For startups and investors
Build a company from your invention
We are with you from testing the idea to the first investment. For investors, we present checked projects.
Five steps from idea to first customer
At the end of each step you have a concrete result in hand.
- 1
Idea
We assess the market need and the team.
Assessment report
- 2
Company
We set up the company, split the shares and formalise the licence.
Founding documents
- 3
Validation
You talk to customers and build a prototype or MVP.
Pilot agreement
- 4
Funding
We look for grants and investors and prepare the pitch.
Investor pitch
- 5
Growth
First sales, new staff, new markets.
Growth plan
What we help with
You focus on the product, and we do the rest together.
Testing the idea
We find out who will pay for your product.
Business model
Revenue model and a three-year financial plan.
Mentoring
Regular meetings with mentors who know the field.
Investor readiness
We prepare the pitch together and rehearse it.
Intellectual property
We deal with patent and licence questions.
Grant applications
We choose the right programme and prepare the documents.
Where to get funding
You can apply to these sources. We choose the right one and prepare the application together.
- Small and Medium Business Development Agency (KOBİA)
- Azerbaijan Science Foundation
- Agency for State Support to NGOs
- Donor organisations
- Private investors
3 years
"Startup" certificate
A micro or small startup's income from innovation activity is tax-exempt for 3 years from the day the certificate is issued: a company pays no profit tax, and a sole trader pays no income tax. KOBİA issues the certificate, and we help prepare the documents.
Source: Tax Code, Articles 106.1.23 and 102.1.31. This is not legal advice.
For investors
Meet science-based projects at an early stage.
- Early access
- You are the first to see projects that suit you.
- Checked projects
- The technical and legal status of each project is checked in advance.
- Quarterly update
- A short note on the status of projects and new technologies.
Application form
Send us your project
Apply even if you are still at the idea stage. We give priority to projects with a scientific or technological basis.