--- title: "Kazakhstan: Seedspace Nur-Sultan is the Newest Entrepreneurship Hub by Seedstars" url: https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/newsroom/kazakhstan-seedspace-nur-sultan-newest-entrepreneurship-hub-seedstars/ --- 1. [HOME](/) 2. [RESOURCES](/content-hub/) 3. [NEWSROOM](/content-hub/newsroom/) 4. KAZAKHSTAN: SEEDSPACE NUR-SULTAN IS THE NEWEST ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUB BY SEEDSTARS ![Kazakhstan: Seedspace Nur-Sultan is the Newest Entrepreneurship Hub by Seedstars](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/news30.max-1500x500.jpg) CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • ECOSYSTEM ENABLER ## Kazakhstan: Seedspace Nur-Sultan is the Newest Entrepreneurship Hub by Seedstars Saniya Giniatullina MAY 17, 2019 [Seedstars](http://seedstars.com/) is happy to announce the opening of its new entrepreneurship hub in Kazakhstan, Seedspace Nur-Sultan, in collaboration with [Astana Innovations](http://ain.kz/index.php/en/front-page/) and the [BI Group](https://www.bi-group.org/ru/) on May 17th, 2019. #### WRITTEN BY ![None](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/Saniya.max-376x376.jpg) BRAND SQUAD LEAD Saniya Giniatullina [__](https://www.facebook.com/saniya.jasmine)[__](https://www.linkedin.com/in/saniya-giniatullina/) [CONTACT US](/contact-us/) The hub is located on the ground floor of the Hilton building on Sauran Street 46, in the business heart of the capital. Holding about 96 seats and 7 coliving rooms, Seedspace Nur-Sultan will focus on attracting entrepreneurs, freelancers and digital nomads in search for a vibrant and dynamic community that wants to create an impact in society through technology and innovation. To celebrate the opening of the space, Seedstars has decided to **open its doors for the public free of charge starting from May 17th for a period of about three weeks** , until the flagship program of the company, called the Investment Readiness Program, will begin on June 7th. The program’s aim will be to prepare the most promising Kazakh startups for their next round of funding, with the possibility to receive up to 500,000 USD investment from Seedstars itself. ![Seedspace Nur-Sultan](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/news30_1.width-800.jpg) > “We do this in order to create an environment for startups to spend time, share the experience and discuss their projects. We think of this place as a special laboratory where great city projects, from transportation to communal services solutions, will be born.” > > O. SARTAEV, HEAD OF ASTANA INNOVATIONS Consolidating more than three years of activity in the Central Asian region, Seedstars aims to promote entrepreneurship, technology, and innovation to the next level by providing more **opportunities for learning and growth to local entrepreneurs.** By connecting them to local mentors, investors and ecosystem enablers, Seedspace Nur-Sultan will offer a physical space where new interactions can take place, relationships can be built and entrepreneurial spirit can be fostered. Including in the facilities, you will find a conference area available for both recurring as well and occasional events, a coworking space for up to 48 people, **20 private offices** in different size and shape for teams, and **7 double rooms** in the coliving area which also includes a kitchen and a chill-out area. ![Seedspace Nur-Sultan](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/news30_2.width-800.jpg) “The opening of Seedspace Nur-Sultan is a major milestone for both the city and country as it fosters the connection to a global network of entrepreneurs, mentors, corporates, and investors. Seedspace Nur-Sultan will host in its premises cutting-edge educational activities and support for local entrepreneurs to grow I believe that Seedspace Nur-Sultan will help to get the community together and foster the collaboration among the various stakeholders in the country”, stated [Agahuseyn Ahmadov](https://www.linkedin.com/in/agahuseyn/), Regional Manager for CEE & Central Asia at Seedstars. He also mentioned that “ **We are launching on June 7th our Investment Readiness Program in Kazakhstan,** so that startups relocate to the hub in order to work in different areas of their business, supported by office hours of the experts of Seedstars”. Startups can apply [here](https://irp.seedstars.com/). ![Seedspace Nur-Sultan](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/news30_3.width-800.jpg) However, there’s much more planned for the local entrepreneurs in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: the **Seedstars World Competition** is about to begin this year’s tour and will welcome the most promising startups to compete for the global winner’s position, awarded 500,000 USD in investment at the annual Seedstars Summit. This year’s summit, which recently took place in Switzerland this April, saw over 1,000 participants from all around the world gather to discuss the latest trends in tech, create new business relationships and learn about different investment opportunities. ![Seedspace Nur-Sultan](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/news30_4.width-800.jpg) The next nearby local competitions will happen in **Nur-Sultan in July, in Tbilisi and Baku in June, followed by Tashkent, Chisinau, Yerevan, Moscow, Kyiv, and other cities.