March – June 2020 February – April 2021

Acceleration program “Startup Kyrgyzstan 2019-2020 and 2020-2021”

The Republican Startup Competition launched by the Kyrgyz Patent Agency

The Republican Startup Competition “Startup Kyrgyzstan 2019-2020 and 2020-2021” was launched by the State Intellectual Property Fund under the State Service for Intellectual Property and Innovation under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic and implemented by the DevCIT team during 2019-2020 and 2020-2021. 60 selected young entrepreneurs have been developing their innovative ideas with intensive support of mentors and trainers during the 3 months acceleration program that included mentorship, business training, growth acceleration and networking. Each of the 12 winners received up to $6 000 for the project implementation.