-record-uzbek-startups-attracted-250-million-in-the-third-quarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/news-en\/venture-record-uzbek-startups-attracted-250-million-in-the-third-quarter\/","title":{"rendered":"Venture record: Uzbek startups attracted $250 million in the third quarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Why is this important<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Such volumes indicate that the technology company market is entering a new level of maturity. Investors are ready to make large bets, and state and private funds are increasingly actively involved in ecosystem development. <\/p>\n<p><strong>What happened<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Click<\/strong> topped the ranking with a <strong>$176 million<\/strong> investment from Kazakhstan&#8217;s Halyk Bank.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Uzum<\/strong> has attracted <strong>$70 million<\/strong> from international investors (Tencent, VR Capital, FinSight Ventures).<\/li>\n<li>Domestic investments: <strong>IMAN<\/strong> received $2 million from Murad Nazarov.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aloqa Ventures<\/strong> invested $1.1 million in <strong>15 startups<\/strong> (Gramir, Takleef, Tridmo, Renta, Kinestex, EGaranti, etc.).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">New active funds:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Yoshlar Ventures<\/strong> \u2014 first investments: Educoin, Hisobchi AI, Inter AI, Tilmoch (for $20-50 thousand each).<\/li>\n<li><strong>SQB Ventures<\/strong> (under SQB Bank) invested $100,000 in Verifix.<\/li>\n<li>The main focus is on <strong>AI and SaaS<\/strong>, with most transactions at the pre\u2010seed stage.<\/li>\n<li>Almost all companies are located in Tashkent, only two are from Jizzakh.<\/li>\n<li>The average investment check is approximately $67 thousand (for small startups).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Trends<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Private investors operate less frequently, but with large investments; government funds make many \u201csmall\u201d deals. For startups, it is more profitable to first attract funds through state funds, increase growth, and then turn to private capital. <\/p>\n<p>The market is developing rapidly \u2014 in a couple of years, entry will be significantly more expensive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Context<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As of the beginning of the third quarter, funds like <strong>Aloqa Ventures<\/strong> have already financed over 52 startups and invested $5.62 million. At Investors Room in ICT Week 2025, there were already deals with Educoin for $20,7 thousand, Hisobchi AI \u2014 $37,5 thousand, Inter AI \u2014 $38 thousand. <\/p>\n<p>According to reports on venture capital in Central Asia, the activity of local funds is growing in Uzbekistan, and the total capital of the funds is increasing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the third quarter of 2025, 29 companies collected $250 million in investments \u2014 a new record for Uzbekistan. 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