** In order to participate, startups will be required to register on [this website](https://www.seedstarsworld.com/event/seedstars-astana-2019?__hstc=242025565.c9a372498fb707241a59bbc2e7a08046.1603964344551.1605083552567.1605087497389.18&__hssc=242025565.77.1605087497389&__hsfp=3043511956) by filling out an application form. Out of all the applicants, the eight best startups will be invited to pitch in a jury panel and compete to be crowned the most promising seed-stage startup of the city. All the startups who will be selected to the local jury panel will also be rewarded with one free month of our brand new Investment Readiness Program, while the winning startup will continue on its path to the Regional Summit on December 2019 and thereafter Global Summit in April 2020. ![Seedspace Nur-Sultan](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/news30_5.width-800.jpg) [ **Seedspace**](https://www.seedspace.co/) **is the largest network of campuses for entrepreneurs in emerging markets.** Built by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, the hubs offer many growth opportunities to entrepreneurs and digital nomads such as trainings, events, coworking & coliving areas. Seedspace has 13 hubs in more than 10 cities around the world including Abidjan, Bogota, Cairo, Cape Town, Casablanca, Dar es Salaam, Geneva, Lagos, Lima, Medellin, Mexico City, Yangon, and now, adding Nur-Sultan. The opening of Seedspace Nur-Sultan marks the beginning of the expansion to the Central Asian region and its plans to develop further in the country. ![Seedspace Nur-Sultan](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/nursultan.width-800.jpg) #### **For further inquiries on engaging with Seedspace Nur-Sultan, interested parties can write to nur-sultan@seedstars.com. Press inquiries should be directed to Agahuseyn Ahmadov, Regional Manager for Seedstars at cee@seedstars.com.** NEWS / BLOGPOST CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE KAZAKHSTAN ECOSYSTEM ENABLER EVENTS TECH ## More like this [ ![Online Growth Program](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/onlinegrowthprogram.max-320x550.png) GLOBAL • ECOSYSTEM ENABLER #### Seedstars is Looking for Early-Stage Startups for its Online Growth Program Starting This Summer During summer 2020, Seedstars will be launching the next batch of its Growth Program, a virtual 3-month post-acceleration training designed to help startups build a growth team and implement a growth methodology. Jun. 04, 2020 ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/newsroom/seedstars-looking-early-stage-startups-its-online-growth-program-starting-summer/) [ ![Running Events In The Times Of Coronavirus](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/Running_Events.max-320x550.jpg) GLOBAL • ECOSYSTEM ENABLER #### Online Is The New Black: Running Events In The Times Of Coronavirus Event organizers are no strangers to crisis management. Last-minute speaker cancellations, Wi-Fi connectivity issues, missing files… The list goes on Apr. 14, 2020 ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/learning-resources/online-new-black-running-events-times-coronavirus/) [ ![Sumitt](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/C-7_Early-Stage_startups_from_MENA_Won_Their.max-320x550.png) MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA • ECOSYSTEM ENABLER #### 7 Early-Stage startups from MENA Won Their Tickets to the global Seedstars Summit 2020 The Seedstars World Competition 2019 in MENA has come to an end during the latest edition of Seedstars Summit MENA 2019 in Morocco that took place from December 10 to 12. Dec. 20, 2019 ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/newsroom/7-early-stage-startups-mena-won-their-tickets-global-seedstars-summit-2020/) [ ![The Investment Readiness Program](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/Untitled_design.max-320x550.png) GLOBAL • ECOSYSTEM ENABLER #### The Investment Readiness Program Launches a New Format in January 2020 As of the new year, the Investment Readiness Program will shift to a new format based on short modules at the starting price of $79. Dec. 18, 2019 ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/newsroom/investment-readiness-program-launches-new-format-january-2020/) [ ![Seedstars Summit Latam 2019](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/SummitLATAM2019.max-320x550.png) LATIN AMERICA • ECOSYSTEM ENABLER #### Amazon, Hubspot, Slidebean, Softbank: Who Else is Attending Seedstars Summit Latam 2019? Final destination - Colombia, Medellin. Date of the journey - November 27-29. 