Moldova’s entrepreneurial ecosystem is emerging, although it has made significant progress compared to 10 years ago, the country still has much unexplored potential, amid a lack of entrepreneurial culture, limited access to finance, as well as experience in managing its own product-based business. In order to reduce the gap and encourage the development of startups based on information technologies, the Republic of Moldova aligns with international trends and implements programs dedicated to growing and supporting startup businesses.

Five up-and-coming tech startups from Moldova are set to pitch on November 26th at 16:00 at the Online Seedstars Chisinau Competition 2020/21. One local winner will move on to the Regional Stage and compete for a spot at the Grand Finale, where the grand prize is USD 500K in equity investment. The Online Seedstars pitching event in Moldova will be broadcast on the Seedstars Facebook event page here. Add the event to your calendar here: https://seedsta.rs/3fvuSok

For the Moldova chapter of Seedstars World event, the competition is already on to the next phase as the selection process brings five startups from Moldova to the pitching stage, where one winner will be selected to join the regional Online Seedstars CEE event coming up in winter 2021. Namely, the participants in the running for the Online Seedstars Chisinau Competition 2020/21 are the following:

• SMARTEST: Online platform where high school students can accurately evaluate their gaps in knowledge and pinpoint their learning necessities.
• Staf Online: a global job board that connects employers and job seekers in a transparent and accessible way.
• Cortex: a full stack end-to-end machine learning development company aimed at creating state of the art models for your business needs.
• Fastboss OU: an AI Voice Assistant APP that helps users generate business preset documents when they are outdoor.
• LaMoldova: tourist marketplace that includes a lot of touristic destinations that is able to promote Moldova as unique system with many possibilities

The event is supported by SDC’s Optim project. Optim “Opportunities through Technologies and Innovation in Moldova’’ is a project of Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC, implemented by Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation. Optim aims to stimulate Moldova’s market systems, with a focus on Agriculture and ICT, so that they generate better economic opportunities for Moldovans in a sustained way, benefitting women and men, particularly those from excluded groups (youth, returning migrants, ethnic minorities) and those living outside the capital Chisinau.

Seedstars event in Moldova organized in partnership with local organizer Startup Moldova with the support of local partner USAID Moldova, Government of Sweden and in the framework of Tekwill project.

Don’t miss the pitching event for Moldova will be broadcast on the Seedstars Facebook event page here. Add the event to your calendar here: https://seedsta.rs/3fvuSok