--- title: "From Latvia to Mongolia: Seedstars Summit CEE United 25 Countries in the Region" url: https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/newsroom/latvia-mongolia-seedstars-summit-cee-united-25-countries-region/ --- 1. [HOME](/) 2. [RESOURCES](/content-hub/) 3. [NEWSROOM](/content-hub/newsroom/) 4. FROM LATVIA TO MONGOLIA: SEEDSTARS SUMMIT CEE UNITED 25 COUNTRIES IN THE REGION ![From Latvia to Mongolia: Seedstars Summit CEE United 25 Countries in the Region](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/CEE_Summit.max-1500x500.jpg) CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • TECHNOLOGY ## From Latvia to Mongolia: Seedstars Summit CEE United 25 Countries in the Region Nadia Mykhalevych DEC. 3, 2019 What did the [Seedstars Summit CEE 2019](https://www.seedstars.com/magazine/seedstars-summit-cee-will-gather-100-founders-20-countries-under-one-roof/) in Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan bring to the community this year? #### WRITTEN BY ![None](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/Nadia_Mykhalevych.max-376x376.jpg) CONTENT MARKETING MANAGER Nadia Mykhalevych [CONTACT US](/contact-us/) First and foremost, **eight of the most promising startups** from the region won their tickets to the global [Seedstars Summit 2020](https://www.seedstarsworld.com/summit/seedstars-summit-2020/?utm_source=seedstars.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=summit2020-article-cta&utm_content=A&__hstc=242025565.6bbcb081131dc9d7244b7d54333b96b6.1600346907331.1604315324639.1604325174754.13&__hssc=242025565.22.1604325174754&__hsfp=3717253829) in Lausanne, Switzerland. They will represent the region at the finals of the [Seedstars World](https://www.seedstarsworld.com/?__hstc=242025565.6bbcb081131dc9d7244b7d54333b96b6.1600346907331.1604315324639.1604325174754.13&__hssc=242025565.22.1604325174754&__hsfp=3717253829) competition and compete for the title of the Seedstars Global Winner, and up to USD 500,000 in equity investment. **Meet the winners of the regional competition in Nur-Sultan:** [Lingwing.com](http://lingwing.com/), Georgia, an online platform for mastering foreign languages offering a unique set of tasks and learning experiences. [Biometric](http://biometric.kz/), Kazakhstan, an AI solution that helps people get cash loans in ATMs based on facial recognition technology. [iHotel LLC](https://www.ihotel.mn/), Mongolia, helps hoteliers streamline their hotel bookings and increase profitably. [StudyFree](http://studyfree.org/english), Russia, an online platform that provides support to students by simplifying the admission process. [FOM](http://www.fomgroup.uz/), Uzbekistan, an online marketplace for pharmaceutical businesses. [Jeff](http://jeff-app.com/), Latvia, a personal loan advisor that analyses people’s phone metadata, contact information, geolocation, behavioural patterns & third party data and matches them with lenders. [Velvioo](http://www.yerevanride.am/), Armenia, offers micro-mobility solutions that allow cities and entrepreneurs to launch their micro-mobility services. [Skyworker](https://skyworker.com.ua/), Ukraine, a platform that helps tech companies hire employees 3х faster and 2x cheaper by building their own tech communities online. ![CEE Summit](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/Seedstars_Mongolia.width-800.jpg) This year, the event gathered 300+ attendees from 25 countries who had a chance to join some of the main events: a private Growth Bootcamp for startups, along with the Investor Forum and Summit Day. > “I liked this event because we had another chance to present our startup to so many great people, and meet new investors and mentors. The Seedstars team was so cheerful and grateful. Kazakhstan is a great country; it's cold, but people were so warm and friendly that we didn’t even feel that cold here.” > > NICOLA KRSTIC, CTO AT COACHCOACH, SERBIA ### **Private Growth Bootcamp** The Growth Bootcamp is an educational program designed for the finalists of Seedstars World competition across CEE & Central Asia. The goal of the program is to help startups better understand, design and execute growth processes and assemble a team around that strategy. The intensive one-day bootcamp was led by [Pierre-Alain Masson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/pierrealainmasson/) (Managing Partner at Seedstars) and [Agahuseyn Ahmadov](https://linkedin.com/in/agahuseyn) (Regional Manager for CEE and Central Asia), who helped entrepreneurs: * find the startup’s north-star metric * define the AARRR funnel & growth levers * setup right experimentation processes within their organizations. ![CEE Summit](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/SSW_Asia.width-800.jpg) > “This is the coolest event I've been to in terms of people and networking. Seedstars Summit CEE is even better than the accelerator that I visited in Silicon Valley. Mentors and investors were of the highest quality.” > > DARIA KROSHKINA, CEO & FOUNDER AT STUDYFREE, RUSSIA ### **Investor Forum** The second day of the Summit gathered 20 local and international investors including [Aray Bekembayev](https://www.linkedin.com/in/araybekembayev/) (Bolt), [Alyona Tkachenko](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alyonatkachenko/) (Nommi), [Laetitia Monthe](https://www.linkedin.com/in/laetitia-month%C3%A9-04267516/) (Phillips Health Systems), [Patrick Bosteels](https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickbosteels/) (Stage-Co), [Joseph De