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Jun. 06, 2019 ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/newsroom/seedstars-world-coming-back-latam-its-7th-edition-18-cities-map/) [ ![First Hub in Morocco](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/C-Casablanca_Seedstars_Announces_Its_First_H.max-320x550.png) MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA • ECOSYSTEM ENABLER #### Casablanca: Seedstars Announces Its First Hub in Morocco in Partnership with Kowork Seedstars and Kowork are happy to announce the opening of their new entrepreneurship hub, Seedspace Casablanca. May. 17, 2019 ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/newsroom/casablanca-seedstars-announces-its-first-hub-morocco-partnership-kowork/) [ ![Summit2019](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/summit_19.max-320x550.png) GLOBAL • ECOSYSTEM ENABLER #### The Seedstars Summit 2019: What's On? To do so, for the 2019 edition of the Seedstars Summit, we’ve based the event on two pillars: Networking and Content. Jan. 31, 2019 ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/newsroom/seedstars-summit-2019/) [ ![Startups from CEE and Central Asia](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/C-Meet_the_Top_22_Startups_from_CEE_and_Cent.max-320x550.png) ASIA • ECOSYSTEM ENABLER #### Meet the Top 22 Startups from CEE and Central Asia The 2018 Seedstars tour across more than ten countries in the region has come to an end. Nov. 07, 2018 ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/newsroom/meet-top-22-startups-cee-and-central-asia/) [ ![Dream job](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/Untitled_design.max-320x550.png) GLOBAL • ECOSYSTEM ENABLER #### Dream job? What it’s really like to work in 15 countries Last year I joined Seedstars, an organization with the mission to impact people’s lives in emerging markets and activities in 70+ countries. As a traveling associate, I organized pitching competitions for early stage tech startups across Asia. May. 04, 2018 ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/life/dream-job-what-its-really-like-to-work-in-15-countries/) [ ![Startup Bootcamp](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/startuos.max-320x550.png) GLOBAL • ECOSYSTEM ENABLER #### Seedstars Summit 2018: Inside Look At Startup Bootcamp Months of heavy work finally paid off this Monday for the Seedstars team as they officially kicked off the first phase of this year’s summit with the bootcamp sessions. Apr. 11, 2018 ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/newsroom/seedstars-summit-2018-inside-look-startup-bootcamp/) [ ![5th Seedstars Summit](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/summit_speakers.max-320x550.png) CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • ECOSYSTEM ENABLER #### Meet the speakers of the 5th Seedstars Summit! On April 12th, 2018, the 5th Seedstars Summit will be held in Lausanne, Switzerland. Apr. 02, 2018 ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/newsroom/meet-speakers-5th-seedstars-summit/) [ ![Seedspace Medellín](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/1.max-320x550.png) LATIN AMERICA • ADVERTISING & MARKETING #### My experience working at Seedspace Medellín I’m a 20-year-old marketing intern from England, living and working in Medellin Mar. 16, 2018 ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/life/my-experience-working-at-seedspace-medell%C3%ADn/) [ ![Seedstars World](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/C-Seedstars_World_behind_the_scenes__making_.max-320x550.png) GLOBAL • ECOSYSTEM ENABLER #### Seedstars World: behind the scenes & making of The 5th edition of Seedstars Summit will be held on April 12th 2018, in Lausanne. Jan. 29, 2018 ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/newsroom/seedstars-world-behind-scenes-making/) --- ## Sitemap - [Sitemap](https://www.seedstars.com/sitemap.md): every public page on this site - [llms.txt](https://www.seedstars.com/llms.txt): what Seedstars does and where to start