ArmInfo.Two participants of the NerUzh Diaspora technological startup program, according to the final results, moved to the 6th Beeline Startup Incubator incubation cycle.
According to the company's official announcement, these startups were Craft Lab and Schedex, which will go through the incubation cycle at Beeline Startup Incubator for free. They also received an award from startups who completed Incubator - Eventor.am, 4u.am, EasyDMARC, GuideMe and SendSMS, the services of which they can use for free.
According to the report, 80 representatives of 47 start-ups from 17 countries (Georgia, Belarus, China, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, France, Great Britain, Malta, Ireland, Poland, Spain, Lebanon, South Korea, Russia, the United Arab Emirates , USA) took part in the NerUzh program.
"We are glad and proud to be participants in this program, since the ultimate goal of our support policy for startups is to promote the economic development of Armenia. By implementing these programs, we want to help our youth easily establish a business in Armenia, and now the representatives of the Diaspora will be interested in coming to Armenia", said Beeline General Director in Armenia Andrei Pyatakhin. Meanwhile, three residents of Beeline Startup Incubator - Rendchain, Garoon Tech and GuideMe, whose teams included representatives of the Armenian Diaspora, were among the best finalists of NerUzh. In particular, Garoon Tech was awarded the 2nd place and other gifts from sponsors.
The main goal of the NerUzh program is to attract talented entrepreneurs, Diaspora engineers, stimulate repatriation, and develop a startup ecosystem in Armenia. The program creates an opportunity to turn technological ideas and projects of Armenians living abroad into a business in Armenia and enter global markets.
To recall, VEON Armenia CJSC, now VEON Armenia Holdings B.V. (Beeline trademark) is part of the VEON group of companies, which is one of the world's largest integrated telecom operators. The group includes communications companies providing voice and data services based on a wide range of wireless and fixed-line technologies, as well as broadband Internet access for subscribers in Russia, Italy, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Laos , Algeria, Bangladesh and Pakistan. The companies of the group provide services under the brands Beeline, Kyivstar, Wind, Mobilink, Banglalink and Djezzy.