Leon](https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephdeleon/?originalSubdomain=ph) (Gravitas Prime), [Arsalan Alfred Ni](https://www.linkedin.com/in/arsalan-alfred-ni-90a2b4/?locale=de_DE) (AV Ventures), [Olexander Bondarev](https://www.linkedin.com/in/oleksander-bondarev-12036aa1/) (Credo Ventures), Hambardzum Kaghketsyan ([SmartGateVC](https://www.smartgate.vc/)), [Kairat Kaliyev](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kairatka/) (AIFC). Together, they discussed the regional investment scene and defined key steps in promoting Kazakhstan and the region in the international arena. Participating investors and experts agreed that today it doesn't matter where you are born as long as you are talented and have a vision of where you want to go and what do you want to achieve. Even if the US still remains the place for innovation, Silicon Valley is not a benchmark anymore as there are many success stories coming from all around the world. You can open a company in an emerging market and easily target other markets. Globally, the quality of startups is getting better because there are more resources available and people use tested tools and models; so they fail less often. > “It was an extraordinary experience. Interesting to see so many different projects in one place, so many passionate people. For me, networking is something I find the most valuable from the Summit. I got to know even someone from my hometown that I didn’t know so it’s impressive how Seedstars managed to connect people, here, in Nur-Sultan.” > > ARAY BEKEMBAYEV, COUNTRY MANAGER FOR BOLT, KAZAKHSTAN ![summit cee](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/cee_summit.width-800.jpg) Also, during the Investor Forum, the startups had an opportunity to meet those investors in person and discuss potential collaboration and get valuable feedback. The result and culmination of the Forum became a partnership signed between [Bas Godska](https://www.seedstars.com/magazine/goal-cure-slightly-sick-investment-fund-sector-bas-godska-investor-interview/), General Partner of Acrobator.vc and [Clockster](https://clockster.com/), cloud-based HR-system to manage employees work time (Kazakhstan). > “I had the great pleasure to sign an advisory board deal with local Seedstars '17 finalist, HRM software startup Clockster PTE LTD. I believe the project can become an excellent player in Asia and beyond!” > > BAS GODSKA ### **The Summit Day** The last day of the Summit hosted keynote speeches and panel discussions led by experts from global companies, business incubators and VC funds. [Espree Devora](http://espreedevora.com/), Richard Paul Gauthier, [Amazon](https://www.aboutamazon.com/) (USA), [Jonas Schorr](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonasschorr/?originalSubdomain=de), Urban Impact (Germany), Ramil Mukhoriapov, [ChocoFamily](https://chocofamily.kz/) (Kazakhstan), [Darya Yegorina](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dariyayegorina/?originalSubdomain=ie), CleverBooks (Ireland), [Rudradeb Mitra](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitrar/), EFMA and Google Developers (Poland) shared their best practices and knowledge with the attendees. **You can watch all** [**the speeches and startup pitches**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0fHJQSNCxA&list=PLSuZpMYwb1WO3oGRXbFfD64CBjcmReaX3) **on our official youtube channel and listen** [**to the podcast of Espree 's**](https://podcasts.apple.com/ua/podcast/laura-galiyeva-wonderlab-cosmetics-honest-makeup-for/id1171499482?i=1000459796923) **Devora on iTunes.** ![CEE Summit](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/Summit_Speaker.width-800.jpg) > “Doorway to innovation and investment are great ideas and people that need to hear them. Success takes time. Some ideas might not be great ideas initially, but you need to wait, have patience, and find the right audience. You have to act, you need to speak about your ideas, to work on it, to pitch it, to share it because if not, they will stay just ideas.” > > RICHARD PAUL GAUTHIER Also, during this day, startups had a chance to enrich their knowledge in growth hacking with Vincent Tresno, lecturer, Growth Hacking Auditor from Switzerland. ![CEE SSW](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/CEE_SSW.width-800.jpg) The Seedstars Summit CEE 2019 was organized in partnership with Mayor Office of the City of Nur-Sultan, Astana Innovations. Among the partners that helped make this event happen also were [Astana International Financial Centre](https://aifc.kz/) (AIFC) FinTech Hub, Swiss Embassy, VAUD, Seedspace Nur-Sultan, [Techchill.](https://techchill.co/) [AIFC Fintech Hub](http://fintech.aifc.kz/) was chosen as a venue partner of the event. Among the local supporters of the Seedstars Summit CEE were [Forbes Kazakhstan](https://forbes.kz/), [Asia Water](https://asiawaters.com/), [Ulker](https://www.pladisglobal.com/), and [Pascucci](http://pascucci.it/) coffee. NEWS / BLOGPOST SEEDSTARS WORLD 2019/20 CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE KAZAKHSTAN INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY ACCELERATORS & INCUBATORS EVENTS TECH ## More like this [ ![Applications for Online Startup Competition](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/Seedstars_Brings_Its_Startup_Competition_Onl.max-320x550.png) GLOBAL • INVESTMENT #### Seedstars Brings Its Startup Competition Online: 2020 Applications Are Open We are happy to announce that Seedstars World Competition 2020/21 will be held exclusively