24.11.2025 / 15:07
The “Green and Digital Silk Road” international acceleration program, held by the “Enterprise Azerbaijan” portal of the Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communication (CAERC) within the framework of the “Startup School 3” project, has ended. The “Demo Day” event, which is the finale of the program, was held at the Azerbaijan Innovation Center.
The opening part of the event began with an exhibition of startup projects that reached the final stage of the acceleration program. More than 30 startups from Azerbaijan and Turkey demonstrated innovative projects. The exhibition presented technological solutions covering green energy, digital technologies, agrarian innovations, artificial intelligence, education, medicine, tourism, chemical industry and other areas.
The projects were evaluated by a jury. The jury consisted of representatives of venture funds representing Azerbaijan, Malta, the USA and Turkey.
In the continuation of the “Demo Day”, the Executive Director of the Institute of Innovation, Technology and Innovation, Professor Vusal Gasimli, the Chairperson of the State Committee for Family, Women and Children's Issues Bahar Muradova, the Chairman of the Board of the Innovation and Digital Development Agency Farid Osmanov, and the Director of the State Agency for Renewable Energy Sources under the Ministry of Energy Javid Abdullayev made speeches and provided information on the work carried out to develop the innovation ecosystem in the country and expand international cooperation.
Then, the Head of the “Enterprise Azerbaijan” portal Isa Gasimov made a presentation on the goals, stages and results of the program.
The startup teams “Agro Gemtin”, “Smart Bin”, “The Bioplastic”, “Green Guest”, “SoilCredit”, “Zeuph” and “Science Delta” participating in the exhibition were also given the opportunity to make additional presentations.
At the “Demo Day”, Professor Vusal Gasimli presented plaques to the jury and thanked them for their support. Later, Murat Baday, founder of Synapses Ventures (a US partner of the acceleration program) and professor at Stanford University, as well as Gonca Kara, representative of A8 Acceleration Center (a Maltese partner of the acceleration program), highlighted the program's contribution to the regional innovation environment and gave advice to startups.
At the end of the event, the top 3 startups of the acceleration program were announced. It should be noted that the winners of the first and second places were presented with travel vouchers by Baku Holiday Travel (a partner of the acceleration program).
1st place: Agro Gemtin.
2nd place: “Smart Bin” (Turkey
3rd place: “The Bioplastic”
Two teams were also awarded special prizes by the acceleration program’s US partner, “Synapses Ventures”. These teams won full scholarships to participate in 2 separate high-level startup programs organized in Silicon Valley.
Let us recall that the “Startup School” projects of the “Enterprise Azerbaijan” portal are implemented jointly with the Artificial Intelligence Research Center of Germany and the Center for Independent Entrepreneurship of the University of Nevada, USA. “Startup School 3” has also collaborated with the Silk Road High-Tech Parks Association (SRHPA), in addition to numerous international partners.
140 startups from Central Asia and countries located on the Ancient Silk Road (Azerbaijan, Hungary, Turkey, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, China) applied for participation in the “Green and Digital Silk Road” international acceleration program. 126 startups benefited from training and mentoring services throughout the program. They were mentored by reputable experts from the USA, South Korea, China, Malta, Germany, Turkey and Azerbaijan.
The following startups graduated from the acceleration program with successful results:
West innovation
The Eco-Friendly Digital Marketplace
EnerStep
ScienceDelta
QTFashion Pvt LTD
E-waste
TenEd
Black Gold
Car Easy – Digital Vehicle Service Platform
PosturabandPro
FitoBot
Backlify
Mopsn
Arma-Lux
Fahad International Auto Solution
The Bioplastic
Carbionix
Green Mind's Campus
Ecoguard
Inrolin
OchseMoto
3D modeling of Mimar Ajami's heritage based on Kufic script and stone texture
SunTrack- Solar Energy monitoring company
Smart Bin
Beaver Nexus
AI-Powered Livestock Solutions
RecycleMate
SmartPark
PetroMind
Zeuph
Sandal
Green Guest
OralWise
Skillinq
SoilCredit
Tunet
Robotic Arm for Handling Chemical Substances
Agro Gemtin
Glamo
LatZoom Gloves Dispenser
Guardian-X
Blackone Ecosystem
MadeInKP
We congratulate all teams and wish them success.
