January 8, 2019, the presentation of the Acceleration of Startups in Agricultural Technologies program, which will be implemented by the INNOLAND Incubation and Acceleration Center of the State Agency for Citizen Services and Social Innovations under the President of Azerbaijan, with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture of Azerbaijan.
The event was addressed by the Advisor to the Minister of Agriculture of Azerbaijan on innovations Shabnam Mamedova, who noted in her speech that the use of innovations in the agricultural sector had already begun. Among the activities, the Acceleration program will be implemented during the first this year. The program applications has already been announced, which will last until January 20.
At the same time, Sh. Mamedova stressed that support is also provided for start-ups whose technologies and innovations can be applied in other areas.
The event discussed prospects for cooperation between the parties. It was also proposed to conduct incentive and stimulating activities for owners of ideas in the field of agriculture.
Note that INNOLAND is an incubation, acceleration and research center created for the development of the private sector in Azerbaijan, as well as outside, to encourage innovation and expand the startup movement. INNOLAND consists of a coworking center, incubation, acceleration, and the IT Training and Education Center.
INNOLAND’s resident successfully represented at the Digital Startup Awards 2025!
On December 12–13, the Grand Final of the international “Digital Startup Awards” program was held in Tashkent, jointly organized by the Ministry of Digital Technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan, IT Park Uzbekistan and IT Park Ventures. The total prize fund of the program, one of the largest startup initiatives in the Central Eurasia region, amounted to 1 million USD.
Within the incubation program, our resident startup “Lingozy”, representing Azerbaijan, received a prize of 10,000 USD.
It should be noted that startups from Azerbaijan received a total of 70,000 USD in grants. In the acceleration program, the startup “Recepta” was awarded 50,000 USD, while “SnackPack AZ” earned 10,000 USD within the incubation program. Additionally, in the “Best Startup Project” category, Azerbaijani startups “StarkidStories” and “Tryverse” represented the country in the final stage. Other Azerbaijani startups that qualified for participation in the incubation program included “Crable”, “himate.az” and “OLSUN”.
The “Digital Startup Awards” program strengthened cooperation among regional startup ecosystems and contributed to increasing international recognition of Azerbaijani startups, opening new opportunities for their development.
"Green Hackathon 2024"-un yekun tədbiri keçirildi və qaliblər elan olunub.
Final mərhələsində 30-dan çox yerli universitetdən 87 innovativ gənc 20 komanda tərkibində öz ideyalarını təqdim edib.
İnnovativ soyutma sistemi ilə günəş panellərinin səmərəliliyini artırmağı hədəfləyən "Greenix" komandasi öz ideyası ilə 1-ci yerə, sənayedən buraxılan su tullantılarını ağır metallardan təmizləyən startap ideyası ilə "Envirominds "komandası 2-ci yerə və kənd təsərrüfatında dron vasitəsiilə aparılan əkin sahələrinin avtonom analiz və monitorinq həlli ilə "AgroGuard" komandası 3-cü yerə layiq görülüb.
Qaliblərə müxtəlif pul mükafatları verilib və sertifikatlar təqdim olunub.
Tədbirdə Asiya İnkişaf Bankının ölkədəki nümayəndəliyinin rəhbəri Sunniya Durrani-Jamal (AİB), İqtisadiyyat Nazirinin müavini Elnur Əliyev və Vətəndaşlara Xidmət və Sosial İnnovasiyalar üzrə Dövlət Agentliyinin sədr müavini Ceyhun Salmanov iştirak edib.
Qeyd edək ki, müsabiqə AİB, Vətəndaşlara Xidmət və Sosial İnnovasiyalar üzrə Dövlət Agentliyi və İqtisadiyyat Nazirliyinin birgə təşkilatçılığı ilə baş tutub.
Hakaton AİB-nin yerli texnoloji startapların inkişafına dəstək verən Texniki Yardımı çərçivəsində təşkil olunub. Texniki Yardım Koreya Respublikasının E-Asiya və Bilik Tərəfdaşlığı Fondunun maliyyə dəstəyi ilə reallaşdırılıb.
The info sessions of the V "TUSI" Incubation Program are continuing
Within the framework of the program, meetings were organized at Baku Engineering University, Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University, Khazar University, and Azerbaijan Medical University. Students were informed about the goals of the incubation program, startup idea formation, team building, and the opportunities offered by the program, and participants' questions were answered. In total, more than 300 students took part in the info sessions and gained knowledge about the startup ecosystem and the development of innovative ideas.
You can also register to join the incubation program: ➡️ https://gub.icenter.az/home