Georgian startup Theneo wins Pitch contest at Web Summit 2022
The startup has also been named as the winner of the Georgian Innovation and Technology Agency’s and the government’s co-financing grants programme in 2021 and was granted the ₾100,000 (about $37,000). Photo: Websummit.com
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Georgian startupper Ana Robakidze, the founder and CEO of an AI platform Theneo on Friday won a Pitch contest at the world’s largest technology event, Web Summit 2022 in Lisbon among 2,300 startups, representing hundreds of countries worldwide, the Web Summit announced.
We are the first Georgian company to ever go this far in any kind of big startup competition. So I feel like it’s beyond just me or my company. It also represents a lot for my country. Unfortunately, not a lot of people know about the startup ecosystem in Georgia. There are so many great startups, and I feel like I’m also representing them”, Robakidze said.
One of the biggest startup stages worldwide gives startuppers a chance to meet investors and learn from tech experts.
Theneo, one of the most successful Georgian startups that offers developers and non-technical team members to create API documentation, has won the national Startup World Cup competition, which was hosted in Georgia’s Black Sea city of Batumi in September.
The startup has also been named as the winner of the Georgian Innovation and Technology Agency’s and the government’s co-financing grants programme in 2021 and was granted the ₾100,000 (about $37,000).
Georgia’s Black Sea city of Batumi on Saturday hosted a national leg of the Startup World Cup competition involving top startups from across the country, the Georgian Innovation and Technology Agency said.
The Georgian Innovation and Technology Agency on Friday announced it had signed a contract with 500 Global, a venture capital firm, to retrain startups in Georgia over the next four years.
Two young Georgian innovators were awarded a Stem Study Visit to the Italian-based Company for Innovation, Cooperation and Internationalisation during the Italian Innovation and Research Day in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi on Monday.
Georgia's Innovation and Technology Agency has announced a 100,000 GEL co-financing grant competition for the sixth time.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Saturday congratulated Ana Robakidze, the founder and CEO of Theneo and her team on winning the Pitch contest at the “most important” startup event, Web Summit 2022 on Friday and said this “great” victory would give “more motivation” to the development of “entrepreneurial spirit” and innovative ideas in Georgia.
Georgian president Salome Zourabichvili on Friday awarded Ana Robakidze, the founder and CEO of an AI platform Theneo with the Medal of Honour for the creation of a successful business project and her “significant contribution” to the promotion of Georgian startups abroad, at the international conference Globalize UK 2022 in London.
Speakers from innovative companies from across the world including Google, Revolut, Nike, Tesla, Siemens, Porsche and Bolt will gather in the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi between December 7-8 for Touch Summit, the largest tech conference in South Caucasus, Touch platform has announced.
The largest tech conference in South Caucasus, Touch Summit 2022 will award a winning startup with a prize of €5000, established by the Kettari Foundation, at the Startup Exhibition and Pitching event in Georgia’s capital city of Tbilisi on December 7-8, Touch platform announced on Saturday.
Projects for improving efficiency in small and medium-sized businesses, reducing cost of management, promoting healthy lifestyle and more have been unveiled as winners of the Georgian Innovation and Technology Agency’s grant programme.
Touch Summit, the largest technology conference in the South Caucasus region, opened today under the roof of Rustaveli Theatre in Tbilisi, where speakers representing innovative companies from across the world including Google, Revolut, Nike, Tesla, Siemens, Porsche and Bolt took to the stage to share experience and participate in panel discussions during the two-day event.
Thirteen companies from various countries including Georgia on Friday pitched their ideas to potential investors at an event hosted by 500 Global, a startup accelerator programme, the Georgian Innovation and Technology Agency said.
The Georgian technology startup is seeing an ecosystem emerge for the field in the country, however it needs “growth, refinement and adaptation”, a new report by the Asian Development Bank said on Thursday.
The Georgian Innovation and Technology Agency on Tuesday said the Web Summit technology conference, running this week in Lisbon, was featuring Georgian companies with the support of the Agency and Enterprise Georgia, the state agency promoting entrepreneurship, investment and exports.