online and the call for startups is open until July 31st. Jun. 25, 2020 ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/newsroom/seedstars-brings-its-startup-competition-online-2020-applications-are-open/) [ ![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/) [ ![Startups Africa](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/10africanstartups.max-320x550.png) AFRICA • ECOSYSTEM ENABLER #### 10 Startups from Africa to Compete for 500,000 USD During Seedstars Summit Africa 2019 in Johannesburg, South Africa, Seedstars selected 10 the most promising startups from the continent that proved their ideas to be innovative and scalable. Dec. 15, 2019 ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/newsroom/10-startups-africa-compete-500000-usd/) [ ![Seedstars Summit CEE](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/cee_summit1.max-320x550.png) CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • ECOSYSTEM ENABLER #### Seedstars Summit CEE Will Gather 100+ Founders From 20 Countries Under One Roof Kazakhstan, November 22. You would probably ask why Kazakhstan was chosen as the final stop for the Seedstars World Competition 2019? Oct. 30, 2019 ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/newsroom/seedstars-summit-cee-will-gather-100-founders-20-countries-under-one-roof/) [ ![Seedstars World Latam](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/latam_comeback.max-320x550.png) LATIN AMERICA • ECOSYSTEM ENABLER #### Seedstars World Is Coming Back to Latam for Its 7th Edition with 18 Cities on the Map The 7th edition of the Seedstars World Tour , the largest early-stage startup competition for emerging markets, will be launched on the 27th of June in Lima, Peru. Jun. 06, 2019 ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/newsroom/seedstars-world-coming-back-latam-its-7th-edition-18-cities-map/) [ ![Seedstars Latam Summit](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/C-Seedstars_Latam_Summit_2018_Sum_Up_of_What.max-320x550.png) LATIN AMERICA • INVESTMENT #### Seedstars Latam Summit 2018: Sum Up of What You've Missed 3 days, 350 attendees, 34 investors, 20 startups from 12countries; 200 1:1 meetings between investors and entrepreneurs; plus thousands of interactions and new connections! Dec. 17, 2018 ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/newsroom/seedstars-latam-summit-2018-sum-what-youve-missed/) [ ![Seedstars MENA Summit](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/Untitled_design_81.max-320x550.png) MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA • INVESTMENT #### Highlights of Seedstars MENA Summit 2018 3 days, 351 attendees, 45 investors, 119 startup founders, 21 countries represented, 303 one-on-one meetings, thousands of ground-breaking ideas — the Seedstars MENA Summit numbers are impressive, but it goes beyond the numbers. Dec. 10, 2018 ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/newsroom/highlights-seedstars-mena-summit-2018/) [ ![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/) [ ![African Startups](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/africa_startups.max-320x550.png) AFRICA • TECHNOLOGY #### Discover the Most Promising African Startups in 2018 With the population of 1.2 B people, Africa is the second fastest-developing market in the world. The region growth rate is expected to increase from 3.6 percent in 2017 to 4.1 percent in 2018 and 2019. Oct. 16, 2018 ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/newsroom/discover-most-promising-africa-startups-2018/) [ ![Seedstars Summit 2018](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/Untitled_design_89.max-320x550.png) GLOBAL • INVESTMENT #### Seedstars Summit 2018: Investor Forum Recap The Investor Day is the only occasion for entrepreneurs to get connected with investors from their region and their industry and the one place to be for investors who are interested in impact investing. Apr. 12, 2018 ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/newsroom/seedstars-summit-2018-investor-forum-recap/) [ ![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/) [ ![The best startups in Uzbekistan!](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/C-Seedstars_is_coming_to_Tashkent_to_find_th.max-320x550.png) ASIA • ECOSYSTEM ENABLER #### Seedstars is coming to Tashkent to find the best startups in Uzbekistan! On May 18th, 10 of Uzbekistan’s best seed stage startups will compete to represent the country at the Seedstars Summit 2019 and win up to USD 1 million in equity investment. Mar. 02, 2018 ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/newsroom/seedstars-coming-tashkent-find-best-startups-uzbekistan/) [ ![Asia’s upcoming startup capital](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/korea.max-320x550.png) ASIA • INVESTMENT #### Korea: Asia’s upcoming startup capital opens doors to global startups Korea can stake a legitimate claim to be one of Asia’s most promising startup hubs. The country is producing around a unicorn a year. May. 24, 2017 ](https://www.seedstars.com/content-hub/life/korea-asias-upcoming-startup-capital-opens-doors-to-global-startups/) [ ![Summit Winners](https://seedstars-com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/C-Meet_our_2017_Global_Summit_winners.max-320x550.png) GLOBAL • TECHNOLOGY #### Meet our 2017 Global Summit winners Asafeer Education Technologies from UAE was awarded the TRECC Transforming Education Prize, a grant of USD 50’000, presented by TRECC. 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