PM congratulates Pitch contest winner Georgian startup Theneo at Web Summit 2022
Georgian startup Theneo on Friday won a Pitch contest, among 2,300 startups representing hundreds of countries worldwide, held within the framework of the “large-scale” technological conference Web Summit in Portugal’s capital city of Lisbon. Photo: Government administration
Tweet 
Share
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.
Garibashvili noted the achievement of the AI platform “once again” confirmed the competitiveness of Georgian startups in the international market and emphasised that the government's efforts were aimed at building a “knowledge-based” economy, vowing it would continue to support innovative projects of “talented young people”, the government administration said.
The head of the government stressed that the Theneo project had been implemented with the support of the government and by the Georgian Innovation and Technology Agency’s co-financing grants programme, which had been won by the startup in 2021, receiving the ₾100,000 (about $37,000) grant.
Georgian startup Theneo on Friday won a Pitch contest, among 2,300 startups representing hundreds of countries worldwide, held within the framework of the “large-scale” technological conference Web Summit in Portugal’s capital city of Lisbon.
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.
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.
Georgia's Innovation and Technology Agency has announced a 100,000 GEL co-financing grant competition for the sixth time.
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.